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I kiss him as he picks me up out of the truck, and I giggle as he carries me over the threshold. “We’ll move. We’ll get something bigger. I’ll build you anything you want, Claire.”
I silence him with a kiss. We’re married, and like Marian advised, we’ll learn about each other and make our home wherever we want.
“And now, the moment I’ve been waiting for,” he says as he sets me down in the bedroom. The lights are dimmed, and I can’t look away from him. All the details can be seen later. Right now, he’s my whole focus, and I sure like the way he’s slowly taking off his tux.
“Now, I get to see the first and original Claire Cameron creation.” He twirls his finger to prompt me to spin, and I smile wide. He’s so sweet, so considerate, to know the dress I’m wearing is important to me. No matter how quickly I made it, I will treasure it forever.
He’s down to his boxers, shoving them off as he stares at me, moving close.
“Wanna know the best part?” I ask, breathing hard as desire consumes me.
He growls, reaching forward as he steps out of his boxers. His fingers slip under my hair. He holds the back of my neck and kisses me hard. “What?”
I pant after that drugging kiss and turn, giving him my back. “One zipper. Easy to take off.”
He takes the tab and drags it along the track. The dress peels off me, parting as it flutters to pool at my feet, and the feel of cool air on my body chills and excites me. He chases away the chill as he spreads his hot hands over my sides and across my stomach, hugging my back to his chest until his heat radiates through me.
“I love you, my wife.” His hand cups my breast as he leans me back to him.
I turn around, kissing him deeply. “And I love you, my sexy husband.”
He maneuvers us, bringing me down onto his bed. I don’t take my lips off him once, and with the wetness so sticky at my core and the hardness of his erection pushing against my stomach, I know neither of us will last for foreplay. The entire evening of seeing him in his tux has been a tease that had me hot and bothered all night, and now, as he hovers over me and gazes into my eyes, I smile at knowing he’s mine.
“I love you,” I tell him again. I can’t get enough of saying it, and as I part my legs to get him closer to where I need him, he groans and kisses me soundly.
“I love you, too,” he swears as he slides in.
I shudder around him, hugging him close and arching my back up as he fills me fully. It’s perfect, the same intense connection I know I’ll never tire of. But different, too. Not only is this the first time we’re making love as a married couple, but it’s also the first time he’s entered me without a condom.
“And I will never stop being in love with you, Claire,” he gets out around hard, mind-numbing thrusts. His words are all I need. I come, gripping him tight and crying out.
After he finds his release and we lay together in a sweaty tangle of tired limbs, I smile and stroke my finger along the muscles of his bare back.
“And I will always be in love with you, Sawyer,” I whisper gently before we ease off into sleep.
Chapter 33
Claire
A few weeks later
When it was my wedding day, I wondered how my “story” would come together. On Lauren and Caleb’s wedding day, I get a firsthand look of how every bride will have a unique journey to their day. Especially this woman. This isn’t Lauren’s first time. She’s set foot on the aisle twice before, and those experiences both blew up colossally.
Maybe that’s why she’s so calm. Practice making perfect and all.
Or not. As Aubrey and I help Lauren into the dress I’ve labored over and perfected the best I could at the cabin, Lauren shares some sobering, good news.
“It’s officially over,” she says with a sure and confident smile.
“What, your days of being single?” I tease. It’s easier and easier to joke and tease with these two, and I will never lose sight of how I’ve found the best present in their friendships.
“Jeremy.”
Aubrey laughs, a gritty and snark-filled sound. “Hell, yeah.”
Lauren smiles at her reflection as I work on adjusting the dress over her. “He’s done. My trust fund is fully in my hands. Every penny of it, and Caleb has arranged for my father to have to pay back interest on everything he’s taken out if it.”
Damn. Caleb’s always been sharp like that, but… “Your dad isn’t out there, right?”
