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“No more secrets,” he growled.

“None. I promise. I’ve learned my lesson, too. I don’t ever want
to go through something like this again,” I promised.

Drake kissed my temple softly at my words. “Neither do I. I
missed you so damn much,” he rasped out.

His sexy tone sent tingles up my spine. Sitting here, whispering
in bed, made me feel so connected to him. It was just so intimate. His kisses
moved across my cheek before he nipped at my lips. He pulled my bottom lip down
with his teeth, and I gasped in response. His tongue swept inside, devouring
me. Drake held me in place for our kiss, his hands clenched tightly in my hair.
Once we were both gasping for air, one of his hands cupped my ass. He pulled me
over on top of him, my sex resting right over his cock. Pressed together like
that, I couldn’t stop myself from grinding my pelvis against his.

“Please, Drake. I need you now. It’s been too long,” I begged.

“Fuck,” he groaned as he clawed at the front of his jeans to
open them. He pushed them down to his knees, and his erect cock sprang free. In
a flash, I felt him rip my yoga pants down my legs before he pulled my panties
to the side. I was dripping wet, and it made it easy for him to slide up inside
of me as he pulled me down onto him. I gripped his chest and pushed down until
he was buried deep. Holding still, I savored the feel of him.

“Baby, I need you to move,” he moaned.

I rode him, moving slowly at first. I rotated my hips in full
circles, rubbing my clit against his pelvic bone at the end of each one. After
about a dozen strokes, he gripped my hips in his hands and pushed up. Sinking
even farther inside, he angled his cock and found a spot that drove me wild
with need. He hammered into me, hitting the same spot over and over again,
pushing me to the edge. One hand slipped from my hip, and his thumb found my
clit and rubbed. The added touch was too much, and I came.

My body trembled as he continued to pound into me. When my
climax was done, he flipped me onto my stomach and pulled me up onto my hands
and knees. I felt his hot breath on my ass before he started to eat me from
behind. He slid his stiffened tongue into my pussy and fucked me with it for a
few strokes. I moaned in response, and his hands gripped my hips harder. He
pulled his tongue out and licked back and forth, slashing it around my engorged
clit. Once I was dripping with need again, he got to his knees behind me and
thrust inside.

“Drake!” I screamed as I clawed at the sheets.

“Fuck, baby. You’re so tight,” he groaned. He slid in and out of
me with slow strokes that teased. His hands held my hips in place so I couldn’t
push back onto him.

“Please, Drake,” I begged. I was so close to the edge again, but
I needed more from him in this position.

“Please what, Alexa?” he taunted me as he continued his
relentless pace.

“Give me more. Please, I need it. I need to come so badly,” I
moaned as I tried desperately to thrust my hips to force him deeper inside.

“Oh, you’re gonna come again and again, baby. Help me get you
there this time. Play with your clit,” he demanded.

I released the sheet that was gripped in my hand and reached
down my body to tweak my clit. I slipped my fingers around his cock to gather
some moisture to make it feel even better. He groaned at the contact and
pounded into me hard. Tugging at my clit, I came around his cock, my legs
quivering underneath me. He pushed me to my back and drove back inside with my
legs wrapped around his hips. He trust in and out, my pussy clamped on him as
he tried to make up for lost time.

Sweat dripped from Drake’s face as he stared into my eyes. “I
need to watch you fly apart for me again,” he groaned.

He pumped like a madman, and I dug my nails into his ass. His
eyes darkened even further, his deep feelings for me shining from them. “I love
you,” I whispered, not able to hold the words back any longer.

My words were his undoing. “Alexa, shit,” he groaned as he
emptied inside of me. His orgasm triggered another for me, its waves rolling
over my body. I closed my eyes as my body shuddered. “Baby, open your eyes and
look at me.”

My lids opened languidly, sleepy from the lack of good sleep the
last couple days and coming three times in a row. “Mmmmm,” I murmured as I
smiled up at him.

“Love you too, baby,” he whispered as he leaned down to kiss me
again. “So fucking much,” he continued as I drifted off to sleep. Drake curled
around me and closed his eyes.

I woke up a couple hours later and stretched. I was safely
tucked into Drake’s arms and rolled in them to face him. He looked at me with
sleepy eyes. “Hey,” I whispered.

He kissed me lightly. “How did you sleep?” he asked.

“Great! I really needed that. No nightmares about never being
with you again. Waking up in your arms,” I sighed.

“Only good dreams from now on, Alexa,” he said as he rolled on
top of me. “I love you so much, baby. I should have told you sooner.”

I opened my legs and rolled my hips against him. “Me too. I was
so stupid to not see it sooner.”

He slipped the tip of his hardness inside and held still above
me. “Alexa, no. Don’t ever say that. You’re the best thing that ever happened
to me.”

“Sorry,” I sighed, wiggling my hips to try to move him farther
into my body.

He kissed me deeply and took a few slow strokes. “Now we don’t
have to hold back anymore. I can love you the way I wanted to from the start.”

I tangled my fingers into his hair and kissed him back. “Thank
you,” I whispered as I nuzzled his neck.

“For what, baby?”

“For saving me from the loneliness. For opening my eyes. For
loving me.”

He touched his forehead to mine. “Let me love you, baby. I need
to show you how you make me feel,” he moaned.

He propped himself on his elbows and looked deeply into my eyes.
I wrapped my legs around his waist, keeping him close. “I love you, Drake.”

