She stiffened for a moment before she relaxed, melting into me. Fuck. I wanted to push her away and also hold onto her like this forever. “You good, Firefly?”
“Yep.”
I brushed her hair back and held her gaze. “You sure?”
“Positive. You can kick our friends out now,” she whispered. “I want to make love to you in our house.”
Hell yeah. I spared a quick glance around the firepit. “Hey guys, thanks for coming. It’s been a long day, though, and we’re beat.”
The guys snickered, and the girls too. “Something’s long and about to get beat, that’s for sure,” Cole said.
I glared at him, then at the rest of them too, for good measure. “Get home safe. See you soon.”
I watched them leave, holding onto Jenna even when she tried to politely see them out. “Stay put or it’ll be more awkward than letting them leave on their own,” I whispered. She chuckled, and when we were finally alone, she completely dissolved into laughter. On me. With my erection digging into her ass. Laughing. My girl was fucking incredible.
“So damn beautiful, Firefly. You’re amazing.”
She looked down at me, her eyes filled with happiness and love and lust.
“I love you, Liam.” She brought her lips down on mine, fireworks exploding between us.
“I love you, too,” I groaned against her mouth. “How about we start in our hot tub? Then we’ll see how many rooms in our house we can christen.”
“Yes, please.”
“Stay here; I’ll get us towels.”
She nodded, and I hurried to get them. I slowed as I came back out, pausing to take her in, aglow with firelight and her own radiance.
“C’mere, Firefly.” I reached for her hand and pulled her into my arms, carrying her bridal-style to the hot tub. “May I undress you?”
“Yes,” she breathed as I lowered her to her feet.
“Everything?”
“Yes.”
I took off her top and bra, sucking her pebbled nipples while I pushed down her skirt, leggings, and panties. She stepped out of them and kicked off her flip flops, her hands already working at the button of my shorts. She pushed them down, her hands teasing over my ass. She pushed my T-shirt up, and I helped pull it over my head, and then I had her in my arms, kissing her like she was the air I needed to breathe, carrying her into the hot tub.
With the bubbles lapping at us, I kissed and caressed her everywhere, the jets and my fingers and my mouth and my cock making her fall gloriously apart. “So beautiful. So strong. And all mine.”
“All yours,” she cried out. “All yours, Liam.”
EPILOGUE
One month later
Jenna
I took a deep breath, gripped Liam’s hand, and headed toward the sensory room, my heart clanging like an alarm, louder and faster with every step I took. The construction was finished; no trace left of the surrounding walls or workers. They’d let me take off until it was finished, and today was my first day back. It was also the grand opening of the sensory room and the day before Tyler’s graduation. It was a big day, and I was…well, not quite ready, but I was here, facing it.
I froze at the entrance—the spot where Snake Eyes grabbed me—remembering the moment I realized, way too late, that I was in big trouble. Liam’s hand tightened around mine, dragging me back to the present. I shook off the memories and looked around, trying to only see what was here right now.
Without the temporary walls around it, the zigzag doorway felt open and spacious. “No one can get locked in,” I whispered, and the pressure in my chest eased a bit.
Liam wrapped his arm around me, and we continued inside. I froze again, but this time in wonder. Soft blue lights provided just enough illumination, with the rest of the light coming from glowing bubble tubes and stars dancing across the ceiling. Round, tinted windows—all correctly placed on the bottom half of the walls—showed glimpses of the children’s library without letting in too much light.
Two teepees offered semi-enclosed spaces, with the extra flap sewn down to keep it open, as we’d requested. Two of the corners were filled with beanbags and separated by half walls—high enough to give the illusion of a private space, low enough to see inside. More beanbags and foam shapes for sitting or climbing were scattered around, and a soft bench along one wall offered more traditional seating. A sensory wall of textures and manipulatives lined another wall, and there were shelves with baskets of sensory toys.