Total pages in book: 48
Estimated words: 45031 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 225(@200wpm)___ 180(@250wpm)___ 150(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 45031 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 225(@200wpm)___ 180(@250wpm)___ 150(@300wpm)
“You mean the one like the other women have? The property tattoo?”
“Yeah. Tomorrow.” His words were slurred. The man had to be exhausted. I know I was. “Got a problem with that?”
“So defensive. You’d think you set it up without consulting me or something.”
“Told you. I take the path of least resistance. You might have said no, and I’d still have set it up. Do you know what it means?”
“Yeah. You can thank Iris. She explained it all to me. I had a few questions and she answered everything. You gonna make me regret doing this for us?”
I could feel him smile around my nipple before he gave it another lick. “I’ll do everything in my power to always keep you safe and happy, Danica. You and the girls.”
We were silent for a long while after that. I think I dozed on and off in peaceful relaxation.
“You know I love you, right?” Wylde always sounded so vulnerable when he confessed his love. Or any emotions, really. He hid his feelings behind his quirky, snarky, prickly personality. I knew it was a self-defense mechanism, one I was glad he’d stopped using with me.
“I do, Wylde. You know I love you too. Right?”
“I certainly hope so. I’m not sure I could survive if you didn’t.”
I pushed him gently so he rolled off me. In the process I draped myself over him. “I love the feel of your hair-roughened skin sliding against mine. I love how protective you are of me and the girls. I love how you make love to me with both ferocity and tenderness.” I leaned in and gave his lips a lingering, gentle kiss. “But most of all, I love how you love me, Wylde. You’re everything I could have ever hoped for in a man.”
“I’ll always take care of you, you know. Even if you decide I’m too much for you to handle.”
“You know, for anyone other than me you would be too much to handle. Me? I’m up to the task.”
Then I proceeded to show him how much I loved him. And continued to show him the rest of the day. And into the night. Tomorrow, we’d make it official. Before we left this bed, though, I wanted Wylde to understand that I was never letting him go. He was my heart. My soul.
My… everything.