Total pages in book: 13
Estimated words: 12781 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 64(@200wpm)___ 51(@250wpm)___ 43(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 12781 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 64(@200wpm)___ 51(@250wpm)___ 43(@300wpm)
She’s still not giving anything away. I bury my hands deeper into my pockets and roll my head side to side, stretching my neck.
She walks over to me then and doesn’t stop until her body is touching mine. I suck in my breath at the close proximity.
“You love me, Keeper.”
My mouth drops at her words. I should deny it, but I can’t. I never dreamed I would have this chance with her. I rub my hand through my hair. “Yes.”
With her swift intake of breath, I put my hands on her shoulders.
She licks her lips. “Yes… you love me?”
My hands go up and circle around the back of her neck. I grip her tightly, wanting to be close to her but not wanting to hurt her. “Yes, I love you. More than life itself. More than my club, more than any and everything. It killed me to let you go all those years ago, but I had to let you go. I knew you deserved more than I could give you. But also, I didn’t want to betray Sniper.”
She leans her head on my chest and although I love the feel of her against me, I want to see her face. “It killed me when I left, Keeper. I knew back then that you were all I wanted. And that’s still true. You’re all I want. All I need. I love you, Keeper. And I always will.”
“Oh, Lilly. What did I do? All that time apart…” I moan against her hair right before I kiss the top of her head.
She pulls away from me then and holds her hand out to me. When I put mine in hers, she leads me toward the doorway. “It’s okay, you can start making up for it right now.”
8
Lilly
The walk back to his house seems to take forever. He doesn’t say a word and neither do I. I’m afraid that he’s going to stop himself, that he’s going to push me away again and I don’t realize until we’re in the house that I was holding my breath the whole way.
As soon as we walk in, I release his hand.
Staring at each other gives me the confidence I need. Just looking at him tells me that I would do anything to have him and nothing is going to stop me this time. Not his allegiance to my brother, not my insecurities… nothing.
I kick off my shoes as I start to undo the buttons on my blouse. When I get to the last one, I shrug out of my shirt and let it drop to the floor. Unzipping my pants, I pull them down and step out of each leg and toss my jeans across the room. When I’m in nothing but my panties and a bra, I finally take a deep breath and look up at him.
His gaze is heated and his brown eyes look almost black, they’re blazing with so much desire.
“Lilly, are you sure? Are you sure this… me… is what you want?” he asks me as he takes a step toward me.
“I’m sure, Keep. Now kiss me.”
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Keeper
As soon as she says she’s sure, it’s like a beast is released inside of me. I have to have her. Her almost naked form has my mouth watering and my insides burning. I bend down and pick her up, striding through the house and carrying her into the bedroom. I lay her down on the bed and start stripping my clothes off.
She is looking around the room and then back up to me. “I don’t get it. Why do you have that furniture outside if you don’t plan on selling it? All this is store bought and well, yours is so beautiful.”
Once I’m fully naked, I lie down next to her and rest my head on my arm. “That’s your furniture. Every piece of it I made for you. I may have made it, but you brought life to those pieces. I couldn’t use it, not without you.”
Her hand comes up and cups my jaw. “Oh, Keeper.”
I turn my head to kiss her palm. “I love you, Lilly.”
I kiss her then, touching my lips to hers and sealing our future together. Her tongue mingles with mine and her sweet taste fills all my senses.
My hand runs across her shoulder to her back, unclasping her bra. I pull it free from her body and my greedy gaze wanders over her perfect round breasts. I trace my finger down her neck, across the slope of one breast and then circle her swollen, hard point. She sucks in her breath at the contact and I lean in, sucking her into my mouth, claiming her.
Her hand slides to the back of my neck and she’s holding me to her then as I suckle her. Tiny moans fill the room and I can’t stop the smile from forming on my face. My girl is noisy.