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I’m not going to ruin this moment by crying, she vowed.
“More than that.” He put his fingers under her chin and lifted her face to his. “I’m head over heels in love with you, Winter Snowberry.”
“Good,” she managed.
Then her control broke and tears rushed down her face.
She sobbed. “Because I’m in love with you, too. And I didn’t want it to be an unrequited crush.”
He laughed and bent to kiss away her tears before offering her a Kleenex and gathering up the discarded bouquet.
By the time she’d gotten herself together, he had found a large empty spaghetti sauce jar in the kitchen, filled it with water, and stuck the roses in it.
He took her in his arms again and kissed her, deep and slow. “Now that we’ve settled the important stuff, let me take you to bed. I need to make up for being such an ass.”
“Same here,” she told him, her hands going to the front of his parka.
They left a trail of clothing that led from the living room to her bedroom.
Naked at last, Winnie and Nick fell onto the bed. There, she mapped his body with her fingers and lips, reacquainting herself with every part of him until his breath rasped harshly in his throat.
“I need you. Now.” And just like that, she was lying beneath him. His cock dragged against her skin, hard and heavy, and pressed into the top of her thigh.
His skin was hot against hers, his weight and solidity anchoring her to the mattress, assuring her that this wasn’t some dream.
That Nick was reallyhere. And still hers.
She eagerly opened her legs and raised her hips, inviting him in.
“Not yet,” he told her, slipping a hand between their bodies. “First, I’m going to show you how much I’ve missed you.”
His fingers pushed into her, and his thumb found her bud. He spent the next few minutes working magic with his lips on her breasts and his fingers between her legs, until, panting, she arched off the bed, her climax exploding inside her like fireworks.
Before the last pulsing, fluttering sensations had faded away, he shifted position. His long, thick cock replaced his fingers. As he slid into her with a deep groan, she wrapped her arms and legs around him.
He claimed her in a fast, merciless rhythm, taking her deep and hard until she convulsed around him in a second, more intense climax that sent her soaring through a velvet-dark sky sparking with intense bursts of pleasure.
Nick followed her over the edge. He growled her name and buried his face in her throat as his hips jerked against her, filling her with heat.
In the aftermath, he pulled her against him and spooned her like he always did, pulling her comforter over them both. Limp with pleasure, she lay in his arms as her pulse and breathing gradually slowed. She felt at peace for the first time in days.
“I love you,” he whispered in her ear. “You’re mine, Winnie. You’ll always be mine.”
Chapter 26: Revelation
The Soiled Dove Inn
May 25 (Five Months Later)
“You wouldnotbelieve the lengths I went through to find this gorgeous antique bar,” Geoff announced, reaching out to caress one of the miniature carved mahogany Corinthian columns on either side of the long, narrowed, beveled mirror.
Jake obligingly panned his camera over the length of the antique masterpiece, which now occupied one wall of the former library.
“And if you don’t mind me saying,” Geoff continued, with a sweeping gesture at the room’s lovingly restored marble fireplace surround, custom floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, and comfortable leather armchairs. “I think my idea to convert this room into an old-fashioned bar and reading room was absolutelyinspired. Especially since we know that this building used to be a ‘gentlemen’s club,’ if you know what I mean, and I think you do,” he finished slyly, winking broadly at the camera. “Now, let me tell you about this original gaslight chandelier from 1882, one of a matching set in this house. Let me tell you, I had to comb through every antique store in Livingston and Bozeman to find just the perfect lighting solution…”
Off camera, Winnie glanced over at Nick, wondering how he would react to Geoff brazenly taking credit for Nick’s plan for the library.
But Nick only smiled serenely back at her. He’d been looking extremely pleased with himself all day. Apparently, even Geoff acting like, well,Geoffwasn’t enough to upset her lover’s unusually good mood.
