My eyes catch the trail of dark hair leading down his abdomen to his pants. His fingers hesitate at his buttons. I look up into his eyes. He’s giving me one last chance to change my mind.

“You promised,” I say. “Heaven.”

He doesn’t wait for me to say more. He kicks off his pants and his length springs free. It’s thick, hard and beautiful.

I sit up and pull my dress off and unsnap my bra. He looks thunderstruck.

“Come here,” I say.

I don’t have to say it twice. He climbs onto the table and pushes me back to the cool wood. The length of his body presses into mine, his skin on mine, touching everywhere. Heaven.

I never realized it, but it’s what I’ve been waiting for my whole life.

“Jessie,” he whispers, there’s aching love in his voice.

Then he takes my wrists and shackles them in his hands. He presses them above my head and holds me down.

“I won’t let you go,” he says.

“Who says I’ll let you?” I tilt my hips up to him in offering. He plunges inside me.

Who knew that heaven would feel so much like coming home?

15

Will

I thrust into Jessie and her tight heat surrounds me. White stars explode across my vision as she clamps around me and I shout out. I almost spend on the first thrust because of the ecstasy of feeling her around me.

She cries out and I grab her mouth with mine and catch her cries of pleasure. Nothing, nothing has ever felt so good. I hold myself still above her and take a moment to let the world realign. I never knew I could feel so much happiness, so much joy. I look into her eyes. They’re bright and filled with the emotion I always dreamed of seeing and never believed I would. If there was ever any doubt, now there’s none—she’s the only woman I will ever love.

“I want you,” she whispers.

I press my forehead to hers and hold her gaze. “I’ll always want you,” I say. “I’ll always love you” is what I mean.

“I need you,” she says.

I let go of her wrists and link my hands with hers. When I do, she pulses around me and I growl at the sensation. Slowly, I pull out of her, leaving her warmth. When I do, the world seems darker. She raises her hips to me and I thrust back in. She cries out and I kiss her, press into her, try to connect in as many places as possible.

I reach down between us and flick my fingers over her clit. As soon as I do, she pulses around me and I feel the pulse over my whole body. I stroke her clit and thrust in and out of her, driving into her warmth.

“Jessie.”