“Kade? Before you, there hadn’t been anyone in a long, long time. I had a recent yearly exam. I’m clean.” She looked up at him with her gorgeous blue eyes. “And I’m on the pill.”
“I’m clean too and I’d never put you at risk.”
“Then what are you waiting for?” she asked, leaning back on her elbows, her entire lower body open and ready, exposed to him.
With a groan, he grabbed his cock and rubbed it over her sweet pussy, coating himself with her wetness, nudging himself into her heat.
She whimpered, her body desperately trying to clamp around him. “Now, please.”
“Whatever you want,” he said, and thrust hard, fast, and deep, groaning as he found heaven inside her tight body. He eased out and pushed back again, burying himself to the hilt.
She pushed herself upward, her eyes on his as their bodies connected in the most intimate way. “I love you, Kade. I don’t ever want you to wonder or have to ask for the words. And you’ll always come first.”
On that sentiment, he released the hold he had on his body, grabbing her hips and pumping into her, grinding their bodies each time they came together. It was hard, it was fast, but it was absolutely perfect. And when he came, the words I love you were on his lips.
Epilogue
; Three months later…
When it was right, it was right. Kade wanted to bind Lexie to him forever, and she was all too eager to become Mrs. Kaden Barnes. Not that he’d have given her a choice, but she’d accepted his ring, all three carats, and wore it with pride. Although he’d had to convince her that the bus to the office had to go if she wanted to wear her ring. Since she’d moved in with him almost immediately, they shared a car to work every day.
Because Lexie didn’t want to bother her father with a wedding, and her sister was still at the treatment center, she decided she wanted to elope in Las Vegas. Which was why they now stood in a private chapel that lacked any tacky Elvis impersonator, and a justice of the peace waited to marry them. They’d flown out with Derek, Luke, and Jeffrey to stand with Kade, and Tessa and Becky to be Lexie’s bridesmaids.
Lexie entered the chapel and took Kade’s breath away. She wore a formfitting white gown with beading, a V-neck that had him drooling, and a small tiara atop her head, her long curls falling over her shoulders.
She walked straight to him, her wide smile promising him she was all in.
And all his.
“Is everyone ready?” the judge asked.
“Just one thing first,” Kade said, nodding at Derek, who stood by the doors to the chapel.
“You can’t get cold feet,” Becky warned him.
Lexie narrowed her gaze.
“Not a chance.” He glanced at Lexie and grasped her hands, which were cold and clammy in his. “Nervous?” he asked.
“I wasn’t … until now.”
He merely grinned. “Look.”
They all turned toward the doors that Derek opened. Kendall stood by her father’s side, wearing a matching bridesmaid’s dress to Becky’s and Tessa’s royal blue ones. Together they walked into the room and headed straight for the bride.
“Oh my God!” Lexie gasped, her beautiful eyes filling with tears. “How?”
“Straight from the institution to Vegas,” Kendall joked. “No, seriously. I knew I was being discharged, but I wanted to surprise you.” Her twin pulled a shaking Lexie into her arms. “Your soon-to-be husband flew us out on his private jet so we’d be here on time.”
“I wouldn’t miss my daughter’s wedding,” her father said. Implied was a scolding for Lexie’s attempt at leaving him out in the first place.
Her father had stepped up and done right by both daughters, as well as his wife. Kade admired him for that, even if he’d come late to the realization that the burden shouldn’t be on Lexie.
“I don’t know what to say. I’m overwhelmed and so happy.” Lexie turned to Kade. “I can’t believe you arranged this.”
He grasped her hands and pulled her over to the corner for a minute alone. “I’d do anything for you. You have to know that. This was just my way of giving you back your family. The same way you returned mine to me.”