Page 226 of Make the Play

Another thrust, harder this time, as if he’s trying to fuck the truth into my bones. My body clenches around him, and my head tips back.

“Chase—fuck—”

“I’ll spend every night proving it, every inch, every breath, until you never doubt it again.”

His rhythm turns punishingly slow, and it wrecks me. I’m shaking beneath him, eyes wet, body trembling from the inside out.

“So you never forget,” he whispers against my mouth, “you’re the best thing I’ve ever touched. And I’ll spend the rest of my life learning how to love you better.”

“Chase, I’m gonna—”

“I’ve got you, baby,” he groans, the words rough and desperate. “I'vealwaysfucking got you.”

His hand slides between us, thumb circling my clit while he keeps thrusting.

“I love you,” I gasp, the words tearing from me to break free.

He lets out a strangled sound, rhythm stuttering. One hand shoots out to grab the headboard, and he fucks me harder.

“Tell me, baby,” he husks. “Say it while I fuck you.”

“I love you,” I cry out.

His thrusts turn brutal and beautiful, hips slamming into mine with every word.

“I love your fucking mouth,” he rasps, voice shaking. “Love the way you gasp my name like it’s yours to say.”

Another thrust, deeper than the last.

“I love the way you come for me. Loud and needy andso goddamn sweet.”

I whimper, nails raking down his back to grab his ass and pull him closer, my body tightening around him in the process.

“You were made for me,” he growls, burying his face in my neck. “This pussy was made for me, Zo.”

My head tips back, a cry tearing out of me.

“Come for me, baby, scream my name like you love me back.”

I break, shaking and screaming his name as pleasure crashes through me, white-hot and unstoppable. He makes a strangled noise, thrusting hard once, then twice more, before he spills inside me with a shuddering gasp.

We collapse into the sheets, tangled and trembling. My chest heaves as his arms tighten around me.

Cold rain taps at the windows, but my skin feels flushed and alive. And for once, everything is quiet. Chase tucks his face into my neck and breathes me in. My skin tickles as I feel his lips moving into a smile against my skin.

“Say it again.”

I smile lazily. “I love you.”

He hums, dotting kisses up the column of my throat to my pulse point.

“One more time, just in case you forgot.”

I roll on top of him with a grin, straddling his hips. “I love you.”

His hands slide up my thighs, gripping my hips.

“You better.”

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