Every Beat of My Heart (New York Sullivans 0.5) - Bella Andre Page 0,3

hauling her up against him, one hand between her legs, the other on her breasts. Their lovemaking was always beyond hot, but the way they were taking each other today was animal. Feral.

“Now.” He urged her with his hands over her breasts, which seemed even fuller than usual. They were definitely more sensitive as he rolled the gorgeous peaks between his thumbs and middle fingers until her hips were bucking even harder against his. “Come apart for me, Heather. I want to feel you. I need to feel you.”

The words had barely fallen from his lips before she exploded in a climax so powerful that it took Zach closer to paradise than he’d ever been before. Having the strongest, most incredible woman in the world come apart in his arms was a gift he’d never, ever take for granted.

Once his heart was beating at a halfway normal speed again, he shifted them on the backseat so that she was lying on her back looking up at him and he was levered up on one arm. He reached out to slide a lock of damp hair away from her forehead. “Want to know the other reason I asked you to come by today?”

“You really had another reason?”

He would have smiled, but he needed her to know how serious he was as he said, “I want you to be mine, Heather.”

A small frown line formed between her brows. “I already am.”

“You’re my fiancée. But I want you to be my wife. And I want to be your husband. Not in another year from now. Not in six months. As soon as possible.”

“I want that too.” Her voice was soft but sure. As sure as he felt about spending forever together. “If I know you—which I think I do, better than anyone else, by now—you’ve not only got a date in mind, you’ve already booked the details.”

It was true. No one had ever known him as well as Heather. She’d broken through all his walls, shown him that love was more important than anything else. “November fifteenth.”

He’d expected her to look surprised, stunned even. But she simply raised one eyebrow and said, “You really think we can get everything and everyone together for a wedding in two weeks?”

“Worst case, we’ll hop a flight to Vegas and get Elvis to marry us.”

“You’d love that, wouldn’t you?” she said with a laugh.

“You, me, and Elvis with Huge and Tiny as our witnesses?” He grinned. “Sounds like a pretty damn epic wedding to me.”

“Yes. Not to Elvis,” she clarified before he could get carried away with his grand Vegas plans, “but to getting married in two weeks.”

The first time she’d said yes had been when she’d agreed to a sex-only fling with him three years ago. When they’d both tumbled head over heels in love with each other, her next yes had been after his marriage proposal. This yes, to their wedding date, felt just as big.

Just like every other time, he sealed her yes with a kiss, but this time he also took her hands and threaded his fingers through hers. “Every time your fingers slide between mine, I remember lying with you at the park in San Francisco, holding your hand, and never wanting to let go.”

“I didn’t want you to let go either. Not then. Not now. Not ever.” But instead of smiling as she said it, he could see tears forming in her eyes. “I know I was teasing you about being romantic before, but you really are.”

“Heather? What’s wrong?” Whatever it was, he would fix it.

“Nothing.” She wrapped her arms and legs even tighter around him. “Absolutely nothing’s wrong.”

His heart pounding, he forced himself to simply stroke her hair and then her back, rather than keep pushing her to tell him what was going on. Heather was the strongest woman he’d ever met. He’d broken all his rules for her. Had fallen in love hard and fast even when he’d sworn he never would. And she’d broken her rules about love for him too. There was nothing they wouldn’t do for each other, no fear they wouldn’t share, no joy they wouldn’t celebrate. She’d tell him more when she was ready.

Finally, she settled back and gazed up at him. “When you asked me to come by the garage, I was actually already planning to.” She tried to take a deep breath, but it shuddered in her chest. “I took a test this morning at work.” She looked into his eyes. “I’m