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He hugged her around her waist, inhaling her sweet scent. “I can’t believe you’re here. This month has been torture without you.”
“Then why didn’t you listen to your mother and come after me?”
“After the initial hurt, I really considered it. Daily. But in the end, it was clear we both had problems that required sorting. I needed time to work on mine and I thought you needed the same. Me chasing after you and bending you to my will—”
“You wish!”
He grinned. “—wouldn’t work. But you got my gift?”
“I did,” she said, her expression softening. “Keys to Primrose Park and your apartment at Kensington Palace. That was sweet. And it gave me the courage to come to you. But you’re right. I needed that time.” She gazed directly into his eyes. “I started therapy.”
He cupped her cheek. “I have, too.”
Her expression brightened and his heart constricted in his chest at her telling relief. “I have some things to work through, but before, I thought I could live my life just fine without addressing them. But I want to be better for you and I want us to work. With our crazy, heightened lifestyles, it could all get messed up. I don’t want that.”
“I don’t want that, either. We have to be honest with each other.”
“You’re right. And so... I don’t want to be involved with your family. Not as a working royal. Any private family functions with your mom, obviously, or even Catherine, you know I’m all in. But I won’t allow them to use me when it’s clear they only see the color of my skin.”
“Oh, love.” He pressed his forehead to hers. “That’s not an issue. At all. I never wanted you anywhere near them. I tried to protect you, but you don’t need my protection, although that will always be my initial instinct. You just need my support. And you’ll always have that.”
“Thank you. I’ve learned, and am learning, that we are a team. That I—” She stopped and took a deep breath. “I trust you to love and want the best for me.”
“I do. I’ll never hold you back or dim your light. Your shine is a part of who you are. It’s what drew me to you.”
They kissed and he poured everything he was feeling into it. How much he loved her, missed her, was sorry for hurting her. Was overjoyed to have her back and how he’d never let her go again.
“Baby,” she whispered when they’d parted.
She grasped him through the fabric of his jeans, the tip of her tongue peeking at him between her full lips as she reached inside and pulled him free. He closed his eyes and gripped the side of the bench to keep from coming in her palm like some inexperienced schoolboy.
“Oh God, love,” he groaned, thrusting his cock into her hold. “I’ve missed this so much. My hand never felt as good.”
“None of my toys helped.”
Toys?He surged forward.
“Guess we have some sex to catch up on,” he hissed.
She brandished a condom from her bra. “A girl was hoping.”
“I love you,” he said, overcome with happiness and desire as she covered him.
“Then don’t make me wait.” She tilted her hips and slid down his length.
Not even if Primrose Park fell to ruins around them.
***
“When do you think you could take some time off?” Dani asked, her head resting on his chest, his heart beating strong against her cheek.
She couldn’t believe she was here, and they were together. She’d missed him, enduring a constant ache as a reminder of what she had lost. It might take a while before she’d forget the devastation of his absence in her life.
His fingers played in her curls. “What do you have in mind?”
“A trip. To Paris. More specifically, the northeast region of France.”
Excitement bubbled in her as she scooted off the king-sized bed in the Celestial Bedroom and into the adjoining sitting room where she’d left her luggage. She grabbed what she’d been looking for out of her overnight bag and went back into the room, hiding the item behind her back. Jameson had pushed himself into a seated position, his back against the headboard. His chest and feet were bare, his pants unzipped, and his hair was tousled. He looked thoroughly fuckable, and she could feel herself grow damp between her legs.
