Page 110 of Need You Now

It’s love.

Because all she can think about is the next time. All the times like this with Seth. Vacations. Holidays. The good kind of sleepless nights. Waking up next to him and only him. Screaming her joy all over the stage as he plays. Being the one he goes home to after a show.

Life. Their life.

Lacey trembles, making a needy moan in the back of her throat as Seth lays her down on the bed. Hovering over her, he aligns his lean muscled form to hers. His blue eyes stare down into hers, intent, soft. A gorgeous smile on his handsome face.

Overcome with emotion, she reaches up to cup his strong jaw, the words on the tip of her tongue. “Seth, I—”

“What?” His eyes, heavy-lidded, pupils blitzed, stare back at her.

Her mouth opens. Closes. “Nothing.”

Instead, she kisses him.

She can’t say it first. Absolutely not.

Seth dips his head. Her name rolls off his lips, a reverent plea, a grateful gasp.

Lacey sighs, tilting her head back as his broad hand parts her thighs. His fingers find her pulse down below. Warmth flows through her. Graceful, gorgeous fingers that work her over better than any string. But she wants more. She wants him. She reaches down, stilling him, and brings his gaze to hers. “I need you, Seth. Please.”

A lovestruck look crosses his face. And then he smiles, knowing exactly what she wants. Straightening up, he yanks off his T-shirt, unzips the fly of his jeans.

Lacey hooks her legs around his waist and he slips into her. A hungry, guttural groan rolls out of him. She closes her eyes, letting Seth drug her with his very touch.

Because this time, it’s different. A connection, a commitment.

If it’s meant to be, they’ll make it work.

Seth’s words have quelled her worries from tonight. Have her rejecting that voice in her head that tells her this will end. That she isn’t being some dreamy lovesick fool. That hope has a place in her head and heart.

She can see the future so bright.

Her and Seth.

Happy.

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