Jared was standing there with a huge smile.
“I don’t want our adventure to end. It won’t be as exciting and frightening as Iran, but together, I bet we can drum up our own brand of trouble.” He paused for a minute. “Why wasn’t your door locked? Why did you open the door without knowing who was trying to get into your house? Haven’t you learned anything over the last couple of weeks? Sheesh, woman? Are you trying to get yourself killed?”
“No, but if those bad guys came back and kidnapped me, you would have to come to rescue me again. It’s the ultimate game of hide-and-seek.”
“I don’t want to play that game. I have many other games in mind that would be a lot more fun.”
“Oh, yeah? What kind of games are those? Monopoly? Canasta?”
“Are you going to invite me in, or are you going to make me stand here and talk about board games?”
I quickly gathered my wits about me and invited him in.
He hobbled in and sat on the couch. I sat next to him, wanting to be close to him, but not wanting to crowd him. That sounded strange to me, knowing how close we had been in the past. Yet, that was a whole other world that didn’t seem real to me.
“What brings you here?” I asked him.
“As I was saying, I don’t want our adventure to end. I want a whole lifetime of adventures with you.”
He pulled a box out of his pocket and opened it.
Inside was the most unique and beautiful ring I had ever seen. It was a tiny wolf paw print in white gold. There was a small diamond in each of the toes and a larger one in the middle.
“Will you marry me?” he asked.
I jumped on him and hugged him tightly. “I thought you’d never ask,” I said.
He slid the ring on my finger. It was beautiful. It fit me so perfectly, it was as though it was a natural part of my hand.
“I love you, Elise,” he said.
“I love you, too,” I answered.
“You know, it took me a while to figure out how to pop the question.”
“Did it now?” I asked.
“Yep. Gage though I should go with, ‘me wolf shifter, you my woman.’”
I laughed. “That really would have worked just as well.”
Both of us fell silent as we stared into each other’s eyes.
He gently kissed my lips. It was a chaste kiss, but one that spoke of many promises. He trailed several light kisses along my jawline to behind my ear. He sucked on my earlobe for a moment, before moving back down to my cheeks, then my chin. Jared playfully nibbled on my chin, then placed tiny kisses along the other side of my face, behind my other ear. He lightly bit that ear, then moved back to my lips.
Jared kissed me lightly. Then, his tongue lightly traced my lips. Without warning, he plunged his tongue deep into my mouth. He explored my mouth, tickling the roof of my mouth with the tip of his tongue. Then, he stroked the top of my tongue with the tip of his tongue, rubbing it much the way he had rubbed my nipples and my clit in the past.
I moaned against his mouth, as I could already feel the heat and wetness gathering between my legs, letting me know that it wasn’t just my heart and soul that ached for this sexy, amazing man. My body needed him just as much.
He framed my face with his hands and stroked my cheekbones lightly with his thumbs.
When he broke away from the kiss, I could see that I wasn’t the only one who was being physically affected by the kisses and touches.
“Where is your bedroom?” he asked huskily.
“Follow me,” I said.
As we walked, I pulled off my shirt and threw it on the floor. Then, I took off my bra and threw that down as well. I managed to slip off my panties and pants with one movement and throw those back at him. By the time I reached my bedroom, I was completely naked. I turned around to see that I wasn’t the only one. He took off all of his clothes, as well.