I stared into his dark green irises. The emotions I saw looking at me had my heart clenching and tears burning the back of my throat.

“Me.”

“That’s right.” His hold on my scalp tightened, and he brought my mouth to his, kissing me deep before murmuring against my lips, “I fucking love you. I’m never letting you go.”

I cupped his face. “I love you.”

“Say it again.” He rose up, pushing me back onto the couch, leaving my ass hanging off, and gripped my knees and thighs.

A feral gleam entered his eyes.

My core quivered and flooded with arousal. This was about to get rough and hard.

He slid out to the tip. “Say it.”

“I love you.”

He thrust in so hard that I arched up, seeing stars. “Fuck, Simon.”

“That’s not what I want you to say.”

I lifted onto my forearms and held his heated gaze. “I love you.”

Thrust.

“Again,” he ordered as he set a relentless pace, leaving me no choice but to take what he gave me.

I repeated the words until I was delirious with the need to come, and all the muscles in my core quickened and contracted with each demanding slide of his cock. I cupped and pinched my straining nipples to ease the ache growing deep inside me.

Fuck, I needed so much. With this man. The Satan of the night.

“Let go, baby. I’ve got you.” Simon rolled his hips, hitting that spot only he’d ever found, and everything inside me shattered.

“Simon,” I gasped and then cried out as ecstasy washed over me, throwing me into a whirlwind of pleasure.

I clenched my eyes tight and dug my nails into the fibers of the couch under my fingers as my orgasm rode me from one wave to another.

A few moments later, I heard Simon roar his release, pumping hot and hard deep into me.

Chapter Six

I exited the ladies’ lounge twenty minutes after leaving Simon in the solarium to find him waiting for me.

“Aren’t you supposed to be in the ballroom?”

Ignoring my question, he held out my rings and said, “Give me your hand.”

I smiled and let him place them back on their proper finger.

“Now give me mine.”

“I thought you wanted to wait.”

“At this point, I don’t care. This way, everyone will know it’s a done deal.”

I studied him for a few moments and then realized he was serious. Opening my clutch, I pulled out Simon’s ring, rubbed the platinum band with my thumb, and then slid it onto his finger.

Simon took hold of my hand and brought it up to his lips, kissing my knuckles.

“Time to get you back to your family before your brothers call a search party.”