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“You better fucking be. Because there’s no way I can ever go through this again.”
“I love you, Tanner Malone. With all of me. And this . . . this is the start of our happy-ever-after.”
EPILOGUE
“Let me play with you.”
“No,” he said.
The reply frustrated her even as his touch brought her such pleasure she swore she saw stars.
His hands were heavy on her breasts, lips on her nipples. His mouth moved lower and lower. To where she wanted him to touch her.
But she wanted to give him the same.
Wanted to take him. Wanted him to fuck her.
Hard. Fast. With a fierceness their love-making no longer had.
Don’t get her wrong, she liked him sweet and slow. Gentle and tender.
But she also liked that other side to him. The man who was in charge. Who commanded her. Who bossed her and teased her. Who flirted and grinned. And yeah, she even missed Meanie Malone.
As he entered her, his dick driving deep inside her, she came. Her cry of pleasure filled their room in the bunkhouse of the Ranch.
Tanner held himself above her, not giving her his weight, afraid to crush her.
Because he thought she was delicate, fragile.
Ever since Stefan stole her away six weeks ago, Tanner had been broken. He was still here. Still did and said the right things. But he watched her all the time. Every touch was deliberately careful as though he was scared she would break.
She’d long since healed her bruises from the car crash. The mark on her cheek left over from where Stefan slapped her was gone.
The nightmares continued, but they were getting better. She’d only had one this last week. Still, they didn’t help Tanner’s state of mind. Every time she had one, he freaked out.
Thankfully, Alec and West hadn’t been badly injured. After no one could get hold of them, Maddox had gone looking and found them. West had a small concussion, while Alec had a lot of bruises and a gash on his head that had needed stitches.
About ten minutes after Maddox had found them, Tanner had gotten an anonymous message telling him where he could collect Lilac. He’d raced there with Butch and Raid, uncertain whether she was alive or dead.
Yeah, she understood why he was so upset.
Lilac wrapped her arms around him as he continued to drive himself inside her, coming with a muffled groan. Her clit pulsed with the aftereffects of her own orgasm, and he rolled them over until he was on his back with her on his chest.
She didn’t know how to get him to see that she was all right now. Yeah, Stefan was dead, and she’d seen it. Yes, everything had gone to crap. But she was okay.
In the end, she’d only told Tanner and Alec the truth of what happened on that plane. She didn’t want to talk about it and break Donatello’s trust. If that’s what it had been. They’d agreed that keeping that to themselves was best.
She’d moved into the bunkhouse with Tanner. They had plans to eventually build a house on the Ranch, but for the moment she didn’t mind the bunkhouse.
Ryleigh and Opal were living in the main house with Alec and Mia. Although Opal was making noises about moving into a house in town. It would be closer for her job, even though Alec had lent her a Ranch truck for transport.
She wouldn’t be surprised if Ryleigh went with her. If her brothers let her. They’d kicked Linc off the Ranch as soon as everyone had been discharged and gone home. But he now visited the Ranch all the time. Much to the Malone men’s dismay. She’d had to talk Tanner out of shooting out his tires.
They were all very protective.
Case in point, the man sliding out from under her to go take care of his condom. When he returned, he tucked her into his side under the covers, kissing her forehead.
“I’m not going to break, you know,” she whispered to him.
