Page 534 of One More Kiss

Shock filled her eyes. “Because of me?”

“I don’t want to spend months undercover. That would pull me away from you. Being a cop would make things hard for your father. I have some other options in the works, but for now I want to travel and you to come with me.”

Her grin widened. “Really?”

“Really,” I said. “There’s one other thing.”

Her body tensed, her fingers curled into the bedsheets.

“I want you to move in with me, but not my apartment near here. I bought a small house years ago. I would like us to live there together.”

“What about my father?” she asked, and I noticed that she didn’t say no.

“You hate this life baby, and I don’t want to be in it. If we move, you’ll be able to open your own business—party planning, if you’d like. It’s not like you won’t see your father again. You will. You’ll just be away from all the bullshit his work brings. And away from any possibilities someone might use you.”

She moved the tray from the bed and straddle my legs.

“You want this?” she asked.

Her nightgown rode up to her thighs.

“I want you, baby, and I want you to be happy.”

“I want that too,” she whispered, threading her fingers into my hair. “I’m scared. I don’t know what the hell is happening between us.”

“Avery,” I said, my voice thick with lust and love, “you are the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. You are amazingly smart, talented, and the kindest woman I’ve ever met. There are so many qualities that I fell in love with—"

She gasped. “Love?”

I brushed her hair behind her ear. “Yes, baby, I fucking love you.”

She pressed her chest against me. “I love you too. I love you so much that I can’t think straight.”

That was good, because that was exactly how I felt about her. “So what do you say, baby? You want to take this leap with me?”

She grinned as she tightened her arms around me.

“Yes,” she squealed. “I’ll go wherever you go.”

We connected in a frenzied kiss, neither one of us able to keep our hands off the other. She pulled off my t-shirt as I slid her nightdress over her body. Her fingers went to my zipper and I lifted up, helping her take off my pants.

The moment we were both naked, I rolled her onto her back and lined my cock up at the entrance of her wet pussy.

I gazed into her eyes. The love that I felt shined brightly.

“I fucking love you, Avery,” I said as I slid into her.

She clawed at my back as her tight pussy clenched around my cock.

“I love you too,” she said between gasps. “So fucking much, Paolo.”

Our bodies moved in sync as we fucked. Nothing felt better than being inside of her. Than being with the woman I loved.

I would do whatever it took to make Avery happy, and there were no lengths that I wouldn’t go to ensure her safety. The moment I’d met her, she’d had me entranced. But the moment I knew her heart, there was no way I could keep my distance. I was done.

She was mine forever.

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