Page 86 of Smoke and Mirrors

“Kace!” I cry out, my mouth dry, and my breathing almost erratic.

My pussy clenches around him, but he fights against it using it for his own pleasure, to create his release. “Goddammit!” He tears himself off me, his cock slipping out and into his hand. He pumps it as his cum spurts out, the hot liquid hitting my stomach and making me gasp. He moans, throwing his head back as it keeps coming, covering me in him.

It is erotic watching him, his chest heaving, fighting to breathe. I look down at where the white splotches cover me, my hand lifting as I move to dip my finger in it, eager for a small taste.

In a flash, his hand shoots out, his fingers wrapping around my wrist and holding it prisoner. “You do that, and you’re gonna start a whole new something.”

I flash him an innocent smile. “And?”

He draws my hand to his mouth, his lips kissing over my fingers before he releases me and pushes off the sofa. “Remind me to tell Luca to get a new sofa.” He smirks as he runs his fingers through his hair.

I can’t help but laugh, even though the reminder of Luca and the rest of Kace’s team coming after us is something I’d rather forget.

Kace grabs my hand and pulls me to my feet once again. His release drips down my stomach and bare legs.

“Come on,” he says. “Let’s get you cleaned up.”

I walk with him down the hallway he’d used earlier, and he uses his hand on my back to guide me into a sparkling, expansive bathroom. There’s a shower to the left and a large spa bath to the right with a double sink vanity separating the two.

“You really spared no expense on this place, huh?” I muse as my eyes take in the huge space.

Kace leaves me to walk over to the spa, turning on the taps and pouring something from a bottle into it. He smiles. “Luca and I own it. We had it renovated and done up. We figured that if we were ever in that much trouble that we needed to hide out, we should at least have some luxuries.”

I trail my hand along the basin. “You don’t spend a lot of time running away.”

He laughs softly as his hand moves through the water, mixing the cold with the hot. “No. We don’t run.”

“Until now.”

He shrugs. “Circumstances change.”

“People change,” I say softly, watching as he hardens his body in order to stop the inevitable cringe that’s coming.

“That they do,” he murmurs as he goes back to stirring the water.

We step into the piping hot tub. Kace first, his back to the edge of the tub, his legs open for me to step between them. The water stings as my foot slips through the bubbly water, but I welcome the burn. It reminds me that I burn for Kace, every inch of me is on fire for him as I slip down into the hot liquid. It wraps around me as I sink in, my back pressing against his front. His arms quickly sweep up my front to my breasts, massaging and removing his cum from my body. My head falls back onto his shoulder enjoying his touch as his calloused hands feel somehow like silk with the water flowing over me.

For the first time since we started running, I feel safe, like nothing can hurt us in this moment. It’s just me, Kace, and this beautiful room, together. No secrets and no operatives trying to kill us. Just us, in the light, together.

“I couldn’t stand it if anything happened to you. You know that, right?”

I turn my head looking at him and smile. “I know. That’s why you’re trying so hard to protect me. I know how you feel, Kace. I feel it, too. You just need to let the feelings in. There could be so much good in your world if only you’d let it in.”

He exhales and rests his forehead against mine. “I feel it. I’m just scared if I say it, then everything will come crashing down. People like me, we don’t get happily ever afters.”

I smile, bringing my arm up to caress his face. “Who says? Your story isn’t written by anyone but you, Kace. You choose your ending. You choose how the story goes.”

He looks into my eyes and takes a deep breath like he’s struggling with something on his mind. His jaw tenses, and something clicks in his eyes. They light up, and his lips turn up on one side. “Lily… I love you. I want my story to end with you.”

Without hesitation, I turn around in the tub and straddle him wrapping my arms around his neck while water splashes out all over the floor. But I don’t care as I look deep into his eyes so he knows I’m in this with him.

“Kace Colt, I love you, too. Without question. Without hesitation. Darkness and all. My story ends with you, too.”

He smiles as his hand slams into the back of my head grasping at my hair and yanking me forward. Our lips crash together in a hungry need, searching desperately for each other. The kiss is passionate as our tongues go rogue like never before. This kiss is needy and forceful, but full of so much affection it has me practically panting with want. His free hand wraps around my back pulling my body flush against his, and my nipples harden into tight buds as they press against his warm flesh.

Being with Kace is easy and effortless when it’s just us two. Loving him is complicated, but oh so worth it. Even if I were to die tonight, knowing he loves me back has made my life complete. And even though being on the run with a government-trained assassin has been challenging and scary as hell, it’s been worth it to get to this point.

He pulls back as we both pant for breath from our frenzied kiss and rests his forehead on mine, looking into my eyes. “I mean it, Lily. I thought I’d drown in my self-loathing, especially after what I found out from Mark, but you manage to keep me grounded. I don’t know what I’d do without you.”

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