Chapter 9
LUCY
Desire flutters across my skin and over my soul as Damien kisses me slowly and deeply.
His kiss holds an everlasting promise, and I’m ready to give him my forever.
This is different from the desperate passion at the hot springs or even our tender lovemaking last night.
Now, we’re building the foundation of a future together that nothing will be able to break.
I arch into his body as his hands roam my bare skin, lightly tickling my skin and making me giggle and squirm. When his thumbs brush the undersides of my breasts—exactly the way he used to in college, exactly the way that always made me melt—tears of joy blur my vision.
“You remember,” I whisper, voice breaking.
“I remember everything,” he murmurs against my throat, his voice thick with emotion. “Every touch, every sound you make. Forgetting you wasn’t something I could ever do.”
The words unlock a deeper emotion in me, and I tremble at the profound connection I feel with Damien. He kisses his way down my body, tongue flicking across my collarbone, teeth grazing my nipples and making me gasp. My body responds more powerfully to him than it ever has.
“I thought I’d lost you forever,” I confess, fingers tangling in his hair as he worships the valley between my breasts and then kisses the swell of my belly.
He lifts his head, green eyes blazing as he meets my eyes. “Never again. I swear to you, Lucy. We’re staying together forever. God help any man who tries to tear us apart.”
His mouth moves with worshipful attention down my body, and when he reaches the apex of my thighs, I open for him without hesitation. Damien looks at my core and licks his lips, then lowers his head to kiss a trail of kisses above my mound and on my inner thighs.
I moan and cry out as his tongue sweeps through my slick folds in one long, possessive lick.
The pleasure is immediate and intense, but it’s the emotion that nearly destroys me.
The way he groans as he licks me with more power and urgency, like he’s losing himself in me as much as I’m giving myself to him.
Coherent thought dissolves as he slides two fingers inside me, curling them perfectly as he sucks my clit into his mouth.
My back arches as intense pleasure burns through my body, the familiar ache of my orgasm building fierce and fast inside me.
My thighs shake as he pushes me further, further, holding my hips down as my body shakes.
“Come for me, baby,” he murmurs, plunging his fingers deep inside me to stroke my G-spot and send me hurtling over the edge.
My orgasm bursts white-hot behind my eyes as I cry his name. My body shakes, and Damien continues licking and sucking at my core as my orgasm pulses through me.
When the waves subside, I’m sobbing.
“Hey, hey.” He’s beside me instantly, gathering me into his arms and kissing me gently. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing’s wrong,” I gasp through tears that won’t stop. “Everything’s right. For the first time in eight years, everything’s exactly right.”
His green eyes fill with love as he kisses my temple, my cheeks, my lips. I taste myself on his lips, and I kiss him deeply. “I love you so much it terrifies me.”
I reach between us, wrapping my hand around the thick length of his cock, his precum slicking across my fingers. His breath catches as I speed up my strokes, and he pushes into my palm with a raw, instinctive need that sends fire racing through my veins.
“Make love to me,” I whisper, my voice breaking with the weight of eight years of longing. “Show me forever.”
He braces himself above me, one hand on the mattress, the other cupping my cheek with such tenderness that tears blur my vision. He rubs his cock through my core and teases my clit, and I instinctively lift my hips for him.
Damien stares deep into my eyes as he pushes inside me agonizingly slowly.
His thick cock fills me, rubbing against my G-spot, and a fresh wave of pleasure cascades through me.
I pull him down to me and kiss him, our tongues tangling as he moves faster, and I grind against him, aching to feel all of him.
He groans low in his throat, his voice jagged. “God, Lucy. I love you so damn much.”
Tears spill from my eyes as we rock together, gasping and chasing our pleasure and future together.
My fingers trace the scars on his shoulders and the new lines time has carved into his face, learning the man he’s become while feeling the boy I fell in love with in every touch.
I arch beneath him, our bodies moving in perfect synchronization, chasing something bigger than pleasure—chasing redemption, completion, the life we were always meant to build together. My body trembles as my orgasm builds, and I grind my hips up, needing to feel more of Damien.
“Give me more,” I moan, my wild need taking over. I grasp his ass, pulling him as close and as deep as I can, grinding on his perfect cock.
“I’m close,” he pants, voice raw with need and love. “Baby, I’m so close.”
I push firmly on his chest until he rolls onto his back, then straddle his hips. For a moment, I just drink him in. His green eyes are wild and intense, skin flushed and glistening, eyes burning with so much love it takes my breath away.
“You’re mine now,” I say as I guide him back inside me with a slow, deliberate slide. “No more believing I’m better off without you.”
He grips my waist, voice hoarse. “Fuck, Lucy,” he groans. “I’m yours.”
I lift my hips and tease the tip of his cock, relishing how the move still drives Damien crazy. When he moans and reaches for my hips, I slide all the way down his cock, making him gasp. I grind over him, feeling my orgasm gain strength, ready to be unleashed.
“Look at me,” I command when his eyes flutter closed. “I want you to see who’s loving you. Who’s choosing you. Who you’re choosing.”
His gaze locks on mine, vulnerable and overwhelmed. “Jesus, Lucy. I love you.”
“I love you, too,” I pant, riding him harder, my orgasm struggling to break free. “I’m almost there.”
He shifts slightly, his thumb finding my clit and circling with the exact pressure that always sends me over the edge. Then I’m coming more powerfully than I ever have.
“Damien!” I cry out as I see stars in front of my eyes, and my body bucks against his. My body clenches around his cock as he follows me, crying out my name as he plunges fast, fast, burying himself deep inside me as his body quakes.
We stay locked together, foreheads pressed, hearts thundering in unison. As our breathing slows, I know that this, us, is forever.
“I love you.”
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