"Which is?"
"I love you."
14
LEAH
Aseries of soft, slow explosions goes off through my chest, my lungs, my heart. Like my body is blooming as everything shifts and locks into a new place.
Kai loves me. The look in his eyes when he said those words sent shivers and prickles down my spine and along the back of my calves.
"And I know it's too early to say things like that," he murmurs against my lips. “So we’ll forget all about it, and then I'll tell you again in a couple of days. And weeks. And forever."
His mouth captures mine in a long, steamy kiss. Our bodies press together as he holds me, his large palms gripping my hips possessively. "Wait," I manage to gasp.
"What is it, baby?"
"I love you too. Am I allowed to say that?"
His eyes blaze. "No way. Are you kidding? That's insane." He kisses the tip of my nose, then grins. “But those are the three most beautiful words I’ve ever heard, and I'm going to need you to repeat them every hour until the end of time."
“I'll see what I can do."
"Speaking of things that need doing…" Kai scoops me up, leaving me laughing as I wrap my arms around his neck to hold on tight. "You haven't even seen my bedroom yet. How am I going to talk you into parking your RV in my driveway and living here forever and ever if you don't approve of the bed?"
"Excellent point, sir."
I’ll be honest, I've felt very alone over the past few years. With Kai's tree-trunk arms around me, carrying me up the stairs and down the hallway, I can feel that he wants me. Feel how much he cares for me. It's not just a sexy, fiery kind of possession. There's a tenderness that I feel every time he touches me. Every kiss, every soft caress seems to be building on the last.
My nipples are puckered against my t-shirt, thighs rubbing together with arousal as my cheek brushes along Kai's collarbone. Then he stops in the center of his bedroom.
"Holy…ever-loving…shit," I mutter, staring open-mouthed at the floor-to-ceiling windows across two walls.
"I've always loved camping. So now I sleep in the forest. It's like a high-class tent with heating and air conditioning."
I laugh. "Glamping to the extre—" He cuts me off with a slow, deep kiss that has such an undercurrent of heat I shudder.
Kai notices my breathing speeding up and sets me down gently on the edge of the bed. "We don't have to… I mean, we could just kiss and snuggle. I don't want to assume?—"
This time I cut him off, gripping the front of his shirt and pulling him on top of me. “Oh, assume away. I’m excited for this."
"Good." He releases a seductive growl as he moves aside, tearing off my shirt and bra in one awkward motion. "I need to be inside you right now."
My breath catches at his lusty words. “Yeah?”
"Yeah. I want to tell you I love you again while my cock is being strangled by your hot, wet pussy."
I'm burning up as he pulls off my jeans and socks. I manage to yank off his shirt before he flattens my body with his, his mouth consuming mine.
Kai pushes up, looming over me as he drinks in the sight of my breasts, as if they're a gift made just for him. His hands skim along my waist and around my hips, then he hooks his thumbs into my panties and pulls them down my legs.
"No fair. I’m naked, you're still wearing pants," I pout, reaching for his belt.
He stands up, grinning. "Geez,” he grumble-laughs. “Doesn't even have a toothbrush in my bathroom yet, and she’s already ordering me around."
He shoves off the rest of his clothing, and my lips fall apart as I openly stare. This is a man who does not skip leg day at the gym. Or arm day. Or any day. No wonder he can lift me so easily.
Although my gaze wants to feast on the thick slabs of muscle and the tight, rippled abdomen, my attention is riveted on the long, thick shaft pointed right at me. In a blink I'm on all fours, prowling toward him across the enormous bed. Before he can protest I dip my head, fastening my mouth around the head of his cock.
