Kissing her deeply, I lowered her to the bed. She clung to me, pushing up into my body. I felt a burning hunger deep in my bones. This woman was mine. Designed just for me.

She was the one I’d grow old with. The one I hadn’t known I was waiting for all my life.

Everything I’d endured, I would endure again if I knew I’d get her at the end.

Sliding a hand between her legs, I found her soaking. I stroked her and pushed her thighs wider apart. Then I gripped my cock, lined up, and was inside her with one thrust.

She gasped. I groaned.

Our gazes locked, connected. I pulled her leg around my hip and started moving. I kept it slow but deep. She undulated against me, her pale skin flushed.

Picking up speed, my breathing turned labored. She looked at me with pure love in her eyes and I felt the warmth of her.

Her hand gripped the back of my neck, and I saw and felt that she was close.

“Go over,” I murmured.

She did. She cried out my name, bucking against me. I watched the pleasure take her, felt her pussy clenching on my cock. Damn, she was pure beauty.

My own climax triggered. I thrust deep inside her, groaning as hot pleasure hit me. I shuddered, keeping her pinned to the bed beneath me.

Finally, I rolled onto the mattress. She snuggled close to me, half on top of my body.

This was perfect. This was everything I’d never known I needed. I held her tight, and for the first time in my life, felt like I was home.

35. Tessa

Chapter 35

Tessa

Two months later

My heels clicked on the floor as I headed toward the ballroom. I spotted Debra, one of my events organizers.

“Deb, is everything ready in the ballroom for the wedding?”

“Yes.” She blew a strand of brown hair out of her face. “The tables are set, the flowers have been delivered. Chef Harvey is roaring around the kitchen like a wounded lion.” She smiled. “It’s going to be a beautiful wedding.”

I smiled back. “Of course it is. It’s going to be perfect. That’s how we do things at the Langston Windward.” I looked at my watch. “I need to check that the outdoor chairs are set for the ceremony. Did the flower arch get done?”

“Done.”

“You rock, Deb.”

She beamed. “Thanks, Tessa.”

“The happy couple will have the best wedding ever.”

I headed out and then back down to the lobby. I heard the now-familiar sound of power tools. The renovations had started. There was never a good time to do renovations in a hotel, but Piper was like a general organizing things. Several renovations were happening in the restaurant, lobby, and they’d made a start on the new spa. Several things would be completed before our busy winter season.