And with a sigh, Kennedy turns and lowers onto the bed. She looks up at me with a smile and reaches up, caressing my cheek. I settle down onto one elbow, my hand resting on her hip, as I let the weight of my body settle onto her.
“I never thought I’d find someone like you,” she says softly. “Someone who makes me feel like this. Someone I know I’d spend the rest of my life trying to make feel happy. I hope you’re ready to be stuck with me for the rest of your life, Noah Alexander, because you’re never getting rid of me now.”
I catch her hand and hold it to my chest, pressing it against my heart. It’s still pounding, thundering, racing. But not just because of the sex. Which is still the best I’ve ever had.
It’s because of this woman. The most incredible woman I’ve ever met. The guiding light in my life, who found me in the dark and pulled me out.
“I want you now and forever, Kennedy,” I vow. “Till I’m old and wrinkled, till all our kids are grown and gone. I want you till my last breath, and even then, after that.”
She smiles contentedly at me and lifts her head off the bed to press her lips to mine. “I love you.”
“And I love you, Kennedy,” I promise. “Always.”