Page 104 of Everlasting Love

My lips tip up at the memory of how her face lit up like a damn Christmas tree when I asked her if it would be okay to ask Vi to marry me and make both the girls mine. I nod. “Yeah, she was happy.”

“Of course she was. She loves you for her girls. When are you going to propose?”

I shrug. “I don’t know. I don’t have a fancy plan like you did. I’ll just do it when it feels right.”

He nods, humming his approval.

Sighingwhen my ass finally hits the couch, I drop my head on the backrest. I know I sleep for shit, but with the nurses coming in every couple of hours to check on me, I got zero rest, and I’m exhausted. It probably doesn’t help that my body’s been fighting against the effects of the venom. I feel the cushion next to me move, and I roll my head in the direction. Violet hands me a cup of coffee and then takes a sip of her tea. I drop my free hand to her thigh with a grateful smile. “Thanks, Blue.”

“You’re welcome. I’m so glad to have you home.” Her voice still holds a tinge of fear, and I take a moment to study her. Black smudges beneath her eyes give away her exhaustion from spending every minute at the hospital with me.

I squeeze her thigh gently. “Why don’t you have a nap before Jas gets home from school?”

She grins. “Only if you join me.”

I chuckle. “Sure. I actually think I could sleep.”

We finish our drinks, and I follow Vi upstairs on my crutches. “We could move into the downstairs bedroom that Cass used when she was in her wheelchair if it’ll make it easier for you.” I grunt in response. I don’t want to feel any more incapable than I already do. She grins at me over her shoulder. “Back to the grunting, I see.”

“I’ll show you grunting in a minute.”

Vi chuckles and jogs the last few steps, leaping playfully across the landing and disappearing into our bedroom. By the time I make it there, she has the bed covers pulled back and is stripping down. “I’m ready.”

I stop and study her. Her chest is rising and falling quickly, and the pulse at the base of her throat is fluttering like crazy. Her pupils are dilated and she looks so damn gorgeous. “You’re so beautiful. I can’t believe I’m lucky enough to call you mine.” I move forward awkwardly and run the back of my hand down the side of her face, then tuck her soft hair behind her ear and cup her smooth cheek. “Thank you for staying with me.”

She nuzzles into my palm with a gentle smile. “I would never leave you in the hospital alone.” I read the meaning behind her words and my heart doubles in size. I clumsily toss my crutches to the side and balance carefully, then grip the back of my T-shirt to drag it over my head. Her hands land on my pecs and glide down over my abs to the buckle of my belt. With swift fingers, she has it unbuckled and the button and zipper undone. Herhand dives into my jocks without preamble, and I groan as she squeezes my shaft.

I press my hips forward and push my underwear and jeans down my legs. “Fuck, do that again.” She does, setting me on fire. Gently, she guides me backward until I’m sitting on the edge of our bed, and she drops to her knees. Almost reverently, she removes my shoes, socks, jeans, and boxers until I’m naked. I can’t bear to keep my hands to myself any longer and slide my fingers into her soft hair, tangling them in the strands and tugging on them until she’s looking up at me. Leaning forward with a wince, I press my mouth to hers and tease my tongue along her lips. She opens eagerly and I slip inside, swiping my tongue along hers, tasting the tea. I swallow her moans and tug her higher, feeling her silken hips brush against my knees as she rises. Pulling back the smallest amount until our lips are barely touching, I tell her, “Straddle me, Blue.”

Her lips spread against mine and I return her smile, then dive back in for more of her kisses. Her taste ignites my blood, sending sparks arcing through my veins and I need more. I’ll always need more. She grinds down on my cock, her already wet folds sliding against my hard length. Gripping her hips, I hold her to me and grind against her, pushing through the ache in my leg. Damn, I can’t do that and I hate feeling incapable … less than.

“I-I need you.” Her hot breaths coat my lips along with her desperate words. Gripping her hips, I lift her and she wraps her hand around my dick, notching it at her entrance. The heat of her pussy scorches my needy head. Between one breath and the next, she slides down, sheathing me deep inside her warm body. Her silky walls tightening around me is pure bliss, and I hold her hips to keep her in place—I could sit here filling her forever. Her arms wrap around my neck, and her slender fingers slideinto my short hair. Her breasts press against my chest, and we’re touching everywhere possible.

I pull back slightly so I can see her eyes. They’re beautifully dilated and unfocused, filled with lust and sinful intent. “Marry me and let me adopt Jas as my own,” I murmur. This isn’t exactly how I thought I’d ask her to marry me. Not that I’m great with words or sophisticated with fancy plans or anything, but this is probably a shitty way to ask her to spend her life with me. But I’ve said it now. “Be my wife. Let’s be a real family,” I say with more conviction as my heart tries to escape my chest cavity.

She chuckles, pressing her lips to mine. “Sure. We’ll go see the county clerk tomorrow. We could be married by the end of the week and then we can work on the adoption.” She finishes with a wink and a grin.

