One year later...
“I DO,” BEN SAID. It was done. The woman of his dreams was his. She’d just pledged a lifetime of love to him on the beach in front of their friends and family. Life was good.
No. It was great.
“You may kiss the—”
He didn’t hear what the CO said after that. His lips were on his wife’s. Ainsley smiled when they came up for air. “I love you,” she whispered.
“I love you more,” he said, and then he showed her with his kiss.
There were wolf whistles and clapping.
“Get a room, you two. Shagging comes later,” Bebe, the maid of honor, said.
He lifted his head.
“I present to you the happy couple,” the CO announced.
He and Ainsley began their walk down the aisle. His mom was smiling, and Ainsley’s mom and dad were clapping and crying.
After Ainsley had told him off, her father had not said another cross word about Ben and Ainsley, and he’d also given them his blessing. That was good, since they were inseparable.
Brody and Matt were his best men, with Chelly and Mari a few rows back, holding their babies. He and Ainsley weren’t quite ready for that, although they had no problem practicing.
He and Ainsley made it to the flowered arbor and headed for where the reception was going to be held at her parents’ Corpus house. Pictures would be done after they greeted their guests. But Ben didn’t mind about the formalities. With Ainsley by his side, he was happy. So very happy.
Hours later, they were in bed at her house, preferring to wait on the honeymoon until after the holidays and her busiest season were over. “That was the best wedding ever,” she said, as she turned to him and brushed her fingers along his cheek.
His body hardened at her touch. His cock was always at attention when she was around. They’d been together a year, and the passion was no less than the first time they’d made love. It had only grown stronger, as had their bond.
“I agree. And Jake’s face when he caught the garter, that was priceless.”
She chuckled. “I swear the CO ducked. But you’re right, poor Jake. He looked a little sick there for a minute.”
Ben’s heart felt so full—his wife was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen. Even tonight in the moonlight, her soft features called to him. He slid a hand down her hips and then lower.
“I love you, Ainsley. More than I ever thought possible. You’re it for me. Forever and always.”
She looked so pleased. “I love it when you say things like that.” They both smiled. “I feel the same. And I keep wondering if this is as good as it’s going to get?”
His fingers caressed her core, and she whimpered. He’d never get tired of that sound.
Her expression turned teasing and she shoved him onto his back. “But it just keeps getting better,” she said, as she moved over top of him. Her heat against his cock was almost more than he could stand. He’d been wanting to make love to her for the last week. But she’d insisted they wait.
Torture.
She slipped off the long, sexy silk shirt she’d worn to bed without any bottoms. He liked her like that and she knew it. Her pert breasts, with nipples so tight, were ripe for his touch. She wiggled against his cock and he couldn’t take it anymore.
He flipped her onto her back and she was giggling as he brought her ankles up to his shoulders, and then slipped inside her.
“We waited a really long time for this,” he said, kissing her smooth skin. “I promise I’ll make it count.”
“Oh, I’ll take that bet,” she said, and she stroked his chest, his shoulders, his back and lower. She stared into his eyes, and it spurred him on. Faster and harder he thrust, until she was laughing, and moaning, and bucking against him, heading for the edge of control. Watching her, knowing he was giving her this pleasure—it was all he could do to hold on.
And then they were coming together, riding the wave, their bodies becoming one for those few seconds of bliss. “My Marine,” she said. Her smile was soft and her eyes shone with happiness. He loved seeing her like this.
“And you’re mine, gorgeous. All mine.”
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If you missed Brody and Mari’s story, check out HER SEXY MARINE VALENTINE...and Matt and Chelly’s big romance in MAKE MINE A MARINE, available now from Harlequin Blaze!
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