Page 99 of Son of a Preacher Man

“You’re going to ask her to, aren’t you?”

With a smile so wide he could feel it in his cheeks, Kodiak nodded. “Yeah, I am.”

“Good, I was hoping you’d say that.” And she hugged him tight. “Kelly’s so lucky to be loved by you.”

It’s me. I’m the lucky one.

“Want me to make us some tea?”

“Thanks, but I’m going to have to take a raincheck.” He kissed Charlotte’s little head, then his sister on the cheek. “Kelly’s at the house waiting for me.”

And he smiled.

They might never have all the answers.

But at last, the circle was closed.

She was waiting for him on the porch.

His friend. His forever love. His queen.

He tore up the steps, and without a word, he kissed her, pushing her inside. Kodiak kissed Kelly like he’d been without her for a thousand years, and not just fifteen days. They’d been the longest days of his life.

“I love you.” And he kissed her again.

And again.

And again.

It would never be enough.

“I love you too.” Clinging to him, Kelly had her arms clamped around his neck. “God, I missed you.”

Kodiak lifted her up by the back of her thighs, and she wrapped her legs around him. And just like the first time, his lips never leaving hers, he carried her up the stairs. Down the hall. When he let her feet touch the floor, he was still kissing her.

Her purse sat on a chair near the bed. Kodiak rifled through it, then handed her the pack of pills. “Throw these away.”

Grinning, Kelly tossed them into the trash.

“I’m going to put a baby in you,” he told her, breathing the scent of her skin. “For real this time.”

His desire for this woman burning him alive, Kodiak stripped off all her clothes. Then finding her already slick with need, he laid her on the bed. Feathering kisses all over her beautiful face, he knew he would love her, cherish her, and protect her with everything in him, from now until infinity.

Suckling the nipple that would one day nourish his children, he caressed the place from which they’d be born. Then praying, he worshipped every sacred inch of her. Kelly, his only religion.

He fingered her pussy, rubbing her clit until she cried out his name.

He licked up her sweetness until she screamed, “Please, no more.”

I win.

“You sure, baby?”

“I’m sure.” Kelly panted, out of breath. “I need you inside me…right now. Please.”

He always loved it when she begged.

And Kodiak would always give her what she needed.

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