Chapter Sixteen – Buck

“He came here?” Buck asked when he returned from the sheriff’s station an hour later.

“Yes.”

“Harrison came here?” Buck looked incredulous and then his face clouded with anger. “Wait until I get my hands on him.”

“It’s okay. He won’t come here again. At least not through the back door.” Haley wrapped her arms around Buck’s neck.

“No, he won’t, because I’m going to change the lock. Or board it up.” He glanced at the back door as if it was his sworn enemy.

Haley shook her head. “Let it go. Harrison and Krella are in the past.”

“Except he’s going to be in Alicia and Marie’s future.” Not that he begrudged them seeing their father.

“I’ll take them to meet him away from here,” Haley promised.

Buck looked down at her and shook his head. “No, it’s okay.” He gave her a small smile. “Perhaps if he meets me close up, he’ll realize what he’s dealing with if he thinks he can come into our home unannounced.”

“Our home,” Haley repeated. “I like the sound of that.” She stood on tiptoes and kissed his neck. “How about we go and lie on our bed?”

“I like the sound of that.” Buck slid his arms around her waist and pulled her close. “I like the sound of that a lot.”

She kissed him, her tongue entwining with his, her body pressed close, making him absolutely certain that they were going to do more than lie on the bed. He hated that Harrison had come here again and he hadn’t been here to protect Haley and the girls. But she’d handled it, and he was proud of her.

Haley pulled back and took his hand, leading him upstairs. As they tumbled onto her bed, they pulled off each other’s clothes, wanting to be naked, skin to skin. The events of the day, both good and bad, were stripped away along with their clothes as he pulled the covers over them.

Buck cupped her breast in his large hand and rubbed his thumb over her nipple. Haley writhed beneath him, and he ached to enter her and make love to her slowly. She stroked his back, her fingernails digging into his flesh as she spurred him on.

He kissed her, his body slipping between her thighs as she reached between their bodies and stroked his hard length. To hell with making love slowly, he wanted her, he needed to claim her as his own.

Shifting his weight onto his elbow, he angled his body and Haley guided him into her. A moment of bliss consumed him as he slid into her. Haley’s inner walls sheathed him as he thrust forward, and she gasped as he pulled back and thrust forward again, filling her completely. Buck closed his eyes, taking a moment to revel in the feel of his mate.

“You are an incredible woman.” He kissed her lips.

“No, I’m your incredible woman,” she whispered in his ear. “Just like you are my incredible man.”

As he made love to her, it was as if the whole world was incredible. Everything falling into place around them. The past was gone, and they were about to embark on a new life together. They would build it one brick at a time, until they were so strong nothing could ever knock them down.

With each thrust, he took them closer to their climax. Haley whimpered with need, her mouth on his as his hands explored her body. Stroking her soft skin, he ignited the flames of desire inside her until she came around him, her body tensing before her orgasm hit her.

Buck didn’t stop, he took them both to new heights, from where they would never come down. They belonged together. In this moment and every other that followed.