Hallie

He's here. I can't believe it. He's here.

How?

I look up and see my dad. I frowned in question.

He nodded with a small smile, as if he could the question in my mind.

I frowned not sure why.

"Don't be mad," he said to me once I was in front of him.

"Dad..."

"You two need to talk. He's one of the good guys, honey. Don't let him get away," he said before dropping a kiss at the top of my head.

"I'm doing it to keep him and his family safe. They don't need to be involved," I argued.

My dad chuckled. "It's too late for that," he said. "He's involved. He loves you."

I looked at him with shock. How does he know that?

"What did he say to you?" He asked.

"That he wasn't going anywhere. That he wasn't leaving tonight until we talk," I said. "The stubborn arrogant man."

My dad chuckled again.

"Stop that," I whined. Then chuckled at myself too.

My dad laughed. "I knew I like him."

"Dad!"

"It seems... I won't be having you in my home for much too long," he said while caressing my cheek before he walked away.

His comment rendered me speechless. I looked around the room and found myself immediately drawn to Damien who was gazing back at me.

He smiled at me.

I broke our eye contact. I don't know what to think or how to feel.

Do I give in to what my heart wants? Do I throw caution out the door and just dive in?

I shook my head.

Damien. Oh Damien. What am I going to do with you? I thought to myself. The stubborn man.

The rest of the night went by like a blur. All I could think about was Damien. Why can't he just let me go? Why does he have to be so stubborn?

As the party slowly comes to end, guests have also started to depart, telling me that it's almost time. Time for me to face Damien. I can't exactly avoid him. Knowing him, he meant what he said. He'll be waiting for me. As I smiled at another guest saying their goodbye, I can feel his eyes on me and a shiver ran through me.

I excused my myself to my father who nodded in understanding.

I walked and I knew he knew and he wasn't too far behind me.

When I reached the garden, I turned and he was right there. Just a few steps behind me, close enough for me to smell his scent that I've grown to love so much. Close enough to see the frustration in his eyes.  Close enough that I could hear his heart beating just as wildly as mine.

"I can wait if you want to change into something more comfortable," he said, breaking the silence between us.

"I'm good," I said. "Just say what you want to say and be on your way."

He raised his eyebrows as he cracked a smile. "You really think it will be that easy to get rid of me?"

I narrowed my eyes at him.

He chuckled.

"I'm not playing games with you, Damien. Say what you want to say then leave."

"I'm not leaving until you admit how you really feel about me."

"I hate you," I blurted our. "There? You happy now?"

"The truth, Hallie. I want the truth."

"That is the truth!"

"You hate how you feel about me, not me."

"You arrogant fool!"

"Yes. A fool. I am a fool," he agreed. "A fool for you. A fool who's madly, deeply in love with you."

I shook my head. "Stop it. You don't love me. You can't!"

"But I do," he said, as he pulled me against him. "And I know that you love me too. You love me so much and that's why you're pushing me away. Because you're scared. Scared of what could happen to me, but damn it, Hallie. I'm not scared. I'm only scared of losing you and not being with you and our kids."

My eyes went wide.

"Yes. Ours. I love Ty and Michy like my own and I'll be damned if I let anyone take you guys away from me."

Tears welled in my eyes.

"The way I fell isn't going away. It will only grow and get stronger with time. I know it. You're it. You're the one. The one who owns my heart. My heart recognize you the second we bumped into each other. There's no explanation, I just knew. I just felt it and I know that it sounds crazy, but it's the truth. This feeling I feel is like a burning desire. I want you with a burning fire inside of me. It can't be put out.

"Damien..." I whispered.

"You don't have to fight this alone. I'm not going anywhere." He cupped my face and touched our forehead together.

I closed my eyes. Tears escaped and rolled down my cheeks.

He caught and wiped them away.

"I tried so hard to deny how I feel about you. But you just kept knocking my defenders down. How can I continue to push you away, when everything inside of me craves you."

