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I nodded, remembering how he’d said he had never had sex without a condom.I hadn’t either, but my reasons hadn’t beenonlyfor birth control.Not only had I not been looking to get pregnant, I feared what Billy might give me.
“I’ve never had sex without a condom,” I told him.“I didn’t want…” I couldn’t finish that sentence, not wanting to bring my past into this.Not when I had Lynx like this.
“Me, neither,” he admitted.
“I… I’m not on the pill,” I told him, needing him to know the repercussions of his actions.I trusted him implicitly, and I … God, maybe I was crazy, but I wanted this too.I wanted to be one with this man, nothing between us.
Lynx pulled back, his hand still cupping my jaw as he stared down at me.“You’re it for me, Reagan.Always have been.I’ll take you however I can get you, but I want you to know…”
I felt tears forming as his words trailed off.He didn’t even have to say them for me to know how he felt.That was the way Lynx was.There was an undeniable connection between us.I'd felt it all those years ago and I felt it now, stronger than before.
“I love you,” I whispered.“I’ve loved you since I was sixteen years old.”
Unable to stop it, a tear slid down my cheek, but I smiled.
Lynx growled softly, then pressed his hips forward, joining our bodies.
I sighed as the pleasure consumed me.He was hot and hard inside me, and it felt different, more incredible.Every sensation seemed more powerful.My hands roamed over his back as we stood there in the cooling water, his body warming me from the inside out.
“I love you,” he rasped.“No one else, Reagan.I’ve never loved anyone else.”
How, I wasn’t sure, but I knew that to be true.
And I also knew it was true for myself.
This man…
He was it for me, too.
ChapterThirty-Three
Lynx
Ifumbled for the water, shutting it off without leaving the warmth of Reagan’s body.I even picked her up and carried her out of the bathroom and back to the bed.We were both dripping wet, but I didn’t care about that.
The only thing that mattered to me was making love to this woman right here, right now.
“Reagan,” I whispered against her lips as I settled myself between her legs, her thighs cradling my hips as I pushed inside her, skin to skin.
I was overcome by emotion, something I hadn’t felt before.It was as though my heart was too big for my chest, threatening to explode.
Burying my face in her neck, I made love to her, as slowly, as perfectly as I could.My hips shifted forward, back, my cock tunneling in and out of her body.The way she cradled my head with one arm, her other hand sliding over my back, had those emotions rioting.I'd never felt as whole as I did right at that moment.Here.With her.
“You’re it for me,” I repeated, my words muffled by her skin.
“And you’re it for me,” she replied.
Lifting my head, I met her gaze.“Forever, Reagan.That’s what this is.I won’t let you go.I can’t.”
Her smile was so sweet.
I locked my gaze with hers.“And you can be as ornery, as stubborn, as sassy as you wanna be and that won’t ever change a thing.”
Her eyes glistened with tears.
“From here on out…”
Reagan nodded, her eyes never leaving mine.
