I moved his head, manhandling him until I could rest my forehead against his, then I rubbed our noses together. There’d be time to tame my little brat later. At that moment, I just wanted something softer. A little sweeter.
Link exhaled a slow breath, and I brushed my lips over his in a barely there kiss.
“Kiss me, puppy.”
His breath hitched, then he tilted his head forward and sealed his lips over mine. It felt different this time. We’d shared unhurried kisses before, but not like this. Not after confessions of maybe, possibly,definitelylove. It was everything.
I loosened my grip on his hair, and instead of yanking, I ran my palm over the curly strands, deepening our kiss.
It didn’t feel real, but somehow, a fucked-up hormonal imbalance had ended up being the best thing to ever happen to me.
Link
We weren’t in my room, but I’d take what I could get. Elias had fallen asleep in my arms last night, letting me soak up his scent as much as my heart desired. Lazy mornings could quickly become my next favorite thing to do with him.
Especially lazy mornings with his nipple in my mouth, milk trickling down my throat during an early morning chestfeed. I hummed against his skin, letting my eyes flutter closed as he petted the back of my head.
I waited to pull away until it was hard to get any milk, and Elias patted me on the head, sighing contently. “Thank you, puppy.”
Burying my face in his chest, I breathed him in while I still had the chance. “We have to go to work.”
“Yeah, we do.”
“I wanna stay here. Right here.”
“I know. Me too.”
“It’s not fair.”
He chuckled, which also wasn’t very fair. “Well, we have to go, or we’ll both get fired.”
“But I love you.” The words came out muffled against him. I liked that I could say them—that I finally had words to convey how I felt about him. I’d been so infatuated with him for so long, and none of the words I could think of to explain it made any sense.
Everything made sense now.
Elias pulled me away from his chest, lifting myhead until our eyes could meet. “Oh, puppy. You know I love you too.” At the slight tug of his hands, I leaned forward easily and melted into his kiss.
But it wasn’t just a kiss. It was the type of kiss that felt like a break. A moment where I could let my shoulders fall and let the world keep going instead of rushing to get ahead of time. There was no need—time could wait. I had Elias here, and he was all I needed. He was everything I’d ever need from now until the end of time.
When we parted, I was smiling—until he decided to tap my bicep. “Now get up, pup. We gotta get ready.”
I groaned and rolled onto the other side of the bed. “This fucking sucks.”
“And you do too. Really well, actually, but you won’t be able to prove that to me later if you don’t get up.”
Yep. I’d definitely love him until the end of time.
Chapter 12
GOT MILK? (YES. FOREVER.)
Elias—1 Year Later
I sighed, crawling into bed. “Puppy,” I called. “Come here, please.”
“No.” His disembodied voice carried down the hall and into our bedroom.
“Why are you being like this?”
