in my hand, stroked my already hard cock.
“I’m not sure I believe you.”
With my cock in hand, I leaned over him, propped myself up with the other. Jasper helped by raising his knees, opening himself up to me.
Pressing my cock against his anus, I held myself there, staring down into the most beautiful green eyes I’d ever seen. They were so familiar but so different at the same time.
“You’re no longer that same man,” I told him. “I can see it in your eyes. But you’re still the same man I fell in love with.”
He didn’t look away, his eyes glittering with emotion.
“I want to know the man you are now,” I whispered. “But I’m not willing to go slow. Not after all the time we’ve wasted.”
Jasper nodded, as I pushed my hips forward, breaching the entrance to his body. He grunted softly, his ankles hooking behind my back.
“I love you,” I repeated. “I won’t stop loving you.”
He moaned softly when I rolled my hips, sinking deeper into his blessed heat.
“If you think you can one day love me back…”
“I love you still.” His eyes closed, mouth opening as I made love to him, slow, gentle, easy. “Never stopped, Titan.”
I’d never fully understood why some Doms preferred honorifics. I’d never used one again after Jasper. I guess because he was the one who’d come up with it. But when he referred to me that way, it filled me with something no one else could ever give me. A love only the two of us shared.
Shifting forward, I slid my arms beneath his shoulders, let him bear my weight as I moved inside him. I didn’t rush, content to be right here in the one place I’d always wanted to be.
“Love me, Jasper. It’s the only thing I’ve ever needed.”
His arms came around me, his mouth finding mine. And right there, with our bodies connected in the most intimate of ways, I fell in love with this man all over again.
THIRTY-EIGHT
TALON
By the following Wednesday, things had gotten back to normal. As normal as could be expected with all the changes that were underway, anyway.
Between Memphis and Tiegan getting settled into their new roles, Ransom taking over the resort and all that it encompassed, Zion and Braelyn putting their heads together to implement what I was learning were some rather impressive improvements, I found I had a little free time. The slower pace left me with time to come up with creative ideas of my own, most of which I’d used as a means of getting Braelyn naked.
Today was no exception.
Since she’d spent a majority of her day in meetings with Zion and Ransom, going over budgets for implementing automations to the resort, I had put my possessions to work rearranging the main balcony overlooking the ocean. While I spent a good amount of time on the balcony outside my bedroom, I rarely used this one, although I wasn’t sure why that was.
After a couple of hours of redesign and bringing in some furniture that had been moved to one of the many storage rooms, it was now a comfortable outdoor living space, complete with dining table, couch, and a double-wide tantric chair that I hoped would see quite a bit of action in the coming days and months.
Tonight I decided to put all the possessions on duty to tend to us, starting with having Auberon go down to the offices to retrieve Braelyn. While he did that, Ari and Rolphe set the table—wine, roses, candles, and linens. Bram and Corvin were on kitchen duty, preparing the meal. And Sim and Taurus were standing by to serve and cater to Braelyn’s every whim.
Because tonight was all about her.
Perhaps I was going out of my way to romance and seduce her, but I had my reasons. With Trent strategizing how to get Braelyn and Ransom’s parents out of the way, freeing them to move back to Chicago if they chose, I decided I would put forth my best efforts to show Braelyn this was where she belonged. Here with me.
With us, technically.
And while Ransom had made the suggestion that I get rid of my possessions in an effort to make Braelyn happy, it wasn’t something I could do. Nor did I believe Braelyn would expect that of me. From the brief time we’d been together, I figured it was safe to say Braelyn knew me better than possibly anyone else. Even Tiegan and Zion, who had been closer to me than anyone before