Epilogue

"DETAILS," ADDISON DEMANDEDas soon as she joined Charlotte in their usual rooftop booth at the gym. "I want - no, scratch that, I need details, now."

Charlotte could only laugh. It had only been a week since she and Sano had flown back to Texas together, and although they had yet to make any "official" announcement, everyone apparently already knew about the two of them.

"I"m getting married," she finally said, and Addison let out a gasp loud enough to have the other gym members curiously turn their way.

"Oh my God, Char—-"

"Move over." This from Jared, who promptly lifted Addison off the booth couch so he could take his seat.

"No—-" Addison was horrified to find herself sitting sideways on her husband"s lap.

Ignoring his wife"s struggles to free herself, Jared turned to Charlotte with a pleasant smile. "Congratulations on your engagement."

"Er, thanks..." Charlotte had a hard time stifling her own smile as Addison kept trying to stand up, only to have Jared pull her back down without effort.

Addison finally gave up resisting and turned to her friend. "I can"t believe you of all people have let another man sweep you off your feet in a whirlwind romance."

"Miracles happen, I guess." It was all Charlotte felt safe to say, since she and Sano had agreed to keep the more "fantastic" parts of their story a secret.

"What made you fall for him?" Addison asked eagerly.

"I"d like to know, too," a familiar voice put in, and Charlotte could feel her cheeks turning red as she saw Addison"s eyes widen. A moment later, they were all on their feet, and Sano introduced himself so very easily as her fiancé as he shook hands with her friends.

She could feel everyone at the rooftop looking at them, and for one moment, it truly felt like déjà vu, and it was as if she and Sano were back in their old high school cafeteria. Just like most people had seemed unable to comprehend what made Landon choose her over the other girls, it seemed as if history was set to repeat itself with Sano and her.

More so now probably, Charlotte thought with a sigh, since not only was Sano this gorgeous, mysterious billionaire from Japan, but he happened to be eight years younger than her, too.

Charlotte saw Sano"s blue eyes gleam as Jared pulled his wife back to his lap, and she knew right away she was in trouble. But before she could even turn her back to run away, Sano had already joined her friends at their table and clasping her waist in a firm grip.

"Don"t—-"

But it was already too late, and Charlotte now knew what it felt to be in Addison"s shoes. I hate you, karma.

"Charles?"

Sano"s voice drew Charlotte out of her thoughts, and she caught Addison blinking in surprise at the way Sano had addressed her. Addison and everyone close to her knew that Charlotte had only let Landon call her that, and Charlotte knew it would only be a matter of time before people started comparing Sano and Landon to each other.

"Jared"s taking his yacht out for a sail tomorrow," Sano was telling her, "and he"s invited us to join them."

"Before you say yes," Addison interrupted, "you should know that Jared"s sailing trips typically start at five in the morning."

Charlotte felt defensive. "I can wake up at five if I have to."

"Says the girl who didn"t even stir after five alarms, four snoozes—-"

"That was back in college," Charlotte protested. "I"ve changed now! I only need two alarms—-" Addison laughed, and Charlotte made a face, realizing too late she hadn"t exactly put forward a winning argument.

"We can always start later," Jared began.

Charlotte shook her head. "5 AM is fine," she insisted. "I can—-"

Sano suddenly cupped her chin, and as he turned her gaze to his, she was startled to find him frowning.

"I can"t believe you find your phone"s alarm more reliable than I am."

Charlotte could only look at him blankly. What was he saying? Was this the usual analog-is-better-than-digital argument or something else?

"You know how jealous and possessive I am," Sano said seriously. "It doesn"t feel right that my bride-to-be would prefer to have a phone alarm wake her up when I"m right next to her in bed, and I can always wake her up the way she"s always wanted: my co—-"

Oh my God!

Charlotte kicked him hard under the table, but it was too late. Jared was looking at her with a raised eyebrow while Addison was openly snickering, and those seated in nearby booths and tables were either gaping or glaring at her direction.

This wasn"t déjà vu, Charlotte realized in horror. Rather, this was a preview of what the rest of her life would look like, and since Landon was Sano, wasn"t there that one instance her husband told her it was one of his most important missions in life to give his wife cringe-worthy public avowals of love as often as possible?

"Are you alright?" Jared felt obliged to ask when he caught Charlotte"s fiancé wincing for the third time. He had always thought Charlotte prim and proper, but he was clearly mistaken, with the way Addison"s friend was working hard to dislocate her fiancé"s knee.

