“We’ll talk soon.I promise.”
I leaned in and kissed her, hating that I didn’t know when the next time would be that I would get to do this again.
“I love you,” I said as I slowly pulled away, breaking the kiss.
Her eyes widened as the words registered in her brain.
“I do, Poppy.I fucking love you.”
She smiled the first real smile I’d seen in days and looked me in the eyes.
“I love you, too.”
“Fuck,” I hissed, stepping back as I bit down on my fist.
“What?”Poppy asked with a giggle I hadn’t heard in far too long.
“I knew I loved you, but hearingyousay you lovemeseriously did something,” I admit, feeling the strain of my cock in my jeans.
Poppy arched her eyebrows in confusion until she glanced down and noticed.
“Pat!”she shrieked, smacking my arm before looking out the bedroom door to see if anyone was around.“You’re so bad!”
“Hey, it’s not my fault.You said you love me, and it made my heart grow ten sizes,” I teased.
“That’s not yourheart.That’s yourcock.”
“Eh, everything grows thanks to you loving me.”
She shook her head and tried to hide her smile, but failed.
I glanced at my watch and groaned.
“Shit.I'd better get going.I love you, and I’ll talk to you soon.Try to be good while I’m gone, okay?”
“I’ll do my best.”
I leaned in and gave her one final kiss before leaving, hoping it wouldn’t be a big mistake to leave her there.While I knew that Gage and Julie were more than capable of protecting themselves, I didn’t trust that whoever was after Poppy wouldn’t somehow slip past all of us.
