Love Me Forever by Ari Thatcher

with a cry that made his shaft swell even more. He pressed his hand between them as he drove deep within her, finding her swollen nub .
    His speed increased as he could no longer hold back. “Oh baby, you feel so damn good.”
    “I’m so close . ”
    Rocking to meet him, her hips kept up the pace, as did her cries. Then her muscles contracted around him and she arched and froze.
    He let go and filled her, deep grunts escaping him as he pumped harder. The ecstasy of release rippled through him and at last, he stopped.
    Resting on his elbows, he hovered above her trying to catch his breath. He feared he was dripping sweat on her but he couldn’t move. She lay still, also panting. A good sign.
    He rolled to lie beside her. “I’m so glad you are willing to give me a chance to show you we can make it work. I love you, Jen. I know I said we could wait to give a name to what we’ve got, but I need you to know how I feel. I love how you still get shy at moments, and can be so bold other times. I love your laughter, especially when you can’t keep it controlled.”
    “You mean when I cackle like a flock of chickens?”
    “Any way you laugh works for me.”
    “I think what I love most about you, Matt, is your patience with me. I’m a work in progress. I can’t promise I won’t backslide. But I love you enough to keep pushing through my issues.”
    “I’m sure there will be days, too, when you wish you’d never met me. I still get intense with a new project now and then. But I try to leave that at work.”
    She kissed his arm where it was propped by her head. “I trust you to do so. You are one of the best people I know. Toward everyone, not just me. You’re a good man, Matt.”
    “And not only are you a good woman, my love, you deserve a good man.”
    He couldn’t be happier than in this moment. Life was never easy, but it was good. Sharing his with Jen would make it beyond perfection. He was the luckiest guy on the planet.
    Putting the entire depth of his emotion for her into his kiss, he proceeding to give her the first of what he hoped would be countless demonstrations of his love.

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The Rock Star’s Wedding

    Chapter One

    Her first cup of coffee had never tasted so good. With the warmth of the tropical early morning sun beating down on her, Kenzi Packard inhaled the rich hazelnut aroma while watching the rolling waves in the distance. After several years of vacationing locally, she and the girls had splurged and dusted off their passports.
    Sitting at a hotel on St. Thomas with a view of the ocean, she had her best friends there to share this week in heaven, and no work phone calls to deal with. What more could a girl want?
    “Chaz Marino is here,” Jasmine Wright said with a gasp. “On the island.”
    Kenzi rolled her eyes. “Where did you get that info?”
    Jasmine held up her smartphone. “It’s all over Gossip Ho’s website. He and Vanessa Edwards are getting married Saturday.”
    Bree Simmons stretched her arms in the air and yawned. “How can you read that crap? Do you really think if Chaz was getting married he’d have told anyone?” She tipped her face up to the sun, closing her eyes with a sigh.
    “The part that I don’t get is why he’d marry her after she and Harry Cabrera were so hot and heavy on the set of Drifting 3. Talk about foolish. I mean, he should have dumped her ass when those naked pictures first appeared.” Jasmine tapped and scrolled her way to who knew where on her phone.
    Kenzi rose to refill her coffee from the little hot-drink maker the hotel provided, pausing with one hand on her hip. “I have two things to say about that. A, there’s no proof they actually slept together, and B, maybe he’s the forgiving type who believes in second chances. Isn’t that sort of