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“It’s fine if you do.” I shrug.
“We’re in this together. Always.” His hands grip onto mine in a fierce hold.
The intensity in his actions gives me pause. “Wait. You didn’t have your parents arrested for me, right? It’s not like your dad actually knew anything about my accident.”
“I did it for us,” he corrects. “For the life we’re building. Our future. In order to be the man worthy of you, I had to put my demons to rest. I couldn’t have these dark clouds hanging over me anymore. Who knew when the next time someone would bring my dad up and I’d get sucked back into that toxic headspace. I made the decision to end the cycle. Once and for all.”
“And your mom?”
His stare shifts into the distance and gets lost for a minute. “She made her choice. There was zero remorse while she was talking through me. I don’t have any regrets either. This sealed the wound I hadn’t been able to fully heal.”
“Are you okay?”
His bent knuckle drifts along the slope of my cheek. “Not sure I could be better. How about you?”
“It feels pretty perfect.” I snuggle closer. “We’ve learned a lot of valuable lessons lately. Some more complicated than others.” The journey we’ve traveled brought us back where we belong. A muted pang echoes off my ribs. “I understand why you had to face your dad—and apparently your mom—alone, but I wish you would’ve told me.”
He tucks a section of hair behind my ear. “I couldn’t risk you getting hurt.”
My chin rests on his left pec, allowing our gazes to lock. “What if you got hurt?”
“You’d nurse me back to health, right?”
“Very funny.”
But he’s not wrong. This experience has taught me that I’d do anything for him. My next breath expands my chest, allowing my heart to beat wild and free.
“I love you,” I confess on a rushed exhale.
He goes very still. “You love me?”
“Afraid so,” I sigh. “Now you’re really stuck with me.”
“Just when I thought this day couldn’t get better.” Chance picks me up and spins me around, smashing our lips together. “I love you so much, baby. This is just the beginning. I’ll do whatever it takes to make sure you’re blissfully happy for the rest of our lives.”
My arms loop around his neck. “Shouldn’t be hard. You already won the bet.”
“What bet?”
“The one where nothing is too expensive when it comes to me,” I remind him with a coy grin. “You’d spend every penny to your name if I open my heart to you.”
“Silly, Wildflower,” he rasps before kissing me again. “You could’ve made a fortune.”
“I have everything I need right here.” My grasp on him tightens. “What happens now?”
Chance’s smirk gains a naughty edge. “We celebrate.”
My palms roam along Gemma’s sides as she rides me to a frantic beat. I hold her steady while keeping us balanced on the bench in my foyer. We barely made it through the front door before we started ripping at each other’s clothes.
Her pussy clenches around my cock. She’s so tight and slick. Heat consumes me when she slams down onto my lap, grinding our hips together. I grit my teeth, trying to stave off the climax that’s already fondling my balls.
“Fuck, baby,” I croak. “Do that again.”
Rather than obey, Gemma hovers astride me with just my tip nudging her entrance. She teases me like that for eight erratic gallops of my heart. When I’ve managed to prove my control for the amount of time I stay on a bronc, she moans and slowly takes every inch of my dick back inside her cunt.
“Who loves you?” she purrs in my ear.
My fingers dig into her back as desperation coils in my gut. “You, baby. My perfect wildflower.”
