Page 166 of Torrid Passion
Her confession comes as a pleasant surprise.
“Thank you,” she says when I’m done. She faces me. “How do I look?”
“Likemysexy ass girlfriend.”
We grin at each other.
“Mission accomplished!”
“Almost.” She frowns. “You don’t know what’s in the silver bag yet,” I remind her.
“Ah! You’re right!”
She reaches out for the bag and rummages through the bright blue silk paper until she pulls out another box. She drops it on the coffee table. With excited hands, she lifts the lid. A pair of huge brown eyes meets mine.
“Loki, this is real?!”
“It is. Stella and Hayden helped me select it.”
“They went shopping with you?”
“I wouldn’t ask that much of them. It was the same scenario as for your disco outfit. I asked sales clerks to try on the pieces I thought you’d love. I sent your cousins the photos and we texted back and forth until I had a winner.”
“Wow.”
“I’ve been planning this night for a week.”
“Come here,” she grabs the lapels of my jacket, forcing me to lean into her. I frame her face with my hands and take her lips in a claiming kiss. Neither of us rushes it. After a few intense long seconds, I break our embrace. She curls her fingers around my wrist, pulling me back to her. Those brown eyes are smoky now. I give her what she wants, ravishing her mouth once more.
“You’re such an amazing man,” she says.
I run a finger over her lips. I can’t wait to see them swollen from my cock. “You’re worth it, gorgeous.”
“This has some weight to it,” she says, her hand moving up and down.
“The choker and pendant are your fun gifts. The bracelet is solid gold.”
I also got Kyla an Italian 18k yellow gold wide eleven-row link bracelet. Think of a high-end modern designer version of the wrist cuffs a gladiatrix, aka a female gladiator, wore in ancient Rome. Perfect for my goddess.
“I’m speechless. Thank you.”
“Just so we’re clear, I don’t want to make it officialjustbetween us.”
“Really?”
“Why is it so hard to believe?”
“Maybe because secretly it’s something I’ve wanted for a very long time. I can’t fathom it’s actually happening.”
“I should’ve manned up after Paris. I knew there was more between us. I should’ve gone after you.”
She offers a warm smile. “This isn’t a one-way street. I could’ve put my big girl panties on. It’s not like I didn’t know where to find you in LA.”
“That kind of foolishness is behind us. We’re in the here and now, baby.”
“We are!” she cheers.
“I want our parents, your brothers and the entire O’Keeffe clan to know about us. I’ll tell my cousins.”
