Total pages in book: 29
Estimated words: 26277 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 131(@200wpm)___ 105(@250wpm)___ 88(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 26277 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 131(@200wpm)___ 105(@250wpm)___ 88(@300wpm)
Her jade-green orbs suddenly swam in tears, and I panicked until she beamed at me. “I love you, too!”
“Fucking, right,” I agreed before dropping my head and giving her a searing kiss that made her toes curl. When I released her lips, I growled, “Need you. Gonna fuck you while you’re wearing my brand.”
I picked her up and tossed her onto the bed but stopped when she yelped and sat up. She frowned down at her vest, and that was when I remembered what I’d put in the pocket. She must have landed on the hard little box.
After checking one side, she looked at the other and spotted the bulge, then took out the contents. Her brow rose as she stared at the velvet box, then her jaw dropped, and her head whipped up, her eyes meeting mine.
I grinned and sat on the bed, taking the box and flipping up the lid to reveal a sparkling diamond ring. “Told you I want everyone who sees you to know you’re taken. And I want you bound to me in every way.”
“Are you asking me to marry you?”
I frowned and took the ring from the box, then grabbed her hand and slipped it on her finger. “Fuck no. I’m telling you. We are getting married.”
“Is that so?” she asked sassily.
I grinned and threw the box over my shoulder before shoving her back against the mattress and coming down over her. “Say yes, sweet girl. Or I’m gonna make you scream it until you pass out from orgasms.”
Tessa smirked before miming zipping her lips and throwing away the key.
“Orgasms it is.”
I slid down her body until my mouth was level with her glistening pussy, and I stared up at her with a wicked smile. “I’ll tell you what. If I can make you scream yes…let’s say… a dozen times in the next hour, I get to pick how many kids we have.”
Tessa giggled until she realized I wasn’t laughing. Then she narrowed her eyes and a determined gleam entered them. “Fine. But if I win, I get a year to plan our wedding.”
Fuck that. No way in hell would I wait a year to marry her.
“So I’ve been thinking…” Tessa mused, tapping her fingers on my chest.
“About the wedding you have to plan in four weeks?” I asked smugly.
Tessa huffed, shimmying her body and making my dick twitch inside her. She quickly rolled off me, causing me to scowl at the loss of her warmth and snug pussy.
She sat up and pulled the sheet over her tits, then rolled her eyes when I raised an eyebrow and let it fall back to her waist.
“I want to give the money to my dad.”
“What the fuck?” I jackknifed up and stared at her like she’d lost her mind because, clearly, she had.
“Hear me out.” I opened my mouth to argue, but her lips formed an adorable little pout, and she pleaded, “Please?”
Pussy whipped. Like so many of my brothers. “I’m listening.”
“My education was really important to my mom, and if she were here, I’d probably finish school just to make her happy. But the truth is, I don’t want to go back. That isn’t what will make me happy.”
I sighed and grabbed her hips, hauling her onto my lap so she straddled my legs. “What will make you happy, sweet girl?”
“You. Being your old lady, your wife, and the mother of our…”
To my utter shock, my words got stuck in my throat, and I felt a little choked up. I swallowed hard and rasped, “Six, maybe eight…depending on how sexy you are when you’re pregnant.”
“Mother of our four kids.”
I narrowed my eyes, and she giggled. “We’ll discuss that later. Go on about the money.”
“Despite what my dad has become, I don’t want to see him come to any harm. I’ll hold on to my childhood memories and hope the money gives him a fresh start.”
“You are too fucking good for that asshole,” I growled. Then I gave her a quick, hard kiss, and sighed. “Too fucking good for me, too, but I’m never letting you go.”
“I can call him—”
“I will agree to this on one condition,” I interrupted her, knowing she was about to offer to contact her dad…and probably go see the bookie for herself. That thought made me shudder. “I’ll handle getting the money to the people he owes.”
“Okay,” she whispered with a sweet smile. “Thank you.”
“No need to thank me, sweet girl. I’ve got your back. Always.”
11
TESSA
“I know you do, which is why I feel good about this decision.” I brushed my lips against his. “Because I know I don’t need the money as a backup plan when I have you.”
He captured my mouth in a deep kiss that left me panting. “You’re so damn sweet. Is it any wonder I fell in love with you?”