The Escort(29)

"You. Are. Worthy." His lips covered mine as a sob left me. "I love you.  I want to go home with you and keep loving you. Hell, my divorce will  be easy and over soon and we'll weather the storm that could be yours.  We'll make it."



"We will?" I asked as he growled against my mouth. He pulled me over his  lap and held me tenderly as I let the emotions out. He stroked my hair  and murmured words of comfort to be, calming me down slowly as I draped  myself over him. "How do you know you want me to stay?"



"I have known that since the first moment that I saw you, Ray. I thought  it was crazy, but it happens. That's why I kept pushing to see you so  much … to see what it was between us. I wanted to stop when I found out  you were married, but it was obvious that you were miserable, unhappy.  When I knew that you were scared, I pushed even harder to see if there  was anything there." He stared at me as I narrowed my eyes for a moment.



"Do you like saving people?" I asked hesitantly as he sighed.



"It's not that, Rayna. You made me feel hope again after I'd just failed  at love. I failed my wife so much that she left me for a younger man." I  smirked at him and leaned forward to kiss him softly. "I felt that for a  minute, even though I knew that we weren't the couple of the year. I  also knew that I'd survive it just fine and then I saw you … and I knew  what real want and desire were again."                       
       
           



       



"So did I," I whispered as he closed his lips over mine for a tender  kiss. We moved together smoothly, our lips and tongues tangled together  as I rocked against him gently. "I think that I love you. I am scared of  that feeling, so scared. I know that I can't live without you, Declan. I  don't want to live without you." He pulled back from my lips to stare  at me. "I want to talk to your lawyers. I want this divorce."



"Good," he said as he kissed me again, stopping all conversation as he  pushed me back on the mattress. We moved together, our lips searching  for one another as he slipped my dress up and stroked my bare skin. I  felt him kiss my jaw slowly, nibbling softly as he dropped between my  thighs.



"Declan, I need you." He kissed me everywhere, slowly worshiping my body  as he undressed me and brushed his lips against my skin. "God."



I was weak with my releases before he slipped out of his clothes and  dropped back over me. "I love this look on you … dazed from what I've done  to you. I love that your tight and ready for me." He kissed me softly.  "I love you."



With those words, he slid inside of me as I moaned long and low. I knew  that there was always something between us, felt that from the  beginning. I knew that we were both getting in deeper with each time we  were together, but tonight everything around us disappeared. We made  love this evening, feeling better than I ever had before. I came just as  hard around his cock as I did his tongue and fingers and he roared as  he stilled and jerked inside of me.



We were resting in bed together after we were done, looking at the  moonlight out of the window. "Did you ever want kids?" Declan asked me,  stroking my stomach as my heart beat faster in my chest.



"Not with him, no. In general, I never thought about it too much. Did  you?" I asked, scared to tell him my thought from the other day.



"I wanted kids, and she seemed to at first, but that changed. Maybe she  met someone else, or perhaps it was because she is a workaholic. I don't  know, but it doesn't matter any longer." Declan pressed his hand over  my skin, stilling as he took a breath. "Would you consider having them  with me?"



I laughed softly. "I was thinking that making love recently. I imagined  it in my head, liking it so much that I was terrified. What if we didn't  work out? Still, I longed for the birth control to fail for a fleeting  second."



"Baby, if for some reason, we didn't work out? I'd always take care of my child. Always."





CHAPTER 24



Declan





I fell asleep and had a dream about a blonde baby girl with big blue  eyes, running down a beach. Rayna was pregnant with another one as she  followed her, laughing at something the girl said as her loose curls  bounced over her tiny shoulders. I watched as they walked ahead of me,  seeing the love in Rayna's eyes as she looked back at me with a sweet  smile that melted me, just before the little girl turned to run towards  me. She was beautiful, a mix between the two of us as she threw herself  into my arms and I heard her calling me Daddy as an echo in my head when  I woke up the following day.



I jerked to my back, staring at the high ceiling with wide eyes. That  was such a vivid dream, and I pushed out of bed gently to walk over to  the window. The sun was just rising as far as I could tell and I went to  use the bathroom before I yawned. I could email my lawyers and get that  started at least, so I went into the living room and typed up a message  with the necessary information, sending it before I joined her in bed.



We got up later, making love before coffee. She pulled on a robe and  joined me on the balcony with her cup, happier than she was yesterday.  Now I understood that as I gazed at her. I checked my emails and saw  that Todd had sent something back regarding the divorce. I laughed, and  she raised an eyebrow at me. "I emailed my lawyers. They're asking me if  I know who James Masters is."



She chuckled, but her face paled. "One of the most sought after  attorneys in LA for a complicated divorce, but it isn't as though he can  represent himself. Did you say that I'm not asking for anything?"



I looked at her. "It was painful to do so, but I did. That asshole owes you for all that he's done."



"I just want him out of my life forever. That is enough for me," she  held my hand as she spoke, smiling weakly. "There's no need for a court  if I just want to be away from him and I'm asking for nothing."



"I would see it that way." I sent a message back. "I'm starting this. You okay with that?"                       
       
           



       



"I am," she replied with a big smile before sipping the coffee and  looking over the water. We showered and dressed before heading out in  the car, going to another city close by.



The days were full of adventure and laughter as I watched her move past  her bad marriage. I'd never seen her wear rings, to begin with, so that  was nothing new, but the smile on her face was. The worry seemed to fade  every day as well, even though we were in the process of getting some  paperwork done for her. We weren't serving them until he was home, which  was likely when the real fight would begin.



The second week of our romantic getaway was ending, and I looked at her  one morning at the table. We'd been all over the place, taking the train  to Italy one day and even Switzerland. I'd gotten us a room overlooking  the Eiffel Tower as well for a surprise, where we saw as much of Paris  as we could fit in. "So, do you want me to buy a place here for us?"



Rayna laughed nervously. "It's gorgeous here but probably not practical.  You have your life in LA, and I imagine it's easier to run the hotel  from the central location." She smiled. "I like my job anyway."



"Well, do you want to move into my palace there in LA with me?" I  pressed as heat flushed her cheeks. "I know that you saved for your own  place, but I am spoiled now by having you here with me."



"I love it, too. Will you let me contribute to the bills?" She asked as I  grinned. I got up and walked into the room, heading to the bedroom as I  cursed my impulsive words. I meant to do it with the necklace that I  bought her. I walked back out, clutching the box as I looked at her and  sat back down.



"I bought this for you before the trip." I set the box down as her eyes  widened. "No, it's not what you think." I took a deep breath. "I bought  this for you along with the other things, planning on asking you to move  in with it on our last night here." We'd seen each other's other  surprises, enjoying them thoroughly until they were on the floor of the  bedroom. I opened the box to reveal the platinum necklace inside, a  shimmering diamond in the shape of a drop hanging from the delicate  chain. "This is the first part of this gift, and eventually we both know  where I hope it ends. I want to start here, though. I love you, Rayna."



"I will move in with you. I have never felt as much at home as I do  there, even my childhood home. I will help with the bills, too." She  reached out for the box and took the necklace out gently as if it would  break. I stood and put it on her, watching as she stood and ran inside  to look in the mirror. She came back out and hugged me tightly as I spun  her around the balcony.