Page 26 of Begin Again, Part 2

"I'm okay." Her mouth slightly parted, Eden arched her back and tried to move. But he firmly pinned her in place, her hips glued to his.

"Just a minute," he groaned, "I want you to remember this moment. Princess. Because this is the moment, I reclaimed you as mine. From now on, you belong to me. Every part of you is mine. Do you understand?"

Eden nodded.

"Speak," he reminded her, pulling out of her in one swift motion, leaving her bewildered. Her eyes flew open, and she pouted prettily. And it took all his self-control not to bury himself in her again and fuck her senseless.

"Say it!" he commanded, driving into her again in steady thrusts.

"I understand." She hugged him closer, matching his movements.

"What do you understand?" he grunted, picking up their pace a little more as he fucked her harder.

"I understand I'm yours!" she whimpered, digging her short nails into his back.

"Good, don't ever forget that!" he said as he quickly pushed a pillow underneath her ass and grabbed her quivering legs. He placed her feet on his chest to give him maximum entry as he rammed into her harder, unable to believe how tight and perfect she was.

She felt like the woman from his memories, the woman who'd haunted his dreams for two years, the woman he couldn't imagine a lifetime without.

"You are mine, Princess!" he told her, holding on to her hips as his strokes grew deeper and longer. "All of this is mine."

"Oh God, Liam," she screamed, and within moments he felt her contract around him. He gathered her in his embrace and kissed her forehead and eyelids.

"Princess!" he sighed, his own pace growing erratic as he felt the familiar tightening in his groin. He pushed a few more times, his eyes rolling back in his head as his world came undone.

The truth hit him as hard as his orgasm, and he finally understood what everyone—Linda, Matthew, Julian—had tried to tell him all along. He was in love with Eden. Head over heels, completely in love with her. Probably had been since the time she jabbed him on his shoulder at Crush two years ago when she called him out for trying to skip the queue. And it wasn't her that broke him when she vanished, but his own feelings for her. The repulsion and anger he'd felt towards her when she came back was his way of protecting himself from possible rejection in case she didn't feel the same way.

He told her every part of her belonged to him. But the truth was, she owned all of him. His heart, body and soul belonged to her, and it wasn't that he couldn't touch other women. He simply didn't want to.

"Liam?" Eden said as she ran her hands on his clammy back. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm perfect," he smiled on her neck, but couldn't bring himself to move away from her.

He wasn't okay. His life would never be the same after this revelation.

"I. Can't. Breathe." Eden gasped as she wriggled beneath him.

"Are you saying I'm heavy, Princess?" he glanced at her, and once again, he was free-falling in the warm pools of her eyes.

"I'm saying we have to sleep." She pulled his face to hers in a long kiss.

"Sleep is so overrated." Liam nudged her thighs apart once more as he slowly pushed into her again, and they began to move at a leisurely pace until they both cried out their release once more.

Eden passed out in his arms sometime after midnight, but Liam was wide awake, his mind racing, thinking about their fight. As he listened to her snore peacefully beside him, he was grateful their night had ended with her in his bed. It could have easily gone the other way, since they were determined to hurt each other earlier.

He tightened his hold around her when he remembered her anger and hurt at seeing him with Laura. He'd told her plenty of times his ex was as inconsequential as that lawyer dude, but for some reason, Eden refused to believe him, and he didn't know how else to make her see she was the only woman for him. One thing was certain, though. He had to handle Laura fast. There couldn't be any more misunderstandings between them.

Eden shifted restlessly, breaking through his chaotic thoughts as she tried to get comfortable.

"Liam, why are you still awake?" she mumbled sleepily and pushed her bare ass close to him.

"I told you sleep is overrated, Princess," he kissed her neck and caressed her body. She purred when he hitched up her leg at an angle and opened her up, feeling her with his fingers.

He never thought it was possible, but he was instantly hard when he found her wet and ready for him.

"Didn't you have enough?" Eden moaned, making the most delicious sounds when he pushed into her slowly.

"I'll never have enough of you," he whispered on her neck as he thrust in and out of her, holding on to her pert breasts. She felt so perfectly tight as he fucked her slowly at first, but gradually increased his tempo, relishing the feel of her body in his arms. And for the longest time, his grunts and her whimpers were the only sounds punctuating the still night silence as they brought each other pleasure again.

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