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“I don’t know,” I pant. “Throwing away my career, I guess.”
“And why in the heck would you do that?”
“Because there are some things in life more important than a job,” I say.
He takes a hold of my hand. I fall into his arms and lean my head against his chest. “Oh, yeah?” he says, his voice a deep rumble in my ear. “Like what?”
“Like you, Lynx.”
He cups my face in his hand and kisses me softly on the lips. “If this is some kind of trick you’re pulling on me, Rachel. I won’t be amused.”
“It’s not a trick. I promise.” I stroke my finger along the edge of his face. His thick, black stubble feels scratchy and soft all at the same time. “This is going to sound totally crazy. But I think I love you.”
“It doesn’t sound crazy at all.” He lowers his head slowly until our lips are almost touching. “Because, I love you, too, Vamp.” We kiss again, but this time it’s deeper and harder and with a hundred million times more passion. “I love you, too.”
Epilogue
Rachel
Six Months Later…
“What do you think?” Lynx turns off the engine and looks at me.
I take a hold of his hand. My little fingers wrapping around his mighty paw. “I think it’s perfect.”
“Good.” He leans across the console and kisses me on the cheek. “Wait right there.”
I watch him as he jumps down out of the truck. He walks around the front and opens my door for me. And then, before I have a chance to step down myself, he picks me up in his arms and starts carrying me across the grass.
“What are you doing?” I squeal.
“I’m carrying my woman across the threshold of our new home,” he says. “That’s what I’m doing.”
“I love it when you call me that.”
He stops and kisses me. Long. Deep. So full of love it feels like the world itself has stopped spinning. “Call you what?” he smiles. “My woman?”
“Yes.” The slit between my legs gets wetter and wetter with each new word from his lips. “Say it again, Lynx. Please.”
“You, Rachel Bower,” he puts his forehead against mine and looks me in the eyes, “are. my. woman.”
His hand squeezes my ass. “Every last inch of you belongs to me. To do with as I please. Whenever I please.”
“Oh, Lynx,” I groan, fisting the hair on the back of his head and pulling his lips close to my mouth. “Take me inside. We need to christen our new home with our love. Right. Fucking. Now.”
“All in good time,” he says. “But first, there’s something I really want to say.” He kisses me lightly on the mouth. The soft peck of his lips sends a shiver down my back, all the way to my pussy. “These last few months,” he continues, “have been the best days of my life. Every day, I wake up hardly believing how lucky I am to have found the woman of my dreams. My soul mate.
"Once upon a time, I thought you were a vampire. Someone whose job it was to suck the happiness out of other people's lives. But now, the only thing you suck, is my cock. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
“This home… our new home. It’s a fresh start for both of us. Somewhere big enough to raise a family. Somewhere for us to grow old together. Surrounded by nature. I’ll be waking up every morning with the best view in the country, and I’m not just talking about the mountains or the lake or the trees. I’m talking about you, Rachel. In my bed. Sleeping. Naked. The curve of your hip as you lay on your side. The delicate pink hue to your cheeks, and the peaceful, pretty expression on your face as you dream.
“It’s everything I could have ever possibly wanted, and more. So much more.”
He wipes the tears that are running down my face with the back of his forefinger. When I kiss him, I close my eyes and hold him tight and the love that swells in my heart is so extreme it feels like I might explode.
“I don’t know what to say,” I whimper.
“You don’t have to say anything.” He pecks me on the cheek and then continues carrying me to the cabin.
Lynx kicks the door open with his foot. He looks down at me before stepping through the door. “I love you so fucking much,” he says.
“I love you, too, Lynx.” He steps inside the cabin. It smells of pine and fresh air and everywhere I look there's potential. “Now take me to the bedroom, and let’s get naked.”