He smiled.

"No one has ever made me feel the way you do. When I'm with you I can forget everything bad that has happened in my life. You make me want to live. You make me feel everything that is good."

"I love you, Hallie."

I smiled. "I love you too, Damien," I replied.

He leaned down and I met him halfway, our lips meeting each other in a searing kiss. A kiss that he depended as he pulled me closer. Desire seeped through my veins.

I gasped as he trailed kisses down my neck. I dug my fingers in his head, pulling him close.

"Oh god... we can't do this," I said.

He pulled back. We were both panting, trying to catch our breaths.

"Not here," I said and led him to a place I've grown to love.

I led him down a path, a path that leads to a lake where I've been coming to when I want to be alone to think.

I took the blanket I've left for when I come down here and laid out on the grass.

I looked back at him.

"Hallie..."

"Damien..."

"I want this. I want this with you," I said, a I trailed my hand up to his chest. I took his other and placed it against my heart. "It now beats for you," I said. "I've never wanted anything or anyone the way I want you."

Damien

She loves me. The happiness I feel from hearing those words can't be explained. . I feel like my heart is going to explode.

"No one has made me burn with need and want the way you do... Tell me you feel the same way..."

"I do, Damien. I do...," she said. "Kiss me, Damien. Make me forget. Make me burn with you..." She begged.

Hallie

If looks could melt I'd have melted by the way he's looking at me.

"Damien..." before I could finish, his head dipped, his mouth covered mine. His kiss was tender, teasing. His hands slid to the back of my head, pulling me even closer him. He deepened the kiss, becoming more demanding.

Oh the taste of him, the feel of him, everything... just everything was making me burn with a burning desire.

I pushed his coat off

He slowly undressed me...

"You are so god damn beautiful, I can't fucking breathe," he said.

He ran his hand down my arm and captured my hand. He placed it around his neck as he capture my lips for another one of his mind-blowing kiss.

He laid us down gently. "I love you," he said.

I smiled. "And I, you," responded.

He trailed kisses down my neck, to my shoulder, and down to the valley between my breasts.

I shivered as I breathed heavily.

He pulled back and I bit my lip.

He bent down and captured my hardened nipple into  his mouth, making me gasp loudly.

"Yes, baby. Let me hear you" he said. His words sending shocks right down to my core.

He gave my other nipple the same attention, making me shot up on my elbows.

"Please... Damien please."

"I know, baby. I know," he said softly. "But I need to taste you first."

Before I could stop him, he buried his face in my sex. Kissing it ever so softly, teasingly.

"Oh god, Damien..."

"You're so fucking wet, baby," he groaned before sucking my clit into his mouth.

I moaned loudly and shook from the immense pleasure he as giving me.

He slowly made his way up again and kissed me.

"Look at me," he said.

I looked at him.

"I love you," he groaned out as he pushed himself inside of me, making me gasp out.

I bit my lip.

Shock registered on his face.

I pulled his face down and kissed him. "Don't stop. Make love to me, Damien," I coaxed. "Love me. Please," I said.

He kissed me and began to thrust inside of me.

"I love you..." I moaned.

He began to thrust deeper, alternating from slow to fast and fast to slow, driving me insane.

"Fuck," he groaned.  He pulled back, almost all the way out, before suddenly thrusting so deep inside me. It felt so good. So perfect.

"Don't stop," I said.

"Cum for me, baby. Cum for me," he breathed.

He thrusted deeper and harder and faster. "Cum. Cum for me," he ordered and like a switch, I came.

He thrusted a few more times, before pulling out. Only then did he cum.

Of course. Protection. He wasn't wearing protection. I was so far gone, I didn't think about it. I'm glad one of us was thinking. I love Damien and I want him to be the father of my kids, but it's not exactly the right time. Plus, I have a feeling he's going to have a lot of questions for me.

He pulled me close to him and dropped a kiss to my head.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

Maybe...

Just maybe.

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