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With that, I tugged her hand until she followed arage I took a uided her through the different bays until we reached the back of the garage, where the Hudson was sitting on a lowered rack The car had just co, so it was now a perfect pale blue, the convertible top a rich crea that swirled over the curves of the hood and along the rounded fenders It was hands down one of the prettiest and most memorable cars I had ever worked on It was a true classic and I knew inthe restoration, the harder it was going to be for o

"The paint is the saers over the rise in the hood and looked at me with a wide smile "It turned out beautiful" I’d been unable to keep my excitement about this car to myself She no more about struts and shocks, torque and translad you like it … because it’s yours At least it will be as soon as I get the rest of the motor reworked So by the time the snow melts, it will be yours" I crossed aped at me ide eyes She snatched her hand away from the cool metal of the hood and jumped away from the car like it had suddenly shocked her

"No I can’t take this car, Wheeler Thank you for offering, but no" She shook her head and her words were fir to say and I really wanted to get to the part where I bent her over the hood and sank into her sweet heat froument first

"Poppy, that Ca and basic You should be driving soettable and special, just like you are" I walked over to her, put my hands on her shoulders, and waited until she tilted her back to look atI wasn’t going to let it go I built it for you I want to give you unforgettable and special"

She lifted her hands and curled her fingers around ettable and special the first time you kissed me"

I blew out a breath and moved in so I could lower my forehead until it touched hers "Poppy, this is my drea to get my hands on, the one I would spare no expense to repair and return to its rightful glory This car has every single piece of reatest passion, every iota of skill and knowledge I’ve learned over the years This car is me, do you understand?"

Herher look like an adorable fish Her eyes blinked a couple of tiiving me you"

I nodded slowly and shiftedher jaw "I love you, honey, but more than that I love the way you love me I’ve never had that, never understood what it trulyyou me because I know you will take care of me, treasure me, and that you will never, ever let me fall apart Both Hudsons need so" I touched ood home, honey, please"

She wavered for half a second before quietly acquiescing She sainst my mouth and her hands ran up the outside of my arms so that she could wind theiven me, Wheeler" I knew she didn’t mean the car "I’ll make sure you are both well loved and properly cared for until ue twisting with mine until it was hard to breathe and even harder to think straight since there was no longer any blood circulating inpainfully into the teeth of my zipper "I love you too, Hudson Real love, the kind that feels right, the kind that is healthy and strong, the kind that is scary in a good way"

Hearing her tell me that she lovedonin victory that it had found its mate There would be nounwanted and invisible Everyone else had thrown me away; she picked me up and promised to always have a place for me It had every ani to life with the need tofrom here until forever and that’s what I wanted to do … take and take and take some more

I walked her backward into the front end of the car She gasped when her backside hit the e of her open ue into the wet heat and slicked it across her teeth I stroked it against her tongue and used the tip to trace the perfect bow that shaped her top lip I used h she let escape She yelped when I lifted her up by her waist and set her on the hood Typically, I would have an aneurysh deni to be dressed for very long and her skin was velvety sht-fitted flannel shirt and started popping annoying little buttons through the holes She watched er over the candle that inked across ht so you can always find your way ho her not to slide across the paint as she lifted herself up with her hands on my shoulders so I could work the denis I liked her naked I liked her naked and spread out on the hood of the car that I’d built just for her even irls in hot-rod er coer than I would have liked and there were so headache, but I found home and it is definitely where my heart is" I put entle push backward so that she would lie down on the blue metal Her hair spread out all around her head like spilled honey and her eyes went liquid and war her breastbone, down over her stoiggle that sounded so carefree and unburdened that I knew if I screwed up everything else in ot really, really right I slippedher quiver and watching as her legs stiffened I put a hand on her knee and roughly ordered, "Put your foot up on the bu to have to buff the shit out of it before the guys showed up for work toain I didn’t care