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Holy shit, the man had skills

We took a break after that first round of reunion sex, relocating into the shade behind the little shed housing the stairwell Ruger lay back and led in close He’d lost his clothes along the way, and I figured if being totally naked out in the open didn’t bother hiht as well enjoy the view

I leaned up on one ar his chest

“That’s nice,” he said, his voice hoarse “Jesus, I’veyou”

“I’ve missed you, too,” I said The tribal tat on his pec called to ue I loved how he tasted, just a little salty and all male I loved how hard his muscles were, too, and deep down inside I had to ad

I dropped lower to find the ring in his nipple, flicking it with ue

“Think it’s time to talk yet?” he asked

I let the ring go reluctantly

“Yeah, probably,” I said, looking up at hiured out”

“Let’s make it official,” he said “I want you to be my old lady, pretty sure you know that You up for that?”

“I think so,” I said slowly “Were you serious about being faithful? I et me, when Em and I ith the Devil’s Jacks? Were you serious about not sleeping around? Because that’s still a deal breaker for ht in the eye “I haven’t slept with anyone else, babe Not since I fked you in the shed I’ll adht about it, but they weren’t you Just wasn’t feelin’ it”

I caughtme you couldn’t ht you were screwing girls left and right the whole time”

“Always told you I wouldn’t lie,” he said “Didn’t want to ht I ive a flying fk about anyone else, babe I love you Think I’ve loved you from the first, when I found you and Zach onto talk oin’ away”

I blinked rapidly He loved uess I’d known that for a while now—you don’t take care of someone the way he’d taken care ofthe words was still nice

“I love you, too,” I replied, feeling suddenly shy “I think I have for a long time You were always there for me”

“That’s what you do when you’re crazy about sorin “Trustalaroodness of ave a little laugh His gaze was so intense, I couldn’t er I looked at his shoulder instead, and for the first time I really studied the tattoos there There was a series of round dots, each trailing off a bit, almost like a line of comets

“What are those?” I asked

“What?”