“You’re so beautiful,” I said. It wasn’t the most masculine word, but I meant it that way. His masculine form, every part of him, was perfectly beautiful in my eyes.
“Fuck,” he said through gritted teeth as I put my mouth on him and around him, my hand stroking him slowly, then faster. I would have taken him all the way, but he gripped my shoulders.
“Kace,” he managed. “I want to be inside you.Now.”
I rose from kneeling and straddled his lap. Beads hung over my breasts, but he roughly brushed them aside to get at my nipple, biting and sucking as I sank down onto him.
We both froze for a heartbeat, feeling him inside me, hard and heavy, buried to the hilt in my wet heat. His hands dug into my hips, driving up into me as I ground down against him.
“So good,” he hissed tightly. “God, you feel so good.”
“Don’t stop…” I cried, almost incoherent now. “Never stop.”
My hands found his jaw, held his face and kissed him deeply. Then I let go to grip his shoulders and ride him hard, ride him until the ache in my lower belly unfolded, expanded and then detonated. I could scream now. I yelled his name out, my back arching as his own orgasm erupted inside me.
His arms wrapped around my back, and he pressed his forehead to my heart, nuzzling my breasts through beads. I pulled back and held his face in my hands, staring down at him, brushing the damp hair off his forehead. Off of Theo’s forehead. My Theo.
My universe.
CHAPTER
THIRTY-NINE
I woke with the morning light creeping over my bed and Theo’s warm breath wafting over my neck. I snuggled closer to him, pressing my backside against his lap. Up close, the tattoos covering his arms were mesmerizing. Intricate swirls and whorls of fire, faces and shapes. Each flowed into the other, blending to make a perfect whole.
He stirred behind me and cinched his arms tight. My skin shivered where he began planting kisses along my neck.
“Morning,” I murmured.
“Morning.” He kissed the bare skin of my right shoulder blade. “This part,” he murmured sleepily, “this is all mine.”
I smiled and wiggled against him as a thrill shot along my spine. “All yours.”
“Any idea what the tattoo will be?”
“Not yet, but it’s going to be the first tattoo in your new place, remember?”
He made a sound deep in his chest. “Don’t remind me. I don’t want to think about Las Vegas right now.”
I rolled over in his arms, traced the hard line of his jaw. “I hate falling asleep at night when you’re hundreds of miles away.”
“Me too.”
“I meant what I said. That I can’t do it anymore, Teddy. I can’t live over the phone, only seeing you once every few weeks.”
“I can’t do it either, Kace.”
“So, I’m going to do what I promised that night in the desert. When we scattered Jonah’s ashes. Do you remember?”
Theo’s eyes widened; I watched his Adam’s apple bob as he swallowed. “I asked you to stay with me,” he whispered.
I nodded, tears welling in my eyes. “I will. I’ll stay. I won’t ever leave you again. No more broken promises.”
“But what about your life here? Your friends and your music?”
“I can make music anywhere. I can sign the contract and still be with you. But no touring. I want to stay put and write a new album. New songs about new chapters in my life. Songs about you and me.”
“Kacey…” He shook his head.