“I love it when you let go, sweetheart.”

“I want to hold on.” She slid her hand down his chest and rock-hard abs and dipped it inside his jeans. She clamped her hand around his throbbing length and rubbed him up and down.

Luke hissed in a breath, leaned back, and stared down at her hand working his hard cock.

He made quick work of pushing his jeans and boxers down his hips and kicking them off his feet so she could take his silky flesh in her palm.

“That’s so good.” He held her hips and let her have her way with him for another few seconds before he hissed again, pushed her hand away, backed her up to the bed, and followed her onto it, covering her body with his warm one and kissing her senseless.

Somehow in the midst of hands caressing and mouths moving over each other, her panties seemed to melt away seconds before Luke joined their bodies and they were moving together in a much more intimate and primal way.

She loved the feel and weight of him on her and the taste of him on her tongue.

Luke moved, and she moved with him, meeting his thrusts and the demands of his body and hers for the release they both knew was coming but held off just a little longer so they could enjoy the closeness and tantalizing sensations coursing through their bodies until it overtook them.

They both panted with exertion and wallowed in the euphoric aftermath in each other’s arms.

Sarah hugged Luke close as his body pressed her into the bed. “Now, that’s what I call a homecoming.”

Luke pressed a kiss to her neck, then rose up on his forearms and stared down at her. “I missed you. This. Us.”

Sarah covered a yawn with the back of her hand. “Me, too. I couldn’t wait to get back here to you.”

Luke shifted to her side, hooked his arm and hand over her middle, and drew her back to his chest and held her close. “Close your eyes. Take a nap. I’ll wake you when it’s time for dinner.”

Luke held her, listening to her breathe, savoring the feel of her in his arms, the way she fit just perfectly in them, his life, and his heart.

He was so damn lucky to have found someone like her. She loved him. He’d discovered he had the capacity to love just as deeply as his father loved his mom and Jason loved Michelle. It had seemed so easy for them and he’d struggled with one ruined relationship after the next. Until Sarah came into his life and stole his horse and his heart.

Now all he had to do was bring their two worlds together permanently.

Chapter Thirty-Eight

“Sarah, you look absolutely gorgeous in that dress. The press is going nuts over you. Can you believe all of this? . . . Sarah, I’m talking to you.”

Abby’s voice finally penetrated Sarah’s daydream.