He peeks over the edge, seeing my suitcase sitting there, then picks me up again. “You guys really did plan this all out.”
I kiss him, then lean back just enough to see him. “I can’t take any credit. When your sister and mom called me, they didn’t have much convincing to do. I knew I was all in.”
He drops his head back with a laugh. “My mom called you too?”
I nod. “She did. They said you looked miserable, and we all needed to come together to help you get your head out of your ass.”
This gets another laugh out of him. “Yeah, that sounds about right for her.” He kisses me softly. “I’m sure glad they butted their way into my life—yet again.”
I wrap my arms around him tighter. “Me too.”
After we kiss for probably longer than we should since we’re still in front of his house, he loosens his grip on me, and I slide down his body until my feet are stable on the ground. With one hand in mine, he grabs my suitcase with the other, and we walk together to his childhood home and directly up to his bedroom as quietly as possible.
He shuts the door behind us and falls back against it, staring at me with an expression that melts my soul.
“I dreamed about having you in my bed with me these last few weeks,” he admits.
My chest is pounding so hard that I can’t get a word out, so I just stand here, staring at him.
“I can’t believe my dreams came true.” He takes three steps forward, wrapping his hands around the nape of my neck and bringing my lips to his.
I lift his shirt from the back, untucking it from his pants, then make my way to the front so I can unbutton it as well. When the shirt falls down his shoulders, my breath hitches as I take him in.
“Turn around,” he whispers.
I do as he wishes.
The zipper of my dress slowly comes apart with his guidance until it’s all the way down. With his hands on either side of me, he slips the straps off and down my arms until it’s a puddle of fabric on the floor.
“You know this means you’re mine now, right? No more games?” he whispers into my neck before placing kisses there.
I bite my lip and nod. “No more games.”
“That’s my girl.”
He flips me around so we’re face-to-face and kisses me with so much passion that I can truly feel his words in my soul. I’ve never wanted to be someone’s girl as much as I do with him. The anger he used to cause within me is nothing compared to the desire I feel, and now I know why.
This whole time, we had this energy between us that neither of us knew what to do with. The universe knew we belonged together way before we could figure it out. I’m just glad we didn’t give up on each other. Fighting or not, what we have is something rare, and now that I’ve discovered it, I’m never letting him go.
He lays me down, then stands back up to remove the rest of his clothing, so I take the time to shimmy out of my panties, but he stops me.
“That’s my job.”
I don’t argue, which earns me a sexy smirk from him that sends chills throughout my body.
He climbs on the bed to continue what I started, sliding them off of my body and tossing them to the ground before sitting back on his heels to stare at me. “You’re so gorgeous.”
I reach up, grab him, and pull him down to me, needing to be one with him in a desperate way.
He notices my needs and laughs. “Yes, ma’am.”
I wrap my legs around him, bringing him even closer to me, and when he slides inside me, I’m completely done for.
I’ve never thought about marriage or what forever with a guy would be like, but right here and right now, all I know is, I never want this between us to end. If this is what our life is going tobe like from here on out, I’m so in for whatever our life can be together.
“You and me,” he whispers as he kisses my lips and moves in a way I didn’t know could cause such feelings inside me.
“Forever,” slips out of my mouth, but I don’t even care. I mean every meaning, syllable, notion of what that word implies.