Moving my hands around to her ass, I grip it and squeeze it roughly. “I’m serious, Vi. I’m asking you to marry me. To spend your life with me, walking beside me.” Her smile drops as she recognizes that I’m being serious. “I know it’s not the most romantic of proposals and I don’t have fancy flowery words for you or a ring but I want you to be my wife. I want to be part of your life. I want to spend every day and night with you. I want you to be the first person I see every morning and the last person every night.” She tightens her arms around my neck and goosebumps cover her silky flesh. “Let me adopt Jas because I want to parent alongside you and watch Jasmine grow into the fine young woman I know she’ll become.” I press my hips up. “I want to have babies with you and learn how to be the best father and husband I can be. Say yes.” I beg her with my eyes.

Her gaze softens on mine, those electric-blue eyes I love so much peering into my soul. My heart pounds heavily against my sternum and with the way her breasts are pressed against me, she has to feel it. She has to feel my anxiety as I wait for her to respond. She touches her lips against mine. “Yes,” she whispers.“But I need to make one thing clear. You’re already the best father. I honestly couldn’t ask for a better man.”

I slam my mouth onto hers and ravage her as my body sags in relief. There’s no teasing, just savage appreciation of her acceptance of my proposal. Our tongues unite, sliding and tasting, twisting and stroking. Using my grip on her sweet ass, I guide her up and down my cock, celebrating our future with deep penetrating thrusts. My leg aches like a bitch but I won’t let it slow me down or stop me.

Our bodies, slick with sweat, slide against each other as we connect on the most elemental level a man and a woman can. It’s primal and urgent. It’s me laying my claim to her body and her heart. I kiss my way from her lips across to her ear and whisper, “Thank you.” Then, I continue my way down her throat and across her collarbone as I lick, nip, and suck her heated skin, tasting the saltiness of her sweat. I kiss my way farther down and suck her nipple into my mouth and am rewarded with her walls tightening around my cock. This woman has me body, heart, and soul.

Her moans fill the bedroom, sending my pulse skyrocketing. “Oh my God, you feel so good filling me up.” Flames lick my skin and my focus narrows to making her come, to feel her strangling my cock and falling apart in my arms. I kiss my way back up to her mouth and I take her mouth messily … hungrily … without finesse. Short, rough breaths burst out of me with each thrust, my heart thumps in a crazy rhythm, and the blood in my veins heats to the extreme. Each slide, each contraction of her muscles pushes me closer to the edge. Using one hand, I keep her moving on my cock, then find her clit to rub tight circles with my free thumb.

Our bodies slap and grind against each other, her beautiful ass landing on my thighs each time I bottom out. My balls draw up tight, and I grit my teeth to hold off my orgasm while puffs ofhot air burst from me, blowing strands of Violet’s hair across her face. I increase my ministrations against her clit and it pulses against my digit. “Get there, Blue,” I grunt.

She adjusts the angle of her hips, and it feels fucking sensational when she swivels slightly as she drops. With each slam of her hips, sounds of ecstasy leave her lips, casting her warm breath across my cheek. Her walls tighten and pulse and she drops her head back on her shoulders with a long moan, exposing her neck to my tongue. “Aaaah, Shane!” she shouts as her arms tighten around my neck and her thighs grip mine like a vice as she detonates in my arms.

Electrical pulses race through my body with a singular destination in mind. Every synapse fires from my toes, up my legs, from my head, and down to the base of my spine, all accumulating in my balls. My body locks as pulse after pulse of electricity sends me over the edge and I shout Violet’s name. Wave after wave of my release shoots out of me as my body vibrates against Violet’s. I wrap my arms around her tightly, probably crushing her but I need her as close as possible. I need to meld her flesh with mine. I need every part of me to be connected to every part of her—mind, body, heart, and soul.

She shivers in my hold, and I grab the bedcovers to drag them around her body. “Thank you,” she murmurs against the base of my neck, her breath skittering across my heated skin sending out a wave of goosebumps. She licks the skin and then sucks on it like the minx she is and I smack her ass in retaliation, making her giggle which feels amazing around my cock.

“I love you, Violet. With everything that I am and for the man I want to be when I’m with you and Jasmine … I love you.” I squeeze her impossibly tighter and press my lips to the base of her throat.

Her body shudders, and she pulls back slightly. Her arms slide from around me and she cups my cheeks, her gorgeouseyes flicking between mine. A slow smile curves her swollen lips and I feel my chest puff up with pride that I get to see her like this. Touch her like this. Experience her like this. “I love you, too. So much. You are an incredible man, and I couldn’t be more thankful that you’re in our lives and want to become a permanent part.” She leans forward, melding our lips and pushing me until I fall back on the bed. She drops down and rests her head on my pounding heart, which must be deafening against her ear, but she doesn’t complain.

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