Page 260 of The Broken Aztec Princesses

“Show me?” I asked.

“It’s a mess, Bells. I didn’t want anyone to know about my broken leg, so I was in bed for almost a week, hopped up on painkillers.” I took his hand and pulled him into the room, finding it neat and clean. “Oh, John must have cleaned up,” he murmured, looking around at the clean room. He walked over to the dresser and pulled out something from it. He passed me a phone, the screen cracked beyond repair.

“The morning I left Montana, I was having an argument with John, and I threw it against the wall. If I had known you changed your mind, I would have come back for you. I never would have left you and Adam. Maybe then he w—”

“That’s not your fault, Cade,” I stopped him before he could say the words.

He looked away and swallowed hard.

“I love him like my own, too. All the months I was there, I kept dreaming of a life with you and Adam. It took everything in me to leave you both. I wish he knew that. I hope he realized how much I loved him, and that I didn’t want to leave him.”

“He knew. I made sure of it,” I assured him. “Even the day he had to leave. I told him you didn’t want to leave him. That I forced you away.”

A tear spilled from his eyes, and I used my hand to wipe it. Cade held my hand to his cheek for a moment, before he pulled me in and kissed me, pouring all of his heartache into it. I kissed him back, letting him grieve for our son as I had. He pulled back a while later, resting his head against mine.

“I’m so sorry, I wasn’t there for you.”

“You’re here now,” I whispered.

Cade picked me up and placed me in the middle of his bed. He pulled his shirt off, unbuttoning his pants before he crawled over me.

“I missed you. I love you. Never leave my side again. I won’t survive it again,” he warned me, looking down at my face as if trying to memorize everything.

“Never again,” I promised, wrapping my arms around him and pulling him until his weight was on me.

“Wait, Bells. The pups—”

“Are fine. We’re fine. I need you inside me,” I begged him.

Cade pulled back and removed my shirt. He pulled my leggings off next, and sat back on his heels to look at me.

“You were beautiful before, Bells, but seeing your stomach round with my pups... I have never seen anything more breathtaking than you pregnant.”

I blinked back tears. I was going to get dehydrated with how much I was crying lately.

Cade’s hand went over my underwear and I moaned when he pressed his thumb against my clit. “So, I do remember what makes you moan, My Queen. Let’s see how much,” he growled before he ripped my panties from my body and buried his face in my center. “Fuck, Bells. You smell better than I remember, baby,” he rasped.

I lost track of everything else he said. Now that the mate bond was complete, his touch felt more intense, the sparks elevating the pleasure his tongue could always bring to me. I came with a scream within seconds.

“That’s a record. Now, let’s see if we can beat it.” He grinned up at me, his lips and chin covered in my release.

I didn’t get to respond, because seconds later, he was back between my legs, his tongue piercing my entrance, making me scream. He made me cum three times with his tongue and fingers, before he finally gave me a moment to catch my breath. He stood and removed his pants and underwear, giving me a chance to ogle the hard cock pointing at me.

“You’re so responsive to me, My Queen. I’m going to love taking full advantage of those pregnancy hormones,” he grinned down at me.

“Get your cock inside me, before you see the ugly side of them,” I challenged, making him chuckle.

“Yes, ma’am,” he replied, pushing inside me with a groan. “Fuck! You feel better than before, and I didn’t think that was possible.” He withdrew and pushed back in, making me arch my back. He pulled out to the tip and slammed back in, making me cry out his name. “That’s it. Keep screaming my name.” he panted, pumping into me over and over, an animal need overtaking the steady rhythm he started with.

I matched him thrust for thrust, needing to feel that moment when our souls would become one; that moment where nothing existed except him and me.

“I’m going to—I’m goi—” I snapped my head back as the orgasm crashed over me, pulling me under the waves as I felt Cade thrust back inside, and groan as his seed spilled inside me. He dropped next to me, pulling me until I was sprawled across his chest. “I love you,” I whispered, kissing his chest.

“I love you more than I can describe with words. Rest, my love. I’ll set an alarm for lunch,” he whispered.

I cuddled closer into my mate and slept soundly, feeling safe, cherished and wanted.

“Wake up, sleepy mate.” Cade woke me up. “We have to get to lunch.”

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