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Licking her lips, she tilts her head and gives him access to kiss her neck, moaning as he finds her sweet spot. "Kind of."

"Jess, I need to tell you something."

Her heart drops to her stomach, and he releases her. She turns around to face him, and she worries she might pass out. "What's that?"

"There's a reason I've gotten so crazy when I thought you might be pulling away and not wanting to give me another chance."

"Yeah?"

Licking his lips, he looks at the floor and shifts from side to side. Her eyes lock on his knuckles, red and inflamed from punching Landry, and she wants to distract herself. His nerves mixed with hers feel like a volatile combination right now.

"Yeah. God, I don't know why I'm so nervous, but it feels big. Really big."

"That's what she said," Jess jokes, her eyes wide. "I didn't mean to say that... it just kind of came out. You're making me nervous, Kade."

"I don't mean to," he says and lets out a deep breath. "It just never feels like the perfect time, and I feel like this is a timing thing... I'm questioning if it's now..."

She moves into the kitchen. "Let me get you something for your knuckles."

"What?"

"Your knuckles... they're red from punching Landry. I think I have a bag of frozen vegetables in here-"

"I love you."

Her hand drops from the freezer door, leaving it wide open as she turns and gapes at him. "What did you just say?"

"I'm so in love with you that it almost hurts. It's why I've been going crazy about everything because I'd forgotten what it felt like. And I'm out of practice, so if this wasn't the way I should have told you, we can try and pretend like it didn't happen. I… I can do it better."

Walking over to him, she wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him, pressing her body against his. His arms wrap around her instinctively, and he seems to relax the moment her tongue slides into his mouth.

"Take me upstairs," she whispers.

Kade instantly releases her and steps back. "No, I still have two weeks left-"

Jess unties her robe and lets it fall open. His eyes bug out of his head at the sight of her lingerie, but his jaw drops when he sees the lipstick on her chest. "I wrote it in the mirror, so it's not the best thing I've ever written-"

His lips find hers as he lifts her into his arms. Her legs wrap around his waist as he carries her up the stairs, their lips never parting. He sets her on the bed and kneels on the floor in front of her, his fingers running over the red letters.

"This is the best thing I've ever read," he whispers. "You knew this before I came over."

"I love you, Kade. I never stopped. There was just a moment of time where I had to push those feelings aside and try to forget them, but you've always had my heart."

Stripping down, he climbs onto the bed and hovers between her legs. His hand reaches down to her panties, and when he feels her instead of fabric, he groans. "Damn, Jess, this is hot."

"Prove it," she says, and he kisses her as he slides inside her.

The feeling of him filling her, completely bare with no barrier between them, feels like nothing she's ever experienced before. His hands roam along her body, feeling every inch of her before settling between her legs and rubbing her swollen need.

His lips move to her neck, and he shifts her body, making her toes curl as he finds the spot she loves. Craves. The one only he's ever found.

"Kade," she moans, and he picks up speed with both his hand and hips. "Oh, yes... yes!"

Her eyes roll to the back of her head, and his lips kiss her throat as she falls apart, her back arched and body clenched. As soon as the feeling subsides, she feels him pull out and find his own release on the bed. "Holy shit," he mutters and falls onto the bed beside her. "I'll clean that up."

"That was good," she says. "I think that was the best we've ever had."

“That was quick.”

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