He propelled himself inside her with a forceful thrust, burying himself in her tight cavern. Maddie moaned, stretched to her maximum, full of Sam. At that moment, nothing else existed in the outside world. There was only her hunger for the man taking her, reclaiming her, mastering her body.

“I’ve dreamed of this, Maddie. So many times,” he choked out as he pulled out and drove himself home again. “It was never this good in my dreams.”

“Mine either,” she panted, her legs wrapping tighter around his hips, begging for more. “Fuck me, Sam. Make those dreams finally be real.”

Everything was raw and carnal, needy and desperate. Sam pummeled her with his cock, driving deeply, grasping her ass to bring them together again and again. The air was heavy around them, and their damp bodies slid together in an erotic glide as they reached for their peak.

“Come for me, Sunshine. Come for me. I want to watch you this time.”

His words sent her spinning over the edge, her climax roaring through her body like a violent storm. Holding on to Sam for dear life, her nails digging into his back, she exploded, crying out as her muscles spasmed, her release flooding over Sam’s cock, bathing it with lush heat.

Her back arched, her breasts abraded by the fine hairs on his chest, making her body tremble. Throwing her head back, she screamed his name as the whole world flew apart; the only thing of any substance being the man she was clinging to, his muscular bulk preventing her from whirling into space.

Sam followed her into release with an agonized groan, his warmth flooding her womb as his body shuddered over hers.

“Fuck. Holy fuck.” He collapsed on top of her, his chest heaving, his breathing ragged. “Shit. I’ll crush you.” He rolled to his back beside her, pulling her against his side, wrapping his arms around her.

They were silent as their heartbeats slowed and their bodies came down from their orgasmic high. Maddie rested her head on his chest, her body more sated and content than it had ever been.

“We didn’t use a condom,” she finally mentioned in a remorseful voice.

“I gave you my medical records,” he said, his voice slightly hoarse.

She hadn’t read them yet, but it wasn’t diseases she was worried about. He wouldn’t have given her his medical records to clear himself if everything wasn’t negative. “I didn’t give you mine,” she replied with a sigh.

“Then I guess we share whatever you have. If it’s fatal, I’ll die with you,” he answered, completely seriously. “I can’t be without you anymore, Maddie. It’s too fucking painful.”

She had to swallow the lump in her throat. She felt the same way. Living without Sam had been like living in the dark, waiting for daylight to come. “I’m clean. But I’m not on birth control. It’s not a likely time of month, but it was still careless. I’m a freaking doctor, for goodness’ sake!”

“You’re marrying me, anyway,” he rumbled, rolling to trap her body beneath his. “You are marrying me, Maddie.” It wasn’t a question. It was a demand.

She smiled, eyeing her alpha male above her, so damn masculine in his dominance. “I said we’d discuss it later.”

“It is later. And you’re mine,” he stated possessively.

“We’ll see,” she murmured, pulling him down for a tender kiss that quickly grew passionate. Kissing Sam was like putting a flame to gasoline, the ignition almost immediate and white-hot.

“Are you trying to change the subject?” Sam demanded when he came up for air.

“No. Not really. I was just hoping to make up for lost time,” she told him seductively, teasingly.

“I thought you didn’t like sex,” he reminded her in a sultry voice.

“I’m starting to change my opinion.” She ran the sole of her foot along his calf playfully.

“I think I need to work on you doing a total three-sixty,” he answered in a husky voice.

“Are you always able to do anything you set your mind to?” She gave him a torrid look.

“Damn right I can,” he said aggressively, burying his fingers in her fiery, disheveled mane of hair.

As he proceeded to master her with just one kiss, Maddie was fairly certain that he was correct.

“Sam proposed to you?” Kara squealed in delight as she hugged Maddie, her packing forgotten.

Maddie hugged her friend in return. “Um…I wouldn’t say it was exactly a proposal. It was more like an ultimatum.”

Kara laughed lightly, sitting on the bed beside her suitcase, staring up at Maddie. “Figures. He’s a Hudson male. I think world domination is in their genes, especially Sam’s, and they both have a severe overload of protective instinct with the women they love.”