Page 20 of Five Goodbyes

She’s sitting on a lounge chair, her eyes fixed on the stars above. There’s a full moon, allowing me to see every inch of her beauty. There’s no doubt the sky above is gorgeous, but even it doesn’t hold a candle to her. I eagerly walk over and sit next to her, my heart thudding as I pull her close, loving how good it feels to have her in my arms . . . and I get to do this forever.

“I can’t believe how gorgeous it is here,” she whispers, not wanting her voice to break the magic of the night.

“Stunning,” I tell her as I keep my gaze locked on her. She chuckles before she runs her fingers across my face, sending all sorts of signals through my body. It isn’t easy making love to my future bride in this house, and even going a day without feels like a year.

We’re silent for a few moments, simply enjoying each other’s company and the beauty and perfection of the night around us. I’m not sure if it’s truly as beautiful as I believe it is, or if everything is just better with this woman by my side, but I don’t care. I’ve never been happier in my life, and there’s nothing I won’t do for her.

“I love you, Hunter.” I can feel her love, can feel how much she means the words. I’ve been told I’m loved before, but never has it mattered more than it does coming from her.

“There aren’t enough words to describe how I feel about you,” I tell her. She shifts, pushing just a bit closer to me. We both feel an urgency to be one in so many more ways than one. It all feels like a dream, and if it is, I pray to never wake up. It would be too heartbreaking.

“Oh, you have to try,” she says with a smile in her voice.

I chuckle. “I love your smile. You have many different looks of amusement, but the mischievous one you get when you know you’re beating everyone in a room with you is my absolute favorite. It’s the one that shows you know exactly who you are, and that’s a bad ass female. I love your strength that hasn’t been given to you but earned through a life of never giving up. I love your family who’s helped guide you through life, and helped you become this amazing woman lying in my arms. I really love that cute little maze of freckles right at the top of your left thigh that makes a perfect landing strip for my—”

“Hunter!” she says with a laugh, stopping me. I kiss her then keep talking, telling her a few more of my favorite things that has me growing a bit too hard. I’m going to make love to my fiancé, but I also want to draw this intimate moment out for as long as possible. I decide to shift topics.

“I’ve been doing a lot of thinking,” I tell her.

“What’s your busy mind up to now?” she asks. She begins rubbing my stomach, and it isn’t helping me think.

“Our future,” I say. “I’m excited to spend the rest of my life with you, Jasmine. I don’t want a day to go by that I don’t wake up next to you. I also want you to be the last thing I see every night before I shut my eyes. I want us to build a real life together. I want to watch you carry our child, or multiple children. I want to go on many adventures with you at my side. And I want us sitting in rocking chairs with a huge family surrounding us as we look up at the stars for the rest of our lives.”

“Is that all you want?” she asks. I can feel her mischievous smile resting on her lips. Damn, I know this woman inside and out, and all of her sweet gestures. I also realize this is only the beginning. As the years go by, I’ll learn more and more about her, and I have no doubt that each new adventure we share will bring us closer together.

“No, I want so much more,” I honesty tell her.

“I want all of this too, and so much more. I don’t know how I was so lucky as to find you, but I’m sure glad I have. Forever doesn’t seem long enough.”

“This we can both agree on,” I say.

“Hunter, there’s something I need right now,” she tells me as she pushes a bit closer.

“I think I can figure out what that is,” I say. I then pull her in close and give her the kiss that will stop all conversation.

I hold her close to me and caress her lips, tracing them, memorizing them, wanting to know every single thing about her that makes her scream. I get so lost in her arms I grow frenzied each time we come together, and I don’t want that now. I want to take my time and show her with every move I make how much I love her.

My hands caress her body from the top of her head, down her curvaceous body, to the bottom of her legs, and back up again. She’s utter perfection every place I touch. I don’t want to head inside to our small bedroom. I want to make love to my fiancé beneath this huge sky filled with a thousand twinkling lights.

I slowly pull off her clothes, sighing as each new piece of her beautiful body’s revealed to me. It doesn’t matter how much I see it, she takes my breath away every time. Mine. This woman is mine and I’ll never be a fool who lets her go.

Desire rushes through me as our bodies are bared, and we come together, skin to skin. She kisses me back with passion as we both touch each other, our breathing growing more heated, our pants drifting up into the night sky.

I move, trailing my lips down her neck, and across her chest. She moans as her fingers tangle in my hair as I take one perfect nipple into my mouth and suck, her back arching, her body responding effortlessly to me.

Her stomach quivers as my lips pass over it, and then she covers her mouth to muffle her cries of pleasure as I move lower and bring her to the highest peaks of pleasure. As soon as she comes down from her high, I look up at her shining eyes and she smiles at me, pleasure and happiness resting in her expression.

She then giggles before pushing me over, nearly knocking me from the lounge we’re sharing. I somehow manage to hold on before she climbs on top of me, her smooth skin glowing in the moonlight.

She sits down on me and it’s me covering my mouth now as a groan’s ripped from me. I can’t take my eyes off of her as she begins moving up and down on me, her lips formed in a perfect circle as she pants while moving her hips in perfect sync with mine.

This moment right here and now will go down in history as an all time favorite of mine. I’ve never been as happy as I am right here and now making love with the woman of my dreams. My thoughts turn off as she bends over me, connecting her lips with mine again as she begins moving faster, our breathing one.

We explode together this time, unable to hold back our cries of pleasure as we connect in a way too few get to feel. This isn’t just sex . . . this is so much more. Making love isn’t even adequate. This is souls aligning. This woman is mine, and I’m hers, and what we share together is indescribable.

She sags against me, our hearts beating as one.

“I love you, Hunter,” she says again.

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