Page 48 of Forever Zara

“Oh, my God.” She kicked her head back against the soft pillows, shuddering under his wicked tongue. She raked her hand through his long hair, holding a handful in her fingers.

“You are so good at that.”

His answer was a sly sweep of his tongue that threatened to take her out if he lengthened the pressure.

They only had an hour.

But it was thebesthour.

She cried his name, and he groaned hers.

And when they were only panting breaths and hammering heartbeats, she curled all four limbs around him, chanting her love for a man who’d changed her life.

They didn’t share their secret with their parents that night at a family dinner.

Zara smiled across at Rider, already staring at her, and felt their love expand around them.

Being a Marinos never felt soright.

SEVENTEEN

“We do. Again.” - Rider

Wedding day.

The sensation of waking up in her husband’s arms was one Zara wasn’t ever going to get used to. And the day was only going to get better.

“Wake up,” she poked his ribs, “Ambrosio Marinos, it’s time to get up so I can make an honest man of you. Again.”

He was faking it, because he smirked with his eyes still closed.

She kissed his closed lids, along his stubbled cheek, then glided her lips over his beard, down his chest.

“Fuck yeah, keep going lower, see what surprise waits for you.” He gruffed in his sleepy voice. A hand came out of the sheets and burrowed into her hair while she peppered kisses on his neck.

What a man she was marrying, she grinned.

They might not have gone in for the tradition of spending the night apart. With what happened this week, Zara couldn’t bear to have Rider anywhere else but at her side. But once her mom got into military mode that morning, she made sure they dressed apart and then went to the hotel venue separately.

“I love you, Ambrosio.” She yelled down the stairs when Zara heard he was leaving with Hawk and his parents. She caught him chuckling from the bottom of the stairs. “Love you, Icy. Don’t keep your man waiting.”

A thrill rushed through her at his husky command.

The photographer got the photos he wanted of Zara and the kids.

And then it was time to leave.

The day was beautiful.

The first surprise was walking down the aisle to her favorite song being played by a quartet orchestra. And then, seeing Rider at the end waiting for her in a dark gray suit floored her.

Everything fell away.

She saw only him.

Looking like the hottest, sexiest man alive.

Holding her dad’s arm, surprise stole her steps before she started moving again. Her eyes only for Rider, who smirked as if he knew what he’d done to her.

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