Chapter 9

NINE

Ansel

“Need a hand?” I ask as I head back into the bedroom.

“I actually think that’s all of it,” Noelle says as she emerges from the closet with the now empty reusable shopping bags.

“All settled in now?” I confirm, and she nods.

I smile down at her as I wrap my arms around her waist and tug her against me. She wraps her arms around me and then frowns when she feels the box in my pocket.

“What is that?” She asks with a frown.

She pulls back, and I take an unsteady breath as I reach into my hoodie pocket and pull out the ring box. Noelle’s eyes widen as I flip the lid and show her the ring inside.

“Ansel,” she says softly, tears already starting to form in her surprised eyes.

“Noelle, I love you. I always have. I bought this ring with my very first paycheck after I joined the military because I knew that one day I would propose to you. Back then, I was looking to my future, and all that I could see was you. You are everything to me, Noelle. You’ve always been my everything.”

I smile at her nervously as I slowly drop to one knee in front of her. I hold the ring out to her, taking her hand in my free one and squeezing softly.

“I love you, Noelle. I’ve only ever loved you. Will you make me the happiest man alive and marry me?”

“Oh, Ansel,” she cries, tears spilling onto her cheeks. “Of course, I’ll marry you.”

I slip the ring onto her finger and stand, pulling her into my arms. Our lips collide, and we kiss passionately, pouring all of our love into the embrace. It doesn’t take long for our passion to flare, and soon, we’re both pulling at each other’s clothes. It’s always this way between us. As soon as we start to touch each other, we lose control and end up in bed together. Not that I’m complaining.

We strip, and both of us tumble onto the bed. Noelle’s ring sparkles in the sunlight coming in through the window, and I smile as I admire it for a moment.

“You’re going to be my wife,” I whisper, and she grins.

“And you’re going to be my husband.”

We share a soft smile, and then our hands are on each other again. We kiss, and Noelle pushes on my shoulders, pushing me onto my back. She throws a leg over my waist, straddling me, and I groan as she grinds against me.

“I want to try something,” she whispers, and I nod.

She trails a line of kisses down my body, and I tense more and more with each press of her lips against my skin. She settles between my legs, and my cock pulses as she wraps her fingers around it.

She looks up at me and bites her lip in excitement as she leans forward, and then her tongue licks over the tip of my cock.

My hips buck up towards her mouth, and her hands tighten around my length. She grins and then opens her mouth wide and swallows half of my cock in one go.

“Fucking hell!” I shout, and she hums around me, the vibrations going straight to my balls.

Her hand twists around the base of me, and she starts to work me in time with her mouth. Her cheeks hollow out as she sucks, and I swear, it’s like she’s trying to suck my soul from my body.

“Goddamn, you’re so good at that,” I praise her.

She moans around my cock, and my thighs tense around her as I fight not to come. Noelle pops her mouth off of me, and I look down.

“Can you come in my mouth?” She asks shyly, and I almost bust right on her face.

“Noelle,” I groan, and she wraps her lips around me again.

Her head bobs up and down, and I grit my teeth, trying not to come, but her mouth is way too talented. It’s only a few moments later, and I’m starting to come. Noelle swallows me down, and I grit my teeth as I come down from my high.

She giggles as I reach down for her and drag her up my body. I roll her under me, and she wraps her legs around my waist. My cock starts to harden again, and she rocks against me in invitation.

I kiss her as I slip through her slick folds and thrust into her. We both groan as I bottom out inside of her, and then we’re moving together in perfect sync.

“Love your body,” I grunt, and she nods, her hands running over my chest.

“Yours is better,” she says, and I shake my head.

“Can’t get better than yours,” I tell her.

She shifts beneath me, and I grab her ankles, placing them on my shoulders as I start to rut into her. Her ass fits perfectly against my thighs as I pound her pussy. Listening to her cries of pleasure has me rocketing toward my orgasm, and I reach between us, my thumb pressing on that little bundle of nerves that drives her wild.

A few more thrusts are all it takes, and we both suck in sharp breaths as we finish together.

I roll us so that Noelle is plastered across me, her brunette hair spread out over my chest. Her engagement ring sends sparkles around the room as the light hits it and we both smile as we admire it.

“We’re going to get married,” she whispers with a wide smile, and I laugh.

“We are. As soon as you want.”

“You don’t want a long engagement?” She asks, and I snort.

“Hell no. The quicker, the better.”

We share a smile and she rests her head back against my chest. Both of us are quiet, thinking about the future, but that doesn’t last long.

“We should start wedding planning then. Plus, the new rugs are supposed to be delivered soon.”

She sits up, and I follow suit as we get dressed. Noelle is already taking off with wedding plans, and I smile and nod along. I don’t care what the wedding looks like; as long as Noelle is mine in the end, then it will be perfect.

I take her hand as we head downstairs and grin as we sit down to plan our wedding. My plan when I came back to Wolf Valley was to woo Noelle and find a way to make her mine and keep her here in the cabin with me. I’m so happy that my plan actually worked.