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“I love that,” I whispered.“I tried something different tonight.”I smiled, taking in more of the aroma. “Oh yeah?”“When I brought you to lunch last week, you ordered a salad with grilled shrimp. It got me thinking about seafood.” He led me over to the stove, opening the cover to the large, flat oval dish. “I just took this out of the oven before you got here. It needs time to sit and gel and cool off from its current molten-lava state.”I laughed at his description. “It looks divine.” The base appeared to be thick rice with sausage and seasoning and a large collection of seafood on top. “What’s it called?”“Paella.” He took a spoon from one of the drawers, dipping it into the mixture. He blew on the rice and sausage before holding it up to my lips. “Taste.”Now that it was closer, I saw the bits of onion and the small round peas in the rice. “Easton, my goodness,” I moaned, covering my mouth the moment it hit my tongue. “This is heavenly.”“The first time I had this was when I was

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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVENEastonIf I was going to take Drake on a trip, our first that wasn’t work related, I wanted to make sure she never forgot it. That it was a location she could absorb on a level that went beyond restaurant reservations and tours and cultural experiences I normally planned. I wanted her to connect to the landscape, to feel the air. To listen to the stories the mountains whispered.Utah was a place where I’d spent a lot of time. Not just skiing in the winter, but camping in the spring, summer, and fall. Never promoted as much as Colorado or Nevada or Montana, more of a hidden secret that always surprised people when they arrived, it was a state that was often overlooked.I didn’t know why.These grounds were some of the most beautiful in the world, and as someone well traveled, I had every authority to say that.That was why I wanted to share this with Drake.I wanted her to know what it felt like to be in the middle of nowhere. To have to rely on natu

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She glanced at me, scanning my eyes.“I don’t want you to feel anything but amazement while we’re out here,” I continued. “But, at the same time, I realize this is my kind of vacation. I’m hoping you’ll experience it the way I want you to . . . I just don’t know if that’ll be the case.” I nipped one of her knuckles and soothed it with a kiss. “To make that adjustment easier on you, I want to deal with any concerns you have before you see our accommodations.”She laughed. “Are you reading me the back of a Moab camping warning label?”“That’s exactly what I’m doing.” I winked at her.“And you’re saying I may hate you after this?”Now it was my turn to laugh. “Hate is a strong feeling. Let’s go with . . . camping will continue to be my thing, and all other non-camping adventures will be our thing.”While her hand was still near my lips, she wiggled it out of my grip and cupped my cheek. “I’m going into this very open minded. I want to love it.”“Good.” I kissed her fingers as they got cl

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“I knew you would.”Her chest rose and fell. “It’s everything I needed—just like you’re everything I need.”I brought her hand up to my face, smelling her skin, kissing it. “I love you.”As she gazed at me, emotion moved into her stare. It thickened the longer she went without blinking. “Easton . . .” Her teeth moved to her lip, dragging the ends across the bottom, back and forth, taunting me. “I love you too.”CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHTDrakeWhen we’d gotten into the car and started driving to the campsite, Easton’s warning had made me extremely nervous. Although I’d tried not to let on—I didn’t want him to think I was regretting my decision—I was certainly wondering if agreeing to this trip had been a bad idea.He was just so excited about taking me camping and showing me Utah that I didn’t want to break his heart.Still, I wasn’t sure if this type of traveling was really my thing. If I could become one with nature to where I was literally sleeping in it.But once we parked and I thoroug

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I rocked my hips forward, the desire pooling inside me, and I met his hard-on, filling the silence in the room with my heavy breathing.“You taste so good.” He licked a path to my nipples, replacing his hand with his mouth, sucking one, nibbling. Biting. “Always so hard and ready for me.”He wasn’t even talking about my clit or the wetness waiting for him below.He was just referring to the way my nipples responded to him.But it didn’t stop at just my chest. Easton caused my whole body to react. Even if it was just the delicate touch of his fingertips or the slightest graze of his tongue.I felt it.I responded.And it was those sensations that made me crave more.That made me beg, “I need you.”The greediness had taken over and I was adjusting his tip toward my entrance, needing the friction, the fullness.“Yes, someone does want it, doesn’t she.” He called me out as I rubbed my clit over his crown, exhaling against the top of his head as he gave my chest more attention.“Please.”I

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I was thankful that a few weeks ago we’d decided to no longer use condoms, that there was nothing separating us from experiencing this.This overwhelming feeling.But one that was so extremely satisfying.“You’re so fucking tight.”I didn’t know which part of me he was talking about. It didn’t matter. He sounded as pleasured and as turned on as I was, and when he gripped my cheek and kissed me, his eyes feral when we parted, I knew his body was as lit as mine.But what was happening beneath the water wasn’t as active as what was going on above it.In fact, neither of us budged.I just stayed still, taking it all in, getting acclimated to these senses before I rocked forward and back. When I did, when I drew my hips up and down, his finger went in the same pattern.“Easton . . .” I didn’t have words. I searched, but they were gone. Too much was in motion. Too much was at play. I just had breaths and moans and squeezes—his shoulders, neck, anything within range of grasping.“You feel fu

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And my wish came true as he leaned up onto his knees, wrapping my legs around his waist. He ignored the fact that we were in a tub, that bubbly water was leaking out. That he very well could crack the base and we could crash to the floor.When Easton was inside me, when he was focused on giving me as many orgasms as possible, nothing else mattered to him.“I want you to come again.”A sentence that made me the luckiest woman alive.And something I wanted.But there was something I wanted even more and said, “Let’s come together.”Just as the words left my mouth, he slowed almost to a stop. “That’s what you want?”“Yes.”As he sank into me, it brought an entirely new feeling. He was enticing me, challenging me to get there. An achingly slow but mighty build that was more sensual than anything he’d done tonight. His hand stayed on my clit, but it wasn’t that quick swipe that I’d gotten used to. It was a gyration with medium pressure, a tempo similar to a crawl. His momentum was just as

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And then I heard, “I love you, Drake.”The first time he’d spoken those words was earlier that day, when we’d been sitting in the Adirondack chairs outside, viewing the mountains. A feeling had come over me when I’d processed what he’d said, when that admission had settled in my chest, when the same words worked their way through my throat, and I’d finally voiced them.The same thing happened again.But this time, deeper.Stronger.His affection having even more potency.Because the first time was a surprise, but the second time was a confirmation.“You’re right,” I whispered. “It just got so much better.”EPILOGUEEastonDrake asked me to meet her at a coffee shop not far from the office in the heart of the Back Bay. I was running a few minutes late. Since Holden had taken Belle to Disney to celebrate the international rollout and Grayson was in Saint-Tropez doing the same, there was a lot to hold down.Especially because the last month had been the most successful in Hooked’s histor

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That thought should have made me happy. Brennon was nothing but a motherfucker who had tried to take down everything Holden, Grayson, David, and I had built. But part of me felt bad for him. That he felt so underappreciated that he wanted to hurt us. That he stooped to a level as low as he had.That instead of creating something on his own, he’d stolen our designs and software.It said a lot about his morals and character. And now those decisions were going to affect his future, one that looked extremely bleak from where I was sitting.I’d already let Brennon take up too much real estate in my head.He wasn’t getting any additional square footage, nor was that topic getting another second of attention. Instead, I addressed something that would cheer me up and that would return the breathtaking smile to Drake’s face. I asked, “Has Saara gotten back from her work trip?”“Tomorrow. We’re going to meet for drinks after work.”“Ahhh. A night of debauchery.”She squeezed my leg. “Not true.

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