Page 76 of The Unknown Colton
Lakin grinned, too. “We’re going to be better than fine.” They were going to be happy because all their dreams were going to come true.
* * *
Troy could have kicked himself for all the years he’d worried about money, about making it, about not having enough of it. Finally, when he’d stopped worrying about it, he had it. The irony was not lost on him. After Mitch and Seller left the hotel, he laughed and shook his head.
“What’s funny?” Lakin asked.
“Not funny really,” Troy admitted. “Just sad that I’ve been such an idiot, worrying about all the wrong things.”
She smiled. “Money?”
He nodded. “I’m very sorry for what I’ve put you through. And my mother…”
“She got a settlement, too,” Lakin said. “You won’t have to worry about her, either.”
“According to her, I didn’t ever have to worry about her,” Troy admitted. “She’s already tried to give me back the money I’ve given her. I have a feeling we’re going to get a pretty big wedding gift from her.”
“Wedding,” Lakin said, and her face lit up with a beautiful smile. “I can’t wait.”
“Me, neither,” Troy said. “I can’t wait to be your husband. To start our family.” Emotion overwhelmed him just thinking about their future and how wonderful it was going to be.
Lakin grabbed his hand and tugged him toward the hall with the finished suites. “Maybe we can put in some practice for starting that family,” she said, turning back to wink at him.
His pulse quickened with desire. He loved her so much, and yet he would never be able to make love with her enough, to express all his love for her. But he intended to try.
He swung her up in his arms and carried her over the threshold into the suite they’d had so much fun renovating together. Then he laid her on the bed and followed her down.
They both wriggled out of their clothes until skin slid over skin. He made love to her slowly, with his hands and with his mouth, caressing and kissing every inch of her. Finally he slid inside her, joining their bodies like their souls were already joined. And he thrust in and out, in and out, until she clutched him with her arms and legs and her inner muscles. Then her body shuddered, and she screamed his name as she found her release.
And he found his, the pleasure so intense it was almost painful.
Panting for breath, he levered himself up so he wouldn’t crush her and leaned his forehead against hers. “You know what they say, practice makes perfect.”
“You’re already perfect,” she told him.
“You are.”
“We’re perfect for each other.”
And they were; they had always been and always would be.
* * *
Parker had texted Lakin a while ago about something he needed to find in the RTA office, but she must have been busy at the hotel. It took a while before she texted him back.
When she did text him again, she added,Call Genna McDougal and offer her my old job.
Her old job. Parker felt a pang of loss. He missed Lakin, and not just because she knew where everything was and how to do everything. He missed seeing his sister every day.
And then he felt another pang at her proposed replacement, aka the bane of his existence. But he couldn’t tell Lakin that or he would have to tell her what had happened between them…
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