Page 80 of Wrecked

Crow needed to be specific here because there were plenty of things to be sorry about.

Sorry for fucking me? Sorry for arguing with me? Sorry for letting them take me? Although that last one couldn’t be helped. On the drive, Wrath had recounted the number of bodies Crow had killed in the hotel room after he’d been taken.

“For what?” Rebel asked. He caught sight of Crow’s reflection in the window.

“For saying there was no us. I lied.”

Rebel closed his eyes and smiled.

Crow slipped his arms around him and pulled him back and Rebel sank into the warmth of Crow’s broad chest. He nestled his ass into the man’s crotch and stayed like that.

Slowly, he lifted his lids. “I’m falling for you,” Rebel said. It seemed safer to say that than to declare love. Besides, he wasn’t sure what love was, but when he looked at Crow, he couldn’t imagine a life without him.

“I’ve already fallen,” Crow admitted, brushing lips against his hair.

“When?”

“That day you were trying on clothes in the store and you asked the lady if she had any off-brand names,” Crow said with a soft chuckle.

“And you laughed your ass off,” Rebel said with a rueful smile.

“Yeah, but it was only because you were too damned cute.”

Rebel turned in Crow’s arms and gazed up at him. “So, what now?”

“Now, it’s your choice. You have the power to choose what you want to do with your life. I’ll support whatever you decide.”

Rebel tipped his head in thought. “I want to give the ranch a try.”

Crow smiled and happiness flashed in the man’s blue eyes.

Several hours later, Rebel fell back onto the bed, gasping for breath.

They’d gone at it for most of them, exploring each other’s bodies on the big king-sized bed.

Rebel had traced all of Crow’s tattoos with his tongue. He had taken the man’s cock down his throat and tasted his come. And although it had been late in coming, they had had the conversation about being tested, which they both had been.

That added a freedom to the time they spent exploring one another.

And Rebel wished they could stay there forever.

“Where do you live?” He toyed with the short hairs on Crow’s arm.

“In Nevada. I also have a place in Colorado.”

“Two houses?” he gaped and then snapped his mouth closed.

“Once you start taking jobs regularly, you’ll have money to buy homes too.”

Rebel shook his head. He didn’t want to spend the money on that.

“What?” Crow asked.

“Will I have enough money to investigate my parents?”

“You won’t need money for that,” Crow said and Rebel heard the promise clear as day.

“Thank you.” Rebel rose up and straddled Crow’s waist and leaned over to slowly kiss the man on the lips.

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