Page 105 of Redemption

“Come for me, sweetheart,” he begged, pressing a wet kiss to my lips. The endearment, the plea, the pleasure, it all built and then I was thrashing under him as I came again, muscles squeezing him tight.

“I love you,” slipped out but I didn’t care. I meant it, I truly did. And then he was shuddering over me, pressing kisses all over my face as he moaned through his release. He rested his forehead on mine, panting.

“Did you mean it?”

I nodded. “Yes, not great timing but I meant it.”

His eyes squeezed shut. “I love you, too.”

My heart skipped a beat. “You do?”

“I do, so much I can hardly bear it,” he groaned, then kissed me again, rolling us so he could hug me tight.

“But…” I trailed off.

“I know, I know. I was an idiot.” He pulled back, brushing my hair off my forehead and stroking the strands. “I thought our history and issues would sink us and I didn’t think I could survive the heartache. Then Gertie talked some sense into me—”

“Gertie?” I asked, startled.

“She’s a great friend and a tiny, scary woman,” he nodded solemnly.

I laughed. “That she is.”

“I decided to start seeing a therapist because you were right. I’ll never understand how you can forgive me, I’m just beyond grateful you can. But I haven’t forgiven myself and don’t know if that’s possible. I was punishing myself but I was also exhausted from fighting it. I’ve beengoing to therapy to try and work on living with it all.”

I stroked over his face, his stubble grazing against my hand. “How’s it going?”

He turned his head and pressed a kiss to my palm. “It’s hard, it’s still early days and there’s a lot of work to do but I can’t stay away from you anymore. It’s been too hard, and call me selfish, but I don’t want to.”

“I don’t want you to, either.”

“I don’t know what I did to deserve you but I’m so grateful. I love you so damn much, you’re the most amazing woman.”

“You’re not too bad yourself,” I replied, and he barked out a laugh.

There was a whining and a scratching at the door and Jack sighed before throwing the blanket off us and striding to open it. I watched the way his ass flexed and his thighs moved, obsessed with every single part of him. Then Teddy was running into the room and launching himself at me.

“Even my damn dog loves you so much,” Jack grumbled, coming back to bed.

“And I love him too,” I smiled. “But not as much as I love you.”

EPILOGUE

Jack

Six Months Later…

“Ouch!” I grunted, stumbling over something and trying to right myself.

“Oops, sorry!” Kat sang as she pulled me along. I was blindfolded and my life was in her hands. Normally, I would completely trust her but right now, I was having second thoughts.

“Where are we going?” I grumbled, annoyed that I wasn’t home with her naked and moving under me. I was impatient. I hadn’t been able to get my hands on her properly for days and I was getting cranky about it.

The construction was beginning on the guest ranch. We’d had another anonymous influx of cash which enabled us to getstarted on some of the basics. There were plans under way to raise more money to build the rest. Between Daisy’s proposals and Kat’s business acumen, money was starting to roll in.

Events were being held and one of the pastures rented out for various occasions. There were even talks of a movie being shot on the property, apparently it was the perfect location with the Tetons in the background. August’s horse-riding lessons were going well and she was so caring with the kids, it was wonderful to watch.

Me and Tilly went for a ride every Sunday morning and I enjoyed being someone for her to look up to and I’d given her advice on her future, and she actually listened. She was planning on going to college in the next couple of years and was looking at what to do to apply for scholarships.

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