Page 97 of Roommate's Guide to Love

Quinn Banks is staying.

And whether she realizes it yet or not, she’s mine.

I crash my lips to hers, falling down to the bed as our mouths meet. The second I feel the heat from her body, I’m a goner. I have no thoughts except that this woman isn’t getting on a plane again. When this is done, she isn’t going to run out of here and say this was the last time.

She’s staying.

In my bed.

With me.

Forever.

Her arms wrap around my neck as she deepens the kiss, her nails slightly digging into me as if she’s scared I’m going to go somewhere.

I’m not going anywhere, Quinn. Not now. Not ever.

“Mine,” I say as I break the kiss just enough to slide her T-shirt over her outstretched arms, bearing to me what I’ve been suffering without for weeks.

“Yours. I’m yours.”

I groan into her tits, bringing one to my mouth and while massaging the other. I never thought I’d held back when it came to Quinn, but right now? I’m a mad man. Out of control. I’m likely bruising her as I take turns sucking on each one. If I’m leaving a mark, she doesn’t seem to care. If anything, she’s only encouraging me, holding my head to her like she never wants me to stop.

Say less.

I switch my mouth to the other side as she holds one in her hand, pressing it against my face so I feel like I’m surrounded by her fullness. This. This is heaven. Hearing the sounds Quinn makes when I suck on her, feeling her nails dig into my skin when she wants more, how I know that she’s going to be wet as hell for me when I’m done, it’s perfect.

I somehow pull myself away as I stand up from the bed, needing to slide my sleep pants off and free my aching cock. I want to go back down, my body already missing her, but I can’t help but look down, in awe of the beauty laying before me.

“Do you know how fucking gorgeous you are?”

“Porter…”

My name trails off on her lips, but that doesn’t distract me from the second of doubt I see in her eyes. It’s the same look she had that day that her and Emily had that run in at the diner. It lasts for just a second. But it’s there.

Not anymore. I won’t let my girl think for another fucking second that she’s anything but perfect.

“Come here,” I say, holding my hand out for her. She looks confused, but doesn’t waver in giving it to me as I stand both of us up from the bed. “Good girl.”

I step closer to her, bringing her lips in for another kiss. My tongue starts getting a mind of it’s own, searching her mouth wanting more, before I have to pull away.

I’ll have plenty of time to kiss her later. If I have it my way, the rest of our lives. But first, she needs to know exactly how I feel.

“I want you to know, that when I say that you’re beautiful, I mean it. With everything in me.”

My hands start running down her arms and I feel the goosebumps form on her skin. “Our first night together. I know you probably thought that I was just sad and lonely. And I was. But it was more than that. That night, my wishes were coming true. That I had to go through the worst thing of my life to finally feel like what it was like to have you.”

I kiss her again, this time letting my lips trail down her neck, over her shoulder, and across her chest. With each kiss I pepper on her smooth skin, I feel her body relaxing just a little more.

“I thought our first time was going to be it. You were gone again. I didn’t know when you’d come back to visit. And even then, how would we act? Would we still be friends? Still joke around with each other? And then you ordered chicken wings, and my life changed from there.”

She softly laughs as I lower myself to my knees in front of her, continuing to kiss every piece of her soft stomach I can. “Quinn, you are perfect. In every way. And every day it’s been harder for me to resist you. And not because of our history, or because you’re living with me. It’s because of you. It’s always been you, Quinn. From the moment I first laid eyes on you in high school, to right now, as you’re looking at me like you can’t believe the words coming out of my mouth, it’s always been you.”

I need a second to gather my words, and I was sure she’d try to object. But since her jaw is open and her eyes are double the normal size, I’m pretty sure I’ve done the impossible and rendered Quinn speechless.

“Since you’ve come back, and moved into my house, I’ve fallen more in love with you every day. Seeing you each day with Grace…watching you slowly make this house a home…seeing you read on the couch…watching as you do your little dances in the kitchen when you think I’m not looking…to embracing life at the bar…you fit in my life more than I ever could’ve dreamed.”

I kiss her again at her stomach, holding it there for a beat before I pull back. “I never thought I wanted more. I never thought I wanted forever. But I do, Quinn. And I want forever to start now. With you.”

---