Liam’s POV
Damn. My heart felt like it was about to burst out of my chest. I didn’t even know what possessed to say all that to Ella. Maybe it was reckless, maybe it was too much, too soon, but I couldn’t hold it back. She needed to know how real, how sincere my feelings were.
Because the truth was simple: I could already see her in my future. If it were up to , she’d be the woman I’d grow old with.
Now here I was, waiting for her answer, and I swear I was seconds away from a nervous breakdown. Ti really did stand still. My pulse hamred so loud it drowned out everything else.
And then—she smiled.
She smiled like the world had just split open and heaven poured through. My angel.
"I do understand what you an... I want that too..." she said softly.
Hallelujah! I swear the angels were singing with my heart and soul because I had never—ever—felt this kind of happiness before.
Without thinking, I grabbed her and hugged her tight, lifting her straight off the ground. "Thank you!" I laughed, spinning her around like a man who just won the lottery of life.
She squealed, her laughter filling my ears like music. "Liam! You’re making dizzy!"
I laughed with her, wild and unrestrained, but then—
*BAM!*
My legs hit the edge of the bed, and we toppled onto the mattress with a bounce. I landed over her, catching myself with my arm so I wouldn’t crush her.
Her hair spilled across her face, and she quickly brushed it back, still giggling. I helped her, my fingers grazing her skin, and then I froze, because suddenly, the room went quiet.
There she was, lying beneath , her laughter fading into a breathless smile. And I just stared, caught in the beauty of her face, in the way every mont with her kept stealing more and more of .
I couldn’t hold back. I kissed her lips softly, lingering just long enough to feel her warmth before whispering against her mouth, "Gods, you don’t know how happy I am right now."
She smiled at , her eyes glowing like she was finally letting in. " too... Thank you for saying it. I feel relieved."
Her words made frown. "Relieved? Why?" I asked, curiosity gnawing at . "What were you thinking before?"
Her gaze dropped for a mont, and my chest tightened as she spoke. "I was afraid you might not like that much once you really got to know . That maybe, when you realized I’m just... ordinary, not like the won in your social circle... you’d walk away."
Damn. My heart ached at her confession. She had been thinking that all this ti? That was on for not making her feel just how special she is. Right then and there, I swore I’d change that. I’d make sure she never doubted herself again.
I caught her hand and lifted it to my lips, pressing a firm kiss against her knuckles. "Don’t think like that, Ella. It’s you I like. Not them. I don’t care what any other woman is like—you’re the one I chose. I like you exactly the way you are."
Her breath hitched, and as if so invisible magnet pulled , my eyes fell to her lips again. I couldn’t resist. I kissed her, deeper this ti, and to my delight, she kissed back with the sa urgency.
Her hands tangled in my hair, tugging slightly, and it sent jolts of electricity racing down my spine. My body shuddered from the sensation, heat surging through .
And hell... I was hard again.
Her mouth, the way her tongue brushed mine, the small, urgent press of her hands—it all unmoored . Heat pooled low in my chest and spread through my limbs until restraint felt like a thin, useless thing I could tear away with a sigh.
I told myself to stop. To pull back. To be reasonable. To rember the quiet promise I wanted to keep for her. But reason slid right off the second her body pressed against mine and the room narrowed to the rhythm of our breathing.
My hand moved as if it had a will of its own, traveling along the curve of her side. She answered with a sharp, beautiful gasp that landed in my gut and ruined whatever calm I’d tried to summon.
Everything about her was soft and incandescent—a picture I’d been sketching in my head for weeks and finally had before , alive and impossibly real.
We kissed like we were both running out of ti and also like we wanted to slow the whole world down.
Her fingers threaded through my hair; I felt them tug, steady and sure. Each touch set off another small explosion of wanting, but beneath the hunger there was this fierce, protective tenderness that surprised —a care that kept from losing myself completely.
When I finally pulled back, it was because I needed to see her face again, to morize the little tremble of her lips and the wild light in her eyes. We hovered there, breathless and grinning like idiots who’d just been given the best kind of trouble.
"Gods," I murmured, voice rough and full, "you have no idea what you do to ."
She smiled, cheeks flushed, and for a second, the rest of the world felt utterly, perfectly safe.
I kissed her again, deeper this ti, like I couldn’t get enough of her, because I couldn’t. My hand moved on its own, sliding over her shoulder and tugging at the thin strap of her dress. It slipped down slowly, and my pulse went wild when she didn’t stop .
That tiny detail... her letting in, her letting continue, it was all the permission I needed. Logic? Reason? Both were long gone. What remained was this burning certainty that I wanted her, needed her, like the very air I was breathing.
The thought roared in my chest: I wanted to claim every part of her, not just with a kiss, not just with words, but wholly. Fully. Completely.
And the way she looked at that mont, eyes shut and lips parted, made believe she wanted the sa thing too.
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