“Because until I found you, I hadn’t met anyone I could imagine spending every day with. And after only a few months with you and the amazing time together this week, I can’t imagine my life without you in it. I’ve waited a long time to take this kind of leap with a woman, Erin, and it’s not something I do lightly. It’s something I’m willing to do because it’s you I’d be leaping with. Does that make sense?”

Overwhelmed by his words as much as the emotion behind them, Erin blinked rapidly but was unable to stop a stray tear from escaping.

He kissed it away. “Are these good tears?”

“These are holy-cow-you-blow-me-away tears.”

“You do the same for me.”

After that, there were no more words and no more tears as he kissed her and caressed her and made love to her. The thought of being with him every day was almost too good to be true.

He hooked his arms under her legs, opening her to deep, intense thrusts that had her screaming from the nearly unbearable pleasure that overtook her.

“Ah, God, Erin…” He was right behind her, surging into her as he came with a groan.

As they settled after the incredible high, Erin wrapped her arms around him to keep him close for a little while longer. She wanted to bottle the way he made her feel so she could keep it forever. “I can’t believe I just had sex in this room.”

He grunted out a laugh. “If your mom has it bugged, she’s getting a great view of my bare ass.”

Erin pulled the covers over his spectacular ass. “I told you we weren’t going to do what we just did in this sacred room.”

“What can I say? You’re powerless against my charms.”

“Apparently, I am.”

“That’s okay,” he said, flashing a cocky grin before he kissed her. “I like you that way.”

Erin was finding she liked being powerless to resist him. She liked it a whole lot.

“You know,” she said tentatively, “if we’re going to make a go of this, as you say, we might be able to skip the condoms. I’m on long-term birth control, and I’m healthy.”

“I’m kind of skittish about that after what happened way back when.”

“I totally understand. I was only tossing it out there as an FYI. Think about it.”

He pressed his reawakened cock against her hip, making her groan. “Not sure how I’ll think about anything else.”

Erin and Slim returned to the hospital early in the afternoon to find Jenny and Alex sitting with her mother in the waiting room.

“What’re you guys doing here?” Erin asked, shocked to see them.