Chapter 34
Alexa
When I woke up my body was deliciously sore and Luke’s arm was thrown over me, possessive, protective. I loved it. We’d been doing this the whole week—fucking hard, loving hard—and now that it was the weekend, we could sleep in and do it all again if we wanted to.
I snuggled down into the covers. I could get used to this, to him dominating me. We were just touching on it now. It could get so much more intense with him, and I wanted that. I wanted it all with him.
Luke moved next to me.
“Morning, babe,” he said. “How are you feeling?”
He was asking about the sex. My injuries were pretty much healed. I felt amazing and told him so.
“That’s good, because I have another night planned for us.”
I smiled.
“But you get to decide what we do today,” he said.
I thought about it. “I think I want to see my mom,” I said. “We should tell her that we’re together.”
“She knows,” Luke said.
“She guessed, but I want to tell her that we’re official.”
Luke thought about it for a moment. “Yeah, okay,” he said. “That sounds like a good idea.”
I phoned my mom, after which I joined Luke in the shower. The water was hot falling on my skin, washing away everything we had done last night. The shower cubicle wasn’t very big, and we were pushed right up against each other. Luke’s spectacular body was slippery with water and the soap he’d already applied. It traced his muscle beautifully, and he was amazing to look at.
He felt the same about me, because he reached for me, running his hands over my body, soaping me up. I was slippery, and his hands slid over my breast, my stomach, my pussy, my ass.
“We should do this sometime,” he said. “Get you all oiled up.”
“Whatever you want from me,” I said with a smile.
“Obedience,” Luke said. “I like it.”
I shivered. I loved it when he took charge like this. He pulled me against him, his cock hard against my stomach, and kissed me. His tongue slipped into my mouth while hot water ran over my face. Luke tasted like hot water and love. He tasted like home.
We finally managed to get cleaned up and dressed. Less than an hour after that we were on our way.
When we arrived, my mom opened the front door and hugged me.
“You look great, sweetheart,” she said to me. I smiled. I was all healed up. The kidnapping had been only a week ago, but it felt like it had happened in a different life now. She hugged Luke, too, and we went inside.
Mom had taken out biscuits and made us tea, and we sat together, catching up.
“We’re here to tell you something, actually,” I said after a while. “Luke and I are dating.”
My mom blinked at us before her face broke into a smile. She grabbed me and hugged me, hard.
“That’s such great news, honey,” she said. She squeezed Luke’s hand, too. “I’m so happy!”
I laughed. “We’re just dating, Mom. We’re not engaged.”
My mom shrugged. “I don’t care. You two belong together.”
I laughed. My mom was such a great person, always supporting us when we made our choices. But when we did something she really approved of, she really went all out making a fuss. She’d never done that with Dalton and the girls he’d brought home. I was sad for a moment that he’d never met the one he could love forever. Maybe it was better that way, that he’d been taken away so early.
I glanced at Luke. What would Dalton have thought of us dating?
“Dalton used to be so protective over you with your boyfriends,” Mom said, as if she knew what I was thinking. “He used to kick up the biggest fuss when you brought someone home.”
I nodded, smiling sadly.
“I think he’d have been good with this,” Luke said.
I looked at him. “Do you think so?”
“Yeah, because he was difficult when it came to the girls in my life, too. He felt that he knew when people belonged together, and he’d told me I was never with the right woman. I think I’m with the right woman now.”
I smiled, and Luke took my hand, holding it.
“Well, I’m so happy for you,” Mom said. “You’re both settling down with the best people there are.”
I grinned. I was truly happy. Everything was working out. Luke and I were good. Sure, we would still hit stumbling blocks—we were both stubborn and outside the bedroom I wasn’t one to back down—but we could work through those. We’d made it through a difficult patch already and come out stronger for it.
And there was so much in the future for us.
When we drove home, I sighed, content.
“That went well,” I said. “She was so happy.”
“It’s because she knows we’re happy. She can see it and that’s all she wants, for you to be happy.”
I nodded. “I am happy,” I said.
“I have something for you,” Luke said. “It’s in the glove compartment.”
I opened the glove compartment in front of me and looked through it. There was a car manual, a service book, and a flat black box.
“Is this it?” I asked, taking out the box.
Luke nodded and I opened it. Inside, a silver key gleamed on a black sponge pillow.
“What’s this?” I asked. I picked up the key.
“Will you move in with me?” Luke asked. “I know it’s really soon, but I want to wake up next to you every morning.”
“Oh, my God, Luke. Yes!”
He smiled at me. I leaned over the gearshift and kissed him. It was a chaste kiss, quick so that it wouldn’t bother him while he was driving. I had butterflies in my stomach. Luke wanted me to move in with him. He wanted to be with me. He was serious. I couldn’t think of anything better.
I looked out the window and thought about my brother. If he could have seen how happy I was now, he would have approved.