6. Kade

CHAPTER 6

It's two days before I'm able to leave the hospital and see Promise again and my stomach churns when I think that she's had time to get all her defenses back up and she'll be fighting me again.

I like the fight. Don't get me wrong. But there's only so much a man can do before he starts to wonder if it's all worth it.

I mean. I know she is. I'm just not sure how to prove it to her.

My parents used to talk about her endlessly. I was really starting to wonder what was going on.

Now I know. They knew that she was perfect for me. They knew that I would fall in love with her as soon as I saw her.

My parents were never bothered by age. There was twenty years difference between them. But it's a sticking point for a lot of people and I heard some talk while I was in the hospital and it all kinda seemed to be the same.

She was so old. How could she have been on a date with such a young guy?

Well, I'm past the age of consent and I can be with who I want to be with and I want my kitten.

I just have to get her on board.

Considering what I heard in the hospital, I'm sure she's heard way worse.

I dial her number and I'm not surprised when she doesn't pick up. I grab my keys and walk over to her little cottage, knocking lightly. I hear footsteps and then the door swings open and I'm face to face with her again.

I was starting to wonder if she was as beautiful as I was making her out in my mind but she's actually more stunning than I remember.

"Kitten," I growl, pacing forward and pushing her back. She squeaks at me but other than that and the wide eyes she's staring at me with, she makes no response.

I stalk towards her, watching her with hungry eyes. "I've missed you, kitten. You didn't even come see me in the hospital."

Not that I really expected that. She's so skittish, I figured that was a lost cause.

But I missed her and it's made me a little crabby.

"I wasn't sure if you'd want to see me since I damaged your…". She flushes and her hands wave at my crotch like she's a game show hostess showing off the prize package.

I grin at her. "I'm fine. Why don't you come over here and say hi?"

She cocks her head and her amber eyes glow brightly. "I can say hi just fine from over here."

"Kitten," I growl. "Get over here."

She sidles over, her steps cautious until she gets in reach of my hands. I grab her and lift her up, throwing her over my shoulder.

"Kade, what the hell are you doing?"

I swat her ass and stalk off to the bedroom, growling when it takes me more than one try to find the right door.

Then I pace into the room and throw her ass on the bed, falling down to cover her, my eyes studying her, memorizing every beautiful inch of her.

"I want to make one thing perfectly clear, Promise." She stiffens when I don't call her kitten.

"I want you. And I don't mean for one time or even three times. I want you for all times. No matter what you do to me, I will never let you go. Drop scalding soup on my crotch? Yeah, it might take me a day or two to bounce back from that. But I'll be back at your door so fast that your head will spin as soon as I'm back in shape."

"Hit me in the head? I don't care. Step on my foot when we're dancing at our wedding? I don't fucking care. All I care about is you. You are everything to me and you have been since the first second I saw you."

Her cheeks flush bright red and she stares at me like she can't believe what she's hearing.

I lean down and take her mouth with mine, swallowing her little moan and growling like a wild animal. My teeth nip at her bottom lip and then I drift down her cheek to her throat, nipping and sucking and trying to leave any mark I can.

I want every fucker in this town to know that she's mine. She's always been mine. I was born to be hers.

"Kitten?" I groan and lift my head, my eyes eating her up. Her brown eyes are swirling with lust and love and it gives me hope. I know she feels the same way about me that I feel about her.

"Let me love you, kitten. Let me make you feel good and show you just how good we can be together."

She pauses and my heart thunders in my chest, knowing that I won't give up, but I need this win.

She nods her head jerkily and I almost fucking cry. I lean down and kiss her like she's the most precious thing on this planet. Because she is to me.

It quickly turns into something fast-burning like a forest fire and I moan, my lips opening, my tongue slicking along her lips and pushing them open until I can twine my tongue with hers. Until she wraps her arms around my neck and kisses me back like I'm the only thing she needs. Like I'm her air.

She's mine.

I let my lips slide down her throat and straight down to her breasts where they're pushing against the silk blouse she's wearing. Her nipples are sharp points and I groan and then wrap my mouth around one of them in the blouse, the silk slipping on my tongue as I lave the hell out of that sweet diamond tip.

My hands come down and I rip that blouse open. She jumps and glares at me. "I liked that blouse."

"I'll buy you more."

My breath hitches and I almost come in my pants. "Fuck, you're gorgeous, kitten."

She mewls and pushes her hips up into mine and I grind down on her, watching the flush on her face paint her skin all the way down to those perfect mounds.

Growling, I bend my head and take one of her nipples deep, scraping my teeth across it.

She screams softly and then a sharp stinging pain hits my ass and I jump up, swatting at it.

Her eyes open and her brow furrows. Until she notices the same thing I do.

Tigerlily growling and snarling at my feet.

She giggles and it's adorable. But there's no way in hell this ends like this.

"C'mon, cat. Time for you to wait outside." I lightly toss her out in the hall, slam the door and then stalk back, shucking my clothes as I go. I turn around and smirk when she gasps.

"You're bleeding."

"Doesn't matter. Get the rest of those clothes off before I rip them off of you, kitten. I need to fuck you right now."