Page 127 of Deathless & Divided

Lily blinked. “You’ll always love me.”

It wasn’t even a question.

“Yes.”

“Forever,” she said.

“Yes.”

“You shouldn’t propose during sex, Damian.”

His laughter rocked them both. “It’s after, technically.”

“No, you’re hard again. Every part of me can feel it.”

Damian was. “Point taken. But you’re deflecting.”

“No, I’m not,” Lily said, never breaking his gaze. “Be there to meet me at the end.”

“Always.”

“Then yes.”

A grin split Damian’s lips. “Yes?”

“Yes,” Lily echoed. “But I’m still so angry with you.”

“That’s okay,” he said.

A familiar rumbling woke Damian from the daze he was in. Lily barely reacted at all to the sound, or she didn’t hear it like he had. He scrambled off the wet grass, pulling a confused Lily up with him. He fixed his pants and pulled his wet T-shirt over his head. Damian helped Lily back into the shorts he’d pulled off earlier. Quickly, he grabbed her flats she’d kicked off and held them out for her to slip her feet back into. Her shirt was ruined, but at least it wasn’t falling off her.

Damian had a hard time keeping his baser instincts under control as he looked Lily over. He’d bitten and kissed her lips a rosy red. Her hair was a mess from his hands and their frenzied fucking. She looked goddamn gorgeous. Like he’d been all over her.

“Is that …?”

“Dino’s car,” Damian said.

“Crap,” Lily muttered.

“Don’t worry about it. Just go inside, go back to sleep, and don’t act surprised when you see me sitting at the kitchen table in the morning.”

Lily frowned. “But—”

Damian interrupted whatever she was going to say by pulling her in close for a kiss. “What did you see, Lily?”

She didn’t even think about it.

“Nothing. I saw nothing.”

Damian stared at the colorful screen of his laptop, wondering if he should make the call.

“What are you doing?” Tommas asked, tipping back his beer to finish what was left.

“Thinking,” Damian replied.

“It’s a little late to be having second thoughts.”

Damian flipped his cousin the middle finger. “Not about the wedding.”