He didn't say anything but his hand joined mine, our fingers touching. He tilted his hips and lined up with my entrance before slowly pressing inside. I lifted my head and watched as he slid inside. The sensation, coupled with the sight of his body, made my body catch fire.
Brody and I both took a shaky breath when he shifted his hips back and thrust back inside, his movements controlled and not nearly fast enough.
Then he was completely inside me and I moaned, letting my head fall back. My muscles clenched when he withdrew and thrust again. Each movement was unhurried but enough to take my breath away.
"Don't ever leave me again," I said.
Brody's lips touched mine as he spoke, each word making our mouths brush together. "I won't."
I tangled my fingers in his hair, drawing him closer. "Even if you think it's for my own good." I gasped when his next thrust was deeper and a little harder.
"Never again," he responded.
Then, we were both beyond words as our bodies came together, moving in unison. I touched him, relishing in the texture of his skin and the muscle beneath.
"I love you," I said as my body drew tighter.
Brody kissed me, his hips driving harder against me. "I love you, too."
The tension within me wound tighter and tighter until it snapped. I wrapped both legs around his waist and my arms around his neck, holding him to me as wave after wave of pleasure drowned me.
His mouth moved to my throat and he groaned into my neck as he came with me.
Our bodies shuddered together, damp with sweat.
I put my lips to the indentation between his collarbones and sighed as the last of my climax faded.
"I missed you so much," I admitted. "I felt like a piece of me was missing."
Brody propped his weight on his elbows and looked down at me, his eyes soft and his hair tousled from my hands. "I never want to feel that way again."
"Whatever happens from here, we'll work it out," I told him. "Promise me."
"I promise," he vowed. "Jacks has been asking about you constantly. I didn't want to make things awkward when the situation was resolved, so I told her you had a lot of work to do and you couldn't visit us for a couple of weeks, but that I'd take her to see you as soon as you weren't overwhelmed."
"I hate that she was hurt by all this," I murmured.
"I think I kept all pain to a minimum. Especially since you sent her treats because you couldn't see her."
I narrowed my eyes at him and he grinned as he shifted and reached for the washcloth I'd used on my head last night, which was on the nightstand. He must have put it there after I went to sleep.
He pulled out of me and pressed the cloth between my legs. "I'll be right back."
I turned over on my side and watched as he disappeared into the bathroom, naked. I waited until he returned before I asked, "What treats did I send your daughter, exactly?"
He smirked and stopped at the end of the bed to grab his underwear. "Remember when you insisted we needed to start Christmas shopping early?"
"You didn't," I said, trying not to let the sight of him putting on his underwear distract me.
"Not everything. Just a couple of things you picked yourself."
"I guess I can't be mad. I was worried that her feelings would be hurt because I vanished from her life without a word."
Brody came over and sat on the mattress next to my bare thighs. "That's why I did it. And part of the reason Jacks hasn't been a sad sack like her father the past few weeks."
It hit me then. Our lives were starting now. He'd made it clear that he wanted a serious relationship. That he wanted to marry me one day.
And I couldn't wait.
"Do I really get to have you forever?" I asked.
He leaned over me. "Only if I can have you too."
We were both smiling when he kissed me.
