Total pages in book: 39
Estimated words: 36476 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 182(@200wpm)___ 146(@250wpm)___ 122(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 36476 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 182(@200wpm)___ 146(@250wpm)___ 122(@300wpm)
“Yes.” It dawns on me that one of those connections would have been Vincent. Would it have only been a matter of time before all of our lives ended up connecting?
I’ve never believed in fate. Then again, I didn’t believe in a lot of things until Raegan.
20
Rae
“I’ve missed you!” I jump into Ivan’s arms the second I’m through the front door. Missed is an understatement for what I’ve felt.
I loved catching up with JJ and Travis, but being at work all day and then spending my evening out had me feeling a bit homesick for Ivan. I haven’t gone this long without him since he entered my life. Even when I was giving him the cold shoulder, he was still sitting in one of my booths at work.
He catches me easily. I sprinkle kisses all over his face. I was a bit surprised he hadn’t come hunting me down. I was sure at any moment he was going to pop up. It had gotten late quickly. JJ and I ended up staying at my apartment, and we ordered food and hung out with Travis. Is it weird that I was a bit disappointed when nine p.m. rolled around and Ivan hadn’t shown up? Vincent, on the other hand, wasn’t as patient.
I texted Ivan that I was heading back to him after Vincent stole JJ away. He’d responded that James was already out front, so I suppose there was that.
“Did you have a good time?” he asks. His hands grip my ass.
“I did. Did you eat?”
“No, I got wrapped up in work.” He lowers me to my feet.
“I’ll make you something.” I grab his hand to lead him toward the kitchen. I enjoy cooking for him. I suppose if I’m not working at the diner, I can do that more for us.
“It’s fine. I’m not hungry.” He doesn't let me pull him along. I turn back to face him. Something is off. I can sense it.
“I put my notice in,” I say, thinking that might get me some kind of reaction. He hadn’t even said he missed me back. My insecurities try to push through.
“Good.”
“JJ’s pregnant.” My hand that’s resting on his chest feels him tense. I stare up at him, trying to read him, but I can’t. “What’s happening?” I drop my hand and start to step back, but he grabs me, pulling me back to him tightly. There’s my Ivan.
“Work shit.” He leans down, brushing his mouth against my forehead. “Are you happy JJ is pregnant?”
“Yeah, if that’s what she wants.”
“And what do you want, Sunshine?”
“You.” I smirk. Some of the stiffness starts to fall from him, but I know there is something else. Is he changing his mind about all of this? Roxy’s words come flooding back to me. “I thought you’d come tracking me down tonight.” I play with one of the buttons on his shirt.
“You were never out of my sight.” He lifts the hand that I dropped from his chest and kisses my palm.
“You think this is all too fast?” I blurt out as he suddenly slips a ring onto my finger. “Ivan,” I gasp. It’s the most beautiful ring I’ve ever laid eyes on.
“Do you like it?”
“I love it.” My eyes fill with tears. The stone in the center reminds me of the sun. I pull him down for a kiss. He lifts me back off my feet. “I thought maybe you were changing your mind,” I get out between kisses. “That maybe you were having second thoughts about everything.”
“I’ll never change my mind about us, Sunshine. Don’t ever think that.”
“But there is something wrong, isn't there? I feel you, Ivan.”
“You do, don’t you? I can’t hide anything from you.”
“I think that’s a good thing. I’m different.”
“So fucking different.” He kisses me again. Harder this time. In no time, he has me naked in bed. “I need inside of you.”
“Yes,” I agree.
“Already wet.” He presses the head of his cock into me.
“I started getting wet on the drive over,” I admit. “I can’t help it that my body craves you. You’ve made me this way.”
“I don’t want you to help it. I want you to be needy for me every moment of every day.” He pushes fully inside of me, pinning me to the bed beneath him as he continues to drive in and out of me in an almost frenzied need. “You’re mine,” he growls between thrusts. I have no idea what has provoked him, but holy crap. I love how unrestrained he is in this moment.
My orgasm is already pushing down on me. “Can’t live without you.”
“Ivan!” I cry out his name as I start to orgasm, my sex locking around his cock. He thrusts hard three more times before he lodges himself as deep inside of me as he can before he lets go, giving me some of his weight. I wrap myself around him, holding him close. “I’m here.” I run my fingers up and down his back.