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He released my hand to shrug out of his blazer. The soft material still warm from his body and laced with his musky scent was draped around my bare shoulders.
“I would love a coffee date,” I murmured, tugging the lapel closer around me.
Darius leaned in and whispered a kiss to my lips that made me giggle for an entirely different reason.
“What?” he asked.
“I was just thinking how I hadn’t thought this would be possible for so long, but here we are.”
“Finally,” he added quietly. “And I swear to you, I will do everything in my power to make you happy.”
I touched the black bow at his throat. I tugged the edges and unraveled the satin ribbon to hang on either side of his throat.
“Same,” I told him.
His car was brought up to the bottom of the steps and he led me down. By the time he opened the door for me, and I slid into the passenger side, I was drained. My feet hurt and all I wanted to do was get out of that dress and into something cozy, or nothing at all.
I tugged the folds of the blazer closer around my shoulders and let my head drop back against the headrest as Darius maneuvered us out of the driveway and back towards the city.
“Your place or mine?” he asked, placing the weight of his palm on my thigh.
I settled my hand over his, keeping him in place. “I don’t care. I just want to sleep in your arms.”
“Tired?”
I raised my shoulder in a shrug. “A bit. It’s been a crazy week getting everything ready for tonight.”
“Thank you,” he said, taking his eyes off the road for only a second to meet mine, “for helping my mom put all of that together. It couldn’t have been easy, but it was beautiful, and I enjoyed myself tonight.”
Touched by his sweetness, I squeezed his hand and peered at him through the dark cabin. “I’m just glad you’re home finally.”
The drive was a comfortably silent one. The country road was a landscape of darkness, but something about the blare of the heater, the crunch of gravel, and the knowledge that I was going home with the man I loved with all my heart made the moment spectacular. I was never one for aimless driving, but I felt a kind of peace just sitting next to him, knowing we were heading forward in our lives, that we were finally together.
Pulling up to the Alexander was the best part of that whole day, in my opinion. Going home with Darius, getting into bed with him and being held could never be beaten. It took all myeffort not to shove open my door and jump out before the car had a chance to stop.
“My bed?” he asked, pulling into his spot in the parking garage.
I nodded. “Sounds great.”
He gave me a grin before throwing open his door and rolling out of his seat. I watched him jog around the hood to my side and yank open my door.
I was practically vibrating by the time he offered me his hand. The anticipation had livewires crackling through my system. I was aware of every stretch of skin on my body, every brush of my dress as I moved. It had been so long since I’d had his hands on me, so long since he’d built me up and destroyed me that I knew it wouldn’t take long to hit my peak. Bob tried. I’d used him nearly every night that week, but it was always too fast, too basic. The anticipation of having Darius work his magic almost had me skipping to the elevator.
“What’s that grin for?” he asked as we waited for the metal doors to open.
I shrugged, letting the front of his blazer slip open just enough to give him a view of my cleavage. “Have I told you how much I love my new dress?”
Eyes fastened to my chest, he shook his head. “I can’t recall.”
“I definitely plan on thanking you for it … thoroughly.”
Dark eyes lifted to my face. “How thoroughly?”
I closed the foot of space between us. “You might want to cancel all your plans tomorrow.”
His arm slid around my middle, and I was pulled in the rest of the way. “I’ll cancel the whole week if it means spending it with you.”
The lazy drawl skated across my skin, tightening my nipples against the satin fabric. Darius noticed. He dragged his blazer offof me, exposing me to the chill of the garage. My shiver seemed to amuse him as he opened his mouth to speak.
