I hardly have time to soak in the warmth of the words before she starts to wiggle in my arms.
“I love you, Danny,” I say as I start to laugh.
“I know. Put me down now,” she demands.
I laugh as I put her down and she runs around the car.
The guys are all crouching down so they’re eye level with her.
She starts to press wet kisses to their cheeks.
“Love you, Uncle Marcus. Love you, Uncle Jax. Love you, Uncle Logie. Love you, Uncle Ledge.” She shoves her fists into her sides and takes a huge breath. “It’s hard work loving all of you.”
I’m crying and laughing at the same time.
Carter picks her up and we walk her inside. She presses a kiss to his cheek and whispers, “I love you, Daddy.”
He tightens his hold on our daughter, presses a kiss to her chubby cheek and whispers, “I love you most, Daddy’s Princess.”
***
I’m woken by his arm slipping around me. He drags me over to his side of the bed, pressing my back to his chest. He buries his face in my hair and I hear him breathing me in.
“You still smell like crushed apples,” he whispers. “You complete me, Della. Without you and the girls, my life would have no meaning.”
His words make a lump form in my throat, which I try to swallow down.
“I like you a lot, Della Truman,” he says.
“I like you too,” I whisper.
His lips move down the side of my face and when he reaches my jaw, he says, “I love you, Della Hayes.”
I turn my face slightly, until I feel his breath on the corner of my mouth and time freezes.
“You’re the mother of my child, my lover, my best friend, but I desperately want you to be my wife.”
I smile at him through tears. “You’re the father of both my children.” He frowns lightly. “Our four-year-old daughter and our unborn baby that’s currently five weeks old.”
He moves fast, his mouth crushing mine. We both gasp at the impact, and then he kisses me hard. There’s a hungry desperation to his movements. His tongue plunges into my mouth. It feels as if he’s going to devour me.
I try to bring my hand to his face, but he grabs hold of my wrist and pins my hand to the pillow. He positions his body over mine I quickly o
pen my legs to accommodate his size.
He’s controlling and intense, and it robs me of all common sense.
He shoves the covers away and they fall to the floor. He yanks my panties down my legs and when he comes back up his mouth latches onto my pussy and he starts to devour me until I’m a thrashing mess, begging for release.
Everything about him is primal.
He shoves two fingers inside of me and I grab at his hair as he continues to eat my pussy. Lifting my hips, I push my pussy into his face and I start to grind against him.
I want to feel his hands on me as he fucks me rough.
He yanks his fingers out of me, and I feel as he shoves his pants down.
He makes me feel priceless, and in his world where he can buy anything his heart desires, that’s saying a lot.