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“Your scar was tingling?” she whispers.
I can’t help my smile. “Yes, you could say that.”
“Slytherin over here tingling for a kidnapping.” More grumbling, but she uncrosses her arms and scoots a little closer.
“I kept asking you out. You kept denying me. I had to do something. Letting you slip away wasn’t an option. Now it’s my turn for a question. Why did you keep turning me down?”
“Because you didn’t know me, and I didn’t know you. We still don’t know each other,” she huffs.
“Don’t we?” I press my palm to her cheek and turn her face to me. “I know you always like the book better than the movie, you do a cute little snore on the exhale sometimes, you like a lot of cream with a little coffee, sometimes you get stuck on a thought or an idea and have to research it and look at it from every angle, and sometimes you have entire conversations with Sue when you think I’m not around. I also know I adore you, Della adores you, and Sue adores you. You’re the only woman I’ve ever had in my home that’s not Della or business. I made a mistake that first night. I can admit that. I should’ve never let Fat Tommy scare you the way he did. He took it too far.”
“That’s right!” She smacks my arm. “You shouldn’t have.”
Not hard. Not anything like what I deserve. I’ll take any punishment she wants, just so long as she stays with me.
“I was scared to death.” She glares at me.
“I know, and I’m sorry, precious. I swear on my life I never would’ve let them hurt you.”
“The saw.” She shudders.
“I know.” I press my forehead to hers. “I know, and I’m sorry. If you want me to drag Fat Tommy up here and watch as I use the saw on him, I’d be more than happy to—”
“Eww, gross. No.” She wrinkles her nose but leaves the forehead alone this time. “You’d do that?”
“I’d do a hell of a lot more than that to gain your trust. You’re precious to me. Can’t you see that?” I swallow hard. “I’m obsessed with you, Laura. I can’t stop thinking about you. I was afraid I’d hurt you, so I stayed away from you. But I can’t do it. There’s no way I won’t chase you to the ends of the earth. You’re the most precious thing in the world to me. Priceless. And I love you with everything I am.”
Her eyes water.
I swipe away a tear. “Please don’t cry.”
“How can I not cry when you just said all those things?” Her lip wobbles, and I lean in and kiss her.
She grips my shoulder, her body pressing into mine as I kiss her with every bit of my devotion. Can she feel it?
She opens her mouth, inviting me in. I massage my tongue against hers and run a hand down to her hip, pulling her tightly against me. She’s injured, recovering from trauma, but I’m fucking starved for her. And when the heat of her pussy grazes against my hard cock, I groan into her mouth.
She answers with her fingers in my hair and a moan of her own.
When I finally come up for air, she pants and licks her lips.
“My priceless Laura.” I kiss the tip of her nose, her forehead, her cheeks. “I can’t live without you.”
“Good.” She runs her fingers along the stubble of my jaw. “Because I’m in love with you. And, honestly, more than a little obsess—”
I claim her lips again, my heart bursting with more emotions than I can name, and I kiss her until we’re both out of breath and deeply, perfectly in love.
EPILOGUE
LAURA
Iopen one eye when I feel Xavier’s big hands massaging me. Or pretending to massage me when all he’s really doing is putting another layer of sunscreen on me. I giggle at his protective nature. Nothing has changed when it comes to that. He’s always concerned with my safety.
“You don’t have to be sneaky when applying sunscreen.” I sit up. Xavier hands me my ice water. I take it, drinking half of it down before handing it back to him.
“Are you hungry?”
“I ate five minutes ago.” I stretch my arms out, causing my bikini to ride up. Xavier’s eyes go to my tits, which are bigger now. It’s one of the advantages of being knocked up. The down side is having a husband who hovers over you, making sure you drink enough water and eat what you should.
