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When he finally breaks the kiss, I’m dazed and desperate for him to be inside of me, but he denies me what I want most. He makes a path of wet kisses down my body. When he gets between my legs, I open wide and wait for more kisses. He throws one of my legs over his shoulder and buries his head between my thighs.

He’s in a frenzy as he sucks my clit, taking me to the edge only to pull away. Before I can beg him to continue, he’s back on top of me, filling me. He never breaks eye contact as he loves me. The only sounds in the room are moans and whispered words of love.

“Forever, angel,” he whispers against my mouth as we both orgasm.

CHAPTER 50

JASON

“No!” The entire table erupts after hearing my announcement.

“Boo!” Mellie says right before she starts hissing like a cat. She then takes her napkins, balls it up, and throws it at me.

Alex looks at me, clearly shocked at everyone’s reaction.

“We’re still having a wedding in the summer, but we want to be married now. We want everything to be perfect by the time we have to go in front of a judge to finalize the adoption,” Alex explains.

“You have two minutes to change your mind or I’m calling my mother,” Jake says as he pulls out his phone and drops it on the table. Sandy catches my eye and nods, totally agreeing with her husband.

Everyone talks at once, uncaring about our reasons for a quick courthouse wedding. After hours in bed with Alex, showing her how much I love her, we decided to call everyone over and tell them the latest.

“Jason, Alex,” Tina says, “Jason is the biological father and assuming Natalie actually relinquishes her rights, there should not be any issues with Alex adopting her, but I do agree that if you’re married things will go smoother. We can plan a wedding now.”

“Call your mom, baby,” Sandy says to Jake. “One month. That’s all we need.”

“You’re definitely a Clark now, Dee,” I say to her. I quickly snatch the phone from Jake’s hand and put it in my pocket. “The man in the pink shirt is not calling his mommy today.”

“Hey! My wife got me this shirt,” he says.

I roll my eyes as Sandy reaches over and runs her hands across his chest.

“He looks great in pink.”

“You newlyweds are killing me,” Tina says.

“Tell me about it. I really need a boyfriend.” This from Ananda.

Mellie nods her head vigorously in agreement.

The entire room ignores me and Alex and begins talking about our wedding.

“I think they forgot we’re in the room.” Alex leans into me. I grab both of her legs and lay them across my lap, running my hand along her thighs. There’s a part of me that wants to wait and plan a wedding. But the selfish side wants her tied to me immediately.

“What do you want to do?” I whisper in her ear. She doesn’t get a chance to respond.

Her father raps his knuckles on the table and gets everyone’s attention. “I understand why you want to get married sooner rather than later, but I’m old-fashioned. I don’t want my daughter going to the courthouse. I want to walk you down the aisle, carrot cake.”

“No aisle,” Alex says, surprising me. “At least not one in a church.”

“We can work with that.” Tina grabs Alex’s hand and rushes the women out of the kitchen to discuss wedding details.

CHAPTER 51

ALEX

“Jason,” my father says, getting everyone’s attention, “you’re sure this Natalie isn’t a danger to Alex? What about her husband?”

“She’s a pain in the ass, and her husband’s a real jerk, but they’re not dangerous. He owns two car dealerships in Newark. You don’t have to worry about Alex getting hurt. I’d never let that happen.” Jason puts an arm protectively around me, and I lean into his side.

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