Page 63 of Summer Ever After

Unlike before, this time she needed speed. She needed him to understand that she’d never said those three simple words to anyone else, not even Ian.

She wrapped her legs around his hips and held on, responding to his every touch. His hand found her, slipped under her shorts He removed them, then his fingers slid inside her. His mouth moved over her heated skin, lower, covering each nipple one at a time, taking his time. He trailed his tongue over her flat belly, dipped lower until he settled between her thighs. He lapped, sucked, licked, used his tongue and fingers on her until she was crying out his name.

“Tell me again,” he growled against her heated skin.

“I love you,” she cried out as he shifted over her.

“Again,” he said, locking eyes with her.

“Aaron.” She reached for him. “I love—” He plunged into her and she laughed with sheer delight at the feeling of him filling her.

“I love you,” he said softly next to her ear as he started moving.

He had built her up several times, and she’d shaken with each release. This time, they fell together and it was more powerful than anything she’d ever experienced in her life. Stronger than any volcano or tsunami. More powerful than any earthquake she’d ever read about.

This, this was true love.

When their skin cooled and their breathing leveled out, he whispered against her skin. “I love you.” She smiled. “Move in with me.”

She laughed. “I already live here.”

“No, I mean, for real, officially.”

She thought about it. “Since I haven’t really been looking for a place to live, I suppose I can continue not looking.”

He kissed her. “Good. Does that mean you’ll move your things in here to my room?”

She glanced around the larger room. “What’s the closet situation?”

He laughed. “There’s plenty of room. One of the first things my parents did was create two master closets. You’ll have your very own walk-in closet. Once I get a few things out of it, first thing tomorrow.”

“We’re going to work first thing tomorrow,” she reminded him.

“Right, then second thing tomorrow,” he joked, and kissed her again. “I’ll help you move everything over.”

“You’re sure about this?” she asked, as he shifted their bodies until he was spooning her from behind.

“Very. This is what I want to fall asleep to every night.” He kissed the dip in her shoulder.

She was smiling as she listened to his breathing settle and slow. The smile fell away as she thought about what she was going to have to do to protect him and everyone else that she loved.