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Her hands grip my hair and yank until I’m forced to look into her face. “If you want me to wait, you need to be quick.”

“I’ll be quick.”

I don’t want to rush, but the feeling of coming with Cassie is out of this world. Besides, we have the rest of our lives to explore each other. Today is only the beginning.

I plunge into her one, two, three more times before her eyes glaze over and her walls tighten.

“Cedar. Cedar. Cedar,” she chants as she comes.

My climax isn’t far behind hers. I continue to glide in and out of her until I’ve milked every last ounce of my orgasm.

I rest my forehead against hers as I catch my breath. “I love you, Cassandra.”

Her eyes fly open before darting toward the door. I squeeze her neck. “There’s no need to be frightened. There’s no need to run away. Besides, I’d follow you.”

Her panicked gaze returns to me. “Okay.”

I’ll take it. I didn’t expect her to spout words of love. I know she needs time to come to grips with her feelings. As I said, I can be a patient man.

Chapter 34

Trust someone special with your secrets ~ Cassie’s rules for living her best life

Isigh as I snuggle into the warmth surrounding me. I inhale and the smell of firewood wafts over me.Cedar.I wiggle my ass against him and he grunts in response, so I do it again.

“Good morning, princess,” he mutters as he kisses my hair.

“Good…” My words trail off when the memory of what he said last night hits me.He loves me?

He rubs a hand down my back and squeezes my hip. “It’s okay. There’s no reason to panic.”

“I’m not panicking,” I immediately deny because when someone says there’s no reason to panic, you deny panicking. Whether you’re panicking or not is entirely immaterial.

He chuckles. “Liar.”

Before I can deny it again, he rolls me over and climbs on top of me. His hazel eyes are full of warmth as he tucks a strand of hair behind my ear.

“I love you.”

My chest tightens and inhaling a breath becomes impossible. Cedar shouldn’t love me. I don’t deserve love.Yes, you do.Beckett’s words echo in my head.

Cedar shuffles us around until he’s leaning against the headboard with me laying across his lap. He rubs his hand up and down my back as he rocks me from side to side.

“Everything’s okay, princess,” he whispers over and over again until I somehow manage to figure out how to breathe again.

I burrow into his shoulder. “I’m okay.”

“Take your time. I’m happy to sit here all day with you.”

I lean back to look at him. “Which has nothing to do with how we’re naked.”

He waggles his eyebrows. “Naked is just a bonus.”

I jiggle my ass against him and feel him begin to harden.

“Naughty girl.”

“Everyone wins when I’m naughty.” I wink.

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