Grady studies me with a caution clouding his features. I gently rub my hands over the wide range of his back. Straining tension melts off his body. The murky chaos clears from his stare, replaced with raw vulnerability. He lowers his forehead to mine.
“I love you, Sutt. So damn much,” he murmurs against my lips.
Moisture blurs my vision with stinging heat. “I love you, Gray. Always.”
“I’m gonna destroy us both.” With a palm against my tailbone, he pushes into me. “But I’m too far gone to care.”
His mouth locks over mine, tongues gliding together in a mutual vow of forever. He punches through that final barrier separating us. A rush of air hisses between my clenched teeth. Grady doesn’t pause, and I’m thankful. My body stretches with a slight burn to accommodate his intrusion. I arch and shift in an attempt to alleviate the hurt. His large body trembles on top of mine. When he’s seated to the hilt inside of me, I’m irrevocably his.
“Mine. You’re finally fucking mine,” he rasps at my temple.
“Yes,” I answer into the groove of his neck.
He pauses. “Are you okay?”
“Don’t stop.” I rock into him. “I’m good, great even.” The intimate connection we’re solidifying makes up for any slice of agony.
“I take back my earlier thought.” He kisses along my cheekbone.
I furrow my brow. “What was that?”
“When your mouth was around me, I thought it couldn’t get better. I would die happy after being between your lips. But I was wrong. Because this, Sutt?” He plunges in with a smooth glide. “I would’ve missed out on heaven.”
“We’re made for each other.” I’ve always known, but this proves my theory.
“You’re perfect,” he adds.
“For you.” I lift my knees to the bottom of his ribs, allowing him to sink deeper.
Grady’s strokes are slow and careful, sliding in and out of me in measured thrusts. The prick of discomfort recedes after a few passes. I inhale spicy pine mixed with a salty kick. A serum of tingling bliss hums in my veins. I can definitely get used to this.
The room floods with our harsh breaths. He rolls his hips into mine, ratcheting me higher toward the sky. A rush of soothing heat twitches my fingertips. My skin is hypersensitive, every touch a jolt of pleasure.
I’ve pictured this too many times. My imagination didn’t do us justice. Him inside of me, hard and pulsing, could never be replicated. Every fiber of my being claws at him with a bone-deep desperation.
“Never believed I’d have anything this good.” Grady sucks on my earlobe, his panting breaths infusing me.
I twine my fingers in the hair at his nape. “It’ll always be this way.”
He nibbles at my jaw. “So damn amazing.”
The bed creaks beneath us as Grady speeds up. He fills me to the brink of ecstasy. With another grind against me, a burst of white steals my sight. A spasm erupts in my core and I clamp around him. Grady groans, his sleek rotations becoming jerky.
The chords in his neck bulge. “Can’t hold off much longer, Sutt.”
I’m already teetering. Finishing the job won’t take much. I dip two fingers between us. My clit is overly sensitive and screaming for attention. When I hit that needy bundle, an electric charge bolts straight to my toes. A few quick swipes and I’m gone.
The explosion is swift and powerful. I’m a seizing mass of wracking limbs and flexed muscles. A blanket of the softest velvet embraces me. Somewhere in the back of my mind, I can hear garbling nonsense.
At the last possible second, Grady jerks out of me. Warmth spills across my stomach and chest. I can’t help feeling marked, branded by this man. I’m almost shocked to find how much that thought gets me buzzing.
He drops onto me with a sputtering groan. The mess is our problem now. I comb through his sweaty hair, sweeping the wet strands away. My palm lingers and wanders to his cheek. He leans into my touch with a sigh.
“Hey, Gray.”
His laugh jostles us on the mattress. “I love you so much, Sutt.”
I kiss his nose. “Love you.”