"I"m good," Sano assured the other man. "This is just Charles" way of being affectionate."

Jared was amused. "Are you sure you don"t mean murderous?"

"Murderously affectionate then," Sano said easily, and the other man laughed.

Addison was trying her best not to stare at Charlotte"s new fiancé. The man obviously did not look like Landon in any way, but for some reason, Sano still reminded her so much of Charlotte"s first husband.

"By the way..." Sano dealt his surroundings a cursory glance. "Is there any spot here that you"d recommend for a tryst?"

Definitely so like Landon, Addison thought, upon hearing Sano"s question.

Jared was grinning. "I may know a spot or two that I"ve personally—-"

"Jared!"

Addison"s husband inclined his head. "My bad. I should"ve said it"s something that we personally tried—-" And ignoring the way his wife was now pounding on his back with her fists, Jared leaned forward to share with the other man his favorite spots.

Sano nodded in appreciation and said something back to Jared before scooping Charlotte off his lap and getting to his feet. "Thanks, man." As he dragged a protesting Charlotte away from the booth, both of them heard Jared say very pleasantly to his wife, "Sano told me something interesting about you and your ex-boyfriend..."

Charlotte"s horrified gaze flew to Sano. "What did you tell him?"

"It"s nothing serious," he assured her. "Just a little payback for that text of hers."

Charlotte groaned. "You know she didn"t mean anything by it. She"d never even have texted that if she had known I had already fallen in love with you!"

"Everything"s fine, Charles. Jared"s just going to give your friend a little punishment, but it"s something both of them will enjoy."

"Eeeew." Charlotte wished she had covered her ears earlier. Maybe other friends were different, but it just wasn"t her thing to know about her friends" sex lives.

"And besides..."

Charlotte frowned as Sano"s voice trailed off. "And besides what?"

"Rather than worrying about your friend, don"t you think you should worry about yourself first?" Sano"s steps slowed down as he spoke, and it was only then Charlotte realized he had brought them to the gym"s sauna room.

Oh...no.

She immediately tried spinning away, but of course it was no use, and Sano already had them locked inside one of the sauna booths.

"I wish we could do half an hour here," Sano murmured as his fingers started punching buttons on the digital keypad, "but you"d probably have lost consciousness by then."

"This isn"t funny, Sano!" Charlotte tried getting to the door, but Sano was able to easily put her off every single time.

"There." A satisfied expression crossed Sano"s handsome face as the digital display began its fifteen-minute countdown before automatically unlocking.

Charlotte didn"t know whether to feel thrilled or terrified. "Sano—-"

But he was already pulling her close as he took a seat.

"Ride me, Charlotte."

Oh God.

Her inhibitions and fears ceased to matter in an instant, and Charlotte was already so, so wet by the time they finally had her sweatpants and underwear on the floor, and oh, oh, oh—-

Charlotte threw her head back with a moan as she impaled herself fully on her husband"s engorged cock. Even though it had already been a week, there was still a part of her that couldn"t forget this was a new cock filling her pussy, and the thought had the most deliciously forbidden sense of pleasure coursing through her veins.

Charlotte"s fingers curved over Sano"s broad shoulders as her hips moved up and down, and just as she started to find her rhythm, it was then Sano finally managed to push her shirt and bra up to her neck—-

Aaaah!

Charlotte couldn"t help moaning as Sano captured one nipple with his mouth and began suckling harder and harder and harder—-

"Sano, oh God."

His teeth sank around her nipple in a bite that made pain and pleasure merge into something excruciatingly beautiful, and Charlotte screamed.

"That"s it, Charlotte," Sano growled. "I want everyone to know you"re mine."

The reminder that there were people outside who might hear them only fed her desire, and Charlotte could only sob as she rode Sano"s throbbing cock with wild abandon.

"I want them to know that no one can fuck you like I do." Sano"s hands curved under her ass as he grated the words out, and then he was taking control—-

"So make them hear you, Charlotte," Sano growled into her ear as he had Charlotte bouncing up and down his cock. "Be my dirty little angel—-"

He shifted his hold on her just before thrusting up hard, and as his cock hit her O-spot with perfect accuracy, Charlotte could no longer find it in herself to care about not being heard. All she could think about was how Sano"s cock was driving her so, so crazy, and the words simply rushed out—-

"Harder, Sano, please! Fuck me harder! Fuck me until you"ve ripped my pussy apart!"

Queries sent to Heart"s Match shot up to 3000% the next day, and nine months later, the world welcomed Charlotte and Sano"s twins, Land and Kass.

The End