I rolled my eyes.
“Love you,” he whispered, kissing me again.
“Love you too,” I rasped, leaning close. “Are you feeling better about Maverick and Lily officially dating?”
“No.”
“Honey, he adores her. You know he’ll take care of her.”
“She’s my baby girl, Pay. I get it, but you’re gonna need to give me a little while to get used to it.”
I didn’t point out that they’d been inseparable for a very long time and that this stage in their relationship was inevitable. If Maverick was anything like his father, he’d already made Lily his in every way imaginable. I was actually okay with that, because I knew he was hers and had been forever.
“I can give you that, Alex.”
Hawk wrapped his arms around me and held me for a few precious moments, then we went about finishing dinner.
Cassidy
I arrived home before my family, so I dumped my dance bag in the laundry room and headed to my shower. Ace and the kids were at the compound decorating, blissfully giving me a night off. Considering I’d been there all week, I was wiped. On top of the party plans, I still had my normal schedule of dance classes, although, today was my last one for the season, so I had the next three weeks off.
As the water flowed over me, easing the pain in my muscles, I did a mental checklist of everything we still needed to do. I had been doing this every night for a week and I was grumpy. I shouldn’t be. I loved every second, but I’d barely seen my husband, and I missed him.
“I love it when you’re all wet.”
I let out a squeal as I jumped, spinning to glare at my man through the fogged-up glass. “Carter!”
He chuckled. “Did I scare you, baby?”
“I swear to God, you are not funny.”
“You swear to God I’m not funny?” he murmured as he stripped. “Can you do that? I mean, is that a thing?”
I pushed my wet hair away from my face and shook my head. “You’re—”
“Not funny,” he finished. “I know.”
Sliding the door open, he stepped inside, and my heart raced at his beauty. God, I could not get enough of looking at him. Or touching him. He was tall and built, all sinew and muscle like he’d been formed from granite. Despite being in love and together for as long as I could remember it seemed, this man still brought me to my knees.
Like now.
Wrapping my hand around his already rock-hard cock, I licked the tip, then ran my tongue up the base. “God, I’ve missed you.”
He chuckled, his hand going to my head. “Apparently.”
I looked up at him. “Are you going to let me finish?”
“Really want my cock inside your cunt, so probably not.” He stroked my cheek. “But if you want me to lead you to believe otherwise for a minute, I’ll do it.”
I sighed and rose to my feet, sliding my hands up his chest. “How long do we have?”
“All night. Dropped the truck off at the compound, hid Hatch’s gift from Maisie, Tillie’s at Knight’s, Liam’s at Booker’s, and Maverick’s out with Lily.”
I let out a quiet squeak and wrapped my arms around him. “Sixteen.”
“Sixteen?”
“Orgasms. I want. I need.”
He dropped his head back and laughed before cupping my cheeks and kissing me gently. “Challenge accepted.”
Lifting me so I could wrap my legs around his waist, he guided himself inside of me, then anchored me to the shower wall.
“Fuck, you’re soaked,” he rasped, rolling a nipple between his fingers.
“As soon as you said we had all night, it was a flood.”
He growled, kissing me deeply and slamming into me as his tongue slid against mine. Even though I no longer danced for a professional company, ballet was still my life and I taught multiple times a week. This made me strong.
This fact made my man crazy, and it made him crazy because he could pretty much put me wherever he wanted me, and my body was limber enough to comply.
Ace was tall... I was small. It was a perfect match, and every time we made love, he worshiped me. Honestly, he worshiped me even when we weren’t naked, and I adored him.
Keeping me tight to his body, he flipped off the water and gingerly carried me out of the bathroom and settled me on our mattress.
“Our sheets’ll be soaked,” I objected.
“Don’t give a fuck,” he said, and lifted my hips so he could bury himself deeper.
“That’s because you don’t have to sleep in the wet—oh!” I lost all coherent thought when he shifted, and his cock hit the spot. “Ace.”
“What were you sayin’?”
“Nothing. I was saying nothing,” I panted out.
He hovered above me, then set one hand on the bed beside me and slid one to my clit, pressing his finger against it as he pushed inside of me again. “Still nothin’?”
I gripped his arm and lifted my hips. “Harder.”
He stood up again and grinned down at me. “Legs up, baby.”
I slid my legs from around his waist and anchored my ankles to his shoulders, and he pulled my body even closer to his.
Carter slammed into me once, holding my thighs steady and then he began to move, surging in and out of me faster and faster. I screamed his name as I came around him, but he wasn’t done, and he ran a finger over my clit, building me up again.
“Grab your tits, baby.”
I kneaded my breasts, rolling the nipples between my fingers and panting as another orgasm built.
“I’m close,” I rasped.
“Come, baby,” he demanded, and I exploded again.
I didn’t have time to revel in the afterglow, as I was flipped onto my stomach and my ass was pulled up into the air. Carter’s hand whispered over my back, then he settled his palm on my hip and leaned over me slightly. “That’s two.”
I shivered. My man was nothing if he wasn’t a keeper of his word.
