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Roman squatted over me, dipping his hard dick into my upturned pussy. One pump, two pumps, and three were all it took before he erupted in me again, cursing and groaning.

"Tightest fucking snatch. Take my come again like a good girl."

A long time later, we were lying on dirty sheets. My head rested on his shoulder, and his arm wrapped around me, holding me as close as possible to him. Our bodies were slick and hot with drying sweat, and I was pretty sure the room was heavy with the aroma of sex.

"I love you, baby," he murmured, placing a reverent kiss on my head. "As soon as you graduate, you're moving in with me. Not a day later."

I smiled against his shoulder. I already decided to apply to the local college. To be safe, I applied for two more a few hours away.

We still needed to overcome many hurdles before we could step out in public with our love. As desperate as I was to bewith Roman, I probably wouldn't move in with him on the day I graduated.

I rolled my eyes and hid a smile at his eagerness. I planned to make it seem like we fell in love a long time after I graduated. Sure, it'll raise a few brows, and I'm one hundred percent certain no one would believe us. But they couldn't prove anything. It would all be hearsay. By then, I'd be a college student with a part-time job...adulting. The only person I cared about was my Dad. Boy, would he be pissed. But he'd come around. Hopefully.

Unfortunately, I was about to find that out much sooner than I'd liked.

Chapter 9

LUCY

I smiled dreamily as I watched my man flip eggs and bacon on the stove. My body was sore in places I didn't know existed, and I'd come more times last night - and this morning - than I had in my admittedly short life. I was exhausted from lack of sleep but also felt like I could run a marathon. I mean, I would never, but I was a big bundle of energy today. And it was all down to Roman Drake. The love of my life. My teacher.

A bubble of laughter built in my throat at how ludicrous it sounded.

"Oh, how did you two meet?"

"He was my twelfth-grade chemistry teacher."

"What are you giggling about over there?" Roman placed a plate laden with food in front of me before leaning down to place a lingering kiss on my mouth.

"Just how weird this situation is. It's something you read about on news sites or social media. The teacher having a secret affair with their student." Another small giggle escaped me, but Roman fixed me with a distressed stare instead of joining in.

"That's not...that's not how you view this, is it?"

I frowned. "What do you mean?"

He gripped the table, and a guilty expression crossed his face as he gazed at me intensely. "Those articles are usually written because the student was underage or had been groomed, and it didn't end well. I'd hate myself if I looked back and realized that I didn't give you a choice. Hell -" he ran his hands through his hair as he turned around in agitation.

"I fucking didn't give you a choice, did I? I'm the one who invited your Dad for dinner; I'm the one who jerked off -"

I cut him off by grabbing his shoulders and yanking him down for a deep kiss. When I pulled back, his eyes were at half mast, and a small smile tipped the corner of his mouth.

"How did you feel when you first saw me?" I asked.

He closed his eyes and breathed deeply as if he were transporting himself to that exact moment. When his eyes opened, I almost gasped at the magnitude of emotions that played on his face. He didn't need to say a word. The shimmering sheen of tears, the clench of his jaw, and the golden hue of his eyes that only softened when he looked at me told me everything I needed to know.

"Like I was looking at my future," he gruffly said. "And my past. I felt like I knew you in a past life. Like something clicked, and it all made sense. Why I was born. Why you moved here from a small town five hours away..."

"Fate," I whispered. Because as crazy as it sounded, I felt like I had found home when I nervously stepped into his class that first day.

He touched my forehead with his, cupping my jaw gently. "Fate," he confirmed before covering my lips with his.

ROMAN

If I knew when I woke that day that my life would implode, I don't know if I would've done anything differently.

I spent a fantastic night loving on my girl. I got to experience being her first. A truly spiritual moment that had me holding back tears. I slept with her in my arms all night. I planned our future.

I wouldn't change a second of our first night together for anything. But there are some things even I couldn't control.