the minute you returned. You don’t have anything to make up for because I don’t want anything from you.”
“Oh.” She stepped away.
He shook his head. “That’s not completely true.”
“What do you mean?” she asked.
“I do want things from you,” he told her. “I want you to accept my wolf. I want to hold you in my arms again and kiss your sweet lips. I want you to love me like you did before, but this time forever. I don’t want you to walk away ever again.” He was out of breath when he finished.
The tears that threatened to fall dropped down her cheeks. “You do?”
“I never stopped loving you, Julie,” he admitted.
“Me either,” she whispered.
He moved quickly until he had his arm around her and was holding her tight. With his free hand, he brushed away the wetness from her face. “Then stay,” he murmured to her. “We’ll work everything else out but don’t leave me again.”
“I want to stay,” she told him.
Cooper lowered his lips to hers and kissed her gently. She opened for him and her familiar taste exploded on his tongue. She tasted like dark chocolate and vanilla. He tightened his hold, pulling her chest flat with his.
Julie moaned into his mouth, and he swallowed the sweet sound. He gripped her waist and lifted her so she could wrap her legs around him. They’d been in this position before and Cooper would never tire of it.
“I want you,” she whispered to him.
Cooper took several steps forward to the couch. He lowered Julie down and lay on top of her. He settled in between her legs, rubbing his hard cock against her.
“Yes,” she hissed.
He pressed harder, loving the sounds he pulled from her. She moaned, long and low. He felt the sound all the way to his toes. He shuddered before he sat up and yanked his shirt over his head. She smiled as she ran her hand over his chest where the tattoo was that covered his heart, the small Celtic symbol for strength. She lifted her lips to trail kisses over the ink.
Cooper gripped the back of her head to hold her to him. She used her tongue to drive him crazy until his wolf was close to the surface and he was growling. He’d never been so near to losing control around Julie before. He wouldn’t have dared to show any part of his wolf before, but now she knew what he was.
“I want all of you,” Julie told him. “Don’t hide the wolf from me—I accept him, accept you.”
He was so in tune with his body that he thought he could feel his blood rushing through his veins. He grabbed hold of her shirt and pulled her up. She helped him tug it over her head. They frantically began to shed clothes, rolling off the couch, with her landing on top of him, naked. She straddled his waist and placed her hands on his chest. She reached back to grasp his erection.
Cooper groaned as her hot hand encircled his flesh. He pushed into her hold.
“Patience,” she teased. She lifted up, positioning him at her damp pussy. All she had to do was lower herself and he would once again feel what it was like to be inside her.
“Please,” he begged.
She smiled. Cooper’s breath caught as she gave in and began to sink onto him. Her inner muscles clamped down and he shook with the effort it took not to thrust up. Inch by inch she moved until he was buried deep inside. Once seated, she dropped her head back but didn’t start to ride him.
He let his breath out. “I need you to move.”
“Yes.” She lifted up slowly until the tip of his cock was almost free before she slammed herself back down.
“Oh God!” he cried.
He hadn’t been with anyone else in the entire time that Julie had been gone. It didn’t matter to him whether or not she’d had another lover. She was his once again, and that was all he needed to know.
Cooper gripped her hips hard and she rode him. Each time she rose and fell, her pussy was tight around his cock and it was difficult to keep from coming so soon. He lifted his head enough that he’d be able to lick a