Page 25 of Sweet Bred

“I know. But I still feel horrible about it. That was a terrible interaction, and I’m so angry and embarrassed.” Hot tears spill over onto my cheeks, and I swipe them away. “You deserve so much better.”

Shaw quickly closes the space between us, pulling me into a hug. “Hey. It’s okay. Really.”

“It’s not okay. It’s inexcusable.”

“Okay. You’re right. But I refuse to believe that one bad interaction with your parents is representative of how it’s always going to be.”

I shake my head. “After what just happened, I wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t want there to be a next time.”

“You think I’m suddenly going to stop feeling the way I do about you just because your parents have a problem with me?”

I shrug.

Shaw swipes his thumbs over my cheeks, drying them. “Sweetheart, I’m going to say something, and you’re probably going to think it’s crazy. But I’m going to say it anyway.”

His words make my stomach do a somersault. “Okay.”

“For years and years and years, I’ve had this gut feeling that someday the love of my life would walk into my bakery,” he says. “But no one ever came close to igniting that feeling inside me. Then, one day, you appeared…and I finally felt it. The moment I laid my eyes on you, I thought, This is her. She’s the one I’ve been waiting for. I know how insane that sounds, that I knew you were the one before we spoke a single word to each other. But it’s the plain, honest truth. And now that you’re in my life, nothing is going to convince me otherwise. Nothing.”

I feel like I might faint. “I don’t think that’s crazy at all. I think it’s the most romantic thing I’ve ever heard.”

A slow smile spreads across his thick, gorgeous lips. “Can I tell you something else, then?”

I nod, still in a daze.

“I’m falling in love with you, Juliet. Fast, and hard. If we don’t put an end to this date soon, I’m going to be full-blown in love with you.”

A hiccup escapes my mouth. I clap a hand over my mouth, my cheeks going hot. “Sorry. I’m just nervous.”

“You’re adorable.”

I slowly drop my hands. “Do you really feel that way about me?”

He nods, an easy, confident look in his eyes.

“Because I—” I take a breath, overwhelmed with the tidal wave of emotions crashing inside me. “I’m falling hard for you, too.”

“Yeah?” he asks, moving his lips closer to mine.

“Yes.”

“You have no idea how wonderful it is to hear that.” He presses a slow, sweet kiss to my lips, sending a flurry of little electric shocks through me. The next kiss is just as slow, but deeper, his tongue meeting mine. I let out a half-sigh, half-moan as one kiss leads into another and into another.

We stagger out of his kitchen and into his living room. I feel like I’m dropping against a cloud as we fall onto his couch. I sink back against the throw pillows, the plush cushions catching me. With our lips still entangled, Shaw settles between my thighs, his weight both powerful and gentle at the same time.

He rolls his heavy hips against me, his thick, hard cock sliding just right against my clit and drawing a disbelieving moan from my mouth. Good god, he’s big. My pussy throbs, the thought of him being inside me the only thing I can think about.

I want to feel his bare skin against mine. I want him deep inside me, with nothing between us. I want him to fill me up, over and over again, until I’m full of his cum.

His hips roll against me again and again, stealing away more and more of my breath. He’s so hard and I don’t know how he can stand it. But I know this must feel as good for him as it does for me. We’re both lost in each other, our kisses hungry and hot.

I’m so turned on, I feel like I might explode. Oh, god. I am going to explode. I’m close. So close. I’m?—

Everything goes blurry for a second as I come, pleasure sparkling through my entire body. I moan his name, my thighs clenching tightly around him.

As my orgasm wanes, Shaw’s face comes into focus again. His cheeks are flush and his eyes are fixed on me. The corner of his mouth lifts. “God, I love watching you come.”

I laugh and slide a hand around the back of his strong neck, pulling him close for a kiss. “That felt so good. I didn’t know it could happen like that.”

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