No hesitation. No doubt. Just truth.
I lowered my hands to the waistband of his boxers, hooking my fingers there and pushing them down.
“Are you ready to reintroduce?—”
Before I could finish my sentence, his mouth crashed into mine, swallowing my laughter as it melted into a moan when our bodies hit the soft mattress.
His hips angled against mine, the thick weight of him pressing right where I ached the most.
I braced myself, inhaling sharply, my breath catching at the first push inside.
Deep. Full.
A perfect, homecoming stretch.
“I’m more than ready,” he exhaled against my lips as he sank into me. “And for real, A?” He groaned against me. “We’ve earned this, baby.”
“Mm-hmm,” I moaned.
We moved slow and sure, his hand finding mine, fingers interlocking, grounding us.
I clung to his shoulders, my bottom lip folding into my mouth, trapping a smile between moans.
God, I’d missed him.
Not just physically, but emotionally.
And damn, that was a good-ass combination.
His lips found my neck, lingering there as he set a rhythm we could get lost in.
A few strokes in, he paused, balancing on his forearms to look down at me.
His gaze searched mine, his fingers tracing my jawline.
“I can’t believe how close I came to losing this,” he admitted, voice thick with emotion. “Losing you.”
I shook my head, pressing my fingertips to his lips, and he kissed them. “You never could.”
His body shuddered.
With a low, gravelly groan, he resumed his deep, steady thrusts, drawing a sigh of pleasure from me with each push forward.
“God, I love you,” I breathed.
He kissed his way from my neck to my lips, whispering against my mouth, “I love you more, baby.”
Our movements synced, a slow, sensual dance—one we knew by heart.
And just like that, we were back.
Back here in Saint Lucia.
Back home in each other.
Back to us.
CHAPTER 21