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“You’re here. How?” I said and then put my mouth on his and kissed him hard. He instantly responded by kissing me back.
“I missed you,” he said between breaths. “I missed you so fuckin’ much.”
“Mack?.?.?.”
“Adam. Call me Adam.” I furrowed my brow and stared at him. “A whole lot has changed, baby. A whole lot. Except for one thing, I hope.” Then he rubbed his nose across mine, and I felt that familiar warmth travel through my body, something only he was able to make me feel. When he pulled back to look at me, he smiled.
“Thank fuck. It’s still there. That look from the girl I love.”
Chapter Twenty-One
He pushed us back into my apartment and shut the door.
“How are you here right now?” I repeated my question. “I knew you had a hearing this week, but I didn’t know you would be getting out.” I could tell that he’d lost weight, his face was a bit thinner and his arms were less bulky, but he was still gorgeous. Maybe even better looking than before.
“Wallace was able to get most of the charges thrown out. It looks like Rollins has gotten into some trouble of his own. He was a little too anxious to catch me and cut a few corners that are going to cost him big. It’s not completely over, but I was able to make bail while Wallace works on what’s left of the case.”
“Oh my God. I can’t believe it. Brando knew, didn’t he?” I asked, and he nodded.
“Yeah, he picked me up this morning. I wanted to surprise you so I asked him not to say anything.”
I buried my face into his neck and held on to him. It felt too good to be true. I’d dreamed about this moment for two months, and now that it was here, it was hard to imagine how I ever went that long without touching him.
“Jonna,” he said softly, and I looked up at him. Tears were falling down my cheeks and that’s when it hit me.
That look from the girl I love.
“Wait, you said you loved me,” I said as I wiped my eyes with the backs of my hands.
“I did.” He nodded, then brushed my hair away from my face just the way he used to. “I’ve loved you since the first night I saw you. Everything about you was beautiful, and you just seemed to glow. Since then you’ve added light to the darkest and most forgotten places in my heart.”
“Mack?.?.?.?er, Adam. God, it sounds so weird to call you that, but I like it.” I giggled and cupped his face with my hands. “Oh, Adam,” I said his name more confidently, then kissed him softly.
“You said that you loved me once. Is that still true, or has that changed?” The uncertainty in his eyes nearly undid me. I studied his face and thought about how not a single hour of the day went by where I didn’t long to feel his touch, hear his voice, or kiss his lips.
“Adam, what I feel for you is so much more than love. That hasn’t changed.” He let out a breath as his shoulders relaxed.
“I know, there are no words strong enough to express what I feel for you either, but I can start with I love you,” he said. Then he kissed me tenderly, and I let my body melt into his. Finally, he pulled away so that we could take in air, then he moved us so that we were sitting on the couch.
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“I know that I’ve put you through a lot these past couple of months. I wanted to see you, God knows, Jonna. But I couldn’t let you see me like that. I needed to make some serious changes in my life. For years, I only ever cared about two things, cars and pussy. I’d hurt people in the process and I didn’t care about that either. I’m twenty-six years old and I don’t have anything legit in my life, except you. What we have is the real deal. I knew you were talking to Brando, bugging the hell out of Wallace, and that you tried to see me every Sunday for a month. I almost cracked and added you to the list, but I was worried that you’d run. That you’d see me for who I really was and you would run as far away as you could. I just couldn’t see that look in your eyes fade away. I couldn’t handle finally finding the girl I belonged with and then losing you. It would have killed me.”
“But I wouldn’t have done that.”
“I didn’t want to take that chance. Jonna, you stuck by me when most would have turned the other way. So I promised myself that if I was lucky enough to get a second chance with you, there would be no more playing around and no more waiting. Mack is my racing name and racing is no longer the most important thing in my life. It’s time for me to be Adam King, and I’ve never been him with anyone else but you.” He slid to the floor so that he was kneeling in front of me.
“I’ve always believed things happen for a reason. I’ve been fucking my life up for the past ten years and I’m paying the price for it now. You came at a time when I was ready to make a change, and for the first time I felt something I never had before. Love. I fell in love with you, Jonna. Hard. And I also knew that you loved me back, and it wasn’t because you said the words to me on the boat. It was in the way you made me feel and how you looked at me, like I was special. Part of me expected you to grow tired of my shit and leave. But you stayed.”
My heart felt so full. Tears were streaming down my face, and my lips trembled. I loved that he was baring his soul to me like this, and I thought about all the times I wished that he would open up to me, but I wouldn’t have traded this moment for anything. When I put a hand to his cheek, his eyes closed briefly as he tilted his head into my palm. When he opened his eyes, the tenderness there took my breath away. Then he reached into his pocket and pulled out a box.
“I went to speak to your father and brothers before I came here, because it was the right thing to do.” When he opened the box I saw a beautiful sparkling diamond ring. “Jonna Lee Fox, I know this seems crazy and that you’re still young, but it’s how I do things. Zero to one hundred and twenty in eight seconds. I can’t start my new life without asking you to be mine forever.” Then his eyes grew intense as he leaned forward. “Say yes, Jonna. Please.”
Wow. I was completely dumbstruck. The man I’d crushed on for the last four years, the one I knew could have any woman he wanted was down on his knees, right now, choosing me. The hope and uncertainty in his eyes nearly undid me. I knew the answer and I didn’t even need time to think.
“Yes,” I said and placed my mouth on his, and I felt his lips turn into a smile. He grabbed the back of my hair and pulled me tightly to him. “I love you.”
“I love you, too, Firefly. I can’t wait, need to feel you.” Without hesitating he pulled my tank top over my head and pulled one of my nipples into his mouth. “So beautiful. So sweet.” He licked and sucked each nipple while he slid my panties down. “I’ve missed the taste of you.” He kissed his way down my rib cage and over my abdomen as he grabbed both legs to rest them on his shoulders. His tongue slowly teased my wet folds. He didn’t seem to be in a hurry to get to the place where I ached for him the most.
