Total pages in book: 78
Estimated words: 75585 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 378(@200wpm)___ 302(@250wpm)___ 252(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 75585 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 378(@200wpm)___ 302(@250wpm)___ 252(@300wpm)
“Being with you is dangerous, but it’s also hot.”
How had I gotten so lucky? “Baby, you are absolutely going to get your wish.”
Liam clawed at the sheets as he whined and whimpered, loving the feel of my tongue up his ass.
I squeezed his cheeks, pulling them even further apart, giving me full access to lick him from his balls to the base of his spine. He shuddered and tried to pull away from me. “It’s too much. Please Val. I can’t wait anymore.”
“You’ll wait as long as I tell you to. You’re mine. I own you now. You’re going to be my husband.”
“That’s not what being married means.”
I slapped his ass, loving the way it made him squirm. “It’s what it means for us. You knew what you were getting into with me. You’re mine.”
“Val, just let me come.”
I’d done almost everything he’d asked for. I’d brought him into the house, stripped him out of his clothes, then started playing with him, using my mouth, my hands, everything but my cock on him. He was so worked up now he was ready to lose his mind.
“I told you I was going to teach you how to wait, how to build up need until you were sure you would literally explode when you came.”
“Val,” he whined. “I need you. This has been the craziest day, and I just need the reassurance of you inside me.”
“You really do know exactly what to say to me, don’t you?” There was no way I could resist him. “Don’t move.”
“Do you want me like this?” he asked.
“Baby, I want you every way I can have you. We’re just getting started on this.”
I grabbed the lube and returned to stand behind him. He watched as I slicked up my cock and then pressed against him. “I hope you’re ready for this. I hope you know what you’re asking for.”
“I’ve been ready for this. I can’t imagine anything that could feel better than the way you fuck me.”
“Damn. You keep talking like that, and I’m going to lose control.”
His smile made my cock jump. “I want that, Val. I want you as out of your mind as I am.”
I drove into him then, seating myself fully with one harsh stroke. Liam cried out, but he didn’t fight me. He pushed back into me, needing more.
I gave it to him. I let go and fucked him as wildly as I wanted to, and he loved it. When we’d both come so hard we collapsed onto the bed, I summoned the strength to move us so we were lying flat on the mattress.
When my body begin to feel real again and I thought I could move, I encouraged Liam to sit up. Then I got out of the bed and went down on one knee. “Liam O’Shaughnessy, will you be my husband?”
Liam frowned at me. “What are you doing, Val? You already asked me. I already said yes.”
“But I had to ask you in the car. It was not the way I’d planned to propose to you.”
“I didn’t think you’d planned it. I thought it was our only option.”
“Do you think for one moment that I didn’t already want to marry you, that I’m only doing this because it’s required by our families? No, Liam. I was planning to propose to already. I even have a ring.”
I opened the drawer of my nightstand and pulled out a small box. When I opened it, Liam’s eyes widened. “How did you know sapphires are my favorite?”
“They match your eyes, baby. They were meant for you.”
I held up the ring as I took Liam’s left hand in mine. “Do you have an answer for me?”
His smile made my heart skip a beat. “Yes, Valentino Marchesi, I will marry you.”
“You know that means you’re committed to me for life.”
“There’s no one else I’d rather spend the rest of my life with. I’m sure of that. I love you, and I want to be yours.”
I slid the ring onto his finger. “I love you. I would do anything for you.”
“Right now, all you need to do is kiss me.”
So I did.
44
EPILOGUE
3 months later
Liam
Ilooked around, taking in all the people talking, dancing, enjoying themselves in the gardens of the Marchesi estate in Weston. When Lucien’s father had offered his home for our wedding, I’d been stunned, and when I’d seen it, I was truly blown away. It was the most perfect location for a wedding, especially in the fall, and our special day was truly a family affair with pastries from Angelo’s boyfriend’s bakery, and a special blend of coffee from Lucien’s cousin, Carlo’s, café.
And now here we were on a gorgeous October day. The sky was blue. The leaves were a blaze of color, and I felt like the setting had been made just for us. Father Nick had performed the ceremony, and afterward I’d told him I wanted to volunteer at the church alongside Val.