Finally, breathing heavily, Darin pulled her down onto him again. The sounds of their breaths mingled and Tracy realized they breathed in time with each other.
“Did you hear what I said?” Darin asked finally.
Tracy took a deep breath. She had heard. She just didn’t know if he’d actually said what she believed he had.
“Did you?” He rubbed her back. “Answer me.”
“I heard you,” she murmured. “You said you love me.”
“Yes, I did.” He lifted his shoulder to nudge her head up. She looked at him and found herself again unable to read his expression. “I love you, Tracy. Since college. Never dared to say it before but now seems like a good time. And you?”
She’d lusted after the man. Fantasized about him. She had even fucked herself while imagining his face. But do I love him?
In that moment, knowing that she wanted him to stay the night and in her life, she knew the answer.
“Yes. I love you.”
“Good.” He kissed her lips gently. “Let me up now so I can take care of this.”
She moved off him and he left the room, returning a moment later. He slipped under the covers on the bed and smiled at her. “Blow the candles out, babe, and then come here. I want to fall asleep with you in my arms. Tomorrow, we’ll talk.”
Once again, Tracy did as he said.
About Karenna Colcroft
Karenna Colcroft is a mother, wife, and former teacher who began writing romance and erotic romance in 2006 and hasn’t stopped since. She is multi-published in the romance genre and also is published in other genres under a different name. In her spare time… Oh, wait. Karenna has no spare time! She lives in the northeastern United States with her two daughters, her real-life romance hero husband and two cats, one of whom occasionally tries to help her type.
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