Total pages in book: 117
Estimated words: 111676 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 558(@200wpm)___ 447(@250wpm)___ 372(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 111676 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 558(@200wpm)___ 447(@250wpm)___ 372(@300wpm)
I had, but something about admitting it seemed selfish, or maybe I was afraid it could have come off as manipulative, given the circumstances. And that was the last thing I wanted her to think I was trying to be. “The penguin charity did…”
“No. You did,” she said softly, tears building in her eyes. “She’s not a penguin. Why would you do that, Wolf? That’s…” She shook her head. “It’s six. Thousand. Dollars.”
“I told you I was going to help you… And I wanted to do it for your dad because—”
She grabbed my face and kissed me, and fuck me, did that feel good. So, definitely not chewing me out…
When she broke the kiss and pulled back, I grabbed her waist, not ready to let her go. “So, does this mean I don’t have to beg for you back?”
“You were going to beg?”
“Lost you once. Can’t really handle losing you twice.”
“I can’t handle pushing you away twice.” Her gaze dropped to the concrete for a second before meeting mine again. “I’m sorry I had that stupid penguin. I think, maybe…” She fiddled with the sleeve of my shirt. “I needed to feel like I had some control. But I promise you, I never would have used it. Even when I ‘hated you,’ I couldn’t have.”
Deep down, I’d known that. “It was stupid of me to kick you out. I just…” I swallowed because what I was about to admit was a lot. For me, at least. “The way I love you scares the shit out of me.”
“Me too. But I don’t think I can live without it. Without you.” An uncertain smile pulled at her lips. “I’ll beg if I have to.”
“Oh, I’ll make you beg. Just not here.” With that, I picked her up and tossed her over my shoulder. She laughed as I carried her across the yard and up the porch, Dog beating us to the door.
“You know, my legs work.”
“They won’t in a few minutes.”
“Oh, my God.”
I’d bet everything I had that her cheeks were bright red right then.
I kicked the door closed behind me and carted Jade up the stairs to my room. I had every intention of fucking her to the point she couldn’t question we belonged together.
“Just club me over the head and drag me by my hair; why don’t you?”
“Tomorrow,” I said, throwing her onto my unmade bed. I ripped my shirt over my head, then yanked my jeans down before caging her on the mattress with my arms.
When my mouth was a breath from hers, she pressed a finger against my lips. “Just promise me one thing. Don’t ever tell me to get out of your life again. Unless you really mean it.”
I pulled her hand away, then swept my hands up her bare thighs, pushing her skirt higher with every inch. “Trust me. I won’t. You’re it for me, Jade, and I’m fucking sorry I acted like you weren’t. I don’t want a life without you.”
“I don’t want one without—” Her breath caught when my fingers brushed her panties—“you.”
“And just so you know,” I said, sweeping her underwear to the side. “You’re not getting rid of me again.”
“I never wanted to.” She moaned when I pressed a finger inside her. Another finger followed, and her back bowed. “I never should have let you. I’m sorry.”
The heat of her pussy around my fingers was too much. I needed to be inside of her, to feel her wrapped around me. To know she was mine. “Fuck this.” I ripped her panties down her legs. “I need to feel you.” And with that, I slammed into her in one hard, deep thrust.
“Fuck,” she gasped, clamping around me.
God, I needed her. Needed this. I pulled out and drove deeper. The headboard slammed against the wall. “I love you,” I said, reaching the end of her. “I fucking love you.”
Her nails dug into my back. “I love you, too.”
There was no part of her I didn’t want, no part of me I hadn’t already given her years ago. I fucked her hard, then slow, covering her mouth with mine between whispered I love yous.
“Oh, fuck. Wolf.”
She gripped me so tightly, and right when I felt her reach that edge, I let go, groaning before collapsing on top of her.
After I’d caught my breath, I looked at her. “Next time you want to try to blackmail me for blackmailing you, make sure it ends just like this. You screaming my name.”
She whacked my sweat-slicked chest. “You’re such a smug asshole.”
“Yeah, but I’m your smug asshole.”
She wrinkled her nose. “And so cheesy.”
I kissed her, hard and long. Loving her scared the shit out of me, but losing her scared me even more. And one thing I was sure of, I’d never lose this girl again. Ever.
Epilogue
Jade
ONE AND A HALF YEARS LATER