Noah’s Journey(42)

I groaned as she clenched around me and rocked her hips, taking me inside her just a little farther.

“No more condoms,” I said. “Not after feeling you like this. Nothing between us anymore.” There was no fucking way we could go back. This felt too amazing, too intimate. “I love you so much, Len, so damn much,” I confessed as we began to rock together.

“And your love is the greatest feeling I’ve ever felt.”

My throat tightened with emotion, but before I could respond, she gripped the back of my neck and pulled my lips down to meet hers. So instead of words, I tried to focus on showing her just how much I adored her. She had fully captured my heart and soul.





Chapter Twenty-Five





Alena



Amber sat across me at the countertop dabbing at her eyes. I held a cup of coffee in my palms and smiled. “It was the sweetest moment,” I confessed as my eyes filled with tears. “Everything changed, and I can’t remember a time I felt more treasured.”

“I will admit the Sawyer boys were raised right. They know how to love and adore. They have both the gentleness a woman needs and the heavy love a woman craves,” Amber said before she blew her nose. “The love of a Sawyer man is consuming and overpowering. You don’t have a moment to feel neglected or lonely. They love every moment they’re near you. And I couldn’t be happier than I am right now, because you deserve that kind of love, Len.”

I had never felt a love like that.

“Speaking of Sawyer men, here come two very handsome officers,” Amber said excitedly.

I looked back over my shoulder as Ryan and Noah entered the front doors of the bakery. That confident swagger could make any woman weep. Ryan rounded the counter and went straight to his wife, and Noah stepped up behind me and pressed his chest to my back, placing one hand at either side of me on the countertop. Feeling his breath on my neck gave me the chills.

“Hey, sweetheart,” he said before he kissed my neck. “I missed you in my bed this morning.” He kissed me once again, and I was instantly turned on by his closeness, but with a man like Noah, it didn’t take much. “You don’t plan on making me sleep alone tonight, do you?”

“No,” I whispered.

I still felt guilty staying at his place when he had Austin for the night. I felt like he had already missed so much of his son’s life that their time together should be just that—their time. When I was there, I felt I just took Noah away from Austin when he deserved his daddy’s full attention. The fact Austin liked to sleep with Noah also made me a little hesitant about sleeping over, especially considering that Noah and I found ourselves naked most mornings. Tonight Austin would be with his mom, so I had every intention of being in his bed.

“That makes me real happy,” he said huskily. “Dinner at Ma’s tonight. We’re all invited. Bring Trinity too. But when we leave, we leave together.”

“Okay,” I said. My heart was racing, and I knew if I tried to say much more, I would only embarrass myself. After only five minutes in his presence, I was already a ball of sexual need.

He leaned in and placed his lips against mine in a soft, soothing kiss before he pulled away with a smile. “Love you,” he said loud enough for anyone else to hear. Warmness filled me as I realized he not only had once again confessed his love, he’d done it in front of Amber and Ryan.

“I love you too.”

He motioned with his head toward Ryan, indicating that his brother was ready to leave. After giving Amber one last kiss, Ryan quickly followed after Noah, leaving behind two women who had no hope of ever outwitting the power of a Sawyer man.



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Being around the guys and interacting with their mother was always so heartwarming. They truly adored Tammy and it showed. The three boys were always arguing over who was her favorite, and she loved the attention they gave her. Tammy was also one hell of a lovable person, and I had grown quite fond of her as well.

“Yeah, you suckers can believe what you want, but Ma loves me more,” Jackson insisted as he wrapped his arm over her shoulder.

But before he could get too comfortable, Ryan grabbed Tammy’s hand and pulled her into a hug. All of us girls just sat back and watched, laughing and enjoying the show. Noah swooped in and snatched Tammy from Ryan, spinning her, then curled her in his arms as if he was shielding her from his brothers. It was the cutest thing.

I watched in awe as Noah took her hand and began moving with her in a slow, loving dance. At the adoring smile she gave him, I would have almost believed in that moment that Noah was in fact her favorite, had Tammy been the type of person to pick favorites, but she obviously loved her boys equally.