“Thanks for taking care of me, Ben,” she said sweetly, leaning back against me.
I continued to feed her, delighting in the simple enjoyment of caring for my omega. I brought another strawberry to her lips and purred with satisfaction as she took it from me, her tongue darting out to lick the juice from my fingers. I groaned, imagining her tongue on my cock.
Josie rotated in my arms so she was facing me. My eyes were drawn to where her pretty pink nipples were sitting right above the waterline. I wanted to lick and suck them.
“My eyes are up here,” she said, teasing.
I tore my gaze away from her breasts. “I love you,” I blurted out.
She giggled. “I love you, too.”
The words I wanted to speak burned on my tongue, but I hesitated, unsure if it would upset her. But then I remembered the fear I’d felt when she was taken from us at the DC, fear that I’d lost her, and it spurred me on. Life was too short to not tell people how you felt.
“If it wasn’t for the device, I would already have demanded you put your mark on me. Permanently,” I added, reaching up to the tender spot on my neck. “The second it’s out, I hope you’re ready because I can’t wait a minute longer to be so tangled up with you we can never be separated.”
Josie’s eyes were wide, her lips parted. My brain started generating anxious thoughts as I waited for her to respond. But then she launched herself at me, wrapping her arms and legs around me with a splash.
“You still want that with me?” She cupped my face with both hands and studied my gaze as if looking for deception.
“Of course I do,” I said, bewildered at her confusion.
“I just wasn’t sure you would still…” she trailed off.
I growled at the thought that anything could make me want her less, that I would ever find her less desirable because of what they had done.
“I will never stop wanting you,” I said fiercely, holding her gaze.
Slowly, a wide smile spread across her face. “I want you, too. I want your mark on me.”
I spun her in the water, needing some way to express my excitement, and I was having trouble speaking around the whole, happy feeling in my chest.
“It’s all going to be okay,” I said, kissing her cheeks, nose, and lips. “They won’t win. I promise.”
Her eyes were glassy with unshed tears. “You’re so sure.”
“I have no doubts about my future with you. We’re going to have forever together, beautiful. It’s written in the stars.”
“Okay,” she said, a smile tugging at her lips. “If you say so, it must be true.” She held me tightly, her hot pussy pressing against my cock.
“Beautiful, if you keep doing that, I can’t be held responsible for my actions,” I teased.
“Then you better take me somewhere you can knot me, alpha. Because I want to be stuck with you,” she said, her cheeks flushing a beautiful pink.
“As you wish, sweet omega,” I responded, carrying her out of the pool and dreaming of the day we would be tied together forever.
ChapterEleven
Josie
Imemorized Ben’s features as he dozed next to me in bed. He had fallen asleep as soon as his knot went down enough to slip from my body, but had kept a firm hand on my hip, pulling me to him even in sleep. I smiled at the thought that I had tired out my alpha.
I couldn’t resist tracing my fingers down the stubble lining his jaw, shivering at the memory of what it had felt like between my thighs. His lips were red and soft, his dark curls falling messily on the pillow.
Ben’s eyes fluttered open and he stretched before pulling me closer. His blue eyes met mine, his skin crinkling with his smile.
“Sorry I fell asleep,” he murmured, pressing his face into my hair and breathing deeply. His mouth-watering apple scent was mixed with my vanilla, and I held back the urge to lick every inch of his skin.
“S’okay,” I responded, snuggling into his chest.
