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“I’m coming back.” Don’t forget me. “I promise you, baby, I’m coming right back.” Don’t leave me.
“Nothing, not your fucking family or the fate of the universe, will keep me from you. Do you hear me, Mercer? You’re my little demon, and I will never leave you alone.” I cry harder, a mix of fear and emotion. “But?” He licks his lips, meeting my eyes with his. “There are no buts. Not about this, and not about the way I feel for you. No buts, baby.”
That asshole became my safe place. He’s my wall, the lock on my door, the only person who sees me and loves me because of it.
feel like a badass,” I tell them all. “I’m so getting laid when you get back, Blake.”
The sensation of having him like this, knowing he wants it as badly as I do, proves to me he’s the one. I didn’t know I was waiting for him, but now that I have him, I can’t imagine ever letting go.
“Fuck me like there are no buts, Blake.” Fuck me like you love me.
He fucking has me. For how possessive I get, I know it’s him who holds all the power. Mercer is mine, but he has no idea how irrevocably he owns me.
“I love you, okay? With no buts. Fuck knows how that happened, since you were my jailor and all,” he scoffs. His hand leaves my mouth. “You saw me.” He swallows audibly. “And loved me anyway.” Vulnerability and insecurity flash in his eyes, but when he blinks, it’s gone. “I love you, Blake.
“Your love is a lot to handle,” I agree. “If you don’t say it back within the next five seconds, I will have a full-blown meltdown.” “You told me not to make you weepy,” I tease. His eyes water a little. “Make me weepy. I only said that because you’re bound to be an ugly crier and I was trying to be modest because I’m not.”
“I fucking love you.” I kiss him. “Love me harder,” he demands.
“You’re mine now, baby. I’m never letting you go. Wherever you wanna live, I’ll be there.”
“It’s, I mean, I bought it forever ago, but I never… and when you said you liked… I just, you know? Like it was meant… to be? Because we’re both… and I want you to feel like it’s yours as much as… fucking hell.” He takes a deep breath, and I watch his whole show instead of the apartment. He straightens his back and composes himself. “I bought it. Never moved in. Will you fucking live here with me, you satanic little demon?”
Also, my new lawyer is a skank. Escort, excuse me.”
“You just want to gift me a hotel chain?” She laughs. “What have I ever done to deserve that?” I grab her hand and squeeze it, even though it’s probably snotty. “Tried.”
“I’ve never had a home that feels safe before,” he says honestly. “I’m trying to nest and you’re ruining it.” His bottom lip sticks out.
“I’ll never break you, Mercer.” I pull his sweater and shirt over his head. “But I’ll wreck you tonight.”
He’s the perfect conundrum, and I can’t believe he’s mine.
“Fuck my cock, baby. Open yourself up so I can ruin you.”
“Why are you walking like that?” Bronson asks as soon as I walk into Aaron’s apartment. Because I got dicked-down and bred by the god of thunder last night.
Blake bends down and laughs against my lips. “You’re still my little demon, Mercer.” He kisses me. “I’m so fucking proud of you. I told you I’d help you claw your way to the top, but guess what? You did it all on your fucking own, baby. I love you.” Holy, I love this man. “Thank you.” For seeing me and loving me anyway. For not ignoring me. For looking beneath my masks and understanding why I wear them. “I love you with no buts, Blake Carter.”
he’s dragging my body over the back of the couch and I’m clinging to him like he’s the only air I need. “Fuck, I missed you, baby.” He hugs me tight, kissing me everywhere he can.
“I need you to do that thing where you smother me with your body and touch me all over while I sleep.” “You mean cuddle?” I scoff. “No.”
“Can you at least put it in me?” I whisper into the darkness. “I prepped and everything, and I know we’re too tired and weepy for sex, but I can keep your dick warm. It’s really no trouble.”
“I don’t even know what’s wrong with… I’m… why am I scared?” His eyes water. “Because you just did something new and brave, and it’s overwhelming. I’m so fucking proud of you, baby.”
“What happened to you? You used to be so calm and cucumbery. None of my shit ever got to you.” “I fell in love with you,” he says with no fuss.
“Do you even know how insane you make me, Mercer? Like fucking hell. This lingerie is everything, and you look hot as fuck in it, but it’s more than that. It’s just you. I need you.” He kisses my neck, and I’m blushing again. “I fucking love you, baby.”
“I just wanted to thank you. For seeing me for who I am, even if I didn’t always know my own identity. For naming me Mercer and making me love it.” I place my hand on his cheek. “For seeing all my broken parts and still deeming me worthy.”
“Thank you for believing in me, Blake,” I whisper, feeling warm. I lean forward to press my lips to his forehead. “Thank you for loving me, even when I didn’t know what it meant.” I kiss his hair softly.
“So, like I was saying, Brantley, it would benefit me immensely to get some field experience. Let me go on a quick murder here, a small gang war there, and it’ll really up my man in the mic training. What do you think?”
“Listen here, Brantley, I am like a mosquito. I will pester and suck you dry until I get what I’m after. You know this.” “He better not know this,” Blake snips.
can’t believe you settled for him. You’re Blake Carter. What’re you doing with a scared boy?” Blake looks at me with love in his eyes and a smile on his face. “He’s not a scared boy. He’s my little demon, and it’s about time you met him properly.”
“I just want you to be sure you’re making the right choice. I mean, I’ll die if you leave me or change your mind, but at least I’m pretending to give you the option to think about it.” Blake laughs, squeezing my ass. “I don’t need to think about anything, baby. I was yours the night you wore lingerie outside that club. I’m just glad I got the chance to make you mine, too. I’m marrying you tomorrow. For the rest of my life, it’ll be me and my one-time-murdering little demon. No buts, Mercer.”
