Chapter 24
Chapter Twenty-Four
Stone held her hand as he led her up the steps onto his porch and into his house. Finn and Ben were hanging with the girls at Locks’.
The blistering hot kiss that Stone had given her when they walked off the stage had started a fire that had only grown as they rode back to Bluff Creek on the bike.
Stone closed the door, laying his hand on her cheek.
“You’re beautiful, and I’m the luckiest man to have you,” Stone murmured. His words warmed her heart, but she was ready for action.
“Stone, I want…” she started, pausing when Stone placed his finger on her lips.
“You want the same thing I do—to cement this love that’s been building between us with the deepest intimacy when you take me inside you.
I want that too, but I can’t have us go there without you knowing positively that you’re it for me.
You’re my best friend. When something wonderful happens, I can’t wait to share it with you.
I love you, and I’ve never felt this way before.
I wanted to make it special, so I memorized something.
Bear with me,” Stone pleaded softly, getting on his knees.
He held her hand, took a deep breath, and started.
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.”
“Elizabeth Barrett Browning. One of my favorites,” she choked out, tears rolling down her cheeks because this man had stripped all the noise away and let her know she was worthy of love.
“I love you too, Stone, though I didn’t memorize anything special,” Naomi whispered, dropping to her knees to meet him.
Stone leaned his head until their foreheads touched.
“I need you to know this deep down in your soul, Naomi. I love you, but I also love Regan, Taylor, and Beck. I can’t imagine being anything but their dad. If you’ll let me, I will be the best husband and father that I can,” Stone promised, his voice thick with emotion.
She sniffed because this evening had become more than she imagined.
“It’s exactly what I wanted. You, me and the girls as a family,” she breathed.
Stone nodded, standing up and pulling Naomi to her feet before he lifted her in his arms. She felt like a fairy princess in a storybook, but her prince was a tattooed biker who would always let her fight by his side.
Stone carried her into the bedroom, laying her down on the bed. Brushing her hair away from her face, he started kissing her forehead, trailing kisses down her face until he claimed her lips.
She thought she’d want to rush to the main event, but now, she wanted to experience each second of Stone’s touch.
When he pulled back, he laid his cut on the chair by the bed.
He tugged his T-shirt over his head. The last time she was in this room, Stone took care of her after she’d been drinking.
Now, they were pledging themselves to each other.
She sat up, moving to her knees. She pulled her shirt over her head and unhooked her bra while Stone paused unbuckling his belt.
“You are perfection, Naomi,” he whispered reverently. He pulled her close, his lips caressing her while he divested her of the rest of her clothes. Once she was naked, he stripped off his clothes, tossing them haphazardly behind him. He settled on top of her, then winked.
“This isn’t any wham-bam, Naomi-get-yourself-off. First, I’m going to go feast on my pussy because you are mine. Then we’ll go from there,” he swore softly before moving down between her legs.
The first touch of his lips had her grabbing the comforter. When he started licking and sucking her, she couldn’t keep the moan inside any longer. He chuckled.
“If you think that’s good, then wait for this. Don’t hold back those sounds, gorgeous,” Stone growled against her pussy lips.
His tongue and lips devouring her pussy had her thrusting her center closer, but when he added his fingers curling inside her, hitting that spot she’d read about and never known, she gave in to the wave rolling over her and screamed his name as she came.
When she came back to herself, it was to Stone kissing her thighs and laying kisses up her tummy until he was kissing and caressing her breasts. The fire he’d assuaged was building again.
She reached for his chest, wanting him to feel as good as she did. Her fingers traced his chest and abs until she grasped his hard cock. Running her hand up and down his length, she smiled at the groan he couldn’t hold in.
“Oh, fuck, Naomi. You need to stop. I have zero control, and when I come, I want to come inside your pussy,” Stone groaned.
Naomi nodded and guided him to her entrance. Stone stared at her as he slowly pushed inside her. The love shining from Stone’s eyes as he made them one brought tears to her eyes.
“Hey, baby, what’s wrong?” he asked, pausing.
“There’s nothing wrong. For the first time, everything is right,” she assured him.
He nodded, pulled back, then pushed in until he’d claimed her. She wasn’t sure why she’d had to go through what she did, but if it had to happen to bring her to this moment with Stone, then it was all worth it.
Stone pulled out, and then Naomi just let herself feel as she matched him thrust for thrust, the feeling building again until it crashed over her. She faintly heard Stone groan as he came inside her. He was breathing heavily above her, holding himself up to not crush her.
“Never letting you go, Naomi. You’re mine, now and forever,” he vowed while looking right at her.
“Now and forever,” Naomi agreed.
For a second, she wished she could still have children. She’d love a little boy or girl that looked exactly like Stone, but the complications with the triplets’ birth had required an emergency hysterectomy to stop the bleeding.
When she’d told Stone on one of their late-night walks, he’d informed her that she and her girls were enough.
“Let me get a cloth to clean us up,” Stone said.
“Umm, I’m really hungry now. I was too nervous at karaoke to eat much,” she confessed.
Stone grinned, “You got it, my queen,” he promised, lifting her up and carrying her to the bathroom. He cleaned the fluids from both of them and found one of his T-shirts for her to wear. He slipped on some running shorts.
Once in the kitchen, he pulled out eggs, cheese, and butter.
“Scrambled or omelets?” Stone asked.
“Either. I like both,” she replied, looking contentedly around the room.
Stone’s eyes followed hers.
“Since this will be our house, we can add on if we need more room. Decorate to your heart’s content. The only thing I need is my ring on your finger, my cut on your back, and the girls with my last name as their father. However you want it to be accomplished, I’m game.”
“I’d decided it was time for us to make love and so I’d planned with all the women’s help a joint birthday party for Lilah, Chloe, and me.
Then we were going to go off and make love.
Now though, we don’t need those plans. I don’t want a huge wedding.
I want everyone that lives here to come.
I’d love to be in one of those cute summer pantsuits with the girls being my bridesmaids, flower girls, and you in your cut and jeans.
What about we do it on the third of July?
A week is plenty of time to shop and plan with this group, right? ” she surmised, her eyes shining.
Stone stared at her. “Every time I think it can’t get any better, you do something like this.
We’ll apprise everyone of our plans tomorrow, and between all of us, we can make it happen.
I’ll check on where we’re at with Jared signing his rights away,” Stone said, finishing making the scrambled eggs and sliding a plate over to her.
He sat down beside her to eat and placed his hand on her thigh. “Love you, babe.”
Naomi adored that Stone had so many pet names for her. Everything was perfect, and she couldn’t wait to be his wife and have them all move in to start their life as a family.