Cade gently lays me down on my bed before kicking his sneakers off and turning off the lights. “I still need to get a shower. Do you mind?”
“Go.” I tuck my feet under the blanket and watch him strip out of his shirt.
He drops his shirt on the chair in the corner of my room. Then he leans over the bed and kisses me sweetly. “Are you okay with me sleeping in here, or would you rather I take the couch?”
My hands tug at his face, deepening our kiss. “Shower. Then come to bed.”
He doesn’t shut the bathroom door when he turns the shower on.
Steam billows out into the darkness of my bedroom, and the calming sound of the shower lulls me to sleep.
Later, when the bed dips down under Cade’s weight, strong arms pull me toward him, and wrap around my body. He spoons me from behind, one hand wrapped around my belly and the other positioned under my head. Heat radiates from his skin, and I’m suddenly awake and very aware of the fact he did not bring clean clothes to change into.
His lips brush the shell of my ear as he whispers, “Sleep, duchess.”
“You’re not making that easy when you come to bed naked, Saint.” I wiggle my ass back into his hips.
“I’m sorry I made you doubt me. I don’t know if I deserve your love, but I swear to God, I’ll love you more than any man ever could.” His lips skim over my shoulder, and goosebumps erupt over my skin.
I slip my arms out of my tank and drop it on the floor. Then, with the grace of a beached whale, I shimmy out of my cotton panties and kick them off the bed. “I love you, Cade. I think we’ve earned our happily ever after.”
He lifts my leg up and rests it on top of his thigh, opening me up to him from behind. The cool air of the room feels so good against my hot pussy as his fingers work me into a slow frenzy.
“I didn’t know you believed in fairytales, duchess.” One hand gently wraps around my neck and holds my face.
I lick one of his fingers and suck it into my mouth, eliciting a delicious groan.
“I don’t believe in fairytales. No one is going to come in and save us. But we’ve put in a lot of years working for our happiness. We’ve earned it. And I love you. Now make me come.”
“As you wish.”
He takes my lips in a punishing kiss.
Pushing his tongue into my mouth.
Owning me as he surges up with his cock. Making me his.
“Jesus. Your pussy is so fucking hot. So tight.” He reaches around and fingers my clit while he fucks me from behind, and my entire soul catches fire. “I will love you until the day I die, Scarlet. Always you.”
I turn my head and wrap my hand around his neck. “Always us.”
“Always us, duchess.”