He continued to thrust slowly, in and out. He kept his eyes
open, as though he didn’t want to miss a moment of us together. I gasped, my
breath quickening, and tightened my arms around him. My muscles contracted around
him, and I buried my head against his shoulder as I cried out in release. He
took several more long strokes into me before he came, calling my name. I clung
tightly to him, almost afraid to let go and find this was all a dream.

We eventually made it into the shower, washing each other
slowly. We held each other under the pulsing water, kissing often. It was like
a weight had been lifted now that our pent-up emotions were free and out in the
open. As much as I regretted our fight and walking away, even for the short
time it took to clear my head, our bond was now stronger than ever before.

epilogue

Drake

I couldn’t stop staring at Alexa as she lay sleeping in bed next
to me. Losing her, even for one weekend, had ripped my heart out of my chest. Before
our fight, I thought I’d known how much she meant to me. Making her so angry
and upset that she’d stormed away and refused to speak to me showed me that I’d
had no fucking clue how important she was.

The moment I first saw her on campus, I should have chased after
her and not wasted a single minute. I knew
—
I fucking knew right away that she would
change my life. If I had just gone after her right away, then I wouldn’t have
been such a dick when we finally met. I would have known that she looked at Jackson
like a brother, even if his feelings for her went deeper than that. She had no
fucking clue the way guys looked at her, how Jackson looked at her. She just
went about her day, wrapped up in whatever thoughts were rolling around her
head. Thank fuck that I was able to break in there and make her see me.

When my dad called me to ask about Alexa’s job and how she was
paying for school, I’d been blown away by the rumor he had heard. I should have
asked him for more details, but my mind had been filled with images of other
guys touching my girl. I just couldn’t think straight. I lost my temper and
almost messed up so badly that I couldn’t ever get her back. I didn’t know what
I would have done if Jackson hadn’t made me see what an ass I was being. Once I’d
been thinking clearly again, I knew there wasn’t a chance in hell she would
ever do something like that.

When I called my dad back and realized that Sasha had caused all
of this, I’d wanted to wring her neck. Jackson had promised that he’d make sure
she didn’t interfere in our relationship again. He told me to focus on what was
important
—
making Alexa
understand that I never would have believed a word if it hadn’t been my own
father who had called me. I went crazy not knowing where she was, and Jackson
pulled through for me by hunting his sister down and convincing her to talk
Alexa into hearing me out. He proved to me that he wanted what was best for
Alexa, and I owed him a debt that I could never repay.

I’d spent the last month trying to prove to her that she’d made
the right decision in taking me back. I couldn’t say that I was very excited by
the whole Mile High Club flight thing since people had sex right behind her
while she flew the plane, but I had a couple custom t-shirts made for us as one
of her Christmas presents to show my support. She got a kick out of them and
wore hers to bed most nights. I understood why she hadn’t told me about the
flights earlier, and after thinking the worst, it was a relief to learn that an
inside joke about them was what Sasha had overheard and used to try to drive a
wedge between us. I wasn’t going to let anything else come between us again.

I pulled open the drawer in the nightstand next to the bed.
Reaching inside, I pulled out a small blue box. I peeked back at Alexa to make
sure she was still sleeping soundly. I knew she wasn’t ready for this yet. My
hands trembled as I popped the box open. My last trip back home, this damn ring
fucking screamed to me from the jewelry store window. It was perfect for Alexa.
The four carat diamond twinkled in the light from the lamp. I couldn’t wait to
see it on her finger and know that she would be mine forever.

I knew my parents were going to freak the fuck out when we got
engaged. My dad had dreams for me that didn’t include my getting married young.
But he’d understand when I explained that she was as important to me as mom was
to him. He worshipped the ground she walked on. No fucking way he wouldn’t
stand behind me on this when I made him understand that. And if I had to resort
to a guilt trip and remind him that he’d almost destroyed my relationship with
his meddling, then so be it. I’d do what needed to be done to make sure that
Alexa stayed by my side.

I heard the sheets rustle as she rolled over, and I put the ring
back in the drawer. As I closed it, her hand reached out for me. I rolled back
towards her and pulled her into my arms. Her eyes were still closed, with dark
smudges underneath them. I wore her the fuck out last night. It was like I was
trying to make up for lost time
—
I
couldn’t get enough of her.

As she slept in my arms, she let out a small sigh and her lips

tilted in a
smile. She must be dreaming of me then. I kissed her cheek lightly so I didn’t
wake her and closed my eyes to catch a quick nap before she woke up. Wouldn’t
do for me to be tired later on. I had her all to myself for the day, and I
intended to make the most of it. We were going to start the new year off the
right way
—
together.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Mom – Thank
you for always believing in me and pushing me to make this happen. I love you!

Mickey – I
am so grateful to have found an editor like you! Thanks for putting your mad
editing skills to good use for me.

Kari – My
hot cover is thanks to you. I am looking forward to more of the same with all
my future books.

Yolanda –
You’ve always been there for me, and your friendship means the world to
me.
 
Thanks for being my number one
cheerleader!

Crystal,
Kim & Midian – My awesome beta readers! Thank you for being gentle while
giving me your insight on how to make this a better story.

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debut book. Natalie has been great and you all have done an amazing job pimping
me! The bloggers that work with you have been so generous with their time and
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