Total pages in book: 87
Estimated words: 83236 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 416(@200wpm)___ 333(@250wpm)___ 277(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 83236 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 416(@200wpm)___ 333(@250wpm)___ 277(@300wpm)
His eyes sparkle as he grins at me. “Patience, brat. I still have one more gift.”
“You’re spoiling me.”
“I’m going to spend a lifetime doing that, Peaches,” he murmurs, reaching for the rectangular box.
“I kind of knew that you wouldn’t want to get married just yet. So, I planned ahead. I know you said you wouldn’t wear my collar, but I’m hoping you were saying no because you envisioned a thick black leather one and everyone asking you a million questions. The one I picked out is a little different. It’s not made for bedroom play. It’s more symbolic. It’s also as meaningful as a wedding ring to me, because I’ve never wanted to let anyone close to me before you. I’ve never had anyone in my life I cared about until I found the Savage Brothers. When I got my first taste of you, I knew you were all I would ever want or need. Then, in the blink of an eye, I thought I lost you. When I say I love you, Skylar, it in no way encompasses how I truly feel, because there just aren’t words invented. You’re my world, and I’m thankful just to be beside you. It’s where I want to be for the rest of my life.”
“Torin,” I whimper, tears falling down my face as I stare at him. “God, I feel the same exact way about you. I’ll do everything in my power to make sure that you never regret being with me.”
“I never could. Still, I wanted to give you something special. I had this made for you. It’s a collar, but a little different from what you might have imagined. It’s called a discreet collar. Most people won’t even know the true meaning behind it. Yet, those that do will know that you belong to me,” he explains.
I hold my breath. I’m not quite sure what to expect. When he opens the lid, I can’t stop the gasp that comes out. It’s a beautiful gold chain. There’s a gold ring that’s attached on each side of the chain by diamond encrusted infinity symbols.
“This collar is not for play time. If you ever get curious about that, we can look into them. This is more to show my devotion to you and yours to me. It tells the world that we belong together. When we’re able to get away. I’ll get Venom to ink me, showing the world that we’re together and that I’m devoted to you.”
“I want that soon,” I whisper, anxious to have anything on him that shows he’s mine completely. He gives me a knowing smile and kisses my lips, sucking the bottom one into his mouth and playing with it with his tongue, before releasing it. “Will you put the collar on me?” I ask.
“Turn around and hold your hair up for me, baby.”
I eagerly do as he asks, not wanting to go another minute without it on my body. He puts it on me, and I shiver as the heavy gold—which is cool to the touch—rests on my heated skin. I reach up and touch it delicately. I might be new to all of this, but I know how significant it is to wear his collar. I know how Torin grew up bouncing from an orphanage to foster homes and back and forth a million times. He’s declaring that I’m where he belongs. That I’m his family, the one he will always love. It’s a gift that I will never take lightly.
I slowly turn to face him, tears still slowly trailing down my cheeks. “How does it look?”
“Like you’re overdressed,” he complains.
He reaches down and gathers the hem of his tee that I’m wearing. In one quick and efficient movement, he lifts it over my head, leaving me completely naked and my breasts bouncing from the force of him undressing me. Torin’s gaze is centered on my breasts. He reaches out a finger and slides it carefully over the chain. He just keeps staring as the silence wraps around us.
“Tor?”
He looks up at me, his eyes dark and intense. “You look good enough to eat, Peaches.”
I moisten my lips as I feel the throbbing ache inside of me spring to life. I need my man. “I’ve been thinking, Tor,” I respond softly.
“About what, baby?”
“I was thinking that we could try to test a few of my boundaries and make sure I know how to properly use the new safe word you gave me.”
I watch as his entire face lights up. “Don’t forget your safe word,” he warns me.
“I got a really good feeling that I won’t need it tonight. I’ve got a man who I know I’ll be safe with for the rest of my life,” I respond.
“Is that a fact?”
“Yeah, so, show me what you got, big boy.”