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“Holy shit.That’s a long time.”

“Especially since most of that time, there weren’t as many people here.It was nearly fifty years ago that my grandmother died and my father and his brothers moved away.”I pick up a quarter of the foot-long sub and hand it to her.

She takes it from me, head cocked to the side.“Why did they leave?”

I shrug.“None of us really knows, but they never came back.Until Old Man Wilde died, none of us cousins knew anything about him.We were shocked to get a letter from the lawyer and executor of the estate, informing us about the terms of the will.”

“That’s so weird.Did any of you ask your fathers?”

“Yep.But they’re all mum about it.All they’ve told any of us is that they had a falling out with their father and moved away.”

“Kinda sad.”She takes a big bite of the sandwich.

I love watching her eat.She’s like a little bird, but she can put away a surprising amount of food for such a petite person.Reaching up, I brush some breadcrumbs from the corner of her lips.

We need a change of subject.I nod toward the chalk-drawn door on the wall.“What color should we paint the nursery?”

She giggles.“You’re relentless.”

“Yep.”

“Tell me why you have such an old-fashioned view about waiting to get married to have sex.”

I swallow my bite.“It wasn’t something I ever thought of before moving here.All four of my cousins and Haden made their wives wait.”

Her eyes pop.“Why?”

I chuckle.“Turns out, the best way to get your woman to agree to marriage is to drive her crazy with multiple orgasms while denying her your cock.”

Victoria gasps.“You can’t be serious.”

“Totally.”

“But you’re not a virgin, right?”

“No.Never even considered the concept of waiting for marriage until I got here.Now I see how well it worked for them.They’re married.”

She shudders.“So your plan is to keep me naked and on edge day after day until I agree to marry you?”

“Yep.”

“That’s…” She shakes her head.

“You didn’t answer me about the nursery.Should we go yellow or green?”

She giggles.“You’re incorrigible.”

“I am.And you’re mine.”

She holds my gaze, her smile telling me she almost agrees.At least she’s willing to give me a chance.

Chapter12

Blaze

When we’re done eating, I set the tray on the dresser and return to hovering over my woman.My mission is to convince her she’s mine.I’m not opposed to putting my mouth on her pussy to do so.I’ll do it ten times a day if it wears her down.

I’ll do it ten times a day because I fucking like my mouth on her pussy, and the noises she makes… Fuck me.