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“Nope. You’re stuck with me, gorgeous. Now, I want you to bear with me for this next part.”
Ace lets go of one of my hands. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a box. “I meant what I said about Tiffany’s. When you’re ready, I’m going to take you down there and you’re going to pick out any ring you want and I’m going to get down on one knee and ask you to marry me. You’re moving in with me tonight and we’re going to take it step by step until you start to trust me and believe me, without freaking out about it every step of the way. We’ll get you some therapy if you think it would help. Whatever it takes. Until then, I bought this ring when I bought your bracelet. I knew you needed time, but I don’t need time, Texas. I just need you as close to me as you’ll let me get. So, this is a promise ring.”
He slides the giant ruby onto a very significant finger.
“I’m going to fix those broken pieces inside you, Tex, you’ll see, with love and lust and by making every dream you’ve ever had come true.”
Oh my god.
“You’re going to have your own driver and I’ve cleared out the penthouse apartment of the employee building. It’s got three bedrooms. It’s empty, and it’s yours. That way, you’ll have a safe place to run to if you need to. Emma can even move into it if you want so you have your support team there when you need her. So there’s nothing to be scared of.”
Wow. He really, really gets me.
“Because you know what, Texas?”
“What?”
“I’m fucking all in. I’m not just in love with you, baby girl. I’m fanatically, ecstatically, addictively in love with you. And to be honest, I never even thought about falling in love before. It wasn’t really on my wish list or my radar. I was always too distracted with work and with making money and with proving myself to my father. But none of that feels so important anymore. Because I can tell you this: I fucking love being in love with you. It makes everything make sense. Everything suddenly has a reason. And you know what that reason is, Tex?”
“What’s the reason?”
“It’s you, baby. It’s you.” He takes my face carefully in his warm hands and wipes my tears. “Please, honey, let me try.”
So I do the only thing I can do. I crawl onto his lap and into his arms and I kiss him. “I want to. I want to try. I can. I will.”
“You do?” His question is so deep and so hopeful.
“Yes. So much.”
“Fuck yes.”
Our connection started as a physical one and, like always, we can’t resist each other’s pull. Our kisses turn slippery and hungry and my heart aches at the sweetness of it. His hands are under my dress as I unfasten his pants and we can’t get close enough fast enough.
“I hope they don’t drink their coffees too fast,” I gasp.
“They know not to bother us.”
He positions me, pushing my panties to the side, swiping the head of his cock insistently, parting me, sliding thickly inside. I whimper because he feels safe and heartbreakingly good.
My tight body gives so wetly and so willingly as he holds me and drives deeper inside me. I slide down onto his steely girth as I inhale his warm breath, kissing him as he plays my tongue with his. He’s inside me in every possible way and I can’t get enough of him.
I’m already starting to come.
“I love you, Dusty Rose,” he rasps, a hitch in his voice. “Trust me. Believe me. I love you so fucking much.”
And so I try it on for size and it’s easier than I ever expected, because it’s Ace. “I trust you, Cash Maddox. I believe you.”
We’re gripping each other and kissing like our lives depend on it, and it doesn’t take long. We both shatter at the same time, my pleasure milking his as the gushing throb of him takes me higher.
Like Ace said, life makes no promises. It has a way of throwing curveballs. But as long as we’re willing to catch them, maybe sometimes we can.
I hold him close as my body worships him lovingly, over and over.
“I love you, Ace.”
What surprises me is how good it feels to finally say it.
EPILOGUE
