sends through my body, I rise and adjust myself over his shaft, slowly lowering myself until he’s deep inside of me.
“I want it all.”
“You have it. All of me. I love you.”
Closing my eyes, I tilt my head back and relish in the feeling of his words washing over me. His hands move, they’re touching every inch of my skin, encouraging me to move. I rotate my hips, loving how deep he is inside me. I move and shift, each movement hitting the sweet spot inside that draws me close to the edge of a cliff of ecstasy. Being with Connor is life-changing. Not just sex but in a relationship.
With this man, I’ve found myself again. The person I want to be, the person I believe I can be. I’ve never known what was missing in my life but now I know. Love. The love of this man.
Epilogue
Two years later
“Stop moving. You are such a pain in the ass sometimes.”
“You’re the one who demanded we be friends. There is nobody else to blame.”
Pushing her hair out of her face, Ashton stands and adjusts the skirt of my dress. My wedding dress. Simple yet elegant, the best part of the dress for me is the pockets. Connor has already whispered his approval of the low-cut back. He loves running his hands across my bare skin when we dance.
“Shut up. You love me and you know it.” She’s right. I do. Of course, it’s taken us a while to get to this point, but there is no other person I wanted to stand beside me as I married the love of my life.
“Clem, can you believe the two of them are the adults?” Piper asks from the couch where she’s nursing her newborn daughter, Paulina.
“No. They always do that; I don’t know how y’all stand it.”
The chorus of agreement from the rest of the bridal party makes me smile. Somehow in the last two years, these women, the ones who I hardly knew, have become my second family. They’ve embraced me and my children, accepting us into their circle. It hasn’t always been easy, some of the wounds we all carry haven’t completely scarred but each day we get closer.
Meg, Connor’s sister, sits happily in the middle of the chaos, loving every minute of it. We bonded immediately and she’s become one of my closest friends. The mutual adoration between her and my kids is a definite bonus. My now mother-in-law has been the bonus grandma I never knew they needed. She dotes on them as if they were her biological grandchildren, and they have blossomed with that extra love.
Each of the women top off a glass of champagne while Piper, Dakota, and Clementine accept sparkling cider. When everyone is settled, I raise my flute.
“Ladies, thank you for being part of this day with me. I will never take for granted your friendship or the paths that have led us here. Now, let’s enjoy these last few minutes before they come to drag us for pictures.”
Glasses clink and we all take a sip. When there’s a knock at the door, my heart skips a beat. After the ceremony, we all needed a few minutes to touch up our makeup and allow Piper time to nurse.
“Ladies.” His voice gets me every time but now, instead of him just being my boyfriend or fiancé, I get to call him husband. “There she is. My beautiful wife. Are you ready to finish up these pictures, darlin’?”
“He does that on purpose doesn’t he?” Addy asks.
Wrapping my arms around his waist, I peer up at him through my lashes and say, “Yep.”
The women chatter and mumble about sexy accents as they filter out of the room. When the door clicks closed, I pucker my lips, begging for a kiss. Softly, Connor complies.
“We’re married.”
“How does it feel to be Mrs. Hall?”
“Like it’s taken my entire life to get here.”
“Was it worth it?”
“Every step.”
Connor
Tapping the side of my bottle to Taylor’s and Grant’s, I watch as our wives laugh and dance to some old school rap song. The entire night has been nothing short of remarkable. Felicity looks beautiful, her back bare for me to touch and her hair wavy and free around her shoulders. Wearing my favorite red lipstick her lips hold my attention.
“If you would have told me ten years ago we’d all be standing here, husbands and fathers, I would have laughed in your face.”
“Cap, if you would have told me that five years ago, I