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She moaned, and I took that as agreement. I helped her stand and pressed a hard kiss against her lips, nipping sharply, before I pushed her back down on the mattress.

She bounced slightly, and I crawled my way up her body.

I grabbed my cock and directed the tip to her entrance. We didn’t look away from each other when I pushed inside.

I kissed her, stopping when I got to the hilt, taking in the feel of her.

“Baby,” I said when I rocked against her. Her hands were splayed on my chest, her nails digging into my skin roughly when I pushed back inside.

“Things are going to be bad for a while, and I need you by my side,” I said, and that was the fucking truth. Things might be heading in the right direction, but it was gonna get bad before it got better. I needed her close by.

“Dominic,” she gasped.

I moved faster, reaching between us, my fingers seeking out her clit. She arched up when I found it, and I rubbed around the bundle of nerves over and over.

“Fuck, baby. Come for me. Be my good girl and come.”

She kissed me again, sobbing as she came.

I swallowed her scream, her orgasm triggering my own, and I released inside her, feeling the beautiful mess we made together.

I flipped us over so I was on the bottom, and she lay on top, my fingers playing around the left side of her rib cage as I imagined my name branded right there.

Fuck, but the image was almost too much to bear.

She hadn’t said anything, still clinging to me the way I fucking wanted—needed.

I just needed her.

And I didn’t know how tonotneed her.

“Baby?” I said, breaking the silence.

I felt her press a kiss against the skin of my neck. That one little kiss probably affected me more than any other kiss I had combined that wasn’t with her.

Finally, she pulled away from me, her hazel eyes clouded.

“Aren’t you tired of ruling the world?” she asked, wrapping her arms tightly around me.

I paused. I didn’t think anyone had ever asked me that before. “Is it wrong for me to want to be able to give the world to those I love? To my sons.” I let my gaze settle over her face. “To you.”

Her breath caught. “You want to give me the world?”

“I’d give you the entire galaxy, if possible.”

“What if I just want you?” she asked.

I didn’t think there had ever been anyone who just wanted me. “You have me.”

“You make it sound so easy.”

“Itiseasy.”

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EMMY

It is easy.

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