Page 155 of The Winslow Brothers

I nod again, and my nose brushes against his. “Yes to all of those things.”

“But you love me?”

“I do, Jude. More than anything. I just want to be with you. No one else. Just you.”

“That’s all I want too, babe.”

“Because you love me?” I ask, even though I’m certain of his answer. I just want to hear him say it again.

“You’re theonlywoman I’ve ever loved, Sophie. And you’re the only one I ever will.”

“Funnily enough, Jude, you’re my first love, too. Even with how badly I’ve always wanted it, I never actually let it happen until you came along.”

He wraps his arms around my back and holds me close. “Damn, it feels good hearing you say that.”

“Do you think that maybe now we seal this all with a kiss?”

He smirks. “Yes, among many other things that need to happen tonight because I’ve been missing you so bad.”

“I’ve missed you too.” I brush my lips against his. “I kept telling myself I would get through this, I would move on from you, but every day without you has felt harder than the one before it.”

“Well, my sweet Sophie, since you weren’t answering any of my calls or texts, I resorted to getting Winnie to help me stalk you because I missed you so much it was causing me physical pain.”

“Sounds like we were both a bit of a mess, huh?”

He nods and presses a soft kiss to my lips. “But it’s okay, because now, we have each other.”

“That’s right.” I stare deep into his eyes. “Now we have each other.”

He kisses me then, and our lips are persistent against each other. A mess of passion and relief and love. Oh-so-muchlove.

As our kisses grow more heated and uncontrolled, Jude rises to his feet, holding me tightly in his arms, and starts to walk toward the elevator. “I need you to know three things right now.”

“And what are those?”

“You don’t have a client to call. That was my sister playing investigator to find out where you were for me.”

I laugh. “Seriously?”

“What can I say?” He shrugs one shoulder. “I’m a man willing to do anything to be with the woman he loves.”

“And the other two things?”

“There’s not going to be much sleeping tonight.”

“Got it.” I giggle. “And what else?”

“One day soon, I’m going to get you to sayyes.”

“Is that right?”

“So right that I’d bet everything on it.”

And I wouldn’t take that bet because I also know he’s right.

Jude and I, we’re not just wild sex and fun.No way.

We’re all the things. And we’re forever.

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