I pull back just enough for her to nod before I thrust inside her, tearing moans from both of us. Digging my hands into her hips, I hammer into her as the water pours down over us. I drag my lips from hers so I can trail them across her jaw and downher throat. She throws her head back, her hands pulling me in as she arches her back and her hips to meet me thrust for thrust. When I feel her pussy ripple around me, I let go, coming hard, filling her to the brim with my cum. The thought of watching it drip down her thighs pushes me to go harder, deeper. She comes, her slick body wrapped around mine as she bites down on my shoulder. I hold her tight, her pussy spasming around my still twitching cock as we ride out the aftershocks together.
Pulling back, she looks at me, a shy smile on her face. “I never knew it was possible to fuck your demons away.”
I laugh, burying my face against her throat as I pull out of her. “Glad I could be of assistance.”
I lower her to her feet and cage her in with my arms on either side of her. “I’m so fucking in love with you.”
She jolts at my words, her eyes going wide with surprise.
“You don’t gotta say it back. I just don’t want to hide what you mean to me. So this is me, laying it bare, balls to the wall, heart in my throat. You’re it for me, Citlalli Dillion. I felt it the day you wore a shackle around your ankle, and again when you wore a hospital ID around your wrist. I’ll still feel it when my ring is wrapped around your finger. There will never be a day when I’ll want to be anywhere other than right beside you.”
She folds herself into me, gripping me tightly. It takes me a moment to realize she’s crying. I tip her head back, wiping the tears, even though it’s fruitless.
“You’re breaking my heart, angel.”
“I don’t mean to. I’m just so scared that I don’t deserve it. And when you realize that, you’ll be gone, and I don’t know what I’ll do without you.”
“You never have to worry about that. I’m not going anywhere.”
She swallows before she continues, “What if I don’t know how to love you back? What if I can’t figure out how to love you enough, or I love you so much I smother you?”
“Honey, the only way you’d smother me is with your sweet pussy riding my face, and I’m down for that.”
She slaps my chest and laughs through her tears. “I’m serious.”
“Citi, we have all the time in the world to figure it out. There’s no pressure, I promise. I just don’t ever want you to have any doubts on my end. I’m all in. We’ll go at your pace the whole way. But the second you tell me you’re ready, I’m throwing you over my shoulder and making you my wife, white dress be dammed.”
“I don’t need a white dress, only you. I’m just not there yet.”
“Not yet, but someday?”
“Someday.”
* * *
We crash hard after our shower. I keep her wrapped up in my arms like I’m worried a thief in the night will come steal her away from me.
It feels like hours later when something wakes me. I open my eyes but don’t move for a second, trying to figure out what disturbed me. It isn’t until I turn my head and see a set of eyes staring back at me that I realize it’s Star.
Ever so gently, I ease away from Citi and climb out of bed, thankful I slipped on a pair of boxers earlier.
“Hey, princess. You doing okay?” I ask her softly as I grab a pair of sweats from the chair and slip them on.
She watches me until I’m done, then walks over and slips her hand in mine. I stare down at her, wondering if she knows she has me completely wrapped around her finger. We might havebeen joking about it before, but our brothers would lay down their lives for this little girl who captured all our hearts without saying a word.
I lead her out of the room and gently close the door behind us before we head downstairs. “You hungry?”
She looks up at me and nods.
“Pancakes?”
She blinks and smiles big.
I bend down, pick her up, carry her into the kitchen, and set her on the counter. “Pancakes it is. The question now is, which flavor?”
I collect all the ingredients as she watches me with wide eyes, then grab a chair and set her on it.
“Okay, chef. Chocolate chip or blueberry?” I point to chocolate chips with one hand and blueberries with the other.
