Chapter 9
COLE
I pace the living room, back and forth.
It’s early morning, and Luna is still asleep in my bed.
Having Luna in my arms in bed is the best feeling. So good that I couldn’t resist her and took her two more times last night.
Eventually, I moved to the chair to resist temptation, but even watching her was just too much.
I forced myself to leave the bedroom in the early hours, sending Stone on a few errands. He just got back an hour ago, and he’s back in the guest house now as I wait for Luna to wake up.
I sit down, my knee bouncing in excitement. But I can’t sit still, so I stand back up.
“Cole,” Luna calls as she walks down the hallway toward me.
I walk toward her, taking in the sight of her in my T-shirt. I pick her up in my arms, carry her back to the couch, sit down, and bury my face in her hair.
I try to calm myself, and then I bring her face up to mine. “Morning,” I whisper before kissing her.
We jerk apart when Leo jumps onto Luna’s lap.
She gasps in surprise. “Leo. What? How?”
She holds her cat to her chest and looks at me. “What is Leo doing here?”
I tilt my head. “Don’t be mad.”
She gives me a stern look and then softly smiles. “How did Leo get here, Cole?”
I brush a piece of hair off her face and tuck it behind her ear. “I sent Stone over to your apartment this morning.”
She bites her lip, and I continue. “I might as well tell you everything. I had Stone get Leo, his toys, your clothes, and—”
Her eyebrows skyrocket. “My clothes?”
I nod. “Yeah, honey.”
She looks confused and unsure, and I hate seeing it. I cup her cheek. “I was hoping after last night, you would know that we belong together.”
She blows out a breath. “It was sex.”
I shake my head, and my stomach drops. “Is that what it was to you, just sex?”
She searches my eyes and cups my cheek. “Cole, you know it was more than just sex.”
I nod. “Yeah, it was. Marry me, Luna. Please?”
I wait for her to tense. I wait for to tell me no, take her cat, and walk out of my house and life forever.
But she surprises me.
She lifts her chin. “I’m going to keep working at the shelter.”
I nod. “I know you are.”
She tilts her head. “I have to give Frank a two-week notice.”
“Okay.”
She blows out a breath. “Okay, I’ll marry you.”
My heart starts to race, and I pull Luna against my chest, holding her tighter than I probably should. I relax my hold and then kiss her until we’re both panting. She giggles. “I guess that makes you happy.”
I nod. “More than just happy. Last night, holding you in my arms, I imagined what our future could be like. Thank you for saying yes, Luna. You’ve made me so happy.”
She reaches between us and cups my manhood. My cock twitches in her hand, and she reaches for my shorts, tugging at them as she slides to the floor in front of me.
“Lift up,” she orders.
I lift my hips, and she slides my shorts and underwear down my legs. My cock is hard, standing straight up between us. Instead of that fearful look from last night, she’s looking at me, licking her lips, like she can’t wait to get her mouth on me.
She fits her lips around my shaft and goes from tip to root, swallowing, taking me deeper.
Her moan vibrates against my length, and I lift my hips.
I bundle her hair into a ponytail on the top of her head, and when her eyes meet mine, I’m lost in her blue orbs.
She works me, moaning, taking me deeper, and before I can come, I lift her up onto my lap, reach under her shirt, between her legs and thankfully find her without panties. I press my finger to her soaked core. “Here. This is where I wanna come, Luna.”
She leans up, straddling my hips, and I line myself up at her core. I pull her shirt up and throw it onto the couch, and the sight before me makes me even harder.
I expect it to be slow and tortuous, but that’s not what she wants. She slams her hips down, impaling herself on my cock. Her body tenses, and she throws her head back and starts to move. Forward, backward, side to side until she finds the motion that she wants.
I reach between us, stroking her clit as her moans get louder. “Yes, don’t stop.”
She’s gyrating her hips uncontrollably, and she’s clenching me so tightly I’m close to losing it.
“Come, Luna. Come for me, baby.”
She clenches on me, and my orgasm takes over.
I grip her hips as she rides me into completion.
She falls against my chest, breathing hard, and I wipe the hair off her face.
It’s on the tip of my tongue to tell her how I feel, but I don’t want to scare her off.
Nope, I’ll keep my feelings to myself until I know she’s not going to walk away.
She groans and looks up at me. “I could stay here all day.”
My dick twitches inside her, and she giggles. “I mean, in your arms, not—”
I circle my arms around her. “I could stay here too, but we have a lot to do today.”
She groans. “I know. The new hire started this morning, and I need to go check in on the animals.”
“I’ll go with you, and then after that, we can go to my parents’ house.”
She rears back and almost falls off my lap. “Your parents’ house?”
I chuckle, holding on to her. “Yes, you need to meet my dad.”
Her eyes are as big as saucers now. “Why? What if he doesn’t like me? What if he says you can’t marry me?” She shakes her head. “I mean, I guess it’s better we find out now rather than later but—”
I stop her rambling and cup her chin. “He’s not going to say I can’t marry you.”
She looks worried. “But what if he does?”
My hands go to her shoulders. “Luna, this is happening. No one is going to stop it. No one is going to say you can’t be my wife. It’s happening. You’re mine.”
She lets out a sigh of relief. “And you’re mine.”
Her saying those words does something to me. I repeat them back to her. “And I’m yours.”
Her whole face lights up. “Well, then I guess I better get up, shower, and get ready.”
She stands up, and I follow her, lifting her into my arms. “What do you say? Let’s shower together.”
She curls into my chest. “I like the way you think, Mr. Kingston.”
I rest my chin on the top of her head. She’s going to be Mrs. Luna Kingston soon. No matter what my father says. It’s happening.