asked.
“Another day or two.”
“Ugh, I can’t stand it. It makes me feel so wilted.”
“You didn’t look wilted on the stage. You were magnificent, as always.”
“Aw, thanks. That’s nice to hear, but I was sweating the whole time. I probably reek.”
“Me, too. I’m a salty, sweaty, crusty mess.”
“I see a very cool shower in our future.”
“Mmm, yes, please.”
They walked through town to Blaine and Tiffany’s property, strolling down the long driveway past his brother’s house to the garage in the back. Deacon followed Julia up the stairs, his gaze landing on the sweet ass that swayed as she moved. She was so effortlessly sexy. She would say she was too thin, but he thought she was perfect. What mattered to him was that she was healthy, and according to Dr. David, she was doing great after suffering with eating disorders for most of her life.
Deacon was well aware that the lack of chaos in their happy life together was key to her good health, and he intended to do whatever it took to keep it that way.
Inside their apartment, which was hot like an oven that’d been left on all day, she fed Pupwell and then headed for the bathroom to join him in the cool shower.
“God, this feels like heaven,” she said when they were standing under the water.
“It sure does,” he said, running his hands over her.
Smiling, she said, “I meant the shower.”
He kissed her. “I meant you.”
Sliding her hands up to curl around his neck, she kissed him back. “I had a feeling you weren’t talking about the shower.”
“I’m always talking about you.” He grasped her ass and lifted her against the cool tile wall. “Since it’s too hot to do this any other way…”
“I’m all in.”
“I’m about to be all in.”
Julia sputtered with laughter. He loved to make her laugh, to make her sigh from pleasure, to make her scream—when the windows weren’t open to his brother’s backyard, anyway.
He pushed into her and had to hold completely still to keep from coming too soon. It was always that way with her, intense and hot, so incredibly hot, even when they weren’t in the middle of a heat-wave induced blackout.
“Are you okay?” she asked when he held still much longer than usual.
“Trying not to lose it too soon.”
“It’s okay if you do.”
“No, it isn’t. Not before my baby gets what she needs.”
She tightened her hold on him. “I have everything I need and more than I ever dared to dream.”
His heart skipped a crazy beat every time she said those words to him, reminding him of how much both their lives had changed since they found each other. He closed his eyes and counted all the lucky stars that had put him on Gansett Island at the same time as her. When he thought about how easily he could’ve missed ever meeting her… He pushed all the way into her, loving how her mouth fell open and her head tipped back, exposing her gorgeous neck. “I couldn’t wait to get to you after work. I practically ran to the Surf from the dock.”
“I was so happy to see you, like it’d been a month rather than a few hours.”
“So many hours. Too many. We need a vacation after the season so we can do this all day.”
“Mmm, let’s do that.”
“Anywhere you want to go.”
“I’ve never been anywhere, so whatever you want.”
What he wanted was to give her the world, to make up for every hurt she’d ever suffered in her life before they found each other, to give her children and a home and a life of comfort and security. In other words, everything she’d never had before.
“I’d be perfectly happy to spend an entire week right here with you and Pupwell.” But he would find them somewhere awesome to go so they could see more of the world.
“That sounds like heaven.” Her fingernails scraping against his scalp sent a shiver down his spine.
Deacon reached down to where they were joined to help her along, stroking her until she clamped down on his cock and came with a sharp cry of pleasure that demolished his control. They weren’t doing anything to prevent conception, and every time they had sex, he hoped that maybe this would be the time he could help make another of her wildest dreams come true.
It hadn’t happened yet, but they were having fun trying.
The water had turned icy cold while they were getting busy, but icy cold had never felt so good until he