Page 120 of The Love Lie
“Now that’s where you’re wrong, cowboy.” Sam spins in his arms, sliding her hands to the back of his neck to play with his hair. “Moving here? Loving you? Choosing us? It’s the easiest thing I’ve ever done. Getting out of my own damn way was a bit of a struggle, I’ll admit. But we’re here. We made it to tomorrow. And guess what? We still have half an hour to spare.”
Sparks dance across his eyes. “Half an hour, huh?”
She starts back, but he’s already two steps ahead as he grips her around the thighs and lifts. In no time at all, she’s perched on the edge of her new desk, his shirt is off, and she’s working his belt free. Cooper peppers kisses along the side of her neck as he makes quick work of the buttons down the front of her dress. With a victorious snarl, he pulls the cotton up and over her head. She hooks her ankles behind his hips and holds him closer, that delicious pressure mounting. When his lips return to her naked flesh, she drops her head back with a gasp.
“Be honest,” she stammers as he tugs at the edge of her lace bra with his teeth. “Did you pick out my desk knowing it was the perfect height for this, or is it a happy coincidence?”
“I’m disappointed you even have to ask.”
“So you’re saying I was led here under false pretenses?”
“No.” He pulls the cup all the way down, exposing her breast. “I’m saying when it comes to you, I don’t do anything by accident.”
“Oh. Is that so?” She grins victoriously as she fists his hair, thinking back to that first day in the Maldives and their argument in the bungalow about who was responsible for the fiasco of a proposal and the consequent makeout that started it all. “Iknewyou kissed me on purpose. Admit it.”
He drags his nose up the side of her throat to stop at her ear. “You’re goddamn right I did.”
She yelps as he flings her onto her back, then erupts into a fit of giggles, her happiness too much to contain. Because he’s right. Nothing about them has ever been fake or forced or fortuitous. They made every decision that brought them here, and here is exactly where she wants to be—mindfully, miraculously, and maddeningly in love with her cowboy.
