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He kissed me there, then moved up to take my earlobe into his mouth, sucking then biting gently, all as he quickened the pace of his hips, my own rising up to meet his now, the feel of our stomachs sliding against each other adding to the intimacy between us.

Leaning on one arm, he used his free hand to caress and knead my breasts, making my pleasure rise to a peak that was nearly unbearable.

"Oh, God, Tyler," I moaned against his neck.

He brought his lips back to my mouth for a moment while reaching down between our joined bodies to touch me, stroke me, angling his face back to look at me, staring right into my soul as I felt myself start to tremble around him.

"I love you more than anything in this world," he said softly. "I want to watch you come."

The sweet love in his eyes as he said those words sent me flying as I whimpered in delight. Everything converged into a white-hot ecstasy, my body suddenly clenching around his in a tight squeeze just before I let go, wave after blissful wave crashing through me in toe-curling pleasure.

Tyler's eyes never left my face, groaning loudly as he exploded inside me, his pulsing just adding to my euphoria, making it last for what seemed like an eternity.

While we both tried to catch our breaths, Tyler collapsed down on his side, chest heaving, pulling me to face him. We stared at each other, and I wondered if his world had been completely rocked like mine.

A slow smile spread across his face. "That was the most amazing experience of my life," he said, still breathing hard.

I nodded, the feeling of our wondrous love expanding through my chest, overtaking me. It was one of those rare moments where I couldn't find any words to say as he pulled out, carefully removing the condom and throwing it in the trash can by the nightstand.

He returned to the bed to face me again, tangling his legs with mine, and lightly running his hand down my arm.

Those blue eyes of his seemed to shine brighter, or it was the amazing love we had just shared together. But something miraculous had passed between us, and I couldn't believe how at home I felt with Tyler now, how right everything felt, how far we'd come since that first time I'd seen him in the coffee shop.

I felt like I could tell himanything, share my very soul with him now, all my innermost thoughts and feelings. In this world full of billions of people, I had somehow found him, and he had found me. And this time, I would never let him go.

Chapter Thirty-One

Stroking my hair, Tyler asked, "Do you know how much I love you?"

At those words, I felt the tears gather behind my eyes... but not tears of sadness. Instead, they were tears of joy, tears of pure emotion, pure love, and happiness.

A single drop escaped, and Tyler kissed it away. His eyes showed concern, but maybe he had seen me cry too many times because he didn't say anything.

I smiled at that gorgeous face so close to mine. "Sorry. You're just going to have to get used to being with a big crybaby."

He hugged me so tight to his chest, I almost couldn't breathe. When he let go, he pulled back to look at me. "I adore you just the way you are."

Tyler was melting me with all his words of love. And I couldn't believe how wonderful it felt to bask in his affection that I had been craving, not just since I'd met him but even before when I'd started dreaming about him all those years ago.

And I realized something then—Tyler had made an amazing transformation himself. "You know, you didn't turn green when you said that just now."

His caresses on my arm paused. "Green?"

I giggled at his expression. "Yeah. You turn green when you say the L-word."

"I do?"

"Mm-hmm," I teased. But at the look of guilt on his face, I decided to put him out of his misery. "You did earlier. But not anymore."

He smiled and grabbed my bare ass with his hot hand. "You cheeky lass."

For some reason, right at that moment, the thing I was trying to bring up earlier popped into my head. "Oh, I remembered what I wanted to say before." Leaning in close to his ear, I said, "When I'm all healed, well, I'd like to try what you whispered to me earlier."

I felt him twitch against me. "Are you trying to kill me, woman?"

We both laughed, the moment somehow bigger than ourselves. I wanted to pinch myself. This all couldn't be real. I mean, how had my life gone from total nightmare to absolute dream come true?

If I was truthful, I didn't have to think very hard about it.Tylerwas the reason. He had completely changed my life, and a feeling of gratitude swept through my soul as he played with a lock of my hair, twirling it and studying it.

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