Liv
Waking up in Damon’s bed, I feel his hard chest underneath my cheek. I tried to leave him last night, but he wouldn’t let me. He said he needed me to stay and sleep with him. And so I did.
But now I feel weird about it. I mean, he’s not said a thing about being a real couple, and that has me worried about my heart getting broken. When you add in the fact that he seems dead set on returning to the Navy, then I think I can pretty much count on my heart hurting before this is all said and done.
My movement seems to have woken him up, and he stretches as he groans loudly. “Mornin’. How’d ya sleep?”
“Good,” I say as I move off his chest. Or try to anyway.
He drops his heavy arm on my back, moving me right back to where I was. “Where do you think you’re going?”
“I was thinking I was getting up. And perhaps going to my room to take a shower and get dressed.”
His lips press against the top of my head. “Well, think again. You feel pretty great in my arms this morning. I think I like this. Do you?”
Running my fingers over the tattoo on his chest, I have to admit, “I do like this. It was nice sleeping all night with you.”
Pushing me back, he hovers over me. “Move your things into my bedroom. Let’s make this our room, Liv. What do you say?”
Blinking with surprise, I don’t know what to say. So I just look at him and see something in those dark eyes that tells me he needs me. “If you really want me to, then I will.”
“I want you to want to as well, baby. Don’t do it if you don’t want to. Don’t you like our nights together?”
“Of course I do,” I tell him as I run my hand up his arm and rest it on his massive bicep. “And I like how it felt to sleep with you. But my heart …”
His lips press against mine, then he pulls them away and looks at me. “Your heart is safe with me, Liv. I promise. Is mine safe with you?”
With a smile, I say, “You know it is.”
“Then let me move your things in here today.” He kisses me again, then whispers, “I love fucking you.”
I giggle and reply, “And I do love getting fucked by you.”
“Then it’s settled. You and I have taken the first step. We’re formally living in sin together.”
His fingers begin to move over my ribs, and I find him tickling me as I squirm and giggle. “Damon!”
When he stops the tickle torture, he kisses me with a sweet kiss, then stops it and I see something in his eyes that’s a little scary. “Liv, if I told you that I loved you, would you believe me?”
“Wow,” I say as I take his face in my hands. “Something tells me you don’t say those three little words often.”
“I don’t think I’ve ever said them about a person or to anyone. I’ve said I love hotdogs. I’ve said I love certain cars, but I’ve never told anyone that I loved them.”
A grin takes my lips over. “Tell me and see what I do?”
“Livacious Tillman, I love you.”
“Lieutenant Commander Damon Saunders, I love you too.”
The smile that breaks over his entire face nearly makes me cry, but his sweet kiss stops me and I run my arms around his neck. So now we love each other. In only a week, we know this already.
Odd isn’t precisely the word I’d use to describe this change of events, but it’s up there with the top ten words I’d use!
“How will Harry take this?” he asks me.
“Fine,” I say, then pry myself out of his arms. “He’s a kid. They roll with the punches.”
“Where are you going?”
“To my room. I need to get dressed. Today is the day we go to the bank and make it all official there. Tomorrow we’ll go deal with the birth certificate, and then you and little Harry will be legit. Are you going to change his last name?”
He nods. “I am. Do you think that’s going too far?”
“No, I think it’s the right thing to do.” I climb off the tall bed and go to the sofa where we took our clothes off.
Then I find Damon picking me up and throwing me over his broad shoulder. “You’re showering with me.”
“Am I?” I ask as I watch his ass move with each step he takes.
“You are,” he says, then plants my feet on the cool tile bathroom floor. “Thank you, Liv.”
His arms go around me as I look up at him. “For what?”
“For everything. You found me. You took control of the situation in a good way, and you made my life worth living.” He leans in and kisses me again.
At this rate, I don’t know if we’ll ever get out of this room!