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Then she reached her hand up and touched a bit of exposed skin at his neck and she grinned like the most wanton of vixens. “I was quite mesmerized by this little bit of skin last night.”
“I’ve been mesmerized by you since the first moment we met.” Gabe lifted her hand to his mouth and kissed her palm.
She laughed, deeper than her usual laugh, throatier; and the sound was enough to make Gabe rip his shirt over his head and then scoop her up into his arms.
Sophie gasped, but then she rested her head against his bare chest and ran her fingers over the dusting of hair she found there as he carried her to their bed. Her gentle touch was enough to drive him wild. Dear God he loved her, he always had. But he could die from want of her, he had no doubt.
Gabe laid her on top of the counterpane and quickly went to work on the fastenings of his trousers, though he did slow a bit when he realized Sophie was admiring the muscles of his chest. He was happy to let her admire his form. She tugged her bottom lip between her teeth as he finally freed himself of his trousers and his cock sprang free.
“Oh, my,” she whispered.
“Oh, my, indeed,” Gabe agreed, as he stood over her at the edge of the bed. Then he knelt before her and hooked one of her legs over his shoulder. Damn it all, she had the prettiest pink lips right before him.
She gasped in a surprised breath when Gabe licked across her opening, and the sound urged him to lick her again. She was wet and slightly salty against his tongue as she whimpered on the bed above him. Heaven. She tasted like heaven. Gabe grasped her waist with one hand while the other plucked ever so lightly against her glistening pink nub.
He thrust his tongue inside her, over and over again until she let out a cry as a wave of her passion burst from her. Good God, he needed to be inside her.
Gabe wiped his hand across his mouth and then pushed back to his feet. He stroked himself, his eyes trained on hers, which were wide with surprise. “Slide to the middle of the bed, Soph.” His voice sounded hoarse to his own ears, but he couldn’t help that, he couldn’t help anything. He had to be inside her, he needed to fill her, heneededher.
Obediently, Sophie moved away from the edge and into the middle of the mattress, and then Gabe followed her onto the bed. He spread her legs apart and filled that space, letting the tip of his cock kiss her slickened opening. “It might hurt,” he told her, hating to do anything that would cause her pain. “But just this once, and—”
“Please, Gabe,” she begged, rubbing herself against his erection.
Oh, for God’s sake. No man could withstand that. He grasped her hips in his hands, urged her arse upward and then he buried himself inside her in one thrust.
Sophie grasped the counterpane in her fists and her channel tightened around his cock. Gabe stilled inside her.
“Are you—”
She nodded. “I’m-I’m fine.” And then her blue eyes met his and she seemed so certain, so sure.
Damn it all, she was so tight, so wet and warm, Gabe thought he might cry. He breathed out a breath as he pulled back slightly from her, and then he filled her with his cock again. Dear God, nothing in the world felt like Sophia Hamp…Prideaux. Sophie Prideaux. His wife. His lover. His heart and soul. Oh, God, the thought urged him on.
He lowered himself over her and relished the feel of her nipples pressed against his chest, her legs around his waist and her hands upon his shoulders.
“Gabe,” a staggered breath escaped her.
“Oh, Sophie,” he agreed before capturing her lips as he slowed his pace and took his time making love to her.
Goodness. The way he said her name like it was a prayer or the sweetest benediction. The way she felt so complete with him filling her, like they were one with the way they moved together. The way he held her gaze as each of his strokes brought her closer and closer to that same precipice she’d fallen over when his tongue had been inside her.
Oh! Sophie clutched Gabe to her and she cried out his name when she fell back over that very same precipice. Every nerve in her body tingled with awareness, but Gabe didn’t stop, he increased his pace, pushing himself faster and deeper inside her until he shuddered above her and the warmest sensation filled her core.
Gabe collapsed beside her and drew her into the cocoon of his arms. His pulse beat in his veins and Sophie was certain hers beat to the same rhythm. She lifted her fingers up to trace his whiskered jaw and she sighed. “I love you,” she whispered against his chest.
Gabe tightened his hold for just a moment. “I’ve always loved you.”
She kissed his chest, the place right above his heart. He was hers and she was his, and nothing would ever be the same again.
CHAPTER 18
Approaching Fairhaven Cottage
Edenton, Cumberland
Gabe pressed a kiss to Sophie’s head as she snuggled against him on the bench. It was no wonder she was sleeping, he had kept her up half the night in their various bouts of lovemaking. He still wasn’t certain how it was possible that he’d ended up with her as his wife, but he wasn’t going to question his good fortune. After all, she was the only good thing he had in his life, the only part of his life that made any sense.
She shifted on the bench again and her eyes blinked open. “Are we almost there?” she asked as she covered a yawn with her hand.
