Epilogue
epilogue
. . .
Three years later
Ethan
I watch Lila nursing our baby boy, her auburn hair cascading over one shoulder, her green eyes filled with pure adoration. She's never looked more beautiful to me, curves even more luscious after bringing our children into the world. Our little girl kicks inside Lila's rounded belly and I place my hand there, feeling the pulse of new life.
My heart swells with fierce love and possession. They are mine, only mine. I will protect and cherish them always. No one will ever take them from me.
Lila looks up, her lips curving into that radiant smile. "What?" she asks me with that self-conscious laugh she does when she catches me staring at her.
"You've given me everything." I brush a tender kiss across her forehead. "My whole world is right here."
She smiles up at me and hands me our son. We carry him to the nursery to put him down for the night.
After putting him down to sleep, I pull Lila to me, kissing her deeply. My wife melts against me, soft and pliant. Even after all this time, the merest touch from her sets me on fire. I back her towards our bed.
"I need you, now," I growl against her throat. "Need to show you again that you're mine."
"Yes, always," Lila breathes, sinking onto the mattress and pulling me over her. "Make love to me, Ethan."
Clothes are frantically discarded as hands roam and mouths devour. I worship her body, trailing kisses over the swell of her stomach, her full breasts. She arches under me, nails digging deliciously into my back.
I sink into her hot, slick depths with a groan of pure ecstasy. Lila cries out, clenching around me. Fuck, she feels like heaven. Like she was made just for me.
I start to move, thrusting deep.
"Oh god, Ethan," she pants, locking her legs around my hips. "Harder, please."
I comply with a predatory grin, pistoning into her willing body. Each powerful drive of my hips pushes her higher up the bed. The headboard slams against the wall. Lila throws her head back, keening her pleasure. I latch onto the pale column of her throat, sucking hard, marking her as mine.
My balls tighten and I reach between us, finding her swollen clit. I rub the sensitive nub and Lila shatters apart with a hoarse scream of my name. Her pussy spasms around my cock, milking me, and with a final brutal thrust, I empty myself deep inside her.
We lay tangled together, sweat-slicked and sated. I kiss her languidly, pouring all my love into it. Lila sighs against my lips, her fingers running through my hair.
"I love you so much," she murmurs. "You've made all my dreams come true."
"You are my dream, baby," I rasp out, emotion clogging my throat. "You and our family...it's everything."
Lila snuggles into my chest and I wrap my arms around her, holding her close. This life we've built together...it's worth every struggle, every hardship. The love we share knows no bounds.
As long as I have Lila by my side, I can conquer anything. She is my heart, my home, my forever. And I will spend the rest of my days proving to her that she is cherished, that she is treasured.
That she is utterly, completely mine .
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