“Fuck me, baby. I need to feel you mark me from the inside.”
As Colin’s breaths grew ragged, I whispered to him over and over. “I love you. I love you. I love you.” This was for him. I knew Leland had left scars on his soul, and I intended to heal every one of them.
The love of my life filled me with his warmth, and when he was spent, somehow he found the strength to flip me around, drop to his knees, and finish me with his mouth. His left hand reached for my chest, and the ring sparkled at me in the shower light.
My knees shook as Colin took me to the back of his throat, and when I came, it was with the keen awareness that this would be our life. Loving each other unconditionally, never to be separated again.
I slid down the wall to where he was on his knees. Looking into his eyes, I pulled his face to mine and kissed him soundly.
We sat in the shower under the endless rainfall of water, letting it wash away his past and welcoming our future.
Chapter 36
Colin
Carson stretched out with his head in my lap as I ran my fingers through his hair. I reached for his left hand and twisted our fingers together again.
“I can’t stop looking at our rings. I never thought I’d ever find someone who loves me like you do.”
He kissed our hands again, then looked up at me. “I don’t want to wait. Not because of the visa thing, but because I love you.”
“Wait,” I said, “back up a minute. Explain, please.”
He grinned up at me. “If we marry outside of the United States, you can get a spousal visa almost instantly.”
“What about my professional visa with the Storm?”
His hazel eyes glinted with happiness. “You don’t need it.”
“So yer tellin’ me I went down there and talked to Leslie Newcastle about all my shit and I don’t need it now?”
He laughed. “I don’t know who that is, but no, you won’t after you marry me. Unless you’d rather go that way and get bogged down in all that.”
“Shut yer filthy mouth,” I said, covering it with my hand. “I fuckin’ hate the paperwork and the interviews and all of it.”
Carson kissed my palm, then pulled it away. “I guess we’re doing it then.”
I grinned down at him. “Wild horses couldn’t keep me from marrying you.”
I leaned down as he rose to meet my lips. He was going to be my husband.
“When do you want to do this?”
He smiled up at me. “My parents would like to be here. So we need to wait a few days. But sooner rather than later.”
I couldn’t help but wonder about all the legal circumstances coming with Leland. “Would you rather wait until all that mess is settled with… him?”
I didn’t even want to say his name.
Carson sat up. “No. I don’t give a damn about him. This has nothing to do with him. This is you and I starting our life together.”
I took a deep breath, then released it. “Okay. Whatever you want to do is good for me. Just tell me when and where, and I’ll be there.”
Carson crawled into my lap and straddled my hips. His warm skin on mine was all I needed. “That’s what I wanted to hear.”
I ran my hands up and down his back as he leaned in to kiss me. When he pulled back, I could see his wheels turning behind his eyes.
“I want you to show me everything about your life here. When you talk about things and tell our kids about Australia one day, I want to know exactly what you’re referring to. I want to see your school, meet your teammates, especially Owen, and experience your life here.”
