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Epilogue:Rival Turned Lover

Jacob had one of the toughest weeks of his life, after finding out that Keilani Harrington-Clearwater had actually been trying to set him up with Leah all this time made his thoughts run rampant. He could have possibly reconnected with Leah sooner had he actually sat down with Keilani and asked for more information on the mysterious sister in law. He then retracted that thought; Leah more than likely would have just tried to take a chunk out of him after telling him where he could not so nicely shove it.

He took in her words when they were still on the island. This could all possibly be a fluke; us being here on the island could be effecting how we really feel.

Leah might have been right. He knew that had they crossed paths under different circumstances than his home island before they had really gotten to know each other—before they had fallen for one another, she would have tried to tear his head off. And he would have been hell bent on rubbing it in her face that he had taken the job that she would have obtained had he not accepted it. He never would have been able to touch her, love her, or know her. That notion caused a shudder to run through his entire body, he couldn't even imagine that now. He loved her with everything in him and his wolf was absolutely enamored with her.

He knew in his heart she loved him and wanted him. His bite mark that was still tender to the touch for being separated from his mate, told him as much. He could feel all her emotions bumbling up inside him. And after checking in as much as he emotionally could without hurting himself, he knew she was feeling just as miserable at the separation.

But what could he do to fix the mess he had created?

He couldn't just show up on Leah's doorstep with some roses in hopes that she would take him back with open arms. Leah was a difficult woman at best, and Jake knew he loved her for it. But it also made things harder for him, he had to come up with a plan that would have her in his arms— or preferably in his lap—by the time he was done with her.

Did he love her? Yes.

Did he want to spend the rest of his life with her? With everything in him.

So after telling Keilani pieces of the story—excluding the wolf bit—her eyes widened and she demanded that he meet her husband Seth Clearwater. In the short time that Jake had spent getting to know Leah, he still didn't know too much of her personal life, family included. Jake knew that Leah mentioned having a brother and a mother, remembering how Leah had spoken about the two of them, he knew they were all really close. But outside of that he had no idea.

Jake didn't know what to expect when he met Seth, but one whiff and Jake knew that Seth had been a wolf at one point. It only took one look to see that Seth and Leah were related. It caused Jake to miss her even more than he already had. Even though Seth had stopped phasing and was finally aging, he still had a look of youth to him.

Just as Jake had figured that Seth was wolf, Seth spotted the same in him.

Keilani grinned listening in as she made sandwiches at the kitchen counter. "I knew there was something different about you, I just couldn't put my finger on it. You hide your wolf spirit well."

Seth smiled at his wife for a second before his eyes zeroed into the mark on Jake's neck and he nodded his head towards it, "You already mated or imprinted?"

"I mated with Leah." Jacob told him without breaking eye contact. No sense in hiding it now, besides he needed all the help he could get. Who would know Leah better than she knew herself? Hopefully Seth did, Jake had thought as he began trying to explain things. Beginning with being attracted her since college, knowing she was a wolf, meeting up again, falling in love with her, and the whole crazy job debacle.

"Wow," Seth rubbed the back of his neck as Keilani brought a large plate of sandwiches and placed it on the table in front of them. "Well that changes things…." Seth moved his arm around Keilani pulling her close to him even though he was sitting and she was standing.

She seemed used to his casual caresses because she just looked down at him and ran her fingers through his hair. "We're having a tree trimming party. Leah will be here, you should definitely come."

Jake could clearly see Seth's love for his imprint ran deep when Seth looked up at her before nodding in agreement.

"Well you see, I sort of made a mess of things and although I've told her I would come by and talk to her I already know Leah won't take me back easily." Jake began to explain his hands pressed together as if he were about to pray.

"You got that right." Seth muttered before he growled lowly. "I'm assuming you heard about Paul?"

Jake nodded containing his own growl, but didn't elaborate any further than that. Paul was not a factor, Jake could handle him easily. Leah was Jake's main concern right then.

"So what you're telling us, you need reinforcements?" Keilani flashed a bright smile, if Seth wasn't holding her waist, Jake was pretty sure she would be bouncing in excitement.

Jake moved his hands apart, placing his palms flat on the table giving an almost wolfish grin. "Actually I came to ask who I have to speak with to ask for her hand in marriage."

A few weeks later both Leah and Jake were back where they started on their reconnection, on another plane ride towards Blake. But instead of trying to ignore Jake like she had tried the first flight they'd had when they still hated each other, it took everything in her to keep her hands off of him. He let her have the window seat and lifted the arm separating them so that there was no space to keep them apart. He had his large warm arm behind her back with his hand possessively on her hip. Every few seconds he would caress her with his calloused fingertips.

His head nuzzled the mark on her neck as he inhaled her scent deeply, "You know, if I knew we would both be able to fit in those bathrooms back there I would take you right now."

Leah shivered involuntarily leaning onto his strong muscled chest biting his clothed nipple hiding her smile. "You're a pervert."

"Says the woman of my dreams biting my nipple right now." he said gruffly his breath fanning over her mark with each word.

