“Shit, Caden,” she yelped, flailing her legs back and forth as I kept going, wringing every ounce of pleasure out of her that I could.
“I didn’t think this through,” I said, laughing as I kissed across her cheek and brushed her lips. “My condoms are in my bedroom.”
She grabbed my hand when I shifted off the couch.
“I’ve been on the pill for years. I was negative when I got tested after Austin, and there’s been no one since.”
“Same, negative, and no one since Marie. Are you asking me what I think you’re asking me?”
“To take me bare? Yes. Please.” She dragged my face to hers and kissed me, slow and deep enough to drive me out of my mind.
The word bare had me already close to coming, and I needed to make this fast.
“Holy shit, Sabrina,” I grunted out as I slid inside her with one thrust. We’d gotten rid of all the barriers tonight. Maybe Sabrina still had a few, but I’d take her any way I could have her.
Maybe she didn’t think she had much to give, but anything from her was everything.
I moved slowly, wanting to savor each glide in and out and to make sure I wasn’t dreaming. That I wouldn’t wake up tomorrow and hope I wouldn’t slip and say something stupid to Sabrina, like I love you. Like I’ve always loved you, and no one ever compared to you or ever will.
Maybe she wasn’t ready for all those words yet, so I’d have to tell her by fucking her into my couch cushions. It was dirty, yet sweet and soul-searing.
Just like us.
I lost it just as she tightened around me, wishing in all our haste I would have grabbed a towel to spread beneath us, but great moments happened how they happened.
She tugged my head to her chest, her racing heart hammering against my ear as I felt the rumble of her laugh.
“If I stay over tonight, can I borrow a T-shirt?”
She yelped when I swatted her hip.
“If you stay over tonight, what makes you think you’ll need clothes?”
I had a lot of years to make up for, and I was starting right now.
“It’s beena long time since I had you in my bed,” I told her later as I wrapped my arm around her waist from behind and buried my head into her neck.
“And never a whole night. Although I did stay until sunrise once,” she said, craning her neck to me.
“Yes, that was a good morning.” I kissed her shoulder. “Should we tell Jesse and Emily tomorrow?”
“No,” she said on a yawn. “They have enough drama with Emily away for so long. And I want to mess with them a little. See if they can piece it together.”
“Sounds evil. I’m in.”
I let my eyes shut as I buried my head into my pillow, settling in with the woman I loved for the night—and for the rest of my life.
EPILOGUE
SABRINA - EIGHT YEARS LATER
“Are you sure you don’t want to spend your anniversary doing something more fun, like heading back to the poker machines?” Caden asked Jesse and Emily as we shared a cab to the Las Vegas Marriage License Bureau.
“Babe, you can play after we get back.” I patted his knee. “Don’t waste all your time there.”
“But I was on a roll,” Caden whined as he leaned his head against the window.
“You should thank us,” Emily quipped. “Now you can keep all your winnings instead of putting them back.”
