Hi!


The hug is great, but it must not be enough for Edward. He promptly pulls me away and shoves his talented tongue down my throat right there in the middle of the small Sonoma county airport. I'm caught off guard at first, not expecting such a forceful greeting, but like everything else when it comes to him, I dive right in and absorb every single second of it.

My fingers slide through the back of his hair and ball into fists as I push closer while simultaneously pulling him to me. I delve deeper, reintroducing myself to every nuance of his taste and smell. It's divine.

He's divine.

"Geesh," I mutter as we separate, steadying myself. "Now that's a greeting."

His lips twitch, and my eyes trail from them over his smooth but sharp jaw and across his well-defined cheekbones before finally landing on his twinkling eyes. He's such a sight to behold, and that's before I allow them to fall downward to make sure the bulge is still present.

Yep.

Still there.

His husky chuckle brings them back upward, and he leans closer to speak lowly in my ear. "Damn, Bella. Are you trying to make me hard in the middle of the airport?"

I flutter my lashes, shrugging one shoulder. "Maybe."

"Just wait 'til I get you home," he growls, grabbing the handle to my suitcase with one hand and using the other to urge me toward the door. "I may have to take you before I introduce you to my parents."

My feet stop moving as I'm suddenly reminded how this trip is about more than just Edward and me. I'm meeting his parents for the first time. I'm staying with him. On their property. I guess that's what we did at the cabin as well, but that wasn't the same. This time, they'll be around. We won't be trapped alone together.

This is going to make it official.

"Babe," Edward says, and he's standing in front of me. "What's going on inside that pretty head of yours?"

"I'd forgotten about the parents," I say, chuckling uncomfortably. "I mean, I knew I was gonna meet them, but that welcome made my mind go blank." His brow lifts, and I smile at his smirky self. "So when you mentioned them, it sorta hit me again, ya know?"

He shakes his pretty head and takes my hand, twisting around to lead me out the door. "Don't sweat my parents. They're amazing people."

"I don't doubt that for a single second." I smile, imagining the man and woman in Alice's pictures standing before me. "They have two amazing kids, so I'm sure the apple doesn't fall far."

"Meh." He smiles, hitting the key fob. "Alice is great. I'm a little hard-headed, but they've never held it against me."

I settle into the passenger seat and look up at him from under my lashes. "I like hard things."

He tosses his beautiful head back and expels the sexiest chuckle I've ever seen in my life. His Adam's apple bobs, and his pretty pink lips pull back to show his perfect teeth.

God, I've missed him.

He leans down, filling the space in the open doorway with his lean form. "I'm definitely taking you to my place first."

"Your place," I repeat, breathless with him so near. "You have place that doesn't belong to your parents?"

"It's most definitely my parents' place, but that doesn't mean it's in screaming distance of where they live." He smirks, closing the door.

My thighs clench at this new information. I've been under the impression that he lives in an apartment in the basement or above the garage or attached to his parents' home in some way. I'm delighted to learn how wrong that is.

"How long is the ride?" I ask as he slides into the driver's seat.

"Too damn long," he says, shifting his erection.

I lean over, trailing my finger up his arm. "Maybe there's a lonely back road somewhere along the way?"

Tires squeal as he pulls into the road. "I know just the place."


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