Page 89 of Shattered Secrets

“Get yourself there, baby,” he murmured.

He pressed a hand to her back, and she lowered her chest to the mattress, moaning at the new angle. Her inner muscles clenched around his cock. He gripped her hips tight and pumped faster. With a cry, her body tensed and trembled.

“Holy fuck, yes.” His heart hammered in his chest as he slammed into her one final time, clutching her tight against him. Stars filled his vision as he came.

For a moment, they were both still, their loud breaths the only sound.

“Ohmygod, that was amazing,” Scarlet murmured with her face buried into a pillow.

“Agreed.” Chuckling, he pulled out and pressed a kiss to her shoulder blade. “I’ll be right back.”

After taking care of the condom, Matt grabbed a washcloth and wet it. He returned to the bedroom and smiled. Scarlet hadn’t moved. She was still on her knees, face buried in a pillow. Crawling onto the bed behind her, he kissed her left ass cheek, then her right, and wiped the washcloth gently between her legs. Her eyes remained closed as he eased her onto her back.

Lying on his side, he traced his fingers from the base of her neck to her breasts, then down around her belly button to the top of her mound. Goosebumps rose on her skin, and a possessive satisfaction filled him.

He needed to have her again. No question.

“You still awake, sweetheart?”

Scarlet’s answering grin was satisfied and sleepy. “I can be. With the right motivation.”

“Good,” he said, nudging her thighs open. Her grin grew as he settled between her legs and moved down her body. “Because I need more of you.”

After worshiping every inch of Scarlet, they lay together, limbs tangled in the center of their bed. Matt couldn’t get enough of this woman. He really couldn’t. He’d taken her twice, and already his cock was stirring, begging for more.

Trailing the tips of his fingers down her spine, she shivered. And he smiled. There was no denying it.Thiswas what he wanted.

“Will you stay?” he asked.

“Oh, I don’t think I can actually move.” Rolling onto her back, she let out a blissful sigh.

“Mission accomplished, then.” He kissed her lips. “But I meant, will you stayhere? Move in with me?”

Surprise flashed over her face.

He hurried on, “I know your place is supposed to be ready to move back into sometime next week, but I don’t want you to go.”

“Matt . . . are you sure?”

“More than anything, I wantthis.” He squeezed her tight. “Going to sleep with you. Waking up with you. Having dinner and movie nights with you and Daisy. All of it. Before you and Daisy, this was just my house. A place where I lived. But now? It’s my home. Because of you and Daisy.”

Her mouth fell open. Shock and hope and love flickered across her face. Then those beautiful brown eyes filled, and two tears spilled over. He brushed them away with his thumbs.

“I love you, Scarlet. So much.” He shifted to settle between her spread thighs. “Stay with me?”

She nodded, and he dropped a kiss to her forehead.

“Live with me?”

Again, she nodded, and he kissed the tip of her nose.

“Marry me?”

She gasped, and Matt held his breath. Then her lips stretched into the most beautiful smile he’d ever seen. With tears sliding down the sides of her face, she nodded again.

“Yes,” she whispered.

His mouth claimed hers, and his heart soared.

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