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“Will be busy playing in his room. The closet is full of my old toys and model sets.”

She pushed me back, her eyes questioning me.

“I told you this house was waiting for you,” I said, my fingers twisting into her hair as those on my other hand drove into her. I captured her gasp with my mouth, muttering, “And that room was waiting for our future child. Now, it and everything in it is his.”

I worked her body the way I knew only I could until her climax had her clamping down on my fingers. Pushing her legs apart, I grasped her bottom, nudging myself into her warmth and shoving her forward just as I penetrated her. She bit her lip to dampen her cry which I stole with a kiss that had her melting into me. Thrusts and moans. Goosebumps that pebbled her skin and trembles that only encouraged me to go deeper and harder. Until her climax claimed her and mine chased it, cascading through me and depleting me entirely.

I clung to her, riding out the waves that threatened to bury me so deep only she could ever bring me back. Her body shook, her muscles still convulsing as our panting filled the space.

“You’re naughty,” she said, her voice a broken rasp.

I nuzzled her cheek. “But I’m all yours.”

“Thank God, because I’m not a violent person, but I would tear someone apart if there was any competition.”

Drawing back, I searched her eyes, seeing the fierce claim in them. “It’s a good thing there is no competition then. My lawyers are excellent, but I doubt they could get you off for murder. Or me, for that matter.”

“You?” she asked, laying kisses on my cheek as her hands wrapped around my neck.

“Damn right. You’re mine, Tori. Don’t think for a minute that if someone else had touched you while we were apart, I wouldn’t hunt them down and make their lives miserable but if anyone dared touch you now…I would do extremely violent things that my lawyers would have a hard time defending.”

Blue irises widened, and I caught her bottom lip between my teeth as her mouth fell open.

Dragging my teeth over her lip, I said, “Get dressed before I devour you again.” I dropped my head, luring another moan from her as I pulled her nipple into my mouth. That pantry was looking good, and if I didn’t stop, I’d carry her in and shake the foundation as I forced more orgasms from her.

Against my body’s cravings, I stepped from her. Picking the sheet up, I wrapped it around my waist, letting my eyes drift over her body before I walked out to retrieve our clothes. Keeping myself restrained was going to be difficult. Tori brought out a hunger in me I couldn’t contain. It had been that way in our past, and it hadn’t changed. I needed to touch her like an addict needs a fix. The years without her had been excruciating, and no amount of resorting to my hand had satisfied the need for her. Now that I had her again, I wouldn’t hesitate to take her. I’d gone too long without her, and I was ready to satiate my hunger.

Chapter 38

Tori

My feet made a soft padding sound when I walked into the kitchen. Our kitchen. It seemed surreal that Gabe had bought the house for us without even knowing if I would walk back into his life. His confidence astounded me, and maybe it should have frightened me, but that was Gabe. The mysterious darkness he held that drove that confidence and the man he was in the bedroom…or anyplace else he took me.

I shivered at the thought, my eyes landing on him and taking him in. He was shirtless in just his boxers, and I took in every sexy, defined part of him. Peeking up at me from where he was making us coffee, he gave me a coy grin.

“Good morning, beautiful.”

That mouth had brought my body to new heights the prior night, just like his body had this morning before he’d left me too weak to follow him to the kitchen. It had taken me a painfully long time to make myself get out of bed.

He put a mug of coffee on the counter for me, and I reached for it, hoping he didn’t notice how my hands were still shaking. He did, and a naughty twinkle lit his eyes.

“Guess it’s too soon to ravage you again?” He spread his hands on the counter. “We haven’t hit this spot yet.”

I whimpered, an unexpected sound that had him chuckling. “Maybe after my coffee,” I said, finally finding my voice.

Coffee in hand, I walked to the living room, taking in the view of the shore from the windows. His hands wrapped around my waist, his face burying in my neck. I leaned into it, glad Cash had asked to have Reid for the weekend. He and Brandi were taking Shelby to the Christmas festivities in a nearby town and had asked to take him. That left the weekend for just me and Gabe, who had insisted I help pick out furnishings for the master bedroom the day I told him. By the time we’d arrived on Friday, the room was furnished, and the fridge was stocked with food.

We’d been making our own memories in the house since that night.

“What time is the car picking Reid up?” I asked him. It had taken a lot of convincing, but I’d finally relented when he promised me his driver had been with the family since he was young and would ensure Reid got to Cash’s safely. Cash had called me the moment he arrived at the same time the driver had called Gabe.

“Noon. We have plenty of time to squeeze in another movie and maybe a few more positions.” Another shiver raced down my spine, and his breath was warm on my neck as he chuckled.

The waves beat against the shore in the distance, the wind making their peaks frothy.

“That sounds perfect.”

I wiggled out of his hold and placed my coffee on a table.