Page 85 of Exes and Oh Hell No

But I can’t give in yet.

I need her full surrender.

Pulling back, our heavy pants fill the cabin.

She whimpers as her dazed eyes open, locking with mine.

“We aren’t your parents, Harper. We never were, and we’ll never be them. We’ve always beenus.”

Her eyes are soft as she nods.

I wait, but the fear doesn’t come.

Progress.

I cup her face. “I want you for the rest of my life, Harper. Only you.”

“I-I realized something. When I was being chased, I thought…” She sucks in a breath. “I thought I was going to die.”

Her bound hands lift to my mask. “And the one regret I had was that you didn’t know…” tears fill her eyes, streaking downher cheeks. “You had no idea how much I loved you. How much I still love you.”

I crush my mouth against hers, wiping her tears with my thumbs as I inhale her.

Devouring her.

She surrenders to me completely, her mouth showing me how much she means those words.

I keep moving my fingers inside her as we kiss.

Pulling away, she whines as my fingers leave her.

I grab the key and unlock the cuffs.

I remove them, my eyes on her. “I want all of you, Harper. I don’t want you holding anything back.”

She nods, a smile curling her lips. “I’ll give you all of me… my soon-to-be husband.”

My dick throbs inside my pants.

I grab her face, crushing my lips against hers.

We fall onto the bed in a tangle of limbs.

Our hands desperate as they impatiently push away and remove our clothing, tossing them onto the floor.

Our lips ravenous as we devour one another.

I beam down at her as I yank her sweatshirt off. “You know I’m going to propose to you soon, right?”

A wide smile curls her lips. “I wouldn’t expect anything less. Psycho.”

I chuckle. “I want to get married soon. No waiting.”

She nods. “Maybe I’m as insane as you. But kidnapping me and chasing me through the woods worked.”

Her arms wrap around me, pulling me closer. “I want to marry you, Ford.”

“Good. Those towels I asked Gram to monogram our initials on won’t go to waste.”

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