Page 167 of Stealth Mission

I lift up and kiss him again. Just a quick peck. “But I don’t care if you gave me a tractor part, I’d have said, yes.”

He laughs and pushes his thigh between my legs. “Spoken like a true farm girl. Now let’s get you out of these clothes, I want to see if I can make you see some more stars.”

He doesn’t take long to deliver.

And as I watch him moving above me with the moon and the twinkling sky as a beautiful background, all the pain of my past fades away.

Only now. Only us.

My dream.

My slice of heaven on earth and the very protective owner of my heart.

“My beautiful Mari.” He notches his forehead against my neck as he brings me to a shimmering peak.

When I rasp his name and fall into the blissful, sparkling ether, he catches my sounds in his mouth. His cock throbbing deep inside of me, he finishes with a hard thrust, throws his head back and howls my name to the dark night sky.

When he collapses on me, we lay breathless under the blanket of stars until the dew falls around us.

Hours after we left the house, we tumble into his bed—the very same one where he spent that first night years ago.

As he’s turning off the bedside lamp, his cell phone chirps.

I lift my heavy head. “Is that a text?”

He slides his arm out from under me and grabs his mobile. “Yeah, from Beast.”

It’s dark, but the phone screen illuminates the worry lines on his brow. Then they quickly smooth out and a smile appears. “Ha. He wanted to know if I manned up.”

I giggle. “I’d say you did.”

He types a quick text. Then tosses the phone on the nightstand. “I’ve been dying to know how the missing person case is going. But they won’t update me.”

“They love you and want you to have some time for family.”

He laughs roughly. “Love? I don’t know about that. Now that I know what your love is like, I have a whole new definition.”

I sigh as we settle in. “I hope you won’t stop working with your team. I think you’re really good at your job. They need your help to find that woman.”

He’s thoughtful for a few minutes. “I’m going to try to make it all work.”

“Wearegoing to make it all work.”

I close my eyes and smooth my thumb over the diamond on my finger, and in my heart I know everything is going to be fine. I’ve got Evan on my team and that’s all I’ll ever need.

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