are. I love you, Roman.”
Roman’s Gorilla pressed his forehead to hers and closed his eyes as he began to shift back. Before she knew it, her Roman was holding her again, and he gently laid her back on the bed as he stretched out on top of her, wiggling his hips until she opened her legs for him. “Gently this time,” he said.
Talie nodded.
“I love you, Talie,” he said, looking into her eyes.
“I love you, too, Roman. All of you.”
Chapter 21
Early the next morning, Talie awoke warm and sheltered in the arms of the man she’d come to trust like no other. Still in his embrace, she moved her body just enough to stretch her muscles without waking him. But it didn’t matter, he was so attuned to her that he knew the moment she opened her eyes.
Roman tightened his arms slightly, pulling her back closer to his front and he buried his nose against her neck to take in the sweet, intoxicating scent of his mate.
“Morning,” she said groggily as she giggled at the tickle of his nose against sensitive skin below her ear.
“Morning,” he answered. “How’d you sleep?” he asked.
“So well! I haven’t rested like that in years. I don’t even remember waking up to turn over,” she said.
“Good,” Roman answered. He’d rested, too, but had still stayed on alert. It was what a male did when he and his female were in a strange place overnight. He napped, but stayed on alert and ready to protect her if necessary.
“You hungry?” Roman asked.
“You’re always trying to feed me,” Talie said with a chuckle.
Roman smiled to himself. “I have a thing with food. I didn’t always have enough to eat when I was young, so it’s important to me to be sure those I love have more than enough.”
Talie turned over in his arms so she could see his face. “Oh, Roman. I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay. Made me appreciate all I have now. Besides, I’ll never have that problem again.”
Talie nodded. “I’m not particularly hungry this morning. Maybe just a cup of coffee and a muffin or something so we can be on our way,” she said.
“Anxious to get to Darcie?” he asked.
“I really am,” she said with yearning in her tone.
“I am, too. I miss her, and I can’t wait to see her face when you walk in the door,” he said.
Talie smiled at him, and lifted her face to be able to reach his lips to kiss them quickly. “I love that you love my baby.”
“I do,” he said, beaming with pride. “She’s an awesome kid, and she calls me Daddy.”
Roman kissed her again, but then released her and threw back the covers and got out of bed. “If I stay in bed with you a minute longer, we’re not leaving there for the rest of the day,” he said with a rumble in his chest.
Talie laughed. “I look forward to lazy mornings in bed with you.”
“Me, too, love. Shower?” he asked.
“Yes! Me first!” she said, jumping up and running past him to the bathroom.
He pretended to be put out and called out after her when she shut the door on him, but he waited until he heard the toilet flush, then the shower start, before he opened the bathroom door and slipped into the shower behind her.
She was standing under the hot water as it flowed over her head and down her body, and opened her eyes to look at him as he stepped in beside her and placed his hands on her hips.
As she blinked at him through the water coursing down her face, he brought his thumbs up and rubbed them over her nipples. His eyes flared as she reached down and took him in hand, closing her fingers around his length. Talie smiled at him as she slowly went to her knees, then pressed one tiny kiss after another on his swollen head. Opening her mouth to taste him, she applied enough pressure to have the head of his cock pop into her mouth through her pursed lips then she flicked her tongue over the slit that already dripped precum.
“Talie,” Roman growled, looking down at her and thrusting his hips in short little jerky motions.
Talie moved one hand to his heavy sac and rolled his balls between her fingers as she took as much of him into her mouth as she could, sucking and tonguing for all she was worth.
Roman braced his hands on the wall behind her and dropped his head back onto