Page 223 of The Fire We Make

Joy nodded. “Mhm.”

He stared at her for a long moment, his hands remaining firm around her waist. He leaned in slightly, voice low and eyes filled with heat. “Show me.”

Joy swallowed and shifted in his lap, prepared to show him the full three hour flight if she needed to.

She pressed her forehead to his, her breath warm against his lips as she sank onto him.

Ace’s hands tightened on her hips, but he didn’t help her. He made her close the distance herself. Made her prove that this was what she wanted and this time, she would choose to stay.

“Look at me,” he ordered.

Joy lifted her eyes.

The anger was still there. So was the hurt she had caused him. But beneath both was something more vulnerable than she was used to seeing from Ace.

Fear.

“You can’t leave me again, Joy,” Ace said as she moved atop him.

“I won’t,” Joy promised.

Ace groaned low, his grip tightening on her hips. “Say it,” he demanded, taking over the pace.

“I’m not leaving you,” she breathed. “I promise.”

His pace turned rougher, deeper, pulling her closer like he was making sure she couldn’t disappear again.

“You scared, you tell me,” he demanded through gritted teeth.

She nodded.

“You think you need space, you ask me for it.”

“Okay,” Joy whimpered.

His hand moved to her jaw, holding her attention on him.

“But you don’t fucking run.”

Ace met her with all the anger, hunger, and relief he had held during their time apart. His restraint gradually disappeared, pulling her closer .

He drove into her, giving her punishing strokes and burying himself so deeply she wouldn’t be able to extricate him if she tried.

With each thrust he expressed his displeasure with their time apart and reminded her who she belonged to. Who he belonged to.

“I love your ass,” Ace grunted.

Joy moaned and tightened around him, a soft moan slipping from her lips. “I love you too.”

“You love me?”

“Mhm,” she whined.

“Then nut on this dick,” he ordered. “Wet this motherfucka up for me, Rose.”

On command, her pussy clenched and fluttered around him.

She rested her head against his chest as they came down, listening to the steady beat beneath her ear.