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"Baby?" I whispered softly as I stood at the edge of the darkened room where she lay spread out on the bed. The fact that it was Erik's bed left my skin itching. I hadn’t seen that fucker in years and now he was hanging around like a bad habit.
She didn't move.
I closed my eyes and held my breath, listening for the sound of her sleeping. Nothing. She wasn't asleep, but pretending.
"Jenna." I pulled my shirt off and worked on my jeans. I wasn't sure how I felt about anything anymore, but I wasn't going to let her heal alone. She wouldn't do it.
"Leave me alone." She curled up into a tight ball and sniffled.
"Not happening. Erik said he was stealing you away if I didn't grow the fuck up and get over everything." I crawled onto the bed and slipped under the covers. "I'm sorry."
She sniffled again.
I reached for her and moved up behind her, finding her completely naked. I pressed myself against her back, tucking my dick between her ass cheeks and pressing my mouth to her ear.
"Why are you naked, baby? Did Erik touch you, cause I'll burn this fucking house down with him and all his crazy family in it."
She reached back and gripped my thigh. "I tried to kill her, Nate. She killed Darek, and almost killed you. I tried to kill her, and I would have if Erik hadn’t stepped in and done it."
"I know, baby." I moved up closer and ran my hand down her side before pulling at her shoulder. "Come over here and let me hold you."
"No. It's okay." She pulled away and curled up tighter.
"What's okay, princess?" I brushed her hair off her neck and leaned down to run my lips across her skin. Heat raced across my center and all I could think about was sinking into her, reclaiming what belonged to me.
"You don't have to be here. I know we're done." She pulled at her pillow as a soft sob left her.
"Are we?" I traced her ribs and cupped her thick breast, squeezing it softly. "Is that what you want?"
"Don't play your games with me." Her voice lost all softness. "I almost gave up everything for you, and you can't control one situation, so you leave me?"
"I didn't leave you, Jenna. I didn't know how to come back from hurting you." I forced her to turn over and moved on top of her, settling down between her legs. "I'm not going anywhere."
"And what if I don't want your wishy-washy bullshit." She pushed at my shoulder and turned her face toward the window.
I leaned down and ran my nose around her breast, licking and kissing her soft skin. "I'm not wishy-washy. I wasn't sure how to move past hurting you." I reached up and grabbed her chin tightly. "You hear me? Listen to what I'm saying."
She jerked away from me, but wrapped her legs around my waist and rolled her hips, sliding her sweet pussy along my shaft. "I hate you."
"I know, baby, but I'll win you back."
"You didn't hurt me. Not one time."
"I remember hurting you, Jenna. Don't lie to me to make me feel better." I adjusted my hips and rimmed her tight hole, teasing her.
"Then your memory is fucking with you. You never once hurt me." She choked up. "You were willing to die for me."
I pressed into her and wrapped my arms around her as I tucked my face against the side of her neck. "And I still am."
She groaned loudly as I raised up and forced her legs up a little so I could fuck her deeper.
"You didn't hurt me." She pressed her heels against my ass and worked me from underneath, tugging at my dick in ways that had me feeling lightheaded.
"Stop that shit or I'm gonna come too soon."
"Come. We'll go again." She rolled us over and sat up, rolling her thick hips as her breasts bounced.
"Fuck, I love you." I reached up and gripped her breasts, tugging at her nipples as she let her head drop back and her hands reach behind her.
I glanced down, watching her fuck me nice and slow. It was heaven. Bliss. Everything to me.
"I love you too." She whimpered and lifted her hips a little faster.
I reached up and pressed my palm against her stomach as I brushed my thumb over her clit in tight circles. "Good. Come for me, and remind me why I'm an idiot for thinking you didn't love me anymore."
Watching her come was the hottest thing I could remember seeing in my long life. She let herself go and coated my stomach in her sweetness.
"So good," she cried out and I smiled.
"We're just getting started." I reached up and ran my hand down between her breasts before flipping us back over and locking my arms under her knees. "Time to fuck you in all the ways I've imagined in my head."
She groaned as I shook the bed with my deep thrusts. I made her come a few more times before I pressed myself fully to the front of her and trapped her beneath me.
"Who do you belong to, princess?" I drove into her.
She moaned and tensed. "You."
"Anyone else?" I pulled out and drove in again, stroking her clit with the angle of my dick.
"No. Just you."
"Good girl. That's not ever going to change, is it?" I raised up and smiled. "Tell me if I hurt you, okay? Code word is derelict."
"Shut up and fuck me, Nate."
I laughed and moved my hands to her shoulders, pressing her down tight as I jack-hammered her sloppy wet mound. It took seconds and she had me coming unglued.
Forever.
Forever was what I wanted.
I sure as fuck hope she planned long-term like I did.
It was me and her... till death do us part.