Leah was so incredibly turned on at that moment that she hardly found it fair. She knew he could smell her just as she could feel his length pressing into her palm that was placed on his jean clad thighs. She didn't know if she would ever get enough of him. Not after that whole miserable week of being apart from him. Her wolf was extremely content, the most content she had been since Leah first changed.

After they left the Christmas party and returned to her condo, he made love to her over and over and over again. They only got out of bed to eat and to shower when necessary which was rather pointless as they incessantly went for another round as soon as they saw the rumpled bed.

The phone continued to ring unanswered, it took Seth and Keilani coming over pounding on the door until Leah finally answered it in one of Jake's enormous T-shirts. One look at Leah's disheveled hair, glowing sexually satisfied face and Jake's possessive hand on her, Seth and Keilani got out of there quickly. Neither of them even said why they had stopped by to visit but the phone stopped ringing.

"Sleep love, you'll need all the rest as you can get as soon as my mom gets her hands on you I'm afraid I might have to fight to get you back." He sounded amused at his words.

Leah snuggled more into Jake's side letting sleep take her for the rest of the plane ride.

To say that Sarah was happy for Leah and Jake was the understatement of the year. Sarah wanted pictures for everything. And anyone who missed the re-enactment of the engagement was forced to sit through their dinner and or drinks listening to Sarah show and talk about every picture she had taken of the two on her digital camera. Every time Leah had tried to sneak away to talk to Jake, Billy and or Sarah separated them to speak with someone else.

By the time Leah left the rum shack she was utterly exhausted. Neither Jake nor Leah said anything on the drive back to his place. Leah actually curled up in her seat and had fallen asleep immediately. Leah didn't open her eyes until she had heard the purr of his engine cut off. He opened the door for her as she released her seatbelt. Then he helped her out the car.

She had taken off her heels somewhere between Jake's car and the front door holding them in her hands. Jake was standing in front of his house unlocking it so they could get inside and hopefully clean separately, Leah thought.

Leah had to shower the night crazy events away, she had fun but Jake was right about Sarah stealing her away. Leah all but started to run to the bathroom to shower alone as soon as the front door to his home was opened. She threw her heels on the floor by the potted plant letting her muscles bunch up so she could get to the shower first. Jake chuckled at her antics. She only got five steps past him before he caught her, lifting her up into his arms with a look of determination on his face. She wanted to laugh at him but found that she couldn't, not when he looked so damn… good. All her exhaustion and plans of showering alone, flew out the window as he held her bridal style in his arms.

She touched his jaw with the palm of her hand bringing his attention—which had been straight forward on his goal—to her. His dark gaze swept over her face, ever so tenderly…slowly and she fought off the urge to flutter her eyes closed.

"What's going on in that head of yours, Black?" she asked him using her thumb to massage the stubble on his jaw.

"How I'm going to make love to my fiancé until she learns that we do things together." He grinned when her mouth fell open. "Didn't think I knew your shower alone plan huh?" he winked. "You forget all the time that I can feel you, and your face gives everything away beautiful." He leaned his head down to brush his lips across hers.

Leah didn't fight the tingles that seemed to fly throughout her entire body. She wondered if the spark of chemistry between them would ever fade with time or if it would always be this way. She hoped it would always be there, it was their one connection that no one else in the world could say they had. He didn't turn on any of the lights as he walked through the house, not that he needed to, they both could see just fine.

He brushed his lips against hers one more time before he pushed his bedroom door open, walked her over to the made bed and set her down at the edge. "Don't move." At his tone of voice she couldn't deny him even if he had asked her to do something far more ridiculous then to just sit there.

Leah sighed falling out on her back, her arms splayed out on the comforter, looking up at the smooth ceiling above her when she heard the bathroom door close.

She heard the sounds of water, a few muttered curses when he somehow managed to bump into something and him rustling around but she didn't dare sit up. She wondered what he was doing but he had all but commanded her to not move. So instead, she raised up her left arm placing her elbow on her flat stomach, gazing at her beautiful engagement ring that she was falling more in love with each time her eye would catch the glimmer of the large diamond.

It was a fourteen karat princess cut, with an open curved diamond band that sparkled with even the slightest movement. She heard the bathroom door open and only then did she lower her hand propping up on both her elbows so she could see him. He had taken off his shoes and socks, and his burgundy dress shirt was gone leaving the stunning view of his delicious chest, muscled arms, and washboard abs, that led to the clear cut V in his waist. He still had on his slacks hiding a majority of his happy trail and keeping her from making her eye journey down his body. When she lifted her eyes back to his face she noticed the intense expression in his eyes.

He grinned at her offering his hand, she took it and he lifted her up effortlessly into his hard body. "I have a surprise for you."

She could feel his heat searing her back through her dress that tied at her neck as he stood behind her.

"Oh really?" she took a chance turning her head sideways so she was able to look at him. Her nipples immediately pebbled, her breast feeling extremely heavy, when his thumb casually stroked over the clothed material.

"Yes, but I want this off." He tugged at the ties letting the top of her dress pool at her waist.

