I wish I could stay here forever, but my body has other plans. Cam’s hips are rocking up to meet mine, and the combination of her nails raking down my back, her lips on mine, and our love coursing between us is just too much.
She cries out my name first as her pussy squeezes me impossibly tight, and then my climax thunders through me like a freight train. I barely have the sense of mind to roll to the side instead of collapsing on top of Cam.
“Fuck,” I breathe, my eyes tightly shut as I feel my body come down from the ultimate high. “How does it keep getting better every time?”
Cam doesn’t respond, so I crack open my eyes, only to realize I can barely see a thing through my glasses.
With a giggle, she takes my glasses off, wiping them on the sheets before carefully sliding them back onto my face. When my vision adjusts, she’s got an adorable grin on her face. “Mission Fog Up Beckett’s Glasses was a success.”
We both laugh, and I tug her into my arms. I’m nowhere near ready to not have her as close as humanly possible right now. And as we lay there, our heart rates slowly returning to normal, I realize that no moment in my life has ever been more perfect than this one.
The only way it could be better is if we were home in Dogwood Cove instead of a random hotel in Manitoba.
But my wife’s head is on my chest, her naked body curled up against my side. Her leg is resting over mine, and her fingers are dancing over my bare skin.
It’s perfect.
“I need you to know something.”
My arms around Cam’s body tighten slightly before I force them to relax. Nothing she says will change the overwhelming sense of happiness coursing through me right now.
“I didn’t have those divorce papers drawn up because I didn’t want to be married to you. I just wanted to give you everything I thought you wanted. A real relationship, a real wedding, a real marriage. I wanted to do it right with you.”
I shift us slightly so that we’re both on our sides, facing each other. There’s the smallest amount of space between our bodies, but even that feels like too much, so I pull her closer.
“Maybe this was our version of right. Maybe all the years of friendship was what we needed to make this right. To make us right for each other.”
Her soft smile makes me need to kiss her, so I do.
“Our relationship has always been real. Whether it was friendship or husband and wife. It was always real, Cam. And like I said before, I don’t need anything more than this. You, here with me.”
Pushing her onto her back, I hold myself over top of her, staring down into those clear green eyes that see straight into my soul.
“You are all I need and all I want. Now and always.”
Chapter thirty-four
Cam
“Where’s the betting pool on how your mom is going to react?”
Beckett laughs out loud as he puts the car in park in front of his parents’ house. “The very fact that you assume there’s a pool is further proof that you belong in this family.”
I arch a brow at him and grin. “Oh, come on. It’s an easy assumption to make. Your brothers wouldn’t let this go without having some fun with it. As soon as you told me they knew, I immediately figured they’d have some kind of bet going.”
He shakes his head ruefully but doesn’t disagree. “Yeah, well, joke’s on them. Mom will be nothing but thrilled to hear we’re married.”
My eyes drop down to where my hands are clenched in my lap. “You keep saying that, but are you sure? She won’t be disappointed that we didn’t have a wedding everyone could attend? I mean, we lied to them, to everyone, for months. You really don’t think she’ll be a little bit upset?”
Beckett just shrugs. “I mean, sure, she might be a little bummed, but Mom isn’t the kind of person to ever make you feel bad for something. And even if she is disappointed, she’ll take it out on me, not you. She loves you.”
“I coerced her perfect son into marrying me for money,” I say drily. “Disappointed would be the least she’s entitled to feel.”
“If I remember correctly, I did the coercing,” comes his mild reply. “And you’re underestimating my mom’s desire to see her kids happy and in love. Trust me. Any disappointment will be majorly overshadowed by the fact that we’re finally together.”
I let out a long, slow breath, blowing the air between my lips. “You make it sound like your family has watched you pine after me for years.”
At least this time, he has the decency to look a little embarrassed.
