overwhelmed by her emotions, by what was between them, her tears slipping down her cheek.
Sliding his hand along her back, he gathered up her hair and wrapped it around his fist, pulling her onto her knees and back to him, as he wrapped her in his embrace, her back against his chest. With one hand across her chest to pinch her nipples, his other dipped between her legs to tease her swollen clit, his thrusts continuing to drive into her, his pace quickening, as he kissed the tears from her cheeks. “I love you, Lilly…I’ll always love you. Now, come for me…I’ve got you. You’re safe.”
And just like that, he pushed her over the edge, her orgasm crashing through her as she shattered in his arms, his name on her lips as he came with a final thrust, their bodies still but for their heavy breathing and his cock pulsing deep inside her.
“Fuck…I love you, Keane. I don’t want to, but I do.” The realization of just how true her statement was had her tears spilling over uncontrollably, even as she cursed herself for being an emotional wreck.
Cradling her against him, he kissed her tears away, solidifying his hold on her heart. “No tears, baby girl… Being in love with me isn’t that bad, is it?”
She couldn’t help but laugh a little, even as she swiped at her tears. “It better not be, this time around. Or I swear, I’ll cut out your spleen and feed it to Juno.”
“Well, lucky for me, Juno’s on a strict diet of kibble and pizza crusts.”
***
Lilly sat at the breakfast bar in Keane’s kitchen, her hands wrapped around her mug of hot coffee as she watched him cook her breakfast wearing little more than a pair of sweats, the muscles in his back shifting under his skin and ink with each movement. “I didn’t realize that you could now cook. You should have led with that. Might have worked to your advantage.”
“Now you tell me.” He gave her a crooked smile over his shoulder and got back to whisking something in a bowl. “Jake got his culinary degree, so with a chef in the family, I was bound to pick up some pointers.”
Lilly remembered Jake, one of Keane’s older brothers, and yet another gorgeous Foley man. The entire family had been blessed with striking good looks. But holed up with Keane in his house, especially now that things were better between them, it was easy to forget that there was still a world out there chugging along. “I’ll need to spend a good part of the day working once I get my laptop set up, so if you have any place you need to be, or if there’s stuff you need to do, don’t worry about me. I have plenty to keep me busy.”
“You’re my only priority, Lil. Everything else can wait until we’ve found Sirius and know he’s no longer a threat.” He turned away from what he was doing and leaned across the counter to kiss her, his lips lingering as his kiss turned into a smile. “Until then, I promise to do everything I can to keep you from getting bored.”
“Keane…I can’t just stay here indefinitely. I’ve got to head back to my place, eventually, and I’ve got a convention coming up that I can’t miss.” She’d committed to the book signing over a year and a half ago, and had promised her readers she’d be there. She couldn’t just back out of it now.
He came around the counter to her side, as his brow furrowed and his eyes darkened, giving her a look she was all too familiar with. “Then you better hope we’ve found Sirius by then, or you’re not going. It’s not up for debate.”
“I’m not trying to be stubborn about this, Keane. I know it’s dangerous and that Sirius will be able to find me, but…I can’t live my life being scared. That’s something I refuse to do.” It wasn’t a conversation she was ready to have with Keane. Needing a distraction for both of them, she shifted in her seat to face him and wrapped her legs around his to pull him in close, loving the feel of his body against hers, especially when she could feel him
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