I slide my hands around her ass, my fingers tangling in her long hair. She tips her head back and sighs, then opens her eyes with a grin. “I forgot how you like my hair in a bun.”
She gathers it up in her hands and twists and turns, and in the few seconds it takes, I get to enjoy the jut of her nipples and the bob of her breasts. I can’t believe I get to have this woman forever.
“Better?” she asks, turning her head from side to side.
“You’re always perfect.”
She furrows her brow and leans forward, dragging herself off me and I don’t know where her moans stop and my groans start. It’s just so good.
I pull her back onto me, fast and hard and she cries out. “I’m so full of you,” she whimpers.
I begin to lift and lower her, maneuvering her up and down my cock. Our eyes stay locked together as I plunge into her over and over and over.
Her cries get wilder, and I sit to be closer to her, and our movements become smaller but more intense. I’m deeper in her in every way.
“Marry me,” she sighs in breathy moans. “Marry me.”
We don’t live by the rules anymore. Even the one that says we can’t propose twenty minutes either side of an orgasm.
“Every day for the rest of my life.”
It feels like both our bodies begin to vibrate. I’m not sure if it’s the beginning of her orgasm or mine. I can see hers in her eyes and I’m sure she sees mine just as clearly.
“Iris,” I groan as the waves of pleasure race toward us. “I love you.”
Her fingers press into my shoulders and she drops her mouth to my ear. “I love you,” she whispers.
Both our bodies go rigid at the same time, our orgasms mixing, enveloping us and binding us together.
Our bodies, minds, and souls forged together into one.
Forever.
Three weeks later
Iris
Being in New York with Jack this time—for the third time—is different. The first time we met, the second time, all I could see were the differences between us. But this time? This time we’re here as a couple. A couple who are planning their future together.
Back at Wilde’s Farm, I’ve been showing Marnie the ropes. She’s picked everything up quickly and this five-day trip to New York is kind of a test for both of us. Can I let go and trust that Marnie and my brother and father have this. And is she okay without me hovering over her. Of course I know she’ll be fine. So will Bray and my dad.
It’s exciting and terrifying to be moving on to a new chapter. One that’s going to involve more than Wilde’s Farm and Star Falls. But at the same time, I don’t want to leave either of them behind. There’s magic in Star Falls. Both Jack and I know that.
After spending Thanksgiving in Star Falls, we arrived in New York this morning. I expected Mrs. Alden to resume some of her frosty demeanor she had the first time I met her, but she hadn’t. I really think she accepts me as Jack’s choice and wants to support me.
Mr. Alden is making good progress. His speech is improving and he’s taken a few steps. But Jack is now in charge of the Alden family business. That brings responsibilities. But he’s drawing boundaries and rearranging things to suit him. To suit us. After he resigned from three charities’ boards in one day, I keep reminding him that it doesn’t all have to happen overnight.
“Are you ready?” Jack asks as The Alden Hotel comes into view.
I nod, grinning at him. I’m ready for anything when I’m with him. He makes me feel like a blonde Jackie next to his handsome JFK.
“I love your smile,” he says.
“I loveyou,” I counter. “How do you feel now that you said no to the offer on the hotel?”
“Good,” he says. “There’s so much going on, I don’t want to be making so many changes all at once. And my friendships with the guys are important. I know selling the hotel wouldn’t have undermined those relationships, but I want to keep it. For now. Maybe I’m being sentimental, or maybe I just want to beat Bennett before I sell.”
The car pulls to a stop and immediately my door is opened by the hotel doorman. We head inside to the private room Jack has arranged. We’re having a second Thanksgiving dinner with his New York friends this evening. It will also be an introduction for me to most of them. I’ve met Fisher and Byron, and Juniper and Rosey, but I’m looking forward to getting to meet Bennett and Efa, Leo and Jules, and Worth and Sophia. They’re all so important to Jack, so they’re important to me.
