Page 106 of Stay With Me

As if she can’t get close enough, she lifts her head off the pillow and pushes up against my mouth. When the kiss becomes more passionate, frantic almost, I adjust my thrusting to match the intensity and pace of what our mouths are doing.

“I’m close again,” she tells me. “God, this feels so good. You feel so good.”

“Come for me, baby. Come on my cock.”

That’s all she needs to hear, and she unravels into a beautiful symphony of moans, groans, and thrashing beneath me.

“You’re so beautiful, Emily. So fucking gorgeous.”

Her response is incomprehensible.

As the spasms of her pussy begin to let up on my cock, my orgasm roars through me as my dick twitches inside her and my warm release fills her. When I stop seeing stars, I collapse to the side and gently pull her on top of me, holding her to my chest.

I lean down and kiss the top of her head. I’m irrevocably, madly in love with this woman. The truth is, I always have been, I just never thought I was what she needed—what was best for her. But like she says Iseeher, I realize she always sees the best in me as well.

Her sunshine will always push away any darkness and fear I have that I’ll turn out like my father. Because darkness can’t exist when there’s so much light—and Emily Flynn is light epitomized.

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EMILY

“Uaah,” I growl out and grip tighter to Charlie’s muscular, warm chest as he tries to wake me. I’m comfy. We’ve made love twice today already and my body is deliciously spent. So, there’s nothing I want to do more than continue napping on his chest in the afterglow of our amazing start to the day.

Well, almost nothing. And Charlie knows exactly what will get me out of bed.

“C’mon, babe. If you want to be at Ben’s when he brings Trina home from the hospital, we have to shower and go.” His voice is gentle, and he strokes my hair with his large hand, occasionally placing tender kisses on my head and forehead. Anyone who doesn’t realize how damn sexy that is hasn’t had the right man doing it.

Begrudgingly, I roll off of him.

“I’ll go start the shower so it’s warm for you. Come in when you’re ready.”

I give him a five minute head start and then join him in the shower. Since I have to hold my right arm away from the water because of my cast, Charlie puts shampoo in my hair for me. As I’m lathering it into my hair the best I can with one hand while I wait for him to finish rinsing his body so he can help me, something strikes me. He never technically answered me about the puppy.

“Hey, you didn’t say yes or no about the puppy. It’s a yes, right?”

Charlie just laughs. “Of course it’s a yes. I’m pretty sure I can’t say no to you about almost anything. Plus, I’d love to be a dog parent with you. It’ll be good practice in case we decide to have kids.”

My fingers freeze in my hair, and I wait a second, then open my eyes to find him staring at me, an impish grin on his face.

“That freak you out a little bit?”

“Um. Not freak out so much as shocked. You’re… you’re talking about being with me long term.”

Charlie takes over lathering my hair for me and it feels amazing. “Of course, I am. I told you, you’re it for me. I was an idiot when we were younger and I never told you how I felt. Then I ended things like a fool a few weeks ago, but I’m not making the same mistake a third time. It’s you and me from now on. I’m gonna love you with all that I have. It doesn’t mean we won’t have hard times or problems to work through, but we’ll get through them together. Because I’m yours and you’re mine. Now turn around and tilt your head back so I can rinse your hair.”

I do as he says and soak up the tenderness. A girl could get used to this kind of treatment. While he rinses my hair, a thought occurs to me.

“So, does that mean you definitely want kids?” I ask.

“I’m not sure. I never really gave it a lot of thought before. I didn’t want anything with anyone but you, and I thought I lost my chance with you, so I didn’t think about it much.”

Oh. My. God.

He scrubs my loofah along my back. “I think I’d be happy either way. How about you?”

“Uh. I don’t know. I used to think I wanted a few kids, but now I don’t know. I guess that’s good. We can give it time and figure out what we want—or don’t want—when the time comes.”

“Sounds perfect to me.”

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