Page 16 of Dreaming of Us

I sighed and ran my hand over my face. “She is in town to visit with her mom. Most of their family is still pissed off at the two of them, but I guess her mom was willing to talk to her for the sake of the little girl. She saw me when they were walking through the carnival and thought it would be a good time to apologize.”

I watched as Braylin’s expression turned to one of genuine sympathy for my ex. “I hope that the family gets over their anger soon.”

I shook my head in wonder at my girl’s big heart. I scooted forward in my chair until I was as close as I could get withoutclimbing right into her bed with her. “I promise that I will never cause you a moment of doubt again for as long as we live. I swear to you that I will show you every single day how much I love and adore every inch of you. I will make you happy and fill your life with love and laughter. You and our children will know that I am always by your side.”

“Children?” Braylin gasped. “You love me?”

“Baby, I love you more than I could have ever dreamed it is possible to love another human being. You mean the world to me. It kills me that you were hurt because of me.”

She shook her head as tears filled her eyes. “It wasn’t your fault I was attacked, Colton. It was the guy from the bank who attacked me, not you. I jumped to conclusions instead of staying and asking you what was going on. I just saw that little girl and…” She closed her eyes, and I squeezed her hand gently.

“I know, sweetheart. I’m sorry. But I swear to you that she isn’t mine. The only children I ever have will be with the only woman I’ve ever been with.”

Her eyes popped back open as she took in my words and seemed to realize what they meant. “You were a… We were… I was your first?”

I chuckled and kissed her finger again. “Yeah, sweetheart. We were both virgins. I couldn’t be more pleased that you are the only one I will ever feel myself sliding into.”

Her face flushed with embarrassment and, if I wasn’t mistaken, a bit of pleasure. “I love you, too, Colton.”

I grinned at her. “I know you do. That’s why the moment they discharge you, I’m moving you into my house. Our house. You have no more than three months to plan our wedding, and don’t be surprised if you’re already three months pregnant by the time you’re walking down the aisle.”

I gently pushed her jaw up to close her mouth as she stared at me with wide eyes. Then I lifted her hand and kissed her ringagain. As the diamond twinkled, it caught her eye, and her jaw dropped again.

“Is that… did you… what?”

“Marry me, sweetheart?”

I watched my girl burst into tears and went to her when her arms reached out for me. She could barely say the word through her tears, but I would forever remember the moment when she saidyes.

Epilogue

BRAYLIN

“Colton, you have to stop,” I whispered in a groan.

My husband-to-be was on his knees with my white dress bunched up, the miles of fabric hiding him from me, but it didn’t stop me from feeling every stroke of his tongue across my clit.

Colton had promised me three months to plan our wedding. After listening to my mom throw a fit and argue that three months wasn’t long enough to plan a wedding, he changed the timeline to two months. Mom finally gave in when he wouldn’t budge and reluctantly agreed to the three months.

He also wasn’t wrong about the baby I was carrying. I had wanted to keep it a surprise, but somehow, the jerk figured it out almost as fast as I had. I hadn’t even thrown up around him to give it away, so I couldn’t figure out how he knew. Colton just smiled at me when I demanded he tell me how he could tell I was pregnant. He just smirked and said, “Sweetheart, I know every inch of your body.” As if that was somehow supposed to explain everything.

Just as my orgasm was about to hit, Colton sat back on his heels. I was about to hit him over the head with my bouquet when he stood to his feet and unzipped his slacks. He had his cock in his fist and at my entrance before I could sigh in relief.

“This is going to have to be fast, baby.”

Colton thrust inside, fully seating himself in one swift movement. We both let out twin groans as we relished in the feel of him filling me so completely. When he withdrew, I had to bite down on the palm of my hand to keep from screaming out as he began to pound inside of me ruthlessly. Every time he hit that spot deep inside me that had my toes curling in equal parts pain and pleasure, I got closer and closer to the edge of oblivion.

“I want you walking down the aisle with my come dripping down your legs,” he growled as he reached for my clit and pinched it between his fingers. The man may have been as innocent as me when we first started out, but he was a fast and gifted learner. The man knew every one of my buttons and pushed them in just the perfect order to make me go off like a rocket every single time.

With a muffled scream, I exploded into a million stars of brilliant light. I heard his grunt that I loved so much as he ground into me. I felt each pulse as he filled me to overflowing, and I was thankful I had so many layers of skirt to hide any embarrassing wet spots.

Once he pulled out and carefully tucked his still semi-hard cock back into his pants, he helped me stand up on my shaky legs. He smoothed my dress back into place, not even looking the least bit chagrined at the new wrinkles he’d added to the fabric.

As my mother knocked on the door, calling out that the ceremony was about to start without us, Colton lowered his head and took my lips in a gentle kiss. “Thank you for being my forever girl.”

When he lifted his head to smile down at me with his dimples popped out, I grinned up at him. “Thank you for being my dream come true.”

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