in my body as I dreaded the idea of losing my heart and having it given back to me in different shape.
I pushed inside my door and unloaded my bag on the floor of my bedroom.
Rafe: Please text me when you get home.
Alice: I’m home.
Rafe: Fifteen minutes?
Alice: Okay.
I left my door unlocked as I put away the rest of my clothes then decided on a scalding shower. I wanted my movies and my bed. I wanted to escape the pain of his rejection a bit longer before I lived in it. I sighed as I lathered the trip home out of my hair and felt strong hands encase me seconds later. I let out a shriek of surprise and turned to Rafe, who was gloriously naked behind me. I studied him closely as he looked on at me with fearful eyes.
“I love you, Alice Boyd.” Before I had a chance to react, his mouth was on mine, his arms locked around me as if I was the only thing he had in his life to hold onto. Completely at his mercy, there was only a flicker of time before he found me wet and ready and he thrust fully inside me. I locked my legs around him as he gave me his love, his heart, his need with each movement of his hips, with each groan in his throat.
“Rafe,” I whispered as I burned out of control.
“Let me have this, Alice, please,” he croaked as he remained inside me and turned off the shower.
He loves me.
I began to shake with hope as he brought us out of the shower and onto my bed. He hovered above as he looked down at me, my eyes shut tight as I felt all of him.
“Let me see them,” he prompted gently as he thrust deep. I opened them as he looked down on me, his face breathtaking. “I love you.”
He leaned in slowly and drew my lips into his mouth as I sighed out his name again and again. He made it last as we both gazed at each other, mouths parted. Hearts and body movements in sync, we were completely one as he whispered one last time, “I love you.”
“You confuse the hell out of me,” I said as Rafe pulled his pants on the next morning.
“I know. I won’t do that again.”
“What happened?”
“I had some stuff to figure out. I had some decisions to make, I guess.”
“You had to decide if you loved me?” I asked with my pillow to my chest.
“That was never a decision,” he said as he leaned over and placed a slow kiss on my lips. “When you throat punched me, I’m pretty sure I knew then.”
“Come here, I’ll do it again,” I said playfully as I rose from the bed and stretched with a loud yawn. Rafe admired my naked body as I scurried off to the bathroom to find my toothbrush. “Where are you off to?” I piped with a mouth full of toothpaste.
“I’ve got a few things to do today before briefing, but I want to take you out tonight, okay? I’ll explain everything.”
“Maybe,” I said as I poked my head out of the bathroom with a wink.
“You’re a hard woman to please, Alice,” he said as he pulled a t-shirt over his chiseled chest.
“Whatever, I’m so easy. All you did was wash my hair and I gave you the booty.”
Rafe paused in the bathroom door. “This visual ought to keep me hard all day,” he said with heat in his voice as I rinsed my mouth. He was behind me now, my bare butt pressed against his covered crotch.
I moved to kiss him goodbye and he stilled me. He gripped my hips and ground his hardness into me again.
“Let me see them,” he urged as I looked back into the mirror and met his hot gaze. His hands wondered freely, covering my breasts, massaging my back. His fingers drifted to my entrance, and I could hear the breath leave him. I boldly kept my eyes on his as he slipped his fingers in and out of me. Our connection never breaking, Rafe unzipped his pants and thrust inside me hard.
“Every bit of this sweet pussy is mine, do you hear me? This body,” he said as he ran his hands along my sides and underneath my breasts, “is mine. Say it!”
“It’s yours,” I rasped out as he drew back and buried himself where I ended. He moved his hand up to grip my