Forever You're Mine (MINE #4)(56)

“I’m so happy for you, babe. For you both.”

Cora nodded against my shoulder as I continued to hold her close. Damn this felt good. I never wanted to let her go.

Her wet eyes met mine. “Will you stay with me tonight?”

Jesus Christ, I’d been waiting on her to ask me that for weeks now. “Fuck yeah, I will,” I said, bringing my hand to her neck and pulling her lips to mine.

Slowly and appreciatively, I kissed her sweet mouth, dipping my tongue inside to taste her. “Damn baby, I’ve missed kissin’ you.

Cora’s laugh vibrated across my lips. “Me too.”

“Think there’s any way I can get inside you? I’ve f*ckin’ missed that too,” I confessed with zero shame, slipping my fingers beneath her shirt to graze her skin. I wanted to f*ck her right here in this parking lot, remind her of all that we were, all that we were going to be.

She gave me one final kiss before sliding off my lap and out the door. “We might be able to work that out, but first…food.”

The store was a mad house, everyone scrambling for necessities. People freak the f*ck out when it snows in the south.

We made it back safely, a good two inches covering the ground as the snow continued to fall. “Do you wanna build a snowman?” Cora asked and I laughed.

“Fuck no, I wanna make love to my girl, so hurry up and let’s get these groceries inside where it’s warm.”

We carried the groceries inside and I noted that Cora did not use a key to unlock the door. “What have I told you about leavin’ the door unlocked?”

“Sorry, it’s a habit. Besides, nothin’ is gonna get me as long as I have you here.”

“Babe, always lock the damn door and set the alarm when you leave, please. I don’t care if we’re together or not, makes me feel better knowing the house is secure.”

Wrapping her arms around my waist, she kissed my cheek. “Sorry, baby. I’ll do better.”

I left her to put up the groceries, while I let Hope out of her kennel. She was more hyper than usual or anxious I should say, and instead of going straight for the back door, she darted to the bedroom.

I followed her, an uneasy feeling twisting my gut. “What is it girl?” She pawed at the closet door, whimpering and growling. I reached for the handle just at the power went out. “Shit,” I muttered.

“Cannon?”

“Stay where you are, babe!” I shouted.

In addition to the generator, I’d also purchased several flashlights and strategically placed them around the house. I grabbed the one on the bedside table and turned it on.

“What the hell would I do without you?” Cora asked as I walked into the kitchen.

Pulling a drawer open next to the fridge, I grabbed another flashlight and turned it on holding it beneath my face. “You’d be in the dark.”

She smiled, taking the flashlight. “Do you think it’s out for the night?”

“Who knows?” I looked outside to see the snow had changed over to sleet as it continued to fall. “Might be out for a while.”

“Hmm…wonder what we could do to pass the time?”

Wrapping her in my arms, I smiled against her lips. “I could think of a million things I’d like to do to you in the dark.” She giggled and I kissed her sweet lips, anxious to lose myself in her. It felt like forever and a day since I’ve had her.

I built a fire while Cora dragged several blankets into the living room and made a pallet on the floor. She was snuggled beneath them when I came in to join her. “Hurry up and get under here, I’m freezin’.”

Toeing off my boots, I put another log on the fire before getting beneath the covers with Cora. She pressed against me, laying her head on my chest. I wrapped my arm around her, pulling her close.

Cupping her cheek, I brought her eyes to mine. “You sure?”

She simply nodded, firelight and desire dancing in her soft green eyes. I started with her lips, kissing them with so much love and appreciation. After I removed her shirt and mine, I spent an extreme amount of time licking and sucking her nipples until she was a moaning, whimpering mess beneath my lips. Then I peeled away the rest of her clothes and mine, before I spread her wide and buried myself inside of her.

“Don’t move,” Cora whispered, and the way she said it, I thought I’d hurt her. Her eyes stayed locked with mine, her breaths coming in short soft pants. “I just want to feel you, all of you.”

Brushing my fingers across her red cheeks, I pressed my lips to hers. “Mine,” I said and she began to move her hips.

“Yours,” she whispered.

There, in front of a roaring fire, beneath a blanket of trust, we found our place in the world once more.

Together.

“Cannon,” she moaned and I knew she was close so I increased my pace, taking her over the edge with me as we fell.

Harder than we’d ever fallen before…right back in each other’s arms.

I rained kisses all over her face, her neck and chest, f*cking overjoyed to have her like this again. “God, I thought I’d lost you.”

“You could never lose me, Cannon. Even when we were apart, you still had every single bit of my heart.”

“It’ll never happen again, I can promise you that.”