“Wait.” I put my hand over his phone, stopping him. “You’re not going to tell her what we’re about to do, are you? I’d be embarrassed.”
Caiden grinned. “I was going to tell her I got my memories back, and now we’re working things out and need some privacy.”
“She’d totally know what we’re doing.” I turned away, my cheeks on fire.
“Would you rather she show up?”
“No.”
“It’s done,” Caiden said.
I whirled around. “You sent the text?”
He tucked his phone into his pocket and ran his hands up my arms. “And now I only want to focus on you.” His eyes glowed with anticipation and his skin shimmered with gold.
Tiny kisses caressed my skin as his hands lifted to my cheeks. He bent his head and brushed his lips across mine. “Lily Gracelyn Ellis, daughter of a nature goddess, I vow my heart, body, and soul to you forever. To belong to you and you only for eternity. With you, all things are possible. With you, my life is complete. I love you.”
“I love you, too. So much, Caiden.”
He sighed and kissed me until I was dizzy with sensation overload. I’d never get used to how he emotionally and physically affected me.
Things moved quickly from there, our patience dissolving with our needs. We tore each other’s clothes off and fell onto the bed, picking up where we left off over a week ago.
“Caiden?” I panted as he explored my body in the most wonderful of ways. The things he did with his hands and mouth were magical. “Will it hurt?” We were so close to doing it, and I was ready.So ready.
“It shouldn’t. Not with how we respond to each other and the sensations you get from my touch.”
I brushed his golden bangs from his eyes. “Do you feel anything?”
“Everything is magnified when I’m with you.”
I liked hearing that. I kissed him, locking my hands behind his neck, and deepening it until we were breathless.
He hitched my leg over his hip and then it happened. We were one. Nothing could have prepared me for the closeness of the act. Skin-to-skin, our heavy breathing in sync, our bodies molded together without separation.
Soon, we were both shimmering and crackling with explosive energy. It intensified the experience, taking it to a level I never imagined. A level no human could ever experience. My body buzzed like a live wire. Caiden caught my gaze and kissed me so deeply, something inside me ignited.
No firework show could ever compare to the finale ending of this moment. He joined me shortly after. We both sank into the mattress with dead weight, Caiden’s body half covering mine, our damp legs entwined under the sheets.
For the longest time, I felt like I floated on a cloud of pure peace.
“I can’t wait to do that again,” Caiden murmured into the crook of my neck.
I laughed and delighted in the obvious. He liked being with me and couldn’t wait to do it again.
“Loved.” He kissed under my ear and propped himself up on his elbow, staring down at me. “I loved being with you.”
“You can read my mind again?”
“We’re connected in all ways now—mind, body, and soul. But you can block me when you want privacy. I can, too.”
He can, too? “Because I can read your mind now?”
His mouth tipped up at one corner. “Give it a try.”
“What do I do?”
“Listen,” he said, as if it were as simple as that.