Page 33 of Bearly Taken

He captured my hand, sliding the ring onto my finger.

I kneeled down with him, grabbing his shirt so I could kiss him hard. Emotions were stinging my eyes, but I didn’t care. Tears were a small price to pay for the happiness he’d brought me.

“I love you too,” I whispered against his lips.

“Thank fuck.”

Reed kissed me for a solid minute before he stood, lifting me with him. In one smooth motion, he turned me completely around. My palms met the small table in the room, and his chest rumbled in appreciation as he grabbed my ass with both hands.

“You ready, Beautiful?”

“Always.”

He peeled my pants down to my thighs, and I heard the crinkle of a condom.

I froze for a moment.

A realization—and a heavy hit of desire—swept over me.

I knew what I wanted.

And I wasn’t afraid anymore.

“Don’t put the condom on,” I said.

Reed’s hand squeezed my hip. “Are you sure?” His voice was low.

Hopeful.

Excited.

“I’m sure.”

His teeth grazed my shoulder, a reminder of the mark he’d left there, of the permanence of our connection.

There was no going back—but I didn’t want to go back.

Life with him was too beautiful to resist.

epilogue

REED

“Shhh,we’ve got to try to be quiet,” I whispered to Parker, my eyes leaving his and colliding with my mate’s ass as we followed her slowly down the hospital’s hallway.

Fuck, I loved the way pregnancy affected her.

We were only halfway through the nine months, and she insisted that the extra weight was a negative, but I couldn’t get enough of her with it.

And Wren wouldn’t denythatwas a positive.

Then again, I couldn’t get enough of her when she wasn’t pregnant, either. I loved her too damn much.

“Try bein’ quiet,” Parker whispered back, lifting a chubby little finger to his lips. “Shh.”

He was so adorable, I still thought it might kill me.

Wren stopped in front of a door, and double-checked the room number before knocking quietly. Hudson pulled the door open a moment later, wearing the biggest grin I’d ever seen.

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