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“You did, baby. You did exactly that.” Wylde rocked me in his arms, all the while clinging to me as hard as I clung to him. “You love them like they were your own. Everyone can see that, including them.”
We sat like that for a long while before I framed his face in my hands and kissed him with all the fear and desperation inside me. It seemed like we were always needing to comfort each other, but I was fine with it. It felt like… home. A family.
I surrendered to Wylde, letting him lead us because I knew he needed me as much as I needed him. As always, when he made love to me, my body sang in his embrace. Wylde took me to heights of wonder I’d only ever read about. Always, before he came, he saw to my pleasure. Several times. Now was no exception.
When we were spent, lying in the bed with Wylde draped over me, his head between my breasts, he lapped lazily at my nipple. I tunneled my fingers through his hair and massaged his scalp for the sheer luxury of it.
“I’ve set Ace up to get your tat tomorrow,” Wylde murmured lazily to me. It sounded like he was half asleep already.
“You mean the one like the other women have? The property tattoo?”
“Yeah. Tomorrow.” His words were slurred. The man had to be exhausted. I know I was. “Got a problem with that?”
“So defensive. You’d think you set it up without consulting me or something.”
“Told you. I take the path of least resistance. You might have said no, and I’d still have set it up. Do you know what it means?”
“Yeah. You can thank Iris. She explained it all to me. I had a few questions and she answered everything. You gonna make me regret doing this for us?”
I could feel him smile around my nipple before he gave it another lick. “I’ll do everything in my power to always keep you safe and happy, Danica. You and the girls.”
We were silent for a long while after that. I think I dozed on and off in peaceful relaxation.
“You know I love you, right?” Wylde always sounded so vulnerable when he confessed his love. Or any emotions, really. He hid his feelings behind his quirky, snarky, prickly personality. I knew it was a self-defense mechanism, one I was glad he’d stopped using with me.
“I do, Wylde. You know I love you too. Right?”
“I certainly hope so. I’m not sure I could survive if you didn’t.”
I pushed him gently so he rolled off me. In the process I draped myself over him. “I love the feel of your hair-roughened skin sliding against mine. I love how protective you are of me and the girls. I love how you make love to me with both ferocity and tenderness.” I leaned in and gave his lips a lingering, gentle kiss. “But most of all, I love how you love me, Wylde. You’re everything I could have ever hoped for in a man.”
“I’ll always take care of you, you know. Even if you decide I’m too much for you to handle.”
“You know, for anyone other than me you would be too much to handle. Me? I’m up to the task.”
Then I proceeded to show him how much I loved him. And continued to show him the rest of the day. And into the night. Tomorrow, we’d make it official. Before we left this bed, though, I wanted Wylde to understand that I was never letting him go. He was my heart. My soul.
My… everything.
