“Not as much as I need you.”
He pushed home, my core rejoicing in riotous relief. We cried out together as he pumped and rocked into me, our mutual rhythm sending little zings of pleasure through me with each thrust. I sighed and panted and shouted his name, desperate for release, but never wanting it to stop.
His hips accelerated, the sound of our skin slapping together a filthy soundtrack to our lovemaking.
“Tell me I can have all of you. Tell me you’re mine.” Jace panted out.
“I’m yours,” I gasped, matching his thrusts, climbing toward the peak. “Always.”
I pushed hard as Jace thrust in, intensifying the pressure, making me fly apart. I cried out, my orgasm pulsating through me, my muscles milking his cock as Jace gritted his teeth and almost roared with the force of his climax, pushing into the hilt and causing me to cry out again.
As we came down, our breathing eventually slowing, we melted into each other, luxuriating in the feel of one another. I closed my eyes, safely cocooned against Jace’s chest.
My heart was just returning to its normal pace when Jace propped himself up on his arm.
“Did you really mean that before, when you said, that you were mine, always?”
There was wonder and awe in his question, but there was doubt, too. Like the words we’d uttered to each other were just that: pretty words spoken in the heat of the moment. He looked uncertain, as if bracing for what I’d say once reality set in.
Sometime during the last two weeks, I’d completely fallen in love with this man. This funny, charming, genuine man.
I answered with the simple truth. Because I was his. And he was mine. We’d work on the rest as it came.
“Yes.”
He cupped my cheek, kissing me softly. When our kiss ended, he pulled back and looked thoughtful.
“I’d like to tell the kids about us.”
My eyes widened. “Today?”
Smiling all cute and adorable, he shook his head. “No. But it’s supposed to be nice weather all weekend. I was thinking we could all go for a hike tomorrow. I know some trails the kids would love, and it’d be an opportunity to add to your fun list. Besides, if we tell ’em on a trail, it’d be sort of special. Like we’re making a new memory, just the four of us.”
Just the four of us.
Telling the kids about us could be a mistake. One—or all of us could get hurt if something went wrong. But I was sick of playing it safe, of being afraid of making a mistake. I was ready to take a risk that made life worth living. I was ready to feel alive.
“Ok.” I nodded, smiling at the surprise in his features at my quick agreement.
“And I want to introduce you to my parents on Sunday. As my girlfriend.”
“Wow, when you go for it, you really go for it”
Jace gave me a cocky grin as he raked his eyes over my naked body.
“That wasn’t how I meant it.”
“Not in my head,” Jace teased
I smiled, loving how easy this felt. “I know one thing for sure. I want you in my life. Yes, it’s fast, but at this point, I can’t see a future for me without you in it.”
Jace lifted my hand and kissed my palm. “So, that’s a yes for meetin’ my parents as my girlfriend?”
I nodded. I didn’t know what our future held, but as long as I was with Jace, I found I was startlingly okay with that.
Completely and totally relaxed, I closed my eyes, nestling back into his side, hoping we would not get out of this bed until it was time to pick up the kids.
“There’s something else I want to do with you.” His voice was playful.
