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I wouldn’t think about that now. She was here. And I was a king with her in my arms.
“Can you sleep on your back?”
“You thinking of spending the night here?”
She propped her chin on my chest. “Maybe.”
“I can sleep any way.”
She tilted her head. “I can’t. Not even when I’m dead tired.”
“Sounds like a challenge to me.” I rolled on top of her, hovering my face inches above hers. “Maybe you need me to wear you out.”
Her eyes slightly widened, but there was so much want in them it nearly knocked me back. I’d taken her on dates, ones I could afford, and it was becoming an almost nightly addiction. Mostly we drove around the city, talking and listening to music with the windows rolled down.
This had been going on for three months.
I’d held her hand. Talked to her on the phone like we were in high school. But I hadn’t touched her.
Somebody owed me a medal for that.
“Maybe I do,” she rasped.
I propped on my forearms on either side of her head. There wasn’t a more beautiful thing on the planet. I hadn’t seen much of it outside of the city, but I was sure of that.
I inched closer.
Her lips parted.
I nuzzled her nose, breathing in that scent that was uniquely Beau. She was a queen, meant to be chauffeured and dripping in jewels. Not sneaking around with some chump who just wanted to be a fireman.
But I had her now.
And I couldn’t let go.
Her mouth was soft and sweet when I captured it. She wrapped her arms around me in a hold that felt like a claim. She darted her hands under my shirt and scraped her nails down my back.
I hissed and lost all sense of control. My kiss turned hard, like a brand I wouldn’t let her forget. And she welcomed it, kissing me back with as much as I gave. Her tongue swept into mine, and I groaned as I pressed my body against hers. I wanted her. I’d wanted her since I first met her, but I’d known then she was way out of my league. Yet, being with her, no matter what we did together, never felt like that.
“Garrett,” she whispered as her fingers wove into my hair.
Nobody called me that. Not even Ma. And when Beau did . . . I kissed her like I’d never have another chance. Like she was the only one I ever wanted. Like she was the best gift I’d ever received.
“Say it again.”
It wasn’t smart to let her know exactly what my name on her lips did to me, but I didn’t care about anything but hearing it again.
“Garrett.”
You own me, baby sister. There’s not one thing I won’t do for you.
I stared at the ceiling.Beau’s breathing evened. She held me tighter in her sleep. At first, I'd called her baby sister as a reminder to myself she was off-limits. She was Teague’s sister. No matter how I tried to keep her firmly in that camp, it hadn’t helped. Then the nickname had stuck.
Baby sister got a name?
I’d called her that from the very first time we’d met, and it had been an endearment the whole time, even when I thought it hadn’t.
And as I lay there with a numb stomach, I realized it didn’t matter how much time passed.
