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His story done Rex leans his forearms on the table, then brushes a piece of hair that had blown across my face out of my eyes. He slowly tucks it behind my ear. Rex leaves his hand on the side of my face, cradling it. His gaze locks onto me, his eyes darkening right before he pulls me into a kiss. Slow and light, he brushes his warm lips across mine. The action steals my breath and another piece of my heart.
“I didn’t have that issue with you. I knew from the moment I met you. How very special you are, probably the one. But I was too late. You belonged to someone else. For months after you transferred out of the ER, I carried on like a lovesick puppy. Just ask Austin.” He laughs, then runs his thumb over my bottom lip.
Lost in the moment, my head feels fuzzy, full of desire and so much hope.
“And then a miracle happened, and your friend Miranda was my nurse when I was released the other day. She knew I had a thing for you all along and told my sister about you needing a last-minute date. Stitches or not, I was going to be on that plane. They wanted me to surprise you, thinking you wouldn’t be too happy it was me. But I had faith. And look at us now.”
He dips his head, kissing me again. Another slow and soft kiss that makes me want more. Harder, deeper, longer. I want to race back to our room and lock ourselves away.
I let out a disappointed sigh when he ends the kiss. “And then you proved to me, very quickly I might add, that you were nothing like any of my previous dates. That my days of being Mr. Cupid were behind me.”
“What made me different?” Whispering, I lick my lips, craving another kiss but also needing to know.
“One, you aren’t still in love with your ex. If you were, you wouldn’t have responded so sweetly, perfectly, to my touch the way you did in the galley. Two, you easily fell into the role of girlfriend, allowing me to touch you, speak to you, as if we were already lovers in front of your friends and your ex. And three, despite our rocky start, you, Heather Campbell, are totally into me. And that’s why I’m not letting you go. I love you.”
Thump, thump, thump! My heart feels as if it will burst from my chest. Full body chills, the really good kind, envelope me. That little voice in my head, the one that kept me safe and on track when faced with the unknown, is now screaming. Rex. Is. The One.
Tell him, kiss him, drag him back to the room and show him.
So, I do.
“I love you, too. Happy Valentine’s Day, Cupid.”
EPILOGUE
Three months later
Heather
We’d been inseparable since our return. Rex had pretty much moved in from that first day back to Pineville. Getting our schedules to coincide had been tricky, but we had at least one day off together each week.
We filled those days with binging movies, taking naps, introducing each other to our favorite local restaurants and friends. Of course, there was plenty of horizontal naked time too.
Today was no different. Snuggled up against his toasty warm body, I swung a leg over his hips, grasped his erection, guided it to my entrance, then slowly sunk down. Releasing a satisfied moan, I set a slow pace. Worn out from our earlier frenzied round of lovemaking, I was looking forward to a slow build. We never seemed to be able to go slow for long, but maybe this time.
“You are insatiable,” Rex groaned.
Locking my eyes onto his, I rocked my hips, grinning. I laced my fingers with his and sighed. “That’s why we’re perfect for each other. Well, among other things. I don’t want you thinking I’m with you only for your hot body and magical tongue. I like your brain and kindness, too.”
Rex rolled me onto my back, and I screamed, then laughed. Remaining buried deep inside me, he dipped his head and sucked a nipple into his mouth. Rolling his tongue over and around it, he pinched the other one. Oh, yes. Magical.
The first spark of an orgasm built and the look we shared in that moment stole my breath. I felt tears gather, and my heart stutter at the love I saw mirrored in his dark brown gaze.
So many thoughts ran through my mind, not the least of which was how lucky I was to have taken a chance on agreeing to a blind date for Valentine’s Day.
Gripping my hips, he held me in place, thrusting in long strokes until that sweet-sharp pull of pleasure crested. My pussy milked his cock, his roar of completion drowning out my own shout.
As our breathing evened out, Rex drew light, small circles along my back. Heaven. This is heaven.
“I can’t get enough of you. And I don’t think I ever will,” he whispered. Gathering me closer, he stretched out an over my head arm, fumbling with something on the nightstand.
“Same,” I whispered back. Too tired to pry my eyes open to see what he was up to, instead I mumbled against his chest, “What are you doing?” Tickling under his ribs, I sucked in a breath. “Rex, you’re crushing me.”
“Sorry, babe. I was just getting… something.”
I squinted, but all I could make out was an odd-shaped object pinched between his fingers. Then a glint of light flashed off it and my eyes flew open.
He cleared his throat and said, “I was waiting for the perfect time, but then it occurred to me that really anytime with you qualifies as perfect. Heather, will you marry me?”
