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One of his hands cups my neck as his lips find mine. With the wind swirling a path around us, the sound of the water hitting the boat, and the warmth of the sun bathing our faces, I kiss my husband for the very first time.
CHAPTERTHIRTY-SIX
Gina
“Daniel.”His name escapes me in a breathless rush. “I want…”
“Me,” he finishes my sentence before taking my mouth in a deep, lush kiss.
This kiss is different then the one we first shared on the boat two hours ago. After that kiss, Daniel poured champagne into two plastic glasses, and we toasted to tomorrow.
Neither of us knows what that holds for us, but today, right now, we both want the same thing.
As soon as our kiss breaks, he fumbles with the keypad outside the door to the condo he’ll soon own. It’s the condo that overlooks the spot where we shared our first kiss.
“Why can’t I remember the fucking code?” He chuckles. “You do things to me, Gina.”
I circle a hand around his bicep. “Good things?”
He stops to kiss me again. The tip of his tongue traces a path over my bottom lip before it slides into my mouth. It’s so intimate and gentle that I can’t hold in a small moan.
“Jesus,” he whispers as soon as I step back. “You’re driving me mad.”
“Look at me,” I say as he again punches random numbers into the keypad. “It’s going to lock you out. If that happens, whatever you were going to do to me will have to wait.”
His gaze trails over me so slowly that it feels like he’s already undressing me. “I’ve waited forever for this. I’m not waiting another goddamn minute.”
A light laugh flows out of me. “Focus, Daniel. Look at me.”
He does just that, locking his eyes on mine. “I’m looking. I’ll never stop looking at you.”
My heart aches in my chest, not only from the words he just spoke but his tone. It was soft and tender.
“You know the code.” I cup his face in my hands. “Think, or we’ll have to call Kelly.”
His gaze trails over my face. “I’ve thought about kissing you for years.”
As much as I want in his condo so I can fall into bed with him, I savor the moment. “For years?”
“Forever,” he clarifies. “I almost ran after you when you knocked on my apartment door that morning.”
I won’t let the memory of one of his past lovers taint this moment, so I push past her presence and don’t mention her at all. “When I was eighteen and you were twenty-five?”
He nods, his eyes lighting up as he does. “That’s it. One. Eight. Seven and Two.”
I watch in silence as he keys it in. The light on the pad flashes green.
With a push of the handle down, the door opens.
“I’m going to carry you over the threshold,” he tells me as his right arm circles my waist. “No arguments from you.”
I laugh, reaching for his shoulder as he dips down to slide his other arm under my legs.
He takes a single step forward before looking into my eyes. “I’ll be good to you, Gina. I promise this will be a night you’ll never forget.”
That promise only cements what my heart is already telling me. This night will live in my memory forever.
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