Page 94 of His to Protect

“Knew I’d get it out of you eventually.”

He pulled me back and I placed my hands next to the sides of his head, on the pillow beneath him.

My heart was racing.

He’d exhausted me to the point where I couldn’t be angry with him, not that I wanted to be.

His weight shifted and he rolled, taking me along with him until I was on my back and he was on top of me.

“Help me inside you, Trina.”

I couldn’t take my eyes off him. I also couldn’t deny this request. I slide my hand between us and wrapped my fingers around him. Just the thought of him inside me had my body warming all over again.

“Declan.” I whispered his name as I placed his tip at my entrance and he slowly pushed in.

“Tell me again.”

I blinked and tried to focus on him but it was difficult. He felt so good inside of me. He stopped moving when I didn’t say anything and my fingers dug into his hips, trying to push him forward.

“Tell me, Trina.”

I dragged my eyes up to his and smirked. “You first.”

He dropped one elbow next to me and his hand pressed against my check, sliding his thumb over my lips. “I love you, Trina.”

“Wow,” I sighed. “You’re good at that.”

I was shocked at how I could tease him. Between the day we had and the overwhelming sensation those words caused, I was still having a hard time thinking clearly.

“Sweetheart,” he murmured, leaning closer to me. I was the one who benefited from this change in the way he leaned his body, because it forced his cock deeper inside me.

“Yes.” My eyes began to roll back and I slid my hands from his hips to his back, holding him to me. “I love you, Declan. So much. Thank you for taking care of me.”

“Always,” he grunted and pushed himself in until he couldn’t go further. “I’ll always take care of you.”

Then he began to move, and after another orgasm, he cleaned us up and climbed into bed with me, pulled me to his chest, held me close, and proved that he was always going to take care of me when he quietly whispered, “Nothing will ever hurt you again, and tomorrow, when we’re rested, we can talk more about what happened today and what’s going to happen next.”

I was so sated from the multiple orgasms, drunk on not only admitting that I was in love with this man, but realizing that he loved me too, that I couldn’t say anything except, “Okay, honey.”

His arms tightened and he kissed the top of my head.

And on a day when I’d witnessed the most horrific things I’d ever seen in my life, I was somehow still able to close my eyes, lean in closer to Declan until I draped myself all over his body, and fall into a restful sleep.

Because I knew that no matter what happened, regardless of my future, I knew that Declan would be there for me.

We’d walk through whatever difficulties life brought our way together. I just hoped that walk grew easier than our beginning had been.

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