Total pages in book: 50
Estimated words: 47521 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 238(@200wpm)___ 190(@250wpm)___ 158(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 47521 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 238(@200wpm)___ 190(@250wpm)___ 158(@300wpm)
I shake my head, looking at his injury with concern. “I don’t want to hurt you.”
He’s about to argue with me when I pull from his hold and stand up. “That means you’re just going to have to sit there and let me take care of you.”
I go to my knees on the floor in front of him and reach for the button of his pants. His hand goes to mine to stop me. “I want to be inside you.”
I smirk. “I can arrange that.”
“And…” he starts.
I slowly unbutton his jeans and lower the zipper. I motion for him to raise up so I can pull his pants down, but he’s not budging. “And you’re moving in here with me.”
My eyes fly to his. “You want me to move in here… with you?”
He laughs. “Yeah. I want you with me, Cass. I want to spend every day with you, showing you what real love feels like.”
My mind starts to whirl, and my past insecurities come to a head. “What if—”
He leans forward. “What if we live happily ever after?”
A soft gasp escapes me. “I want that so bad. I want you to be mine forever.”
He cups my cheeks. “I’m yours, Cass, and I always will be.”
“Yes,” I say with a startled gasp. For the first time in a long time, I’m going after what I want. “Yes, I’ll move in with you.”
I raise up so I can reach his lips, and we kiss again. When I pull back, the bulge of his manhood is standing erect between us. I cup him through his jeans, and he groans. “We can talk later about the ring and all the babies we’re going to have.”
“Ring! Babies!” I exclaim.
He laughs and finally raises up so I can pull his pants down. He wraps his hand around his length and pumps himself. It’s hard to concentrate with him doing that right in my face. “I want it all with you, Cass. I want everything.”
With love shining in my eyes, I have to agree. “Me too.”
I wrap my hand around his girth and look into his eyes. “This just feels right, Baker. Everything with you feels right.”
He threads his fingers through my hair, pushing it off my face. “Damn right it does, baby.”
EPILOGUE
CASSIE
“I still can’t believe you planned all this without me knowing.”
“Do you like it?”
I look around at all the other booths and then back at mine. “Baker, this is the best booth here.”
He puffs out his chest with pride. I’m not joking, though. He really did create the best booth at the carnival. It’s all pink and shiny. I have no idea how he came up with the idea, but it’s perfect.
He puts an arm around my shoulder. “I pulled some strings and got my booth right next to you too. I can’t have all these single dads hanging out over here. Not on my watch.”
I slap him on the chest with a laugh. “What a joke. You have made it clear to everyone in Whiskey Run that I’m taken.”
He laughs with a shrug. “Well, you can never be too careful. I can’t have someone thinking they may have a chance.”
I turn in his arms and wrap my arms around his waist. The gymnasium is full of people, but I don’t care. Like Baker, I have made sure to tell everyone that he’s mine.
I lean back and look at his tanned face. “Our spring break was weeks ago. I can’t believe how tan you still are.”
We spent a week at the beach, and it was perfect. It was another surprise that Baker sprang on me. He leans down and kisses my forehead. “And your burn is finally fading.”
The memories come in fast and hard. “Yeah, well, it’s not your fault. You were applying sunscreen to my body every chance you got.”
“I had my motives.”
I can’t help but laugh.
“So do you like the booth?”
“Like it? I love it.”
He pulls me in between our two booths so we’re out of sight. Everyone is still setting up and paying us no mind.
He wraps his arms around me and kisses me fiercely. “I love you,” he whispers when he pulls back.
“I love you too.” These last few months have been amazing. I did end up moving in with him, and I have not regretted it once. Our parents' marriage is over, but they’ve both moved on and are fine. My mom moved into Jasper, and we really don’t see her a lot. Ryan still lives in the same house a few streets over. He and my sister Brook come to dinner at our house every Sunday.
I settle in his arms, content in just staying here right where I’m at. That’s probably one of my favorite things about Baker is that he knows how to hold me. “I have one more surprise.”