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Mason sat in stunned silence for a handful of rapid-fire heartbeats. And then he smiled in a way he couldn’t ever remember smiling before. With his mouth, his cheeks, his eyes, his forehead—his whole face. He hadn’t even been sure if the muscles in his face worked the way they did for other people until that moment.
Grabbing her around the waist, Mason hauled her onto his lap, positioning her so they faced each other. A startled laugh bubbled out of her, and her hazel eyes met his. “Addison Walker, are you asking me if I’m in love with you?” he said, still grinning like a fool.
Her smile turned shy. “Maybe.”
“Christ,” he said, laughing. “I thought you were breaking up with me.”
“God no! Fuck, no wonder you were being so weird.”
The horror on her face made him laugh some more. His heart had never felt this light in his entire life.
“Little one, from the moment you walked into my life with your absurdly delicious food, you’ve turned every single aspect of my world upside down.” He cupped her face between his hands. “You’ve made me happier these last few months than all the other years of my life put together.”
Tears glistened in her beautiful eyes. “No one in my life has ever been there for me like you. Not even close.” When she blinked, the tears made twin trails down her cheeks. “It literally fucking hurts when I’m not with you. Every time something happens—even tiny, stupid little things—I want to tell you.” She leaned into his touch. “And I can’t wait to hear every little thing about you. That’s love, right? That has to be love.”
“If there’s another word for it, I have no idea what it is.” Leaning in, he pressed his lips softly against hers. “I love you.”
“I love you, too, Mason,” she whispered against his lips. “I love you so much.”
Their mouths collided as they both surged forward. Addison laughed at the fumble, but Mason merely took tighter hold of her face, keeping her where he wanted her as he slanted his mouth over hers.
He’d never tire of kissing this woman. She arched her body when he commanded it with dominating hands, making herself soft and pliable and entirely his to control.
He wanted to feel her skin against his. He wanted to feel it everywhere.
Lifting her to her feet, Mason made quick work of her clothes, tossing them onto the floor without his usual care. His clothing joined the pile as fast as he could shed them, and then they were back on the sofa, Addison straddling him as he surged up into her waiting pussy.
“You’re mine.” Mason growled it against her neck, digging his fingers into her ass as he lifted her. He slammed her back down onto his cock with enough force to make her teeth rattle. “If anyone else even thinks of touching you, I’ll snap their fucking neck.”
“Yours,” she promised, her eyes drifting closed as he lifted her again, arching his hips as he pulled her back down. “Only yours.”
Mason couldn’t think of anything he wanted more.
They fucked until they were both breathless, their bodies slippery with sweat. “I love you,” Mason said, voice strained as he lifted his hips again. He loved the way his muscles tightened and protested as he pushed them to exhaustion. “I love you. I love you.”
Sweet fucking Christ, he was so close. Licking his thumb, he lowered it to her clit, doing his best to keep up a constant rhythm as she writhed and bounced on top of him.
Eyes shut tight and head thrown back in ecstasy, she rocked her hips in the most delectable way, screaming when her orgasm finally shattered through her.
Her pussy clenched around him as she came, squeezing his cock with enough force to drag him over the edge with her.
Addison collapsed against him, panting. As he held her with exhausted, sweat-slick arms, still buried deep inside her, he couldn’t imagine ever being happier.
Hours later, as they lay in bed together beneath the painting of purple and blue mountains, Mason whispered, “Little one?”
“Yes?”
“You’re not leaving, are you?”
She went extremely still for several seconds, not even seeming to breathe. “What do you mean?” She sounded genuinely confused.
“When your trial period is up in a few weeks,” he explained, trying to keep the fear out of his voice. “You’re going to stay, aren’t you? You’re not moving back to New York?”
Propping herself up on her elbow, she looked down at him with the sweetest smile he’d ever seen. “I’m not going anywhere.”
Relief warmed him from the inside out, and he closed his eyes for a few seconds as his middle-of-the-night anxieties drifted away. When he opened his eyes again, Addison was looking down at him with so much love written all over her face, it took his breath away. “Will you live here? With me?”
Her eyes went big and round. “Are you serious?”
