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“Okay then, since you flashed your pretty pink hoo-ha. That was the day everything changed.”
I narrowed my eyes. “Seriously, Connor? Did you really just call my vagina a hoo-ha?”
“Love canal. Cooch. Honey pot?” He grinned. “Any of those work?”
“Oh God, stop it.” I put my hands over my ears but couldn’t stifle my laughter. “And exactly when did that happen?”
“You don’t remember?”
“Vaguely. But I have other things on my mind right now.” I tugged on his shirt. “Take it off.” Now that I had his words of love, I wanted his body.
“What if Mary decides we’ve had enough time together to admit we love each other and free us?”
“I don’t care. I want you right now.” I dropped his phone next to us, then pulled on his shirt again. “Off.”
“I like how you think.” He ripped off his shirt, tossing it over my shoulder.
There was that manscaped chest I thought I’d never get to see. I flattened my palms over his smooth skin. “Sexy.”
“Enjoy it while you can because I’m never doing that again.” He leaned his head back on the couch and watched through hooded eyes as I explored him.
“I want you naked, beautiful, but since there’s no predicting what Mary might do, I’ll settle for sneaking my hands under this sexy little skirt, and then when I think you’re ready, I’ll bury myself so deep inside you and give you so much pleasure that you’ll never want any other man but me.”
“Big talker,” I teased. I wanted everything he’d just offered me, a billion times over.
“Oh, ye of little faith.”
As promised, his hands dipped under my skirt and he spread his fingers over my thighs. He stilled and looked straight into my eyes. “I missed you, Autumn. When I thought you were done with me, I was shocked at how miserable I was. I wasn’t expecting that.”
“I realized I was falling in love with you, and I got scared. So I—”
He put his finger on my lips again. “I know, and I understand.”
And that was the thing. He did understand me. He always had. Even though he’d never had a serious relationship before, I trusted that he would never do the one thing I couldn’t forgive. Connor would never hurt me like that.
“Just don’t ever run from me again. Next time I’ll come after you.”
“I won’t as long as you never cheat on me. That’s all I ask.”
“Always ask more from me than that, beautiful.”
I loved that he said that. I trailed my fingers over his smooth chest. “Okay then, how about that pleasure you promised me.”
He gave me a wicked smile. “Thought you’d never ask.”
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~ Connor ~
For a manwho swore he’d never fall in love, I was all in now that it had happened. It still amazed me that it was with Autumn, a woman I’d known most of my life. There was something comforting in that. We’d been friends forever, and I liked her as much as I loved her.
I tried to peer down at her, but she had her face buried against my neck and had been quiet for a few minutes. “Are you asleep?”
“I’m just trying to catch my breath.”
“Ah, wore you out, did I?” She nodded against my neck, making me smile. I thought for a minute about what I wanted to say and then decided to go for it. “Remember telling me you were thinking about selling your house?”
“Yeah.” She lifted her head. “Why?”
