“I’ll make sure of it.” He opens his door and rounds the hood before pulling my door open. “Now we’re going to go inside andwe’re going to get naked and start practicing for all those babies we’re going to make.”
I squeal. “Jack, we haven’t talked about kids!”
“You want them?” he asks.
I only have to think for a second. I’d never really thought I’d find anyone to have children with, so it’s never really been a consideration. “With you I do.”
“Whatever you want,” Jack says, lifting me out of the driver’s seat.
“Jack, I can walk.”
“I know, but I like carrying you.”
I wrap my hands around his neck, relishing the feel of him beneath my fingers as we climb the stairs to the lodge.
Jack
My entire life has turned around today. I had no idea where I was heading when I landed in Star Falls. But once again this place has worked its magic and somehow everything has worked out in the best possible way.
I have the woman I love in my arms and I’m never letting her go again.
“What?” she asks as I set her down on her feet. She reaches up to her eye. “Has my mascara smudged?”
“You’re beautiful,” I say. “I can’t stop looking at you.”
“You don’t ever have to.”
I drink in her words. Thank god I don’t have to let her go. I’m not sure I was going to make it without her.
I take a step toward her and wrap an arm around her waist. “A lifetime isn’t going to be enough with you, Iris.”
“We’ll make every moment count,” she says on a sigh.
I press kisses up her neck and along her jaw. I could do this forever and I wouldn’t have done it enough. Already I’m irritatedthat I’ve arranged to meet my mother for lunch before she leaves Colorado tomorrow. I want every moment with Iris to be like this.
Iris slides her fingers into my hair and I feel the muscles in my body unlock. God, how did I ever think I was going to live without her touching me?
“I want you so much, Iris.”
“You have me,” she whispers.
I push the shoulders of her coat off and then tug on her top. She grins at my ineptitude and strips off her turtleneck. Thank god.
Her breasts look deliciously ripe pushing up over the lace of her bra like they’re straining for my touch. I harden as I take her in, and when I glance up, she’s watching me, watching her.
“You look like you want to eat me,” she says.
I raise my eyebrows. “I have no poker face. Eat you is exactly what I want to do.”
In seconds we’re in the bedroom. All I’ve managed to take off is my sweater and shoes. But it’s okay because Iris is completely naked. I circle my hands around her waist, my fingers pressing into her soft skin as I maneuver her to the bed.
“You’re so fucking beautiful,” I whisper.
She pulls her eyebrows together like she can’t quite believe what I’m saying.
“I mean it,” I reassure her. “I’ve never laid eyes on anyone so astonishing.” I guide her so she’s sitting on the bed. Then I reach for behind her thighs, pushing her back to the mattress while I kneel before her.
Her delicious scent ratchets up my desire for her. I can see how ready for me she is. Her slickness glistens under my gaze. I can’t quite believe how lucky I am that I’m the man that gets to have this woman for the rest of my life.
