Page 156 of Alive At Night

“You have no idea how beautiful you are right now, do you? You told me that you’re mine, but baby, I’m yours. I’ve always been yours. And I’ve never wantedanythingas much as I want you. I will always want you.” I closed my eyes, catching my breath and my control before I came too soon. When I opened them again, Juniper was staring straight into my soul. “I’m so fucking lucky, Juni,” I whispered.

A spark ignited in her eyes, and without warning, she tipped her hips higher, wrapping her legs around my waist. I felt the scrape of her heels as they settled on my back, and a growl slipped through my lips at how much further inside her I could reach in this position.

Juniper’s heels dug into my back, almost as though she was punishing me for the years we could have had this, and I deserved every mark undoubtedly left on my skin. Clenching my jaw, I lost it as waves of pain and pleasure rolled through me.

I repeatedly bucked into Juni’s sopping wet heat, and my name started rolling off her tongue with every unrelenting thrust. The way she chanted it felt like a promise, anddamn, I wanted to be good enough to make her keep it. I dropped my head, nuzzling into the crook of her neck, where I knew all she could probably hear were my ragged moans, in time with the way our bodies moved together.

Her cries were rising in volume, but it wasn’t quick enough. She felt too good, and I’d be damned if I came before she finished. With that singular thought in mind, I grabbed her legs and pried them from where they were currently locked around my waist.

Juniper scowled like she hated that tiny bit of separation I’d created. “What—what are you doing?”

I smirked. “I think these heels would look even better over my shoulders.”

Juniper’s breath released in a hiss as I flung her into that exact position, and I smirked while reaching between us to find her clit. Her body tightened as I increased the pace of my thrusts, now determined to see how quickly I could make her explode.

“That’s it,” I moaned. “You take me so good. It’s so fucking amazing.”

I watched the praise light her up, and her lips parted. She was holding her breath, and since I’d learned that meant she was close, I kept my pace steady. Seconds later, glorious satisfaction rolled through me as she fell apart, clenching sweetly around me. The points of her heels and the curves of her fingernails dug into my skin as I fucked her through her climax, wringing every last wave of pleasure from her body.

And then I followed her, coming so hard that the room flipped upside down and inside out. Juniper was the only one keeping me grounded, and I clutched her to me until every last aftershock faded. I felt my cum spill from her body, and filling her up was so fucking satisfying that my eyes momentarily rolled back.

“Juni…” I breathed, coming back down to Earth. “Juni, I—”

Speechless. I didn’t have any more words. None that I could piece together at the moment, at least. So I forced myself to move instead, slowly pulling out and stripping Juni until she was finally naked in my arms, her dress discarded onto the floor.

I rolled her on top of me, not wanting to crush her. She rested her head on my chest, right above my heart, and I stroked my fingers through her hair leisurely.

“Julian?” she whispered.

“Yes, love?”

Her smile curved against me. I felt it, etching into my heart.

“Do you remember your eighteenth birthday?”

“Of course I remember.”

“Of course?” She scoffed. “You were drunk off your ass.”

I smiled. She wasn’t wrong, but… “It snowed all night. It was cold as fuck in the garage, even with all the teenagers packed together and the heaters we pulled out. And you…” I sucked in at the memory. “You wore this shimmery, white dress like you wanted to outshine the snowstorm.”

Juniper’s breathing stuttered. “You hated that I wore that.”

“Yeah, well, it was cold, and I was drunk. I didn’t know how to keep you warm without offering to be the one to do it, and I was too scared to do that.”

The moment stretched between us, quiet but peaceful, until Juni’s sweet voice broke it.

“Julian?”

“Yes, love?”

“I’m cold.”

My grin grew so wide that my lips cracked. I rolled Juni over, holding her against me until I’d wrestled the blankets over us.

“Can I be the one to keep you warm?” I murmured, leaning in to brush a kiss over her bare shoulder.

She giggled adorably.

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