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The love of her life. And yes, that meant forever.
TWELVE
Apollo drifted through Indika’s apartment, switching off lights and checking that the door was bolted. With Blackout crashing their solitude, neither he nor Indika had gotten to bed yet.
She was curled up in her spot on the sofa, the blanket tugged up to her chin. She watched him but didn’t speak.
It was the things she’d already said that haunted him, though.
Maybe it’s time I stop fighting him and start supporting him.
He crossed the room and took a seat at the foot of the sofa. She immediately stretched out, resting her feet in his lap.
He slid his thumb along her arch. “Did you mean it?” he asked.
Her gaze flew to his. Locked and held. “Yes,” she answered.
His chest swelled with so many feelings he couldn’t put into words. “If I could go back and do it all over again, I never would have abandoned you the way I did.” His words came out as a strangled croak.
“I know. It’s taken me a while to see it, but I do now. You were sworn to do your duty, and you were doing it the best way you knew how. It had nothing to do with me.”
He bowed his head as a huff of air punched from his lungs. Relief. So much fucking relief.
She flung off the blanket and crawled across the sofa to him. When she straddled his hips and took his face in her palms, he clutched her hips.
“I don’t deserve another chance. But I’m going to fight for it.”
Her eyes burned into his. “You already won.”
She leaned forward and kissed him. The tender caress instantly yanked a response from both of their throats as passion flared.
She cupped his jaw and angled her head, taking his tongue into her mouth and twining her own around it. The deep ache of want that never left when he was with her increased to a throb he couldn’t deny.
“Let me have you. All of you,” he gritted out.
She searched his eyes, knowing he was asking for no walls between them—no doubts, no suspicions. Only the love they had for each other.
She gave him a slight nod.
He lifted her and stood. Careful not to jostle her wound, he carried her through the dark apartment.
“I’m almost sad that you tied up all those balloons in the corner. It was kind of fun to weave through them when they weren’t sneaking up on me,” she said.
He chuckled. “They’re deflating, but I can always blow up more.”
They reached her bed. He lay her tenderly on the mattress and she hooked her arms around his neck, holding him close. When he kissed her this time, the insistence took over and the kiss turned carnal.
She dragged her fingers over his shoulders. Each light scrape brought him back to life.
Passion flooded him. Tearing his mouth away, he dotted kisses down her throat to her breasts. He stripped off her clothes in a flurry, eager to put his mouth on every single inch of her beautiful body.
Need pounded in his core. Her soft cries fanned the flames. When he had her naked and all his clothes in a heap on the floor, he stretched on top of her.
She parted her thighs in invitation, and he settled between them. His cock pulsated in time with the thunder of his heart. Holding her stare, he thrust into her pussy.
A growl broke from his throat, and he buried his cock deep. Her inner walls clenched around his rigid length.
Dropping his forehead to hers, he squeezed his eyes shut on sensation. “I love you so damn much.”
