Page 230 of I Never Stopped Loving You

“Ugh, fine. But don’t laugh. Ariel or Lily for a girl.”

“Ariel? Like the little mermaid?”

“It was your favorite movie when you were a kid,” he laughs.

“And Lily?”

“Your favorite flower,” he answers confidently.

Warmth spreads from my chest.

“What about for a boy?”

He pauses for a moment before letting out a long sigh.

“Dallas.”

“Why Dallas?”

“It’s where the Bennett’s kept you safe all these years. Even though I wasn’t able to find you, I knew in my heart you were safe. I wish I could have met them and thanked them for saving you when I couldn’t.”

“Noah…”

“I know, I know. It probably sounds dumb.”

“No,” I snap, spinning toward him and causing the water to splash over the side.

I grip his face, kissing him then holding his forehead against mine. His cheeks are flushed red. Is he embarrassed?

“That is the sweetest thing I’ve ever heard. No one has ever loved me like you do. I’ve never felt a connection with anyone like I do with you. It was scary how instantaneously I felt the connection, but I believed you when you said it was fate. Fate brought us back together.”

I press my lips to his. Pouring my love into him to try and get him to understand I’m just as fucking crazy for him as he is for me.

“I love you, Noah Anderson. I will love you until we’re old and gray, through this life and the next. You are my forever.”

He presses his forehead against mine, eyes closed. His chest rises and falls in slow, deep breaths.

“I love you, Willow. You are my forever.”

Both of us are shivering from the cold water, but the warmth spreading through my chest is helping. He stands, scooping me up and wrapping my legs around his waist. He climbs out of the tub and walks us over to the shower, dripping and leaving a trail of water along the floor. He turns on the shower and waits a moment for it to heat up before stepping under the stream with me still in his arms.

“Wait…What about this house? It only has one bedroom. What about the kid…Or kids?”

“I already looked into how we can expand it. We could turn this room into the kids' room and then build us a master suite off the back. One with a hot tub right outside the patio doors.”

“Ooh, now you’re speaking my language.”

“So, what do you think? Maybe in a year or two?” he asks hesitantly as he peppers my neck with kisses.

“Maybe or maybe sooner. There are just a few things I want to do first,” I answer honestly.

“Whatever you want to do, we’ll do it. But just so you know, I’m still filling you with my cum every fucking time, no matter what.”

In a split second, he spins me. He bends me slightly at the waist as he presses my chest against the cool tile wall. I can feel his cock throbbing between my thighs, just teasing my entrance with the tip.

“Oh, really?” I ask coyly as I push my hips back pressing him just a bit further inside.

“It’s a fucking promise.”