“I need words.” I peered into her brown eyes. “You okay?”
“Yeah.” She sighed, her mouth curved into a soft smile and her lids fluttering shut.
Releasing a deep breath, I stroked her cheek with my thumb. “That was fucking mind-blowing. You’re incredible.”
Addy cracked open one eye. “I know.”
I snorted and pulled her onto my chest, the need to hold her tight overwhelming.
“Sasha! Stop, we’re filthy!”
“Don’t give a fuck.” I chuckled and rolled my eyes, pressing a kiss to the top of her head. “I always want you close to me, no matter howfilthywe are.”
She opened her eyes and looked up at me, then rolled them dramatically.
I burst out laughing. “Fuck, I love you.”
Her answering giggle made my chest constrict and something deep inside me fluttered so violently, it was borderline uncomfortable.
“I love you too,” she whispered and kissed the spot right over my heart.
It wasn’t long before she’d fallen asleep in my arms, sprawled across my chest, her hair tickling my face, and there wasn’t a single place on this goddamn planet I’d rather have been.
Epilogue
Sasha
Iwokeupbeforeher.
I always did. I didn’t move for a few seconds, taking the time to just watch her.
Addy was sprawled across my chest, one leg tangled in the sheets and her hair a mess. One of her hands was lying right across the spot where my heart was beating.
Mine.
The word settled into my chest as though it had been carved there permanently.
She was mine because she had chosen me, and I was determined to make sure nothing or no one would ever take her from me again.
I carefully reached for her hand, admiring the contrast between her smooth, creamy skin and my rough, tattooed fingers. She didn’t stir when I slid the ring onto her finger.
It fit perfectly.
Of course it did.
I had commissioned it weeks ago, and it had finally been ready yesterday.
As I watched it settle there, gold against her skin and the diamond shining in the early morning light, something deep in my chest tightened with a quiet, vicious kind of satisfaction.
My little devil was finally irrevocably claimed.
Her fingers twitched against my chest and a second later, her eyes blinked open.
“Good morning,” she murmured, her voice husky from sleep.
“Good morning indeed.” I couldn’t take my eyes off her; my face hurt from smiling so widely.
She slowly tilted her head upwards, her eyes narrowing slightly as she met my gaze.