Total pages in book: 85
Estimated words: 80892 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 404(@200wpm)___ 324(@250wpm)___ 270(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 80892 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 404(@200wpm)___ 324(@250wpm)___ 270(@300wpm)
Joanne laughed but shook her head. “No, Brady. All I wanted was you.” And then, with an impish smile, she said, “Well, maybe you and…”
“And?” I prompted, the look in her eyes making her pretty sure I knew where my fiancé was going with that.
“Come upstairs and I’ll show you,” she said, arching an eyebrow and confirming my guess. “After all, you did promise me we’d only be down here a few minutes.”
“I’ll always keep my promises to you, Joanne,” I said, meaning it. “Every single one.”
“I know.” She took my hands. “I’m going to love you forever, Brady.”
I squeezed Joanne’s hands, running my thumb over the band on her finger as I smiled down at her. “Loving you forever is the only thing I want to do.”
Epilogue - Joanne
“The only thing you want to do?” I teased, my heart so full it felt like it might burst.
The entire morning had been the most perfect moment of my life, and I didn’t want it to end.
It wasn’t going to end. I was going to be Brady’s wife.
But now? As a small crowd of people started to come out of Castle Coffee to see what was going on, I wanted the rest of our not-ending to happen in private.
Brady had showered me with so many gifts—so much love—that it was almost overwhelming, and on top of a million different shades of “happy” and “love” that were flowing through me at the moment, I was feeling equal parts blessed… and horny.
“Babe, I want to do whatever makes you happy,” he said, heat flaring in his eyes that was all the sweeter because of the love there, too.
I didn’t need any more prompting than that, though, and as I led him back inside and up the stairs to our apartment, I couldn’t help teasing him a little more.
“I’m pretty sure we’ll both be happy if the rest of this morning goes like I’m hoping it will, Brady.”
Instead of answering, he just closed the apartment door with one hand and pushed me up against the wall, kissing me breathless.
“This morning has already been the best one of my life,” he said when we finally came up for air, making my heart do a slow roll in my chest.
I smiled against Brady’s lips, loving every single thing about the man in front of me. His mind, his body, his big, beautiful heart.
“We’re going to make it last forever. You and me, Brady.”
“Do you know what else I’ve been wanting forever?” he asked playfully, his hands roaming over my body like they belonged there.
Which, as far as I was concerned, they did.
He didn’t wait for an answer, just laid down a line of kisses that started at my jaw and ended just above my collarbone, at that spot on my neck that made me melt every single time his lips brushed against it.
“Forever?” I finally asked, or… tried to ask.
The word came out as more of a moan than a question as Brady’s hands moved lower, finding my ass and cupping and squeezing it to pull me closer.
“Well,” he leaned back a little and grinned. “Maybe not forever. But this morning, when you were taking so long to get ready—”
I gasped in mock outrage, even as a delicious, tingling heat started building up inside me, making my pussy wet and making every inch of my skin feel like it was about ten times more sensitive.
“—it occurred to me that it’s been a while since we…” Brady waggled his eyebrows suggestively, kneading my ass to let me know exactly what he was talking about.
I laughed. “It’s been since last night, Brady.”
Not that I was arguing. On the contrary, I was already arching my back and pressing myself against Brady, loving the feel of his muscles, pinning me into the wall. His strength, taking away my breath.
And Brady’s rock-hard body that housed the sweetest, most reliable heart—the one that belonged to me, now—wrapped around me.
Exactly where it should be.
“Right,” he said, the playful note in his voice trembling with something more urgent, now. “Forever, just like I said.”
“What was that… you were saying… about keeping your promises?” I asked, my brain already starting to slow down as he started grinding against me, his cock as hard as my nipples.
Brady laughed, capturing my hands and raising them over his head; holding him there as he rolled his hips, sliding the thick length of his erection against me again and again, as if he had nothing better to do with his morning than drive me crazy.
“What did I promise you, babe?” he asked, dipping his head down to nip the sensitive skin just under my ear. “Because yeah, I’m always gonna keep my promises. Always.”
I moaned, tipping my head back to give him better access.
“Jo?” Brady asked again, his laughter vibrating through my entire body and turning me on even more. “You wanted something?”