I was truly the luckiest girl in the world.
“Ellie?” he mumbled, eyes still closed, chest bowing against mine with every breath. “You okay? Was I too rough?”
Why did he sound so cute and spent? Now I was the one going feral, smacking pecks all over his face. “I’m more than okay. That was perfect. Who knew you’d play the role of my obsessed, stalking, psychotic admirer so well?”
“I mean, it’s not like I didn’t have practice over the summer.”
I burst out laughing.
His dimples came to life.
Naturally, I showered them with more kisses.
Cade gently pulled out of me with another groan. Now that our game was over, I felt sore everywhere.
“Fuck, that’s so hot.” He watched his cum dribbling out of me. With two fingers, he scooped it back inside my pussy. “Mm. I want to keep filling you up. I never want to stop.”
My dirtyquerido. How I adored him.
I looped my arms around his neck and pulled him back downto me. We’d have to clean up soon, but I just wanted to feel him like this a bit longer. “Thank you for tonight. I had fun. In fact, I think we should make this a yearly tradition.”
“I’m game.” He pushed aside my white veil and tucked the stray strands of my hair behind my ears. “Anything you want, Ella.”
The gold chain around his throat glinted in the moonlight.
Slowly, I removed it from his neck and unthreaded the promise ring. My full name was engraved in cursive along the twenty-four-carat gold band.
Understanding dawning upon Cade, he extended his right hand to me. Filled with anticipation, he held his breath as I slid the ring on his finger again.
When it sat at the base of his knuckle, he finally exhaled with relief.
Bestowing a soft kiss on my lips, he whispered tenderly, “I love you, Ella.”
No longer was there yearning in his eyes.
All I saw was love for me and hope for the future we once created together.
I smiled at him. “And I love you, Cade.”
With those words, I remembered the truth of our existence.
There was no Ella without Cade.
And there was no him without me.
He was my beginning, my middle, my end.
In this lifetime and all the ones to come.
C H A P T E R3 7
The Greatest Gift of All
Cade
The Present
Ihad been celebratingDía de Muertosfor the last three years with Ella. It was a special traditional holiday in her culture to honour their ancestors.
