My heart is bursting. He told me that he loved me. Of all the things I thought he’d ever tell me, I’m not sure why I never expected this. Maybe because I never really felt like this before, maybe because I was too scared. Maybe because I knew he already loved Tessa. But he said it, not once, multiple times, in a voice that makes me heat up inside. That makes my body feel things that only he can make me feel. I run my hands over his back, touching him as much as I can, wanting him, needing him.
“Forget about anything else, just think of us.” Hunter’s low voice rumbles through his chest and I smile. Think of us. Us. Finally. Hunter’s hand slides down and I feel him slip a hand under the back of my shirt.
Think of us. UsI can’t suppress the shiver that runs through me and I push closer to h
