Page 208 of Devil's Bargain

EPILOGUE

One year later.

“You may kiss the bride.”

Rick leans down and grips the back of my head with no care in the world for the hairdo that I spent the better part of the morning getting done. His kiss is followed by a smug smirk, and he whispers against my lips, “I knew you’d say yes!”

Applause rings out in the church as he leans back and winks.

I’m hitched. I have the heavy rock on my finger and the wedding dress to prove it, but Rick doesn’t know we have a prince or princess growing inside me. It’s a surprise I want to keep for later, when it’s just us, alone in bed in each other’s arms.

I laugh as he scoops me up and carries me down the aisle, shouldering his way out of the church. I hardly even notice the rice that’s thrown at us. All I see is him, his hazel eyes sparkling with happiness in the afternoon sun and his blinding smile.

The driver holds the door open for us.

Rick lowers me down on the seat and slides in behind me.

When the door is shut, and it’s just us, he grabs me by my hips and puts me on his lap. His eyes flit down to the faint bruise on my cheek. “I should be gentler with you!”

I laugh, batting his hand away as he brushes his fingers over his mark on my skin. “Don’t you fucking dare!” I kiss him, but the sea of fabric and tulle between us makes us laugh.

He fingers a strand of my purple hair. “I like this color.”

“Do you know what I like?”

Amused, he shakes his head. “No.”

“You naked beneath me!” I lean to the side and press the button that lifts the partition.

Rick chuckles as it whirs.

I wait.

Whir.

I blow a wayward piece of hair out of my face.

Whir.

I sigh. “This would be so much sexier if it didn’t take so goddamn long!”

He looks amused as he leans back against the seat.

When it closes, I throw my head back with a groan! “Finally! I thought it would never happen!”

Rick dips a finger inside my cleavage. “It was touch and go there for a while.”

“Now, where were we?” I grin, pushing his tuxedo jacket off his shoulders.

“I believe you were going to have your wicked way with me in the backseat of this limousine, Mrs. Mitchell.”

“Is that so?” I grin, unfastening his belt.

He brings his lips to mine, squeezing my ass with his big hands. “I fucking love you!”

The End.

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