“Gordon.”
He kept up his slow pace, making sure he was barely touching her. She writhed against him, pumping her hips and thrusting her ass back. He slapped the side of her thigh, increasing the pressure just enough to drive her insane. She screamed and dug her nails into the table.
When her pussy clenched tight, he pulled back and bit down on her ass gently. “You know what to do,” he said, skimming his fingers down her inner thigh. “You want me to make you come, Princess. You want that explosion of pleasure you know I can give you. You know what to do…”
“Please.” She drew in a ragged breath, a small sob escaping her. “Please take me. Spank me. Fuck me. Please, please, please!”
Satisfied, he leaned in and rolled his tongue over her with the perfect amount of pressure. As he made love to her with his mouth, he slapped her ass—since she’d asked so nicely. She cried out, her pussy clenching down tight.
He deepened his intimate kiss, and within seconds, she came. He stood up, flipped her onto her back, and positioned himself between her legs. “We’re engaged. I’m clean.”
A broken sound escaped her. “I am, too.”
“Are you on the pill?”
She nodded frantically. “Do it.”
Tilting her hips up with his hands, he thrust into her with one solid stroke. She made the hottest sound he’d ever heard before, arching her back and clawing at his chest. He moved inside of her, keeping his stroke clean and even. Her eyes squeezed shut, and he reached between their bodies and stroked her clit.
She went off like a wild woman, kicking and screaming and coming apart in his arms. As her tight pussy clamped down on his dick, he moved faster. Harder. Deeper.
His balls tightened to his body, and he lowered himself so he could kiss her, inhaling her sweet scent as he made love to her. Her hands cradled his face, her touch tender once more, and then he came explosively. She closed her legs around him, keeping him where she wanted him.
They lay like that for a while, until his breathing was no longer erratic. Once they fell back down to Earth, he carried her to the bed and curled up with her. Their bodies were as entwined as their fingers were. He stared at the sparkling diamond on her hand.
She was his. Actually his. Hell, she was even wearing his ring, and it looked beautiful on her finger. He’d made sure to get the right size and everything.
Nothing but the best for his Belle.
She shivered, so he pulled a sheet up over their bodies. When she settled into the crook of his arm, letting out a loud yawn, he grinned and kissed the top of her head. He’d been a little tougher on her this time around, dragging their lovemaking out longer than ever before, but the end result had been worth it.
He had the scratches down his back to prove it, too.
Lazily, she traced a pattern on his bicep, following the black lines of his snake tattoo. It had been his first one. It wrapped around the whole upper half of his arm, the scales all vibrant colors of green, yellow, and brown. “What are the numbers from?”
“It’s the day my mother died,” he said, knowing instantly what she was asking. “I got it the day after her funeral.”
“I’m so sorry,” she said, resting her hand over the ink.
“I know.” He kissed her temple. “She would have loved you.”
“I bet that I would’ve loved her, too.”
“You two are very alike.” He smiled against her temple. “Both strong willed, loving, determined, and willing to drop anything to help people. If she’d been a princess, she would have done anything for her people, too. Just like you.”
“Speaking of which…we have to tell the people about us,” she murmured. “I’m sure my parents will have some smart way to present it.”
He swallowed. “Actually…they kind of already know.”
“What?” She rose up on her elbow, her narrowed eyes piercing into him. “You guys already told the country? How? When? Where was I?”
“This little trip your fiancé sent you on?”
Her lips pursed. “Yeah…”
“Well,”— he rubbed his forehead— “that was my way of getting you away from the TV’s. I didn’t want you to know I was coming till I could talk to you in person.”
She stared at him. He didn’t know whether she was really pissed or just not sure what to say. His heart thudded in his ears, and he shifted his weight beneath her.