“I love you,” she said. “You make me feel beautiful.”
“That’s because you are beautiful,” he said. “And I don’t intend to stop convincing you of it until you believe me.”
“I believe you when I’m in your arms,” she said, holding on tight. “I want to believe you.”
He laughed and laid her back on the bed, loving the way her brownish-blonde curls bounced on the pillow. “What did you think of my silver?”
“I liked it,” she said. “It was smooth against my hands, and honestly…”
“You like me a little dominant,” he said, his lips curving in a half grin.
She flushed and nodded. “It makes me feel wanted. And, I guess, taken care of.”
“We can do more of it,” he said. “Right now I just want to have you like this. Wanting me, holding me, your arms trailing over me as I come inside you.”
She nodded vigorously. “Me, too.”
His hands played at the apex of her legs, where she was already wet and ready. He swirled a finger around her clit, watching her writhe and arch back with her eyes closed. That sight would never get old. Every taste he got of her pleasure simply made him want more of it. Made him want to be better so he could experience it.
“I love you, Kelsey,” he said, swirling a little harder right over her center.
She gasped in response, looking up at him with glowing, eager eyes.
“Come for me,” he said, pressing down suddenly.
Her body arched hard, obeying his command, and she screamed out his name as her hands twisted in the covers around her. He leaned forward so she could wrap her arms around him, and he held her close as she pulsed against him, moaning and calling his name.
When she was done, she fell back with a gasp. “Silver,” she said. “That’s why you wanted me to call you Silver.”
He nodded.
She put a hand through his hair and then stopped, eyes widening. “Wait. Is your hair silver?”
“Why do you ask?”
“I never noticed before, but you have roots coming in. Only a bit, but I could swear they’re silver.”
He nodded. “We dyed my hair black because it would blend in better.”
“I see,” she said. “Well, I can’t wait to see it. You don’t have to change yourself for me anymore.”
He sighed. “That would be amazing.”
She stroked her hands over his back. “Come inside me.”
He grinned and positioned himself between her legs, feeling his cock twitch as it brushed against her center. “My pleasure. Or is it your pleasure?”
She groaned. “Oh, come on.”
He laughed and then pushed inside her, and she let out a satisfied sigh when he was fully seated.
“Yes,” she said. “That’s what I want.” She looked up into his eyes. “You feel amazing.”
“That’s what I should say.”
“Then say it,” she said, wrinkling her nose.
He leaned forward to kiss her nose, thinking he loved when his mate was sassy. “You feel amazing. Like nothing I’ve ever experienced. I want to please you, protect you, keep you by my side more than I want to breathe.”
“Well,” she said with a laugh. “Keep breathing, though.”
“I will,” he said. Then he started to move, unable to wait anymore, and she caught her breath, tightening around him. Her legs wrapped around him as they had before, and little electric shocks went through him as they began to move together.
So much friction, so much heat, so much wet perfection, he had never known he could reach this level of heaven.
What made it even better was looking into her eyes, watching them glaze over with passion as the speed increased between them. He felt his own body tightening unbearably as he moved her toward release, her movements becoming more frantic, her breaths gasping in and out.
“Adrien, I can’t wait any—”
He couldn’t either, and when she came, convulsing around him, holding him so tight, he came with her, his body jerking, releasing, fully embraced by her, fully home as pleasure stronger than anything he could stand moved through him, taking over his every nerve.
“Kelsey, I love you,” he said because he couldn’t stop saying it. Couldn’t stop giving voice to the feelings bursting out of his heart. “Forever.”
“I know,” she said between gasps as her whole body tightened. “I love you so much, too.”
He held her, closing his eyes as the rest of the pleasure moved through him, focusing in on the sensation of being joined together, of just how good it felt to be loved. And to love.
When he was finished, he saw her looking up at him, warmth in her sparkling green eyes as she pulled him down for a kiss. Her tongue swept inside to entwine with his, and she pulled back, leaving him breathless.