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“It’s beautiful,” she whispers, and I slip out of her, rolling onto my side next to her as I lift her hand to my mouth.
“Not as beautiful as you.”
“It’s going to be a long engagement,” she teases me, rolling towards me so her hands and chin are pillowed on my chest. “Even longer if you keep using lines like those.”
“It can be as long as you want,” I assure her. “As long as it ends in forever with you.”
Her face softens, and she leans up, pressing her lips to mine. “I want to be with you forever, too, Finn. Here, or anywhere else. Married or not, that will never change.”
She reaches up to cradle my face in her hands, deepening the kiss. I feel her pressed against me, pulling me down atop her again as she kisses me sweet and slow, and I can feel the truth of those words in every kiss, every touch, as I take her in my arms all over again.
I love her, and she loves me.
And no matter what, nothing will ever separate us again.
Epilogue
Asha
For better or worse, ‘til death do us part—
I’d almost laughed out loud, saying those vows in front of the priest with Finn, with Theo and Nikolai and their families and a handful of other friends looking on. It didn’t take a wedding and vows said out loud for me to know that was the truth for us. We’ve already been through better and worse, faced down death together, long before I stood at the altar with my hands in Finn’s and swore to love him for the rest of my life.
I already knew I would do that, too. From the moment he saved me, cared for me, from the moment he showed me that I was worth more to him than his own life—from the moment he pulled out that ring and asked me to marry him in a way that would have made sense to absolutely no one except the two of us, I’ve known. I never thought I would find love like this again, but now that I have, I know I’ll do anything to never let it go.
It was a beautiful wedding and a wonderful reception, but it all felt almost redundant to me. I’ve been his long before we made it official, and he’s been mine. Looking down at the thin rose gold band sitting next to my ring now, it doesn’t feel so much likefinallyasof course.
“Admiring your new jewelry?” Finn leans over to kiss me, his hand brushing over mine as we settle into the seats on Theo’s private plane—his gift to us to take us to our honeymoon. First Ireland for Finn, and then Spain for me—Finn wanted the pubs and moors of his home country and to show me around, and I want sun and beaches and good wine. With nothing holding us back from taking an extended honeymoon, there was no reason that we couldn’t have both.
“I was thinking that it feels like it’s always been there,” I tell him softly, leaning up to kiss him again. “Like I’ve always been yours since we met. It just took some time to realize it.”
“I’ve never been so grateful for anything as I am that you did..” Finn’s fingers trail through my hair, his mouth a little more urgent against mine as he deepens the kiss. “And when we get to our hotel in Dublin, I have another gift for you.”
“Oh?” I nestle closer to him. “Are you going to give me a hint?”
“Not even a small one,” he assures me, punctuating the sentence with another kiss. “No matter how much you tease me into trying,” he adds, as my hand slides over his thigh, fingers inching higher. “In fact, the more you tease, the longer I’ll wait to give it to you.”
“And what are you going to give to me?” I raise an eyebrow, tilting my chin up for another kiss. “Is it something big?”
“I like to think so,” Finn says wryly, a glimmer of a smile on his lips. “But you’ll just have to wait and find out.”
—
I find out the answer almost as soon as we’ve dropped our bags in the room. Finn reaches into his, rummaging around for a moment, and then holds a box out to me. I take it from him, curious, as he starts to unbutton his shirt.
Inside is a pair of handcuffs, a small key, and a silk blindfold.
“Is this what I—” I look up at him, startled, and Finn laughs, shrugging off his shirt. It’s enough to make my mouth go dry, looking at him, seeing every inch of his muscled torso on display for me, dusted with that copper hair that I love to run my fingers through.
“My wedding gift to you is lettingyoudo anything you want tome.” He grins at me, running one hand through his hair as the other goes to his belt. “There’s a flogger in that bag, too, if you’re so inclined.”
I feel my eyes go even wider, and I clap one hand over my mouth, startled into laughter. “I didn’t think—”
“You let me do whatever I wanted with you—and have, since then,” Finn says gently, closing the distance between us. “Now it’s my turn. You can do anything you like,Mrs. O’Sullivan.” He says the last teasingly, his hands brushing against my waist, sliding the silk sleeveless shirt up over my stomach as he drops to his knees in front of me, his hands going for the buttons of my jeans. “I’m already on my knees, wife, so tell me what it is that you want me to do?”
“Mm.” A dozen ideas are already running through my head, each one more delicious than the last. “Is this going to be a one-night sort of thing, or will I have other opportunities in the future?”
Finn smirks. “I suppose it all depends on how the night goes. But I’ve heard you’re very good at your job. The best, really.” His fingers hook in the waist of my jeans, thumbs brushing over my hipbones as I slide my shirt upwards and enjoy the way his gaze follows it hungrily. “I’m eager to experience your—talents.”
