When She Loves (The Fallen, #4)(111)

He raises himself on one elbow and leans over me. His mouth hovers above my own. “I want you, tesoro.”

A grin tugs on my lips. “I want you too.”

His expression becomes pure rapture. He pulls off my shorts and settles between my legs, his movements smooth and sure. His fingers trace me over my underwear, setting off sparks across my skin. When he moves my panties aside and drags his tongue over my seam, my back arches off the grass.

Too long. It’s been too long.

He makes me come with his tongue before he drapes his body over me and rolls his hip, his length pressing against my still buzzing core. I moan. His muscles vibrate with tension as he licks and sucks on my neck, his palm wrapped around my breast, and his fist in my hair.

The weight of him is delicious. I squirm against him, meeting his thrusts, until I can no longer take it. I need him inside of me.

I widen my legs and pluck the side of my lace panties. “Rip them off.”

He does. Effortlessly. I reach between us, undoing his belt buckle, and shove his trousers and boxers down. There’s nothing left between us but heat. He lifts up on his forearms and looks down at me as he pushes inside, inch by inch, filling me so damn well. I arch my back and moan. His thrusts are slow and decadent, and his eyes glimmer with so much emotion, it's almost too intense for me to bear.

This isn’t just sex. He’s making love to me.

And suddenly, the words I was so scared to say earlier come spilling out of me. “I love you.”

His movements still. My pulse picks up speed. His blue eyes pierce through me, and there’s not a hint of ice inside them now.

My breath hitches. The mask is gone. All that’s left is raw vulnerability.

Slowly, a smile unfurls over his lips. “And I love you. You are perfect, my darling. You are the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”

Our gasps and moans echo through the air, masked by the wind and the trickling fountain nearby. We both find our release as my nails dig into his strong back. “Promise me you’ll always be like this with me. That you’ll never pull away from me again. Or I swear, Rafe, I’ll write up a new plan.”

He presses his lips to the spot right below my ear and chuckles. “Tesoro, you’re never getting rid of me. I promise. I am yours, and you are mine. Forever.”