“Hmm. And what would you say if I asked you to be on my team forever?”
Jade frowned, confused. “You mean like …”
“Mates. Lila told you all about mates, right?” Parker studied her carefully as she nodded. He continued with, “Well, it just so happens thatyouare my mate. For some reason, something in this town stopped me from seeing until that terrible day in the bank.”
“Oh,” she gasped. “I was wondering … you know, Lila and Mason are mates, and they’re mated. All that. I didn’t know why you hadn’t brought it up.”
“You should’ve told me you knew and that it was making you question things between us.”
“I didn’t say it was making me doubt you, silly. I just figured you were waiting until the shock of the heist had passed.”
He chuckled. “You really do know me so well. That’s exactly what I was doing. But now, that’s behind us. You’re my mate, Jade. Do you want to be my mate in an official sense?”
“The bite,” she ran her fingers along her neck.
“The bite,” he confirmed, reaching out to kiss where her hand was still poised.
“Of course, I want to be your mate, Parker. We were already mates in my head. This is just a formality.”
Jade wasn’t too shocked that Parker turned and booked it back to his cabin. She teased him all along the way, but she didn’t think it was funny anymore when Parker kicked the front door closed. He wasted no time stripping them out of their clothes as he led them to his bedroom. Jade let him take the lead because she could feel just how much he needed it.
Her man was an intense person, after all. It really was one of the things she just loved about him. It meant that he was intense about his love for her.
It also meant that when they made love, he was intense there too.
And there wasnothingwrong with that.
In fact, she knew it made things that much better for her. Parker picked her up off the floor at the foot of the stairs, and she hooked her legs around his waist while her hands wrapped around his neck. She kissed him with everything she had.
He laid her on the bed, kissing his way down her body. Jade moaned his name when he stopped at her chest. He tweaked one nipple with his fingers while the other grew tender in his mouth. He flicked it with his tongue before blowing on it gently. She shivered under him, and he smiled.
“You’re so responsive, Rosebud. I love it.” He closed his mouth around her other nipple. This time, when he blew on it, he tweaked the other. The edge pulled a moan out of her as her body broke out with goosebumps.
He continued to kiss his way down her body until he reached her hips. Here, he slowed his kissing until Jade was wordlessly pleading for him to continue. They both knew exactly where he was going, and it was just a plain tease to draw it out.
“See?” he growled between kisses. “Responsive. And when I go there,” he parted her wet folds with his agile fingers and brushed against her clit. “You drive me insane with your moans, Rosebud.”
“Well, you don’t have to drive either one of us insane, Parker. You can skip that part for now. Do it later. I just want you inside of me. Right now.”
He grinned. “Did you just give me an order, Rosebud?”
“More like a suggestion.”
His smirk turned into a chuckle. It was low and rough, full of his need for her. “You’ve got it.” He knelt between her legs, and he fisted his erection. Parker looked at her with passionate eyes. It heated her skin to know what he was about to do.
“Mate,” she whispered, her heart full of love for this man.
“Mate,” he repeated as he slowly eased his cock inside of her waiting heat.
She arched off the bed, “Parker. Yes.”
“Oh, my lovely Rosebud. This is it,” he kissed her. “This is our forever starting. Are you ready?”
All she could do was nod, and Parker started to move his hips, pumping into her with more ease than speed. She panted out for him to go faster, but he didn’t listen tothatsuggestion. Instead, he lay down, covering her completely with his body. He fused his mouth to hers in a searing kiss.
His thrusts increased in rhythm as his tongue explored her mouth. Her hands traveled up and down his body, scratching the hot, sweaty skin softly. Every new scratch made him moan out her name.
Jade was at his mercy, but he was at hers too.