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Daniel didn’t bother to respond. Instead he proved to her just how unfair he could be. Pushing two fingers inside her pussy, he finger-fucked her until she lost track of her surroundings, her name, the whole lot…everything just disappeared. Her hips rose to meet him. When she finally came, it hit her like a tidal wave, kicking her feet out from under her and tossing her like a rag doll through the crashing water.

She’d thought the climax was amazing. She was wrong.

Daniel came over her as she yelled out her release, his cock slamming in to the hilt as she still drifted amongst the wreckage. His rough entry triggered another spasm and lightning flashed behind her closed eyelids.

He offered no reprieve. Instead, he gave her everything he had and, as her body continued to tremble, it felt like more than she could handle.

Her loud cries gave way to hoarse moans and still Daniel thrust inside her, ruthlessly. She ran her fingernails down his arms, clawing her way closer.

“Too good,” she said, gasping for breath. “It’s too much.”

Daniel kissed her roughly, and then shook his head. “Never.”

As she cried out for mercy, her body continued to beg for more. He was right. A lifetime wouldn’t be enough. He’d spoken the word written on her heart. Never. She’d never tire of him, never get enough, never stop loving him. Never.

Sienna came again, the orgasm taking her by surprise, shaking her until her teeth chattered. And still Daniel moved.

She didn’t resist, didn’t fight the onslaught. She was finished with denials, with lies.

“Mine,” she whispered.

“Always.”

She wasn’t sure if he was waiting for the word or if his body had finally reached its limit, but Daniel came.

She watched his face in silent wonder as his climax began to wane. He fell next to her in a heap. His eyes remained closed, his face more peaceful than she’d ever seen it.

Vivi had been right.

He was her heart.

And she was his.

Epilogue

“Remember your sixteenth birthday?”

Sienna glanced at Hope, wondering why on earth her cousin was thinking of that after all these years. Spring was making an early appearance. The icy cold winter had thawed early this year, Mother Nature turning on the heat in March rather than waiting for April. She and Hope were taking advantage of the sunshine, sitting in the back garden.

Vivi was worried about the fact her bulbs were blooming early. She was certain a cold spell would come and ruin her colorful spring garden.

Sienna sighed. “Hell yeah I remember. We all got in big trouble. Jake still likes to tease me about the time he and Dad had to carry four giggling, drunk-ass girls down from the hayloft.”

Hope giggled. “My head ached for days after.”

“What made you think of that?”

Her cousin shrugged. “I don’t know. Life just seemed a lot simpler at sixteen.”

Sienna nodded. “You can say that again. I was so sure of myself back then. Had my whole future figured out.”

“Then Daniel showed up.”

Sienna grinned. “And tossed everything I thought I wanted out on its ear.”

“I don’t think I ever realized it before, but I’ve never seen you in love. Not really. I like the way it looks on you.”

Sienna wondered if she should contradict her cousin. She had loved Josh. Truly loved him, but maybe it was semantics. Given the way she felt about Daniel, she could understand the difference between loving someone and being in love. It seemed like a short distance separated the two. In reality, they were as close as California and New York.