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"Everything I have to give, it’s yours It’s always been yours," Parker told him with a sob

Garrett lifted Parker up into his ar away frohed once they were connected The exchange of breaths, the slide of tongues, everything was more enhanced than it had been before Garrett’s hand went to the back of Parker’s head, holding her in place against hisonto it and laying her down in thethe kiss

The toas pulled away from Parker’s body, and Garrett’s clothes were quickly shed The words had finally been spoken and now the actions took their place Garrett kissed his way down Parker’s body, savoring every inch of her, finally accepting she was his He worshiped every spot that histhe words of love after each press of his lips against her He brought her to release with hissweeter than the sound of Parker shouting his na hi her everywhere She traced Garrett’s lips with her fingertips and sighed in contentether, never once breaking eye contact There was nificance in the way that they fit together Everything was heightened and nothing was lost on either one of thee the back

Garrett didn’t kno he ever survived without the knowledge of Parker’s love before He was overwhelainst her and pulsed inside of her He felt like he could finally breathe but at the sahtness in his throat with the need to keep repeating his words of love so she’d never forget

Parker’s legs wrapped tightly around Garrett’s hips, and her are of another release, arching her back with the force of pleasure that coursed through her body Garrett never wanted the moment to end, but she was slick and throbbed around him as he pushed deeper She craned her neck forward and pressed her h to tell hiainst his lips, and he ca into the room as he shouted his pleasure and spilled inside of her

Parker fell asleep wrapped in Garrett’s arms, exhaustion fro its toll on her Garrett wanted to knohat exactly happened out on the dock He wanted to knoas possible she hadn’t been on board when it exploded

Nowof Parker’s job offer for the CIA, her friend Lacie Butler’s death, Milo’s trip to the Do at the saup, and he knew that he and Parker needed to talk about those things immediately

For now, he pulled her in close and let the wo would ever ruin the perfection of this night

Chapter Eighteen

"I did board the boat I looked around for a few minutes before I realized I left my camera in the car and needed to have it in case I ca," Parker explained to Garrett as he drove the

Now that everything was on the table between the her hand on Garrett’s thigh while he drove, and Garrett had no proble her hand to his lips so he could kiss the back of it every time they came to a stop

After the horror of yesterday, it seemed frivolous to both of the their hearts what they really wanted It took a near-death experience for them to finally realize they needed to take hold of everytheir love for each other had been so easy They’d both been so stupid and blind, wasted so ; all they wanted to do noas tell each other everything

"I was so jealous when I caht," Garrett told Parker with a sheepish se her reaction

He’d been doing that ever since they left the hotel that s while she explained what happened the previous day It felt good to finally say those things out loud, but at the same time, it helped ease the ache in his chest while Parker replayed the events for hiht before He was afraid if he closed his eyes, he would wake up and realize he lost everything, that he’d open his eyes and find out he never pulled Parker from the water, never heard her tell him that she loved him Garrett had held her body close and watched her sleep, felt her low, even breaths until the sun shone through the

Parker let her head fall back on the head rest and stared at Garrett’s profile as he navigated the streets, taking in his strong jaw line, the slope of his nose, and the way the sunlight streahted the di to be jealous of Cole is like a big brother to ht her hand up to his lips once again, this ti to keep her calh the events from the day before, and it made her love him even more Parker knew he had been scared When he pulled her fro for injuries and he refused to leave her side or stop touching her in so, as if to reassure himself that she was really okay She knew it had affected hi another person in his life and that had been the catalyst to hi his heart out to her, but he would put all of that in the back of his mind tothat it was all about her when it came to Garrett; that it always had been For all these years, he always put her feelings first, always made sure she was taken care of that she was okay That’s why he never acted on his feelings for her, because he only wanted her to be happy He saw her happy with Milo and vowed to never do anything to ruin it for her Parker wanted to crawl across the car and climb onto Garrett’s lap to be as close to him as possible She wanted to roll down theand shout her happiness to the world But all that would have to wait Right now they needed to concentrate on what happened at the marina

"I noticed a stack of papers on the table in the lower cabin They were lists of nah thenized They were definitely all feh I knew Brady would have better luck with the theot off of the boat so I could jog back to the car and get my camera, but I neverlaying around that you recognized? Anything that would implicate that Milo had definitely been on the boat at some point? Just because he owned it doesn’t h Garrett had coe secret, it still didn’t ―yet There was ahe owned a boat Neither proved, without a shadow of a doubt, he was the one responsible for the disappearances and deaths of those girls The whole purpose of this mission was to find out why he was killed and so far, all they’d done was uncover uess that Milo’s death had so to do with his involveirls, but they still didn’t know for sure