His nose hit the side of my neck at the same second his hands curled around my waist, and he tucked me against his hot, bare flesh.
“You have any idea what it does to me, Brinley? Seeing you waltz into this kitchen looking like my favorite treat and knowing I’m going to get to see it every day for the rest of my life?”
A tremble rolled through me, and I released a shaky exhalation. “A treat, huh? And here I thought I meant a whole lot more than that.”
I managed the razzing through the need that spun through my body.
I could feel Silas’s grin against the side of my neck. “Thought you knew I had a sweet tooth? I’m good with having nothing else.”
“You’d better be because you’re stuck with me.”
He softened and hardened all at the same time, and his hands splayed wide over my abdomen, sending thunderbolts of heat firing through my belly.
He pressed his nose deeper into my neck, inhaling before he mumbled, “You’re everything, Brinley. A new beginning and my end.”
“You’re the home I didn’t know I needed.”
He slowly turned me around.
The air simmered, a driving song that whispered around us.
Every hair on my body lifted in attention.
His palm slipped to my cheek. “Wildfire.”
My hands landed on his bare sides. “King.”
An adoring grin flitted over his mouth, our gazes tangling in joy and commitment before he set his other hand on my face and pulled me to him.
His plush lips danced against mine. Featherlight brushes that I felt to my toes.
This kiss was slow.
Penetrating.
Winding right down to our souls.
Dizziness spun through my head, and I gripped onto him tighter.
“I love you.” He murmured it as he swept back and forth over my lips.
A frisson of perfection buzzed through me. “I love you. So much.”
“Ahhh!” The screech behind us stalled us out, and Silas’s spine went rigid.
“I knew it. Oh my God, I knew it.” A profusion of giggles rolled out of Elena. “I mean, I’ve been calling this since day one. The two of you were so obviously going to go boom. You had to be blind not to see it. All I’m saying is it’s about time the two of you caught up.”
Silas slowly shifted around.
Uncertainty rippled from him. Unsure if he should deny it and pretend like what was clearly happening was not happening or straight fess it up.
I bit down on my bottom lip to stop myself from being the one dishing the juicy details.
It wasn’t my place, and I could feel the war go down in the middle of him.
This was brand-new territory for him, too.
Some of the eccentricity drained from Elena, and she looked at me.
