He pulled her head back to search her eyes. “No one and nothing is going to get in our way or pull us apart again. Do you understand me?”
She nodded.
“I love you, Sky.”
“I love you, too, Shades. I always have.”
He pulled her mouth down to his, his tongue delving inside for a long tender kiss. Then he pulled her close, her head tucking under his chin.
“Sleep, my baby. I’ve got you.”
And she did, at least she tried, for a few minutes.
“Shades, you awake?” she whispered.
“Hmm?”
“You awake?”
“I am now.”
She propped up on one elbow and looked down at him, running her fingers absently across his abs and over his chest. “Can I ask you something?”
He cocked one eye open to look at her, questioningly.
“Do you bring women here?”
A smile pulled at his mouth. “Nope.”
“I’m the first?”
“You’re the first.”
She smiled.
“I see you like that.”
“I do like that.”
“Go to sleep,” he ordered, his eyes already closed.
A moment later, “Hey, honey?”
“Yeah, babe.”
“Where’s the bathroom?”
“Gotta pee?”
“Uh, yeah.”
He grinned, his eyes still closed. “Sucks for you, then, babe, ‘cause it’s downstairs, behind the kitchen.”
“Damn.”
He chuckled.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN