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Keeping our eyes connected, I settle back between her legs, rolling the condom off and dropping it on the floor. Clean-up can come later. Right now, I’m hungry. Bending down, I suck a nipple into my mouth, giving it a soft bite and a lick, watching in satisfaction as it pebbles.
“I don’t know. I’m still not convinced,” she lies, her voice hoarse.
“Seems like I have my work cut out for me,” I say, moving down her body.”
“You do,” she breathes, jolting when I press an open-mouthed kiss to her clit.
“Seems like it’s going to take time to convince you.”
I follow the kiss with a lick. She tangles her fingers in my hair, her legs falling open. “You know what that means, right?” I say, looking up at her.
“What?”
“I’m keeping you forever.”
EPILOGUE
TWENTY YEARS LATER
“Do you think I should go?” I ask, running my fingers through Kallan’s hair. It’s still a bit on the longer side and just as tousled as when we met. The years have added a touch of gray and a few wrinkles around his eyes, but he’s still the most handsome man on the planet.
Sitting outside on our porch, surrounded by family is my favorite place to be. Lately, though, more often than not, it’s only Kallan and I. And Finn. The kids are always off doing something on weekends.
“I think you might regret it if you don’t,” his voice rumbles.
I last saw Quinn at Nathan’s wedding more than fifteen years ago, so I was taken aback when Nathan relayed his request. He had an apology in his eyes, but there was an unspoken plea as well. One I don’t know that I can deny.
I sigh, and Kallan’s arm around my shoulder tightens, snuggling me more securely into his side.
Chloe throws me a look, and even from this distance, I can see the cry for help in her eyes.
“Stop staring at them.” My voice is chiding, but my insides are all warm and squishy.
I couldn’t have asked for a better father for Chloe and Mason. Or a better husband. He’s devoted his life to this family. He’s led by example, teaching Chloe never to settle for less and showing Mason what it means to be a man. That’s why I’m not worried. Chloe has her head screwed on right.
He’s shown me what it means to have a family.
I never made peace with Mom. I didn’t invite them to my wedding. She made her disapproval of moving on from Quinn clear, and I didn’t need that in my life. She tried reaching out when Chloe and then Mason were born and again before she passed away. But I was stubborn. I wasn’t interested in what she had to say. I still don’t know why she loved me less than Amelia and Cody, and I guess now I’ll never know. I wonder about that sometimes, and it’s that that’s making me consider Nathan’s request.
He makes a sound deep in his throat, pulling me from my trip down memory lane. I turn his chin toward me and press a kiss to his forehead, hoping to smooth the lines of his scowl.
“I don’t like it.”
“They’re just friends.”
“You really believe that? We were just friends, remember?”
“And look how that turned out.”
His eyes soften, and then he’s leaning in and kissing me. I’d never understood the saying “being kissed senseless” until Kallan kissed me. Until I experienced his,set my body on fire, toe-curling, time-stopping, who the hell cares where I am,kisses.
After twenty years, he still kisses me senseless.
All too soon, he pulls away, his attention caught by a deep laugh. Five minutes after Chloe and Brody spread the blanket next to the lake, he parked his ass on the porch, and he hasn’t moved since.
“Where’s Finn when you need him,” he mutters, his face falling back into a scowl.
We were heartbroken when Tuk passed away. He could never be replaced, but Finn eased a slice of the hurt his absence left.
