Licking and sucking down his neck, I told him, “Never gonna change my mind. I’ll be like an octopus suctioned to you all the damn time.”
“Maybe I do need my sword,” he said.
Chuckling, I pulled back. “Uh-uh, snook. You’re officially stuck with me. You told me you love me,” I sang.
He groaned. “Dear God, please don’t try and sing again.”
“But you love me,” I cooed.
“If you ever want to be inside me again, you won’t do that.”
I mimed zipping my lips and picked him up in my arms again. He wrapped around me like a horny little koala.
“Right now, we’re gonna move onto the me being inside you part.”
He moaned, kissing up and down my neck. “Please.”
I took him to the bed and laid him down while I stood back, staring at the man who was mine.
The man I would literally do anything for.
The man I was gonna please for the rest of our lives.
Only one thought sobered me and had me glaring down at him.
His brows pinched. “What is this look for? I’m the one who does that.”
“You’re not allowed to die before me.”
A rough laugh left him. “What?”
“I wouldn’t be able to handle it.”
“Link, I love you, but right now, we aren’t talking about death.”
I grinned, and he rolled his eyes at my sudden change. “True, baby, we ain’t dampening this moment. You love me, you want me, and you’re gonna be moving in with me. Nothing can top this unless you wanna get mar?—”
“Link, I swear I will grab my sword if you don’t get down here and fuck me.”
Smirking, I winked. “Whatever my baby needs, he gets.” Man, I couldn’t wait until we were living under the same roof together.
EPILOGUE
YEARS LATER
Ryo
There wasa man breathing heavily against the back of my neck. Almost like a chainsaw that needed oiling. Yet, I wouldn’t want it any other way.
I love him. Completely and utterly.
He was the first to break down my walls and somehow see I was worthy of his love.
Even when I still let my anxiety rule my actions in public and shut down any moment that made us seem like a couple, Link would just tease me back with a wink or a grin, and later he’d reassure me of his feelings for me.
My stomach fluttered.
I didn’t know what I’d done to deserve someone like Link—someone who weathered my moods, distance, and temper and still looked at me like I mattered. Like I was worth loving. Itmade me feel seen in a way I never had before… and a little terrified of how much that meant to me.
