Page 117 of Wild Blades

She plants a soft kiss between my pecs, and my body begs for more. Knowing we have to wait, I let her roll off me, then get up from the bed.

“I could look at you all day.” She must have woken up sometime in the middle of the night because she’s now completely naked. Legs up to her armpits, smooth impeccable skin, that mouth I always want to be kissing, she’s truly a vision. I wasn’t lying the other night; I am one hell of a lucky bastardand imagine myself waking up next to her every day. I imagine doing everything with her every day.

I want it all.

I want her.

I leap out of bed and pull on my tee shirt as Kali scrambles through my top drawer to find a pair of socks.

“What’s this?” She pulls out a blue velvet ring box and opens it up.

Shit.

“An engagement ring? Was this for Amelia?” She gasps.

“Yes.” I’m not lying. I have nothing to hide.

“Why do you still have it?” I go to answer but don’t get the chance when she fires another question my way. “Do you still love her?”

“No,” I tell her immediately, making my way to her as she continues to look at the five-carat diamond solitaire.

The mood in the room is threatening to turn frosty, but I’m determined to keep it cheerful and buoyant this morning. I won’t allow our moods to be dulled by my past, so I pull the box out from between her fingers and place it on top of the chest of drawers.

“I had a list of things I needed to do when I came back here. Grabbing that ring to take back with me and sell was one of them.” I cup her face and kiss her lips. She lets me, which gives me hope.

“I put it there after Amelia broke up with me, not because I thought we would get back together. I just couldn’t deal with selling it at the time. I was embarrassed about her cheating on me.” I hurt for a while before that feeling turned to anger. “Fell out of love with her as soon as I learned she had. Made me feel sick to my stomach. As you know, I haven’t been back here since Gretchen died. I’m not holding onto it because I harbor feelings for her. She’s not even a friend to me anymore.” Her dark eyesstare back at me, and I kiss her again. “I’d had that ring for a while and never proposed. Deep down, I think I knew we weren’t there. We dated for years, and I know in here.” I tap my heart. “In the short few weeks I've known you, it doesn’t feel the same.”

“What does it feel like?” she asks quietly.

“It feels like my heart’s going to burst out of my chest.” I kiss her again. “It feels like if I don’t see you every day, I might die.” Another kiss. “It feels like summer walks through the park, you sitting rink side cheering me on. It feels like every Christmas, birthday, and Thanksgiving by the fire, and it feels like I’m falling in love with you, and it’s all happening so fast. Call it wild, but I’m not scared.” Far from it. “That’s how it feels.”

“Wow.” Smiling up at me, she surprises me when she says, “Are you sure we are waiting until I’m fully healed to have sex?”

I drop my forehead to hers. “I pour my heart out to you and that’s what you’ve got for me?”

“I’m falling for you too.”

“Are you?” I can’t believe I doubted her yesterday.

“Yeah,” she replies, causing me to smile wider than the Grand Canyon.

“Nothing and no one compares to you, Kali. I want to give you everything you’ve ever wanted.”

“What I want is you inside of me right now,” she purrs, desire burning white hot in her eyes.

I narrow my gaze. “That’s not what I meant.” Sneaky little minx for making my cock thicken.

“I disagree.” She pushes her fingers inside the elasticated waistband of my boxers, dragging them down my hips, and then wraps her delicate hand around my now throbbing dick as they drop to the floor.

“You’re falling for me?” Stroking me, she asks me to confirm my feelings.

“Yes.” I can’t think straight when she touches me like this.

Then she’s kissing me, and we’re on top of the bed, exploring one another’s bodies with our hands, mouths, and tongues.

Kali climbs on top of me, placing my dick between her pussy lips. She slides back and forth, soaking my cock with her juices.

“I’m falling too, Wade.” She moans when I line my weeping, thick length at her entrance. “I want everything with you.”

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