Leah shivered when his fingers brushed down her arms in an up and down motion. She didn't fight him when he unzipped the side of her dress.

He leaned down to kiss her bare shoulder softly when the blue material fell to a heap on the floor. She now only had her royal blue lace thong on and hardly found it fair that he was still clothed, even if it was only the lower half of his body. But her mouth wasn't working, not when she could feel his heat all the much better without the distraction of her dress.

"That's better." He murmured nudging her ass with his hardness. Even though his cock was still confined in his slacks she moaned at the heat he emitted. "Go in the bathroom," he whispered against her ear nudging her yet again.

Leah took one step forward he was right behind her, his hands moving to her waist. Every step she took he was right there until she pushed the door open with the palm of her hand.

Leah regarded the bathroom: the large tub that could definitely fit more than one person was filled halfway with rose petals and an endless amount of bubbles, there was ten lit unscented candles placed randomly around the room and even in the shower and two champagne glasses filled on the side of the linoleum tub. If she wasn't so distracted by Jake who stood behind her his hands trailing up and down her body and his talented mouth on her neck, she would have been a puddle of goo on the floor.

"Thank you," she said softly sighing turning in his arms so that she could see his face.

"And to think you would have missed out on all of this awesomeness had you tried to shower alone." His hand brushed against her cheek when he moved her hair out of her face.

She looked up at him, not having any comeback, just endless amounts of love. His fingers were curled on the top lace of her thong at her waist pulling them off, his eyes never leaving hers. She moved her hands to his slacks and popped the button and pulled the zipped down in quick succession. He got a bit impatient and kicked them off after they had fallen to his knees. Then she pulled off his boxers, his cock immediately sprang up from its confines, happy to be free.

He easily lifted her before she could even think of placing him in her mouth like she really wanted to. She glanced up at his handsome face. He gazed at her with such earnest longing that she had to catch her breath. It only took one second before their lips met, and the point of contact was stimulating. His kiss was always so demanding, she knew that if he could have swallowed her whole he would have. And she loved that. She found that she wanted everything he had to offer and then some.

He picked her up into his arms holding on to the back of her ass, as she wrapped her arms loosely around his neck and locked her thighs onto him. She could feel the hard length of him under her bottom with every step he took toward the tub, their lips never broke apart and for a moment she thought they might end up falling or knocking something over since they only seemed to be consumed in each other. But when one of his hands moved from her ass, moving lightly over her thighs, toward her heated, wet core every other thought that wasn't him flew out the window.

He stepped into the tub, foam tickling her skin as he lowered them both into the warm water and bubbles. When he moved his hand she whimpered against his lips.

He chuckled, "I'm going to give you what you want Lee, I just want to look at you for a second while we talk." he touched her cheek as she sat on his thighs, his cock was so close yet so far away. But he looked like he had other things on his mind as he reached over and handed her a half full glass of sparkling champagne.

Leah took it in her right hand letting her left hand walk up and down his abs.

"To the future." he grinned.

"To the future," she murmured when their glasses clanked together.

Jake was done with his in one long swallow. Leah allowed the cold, sweet tasting champagne to go down her throat in a few swallows as Jake watched her, his hands rubbing her thighs. Each time his hands would get closer to where she wanted them to be he would move them back down towards her knees starting the torturous motion all over again.

"You know your mom wants us to get married on the Butterfly farm." Leah sighed when he moved one of hands to take her champagne flute along with his own and placed it outside of the tub, on the second to last step.

"I know she told me, what do you think?" he asked lowering his gaze from her eyes to her swollen lips.

"I would... I would...I would l-l-love that." she tried to get out as his finger finally brushed across her clit.

"Good, what else did she ask you?" he asked casually his fingers were relentless.

"To... fuck... to be... her... maid... of honor." she leaned her head back as she tried to breath.

"And what did you say?" he questioned pinching at her clit and rubbing harder with his one hand and lifting his other out the water behind her neck so that he could look at her again.

"Yes," Leah hissed grinding herself onto his hand. As soon as the answer had escaped her throat his lips were attacking her own. His tongue entered her mouth without permission and took hers in his possession. He drank from her mouth as he continued to caress her clit over and over again, just as she was close to coming he removed his hands from her.

She let out a frustrated sigh at the loss of his touch.

"Relax. I just want to be inside you." He said stilling her hips when she began to grind herself into his thigh for some sort of friction.

"What about my lurking eggs?" she bit his bottom lip gently referring to what he had said weeks ago. He didn't seem like he was in a rush to get a condom and she couldn't bring herself to care if she could possibly get pregnant from this.

"You're mine for the rest of our life I can deal with a few lurking eggs." He tried to make a joke but his voice came out deep and throaty. "I just want you, all of you. Right now."

Their breaths were the only sounds in the dark, candle lit bathroom as they gazed at one another for several long passionate minutes.

He swooped his head down and when his lips fused to her mark in a intense and wicked manner she nearly lost it. "Come here," he said gruffly.

She lifted herself up using her knees at the bottom of the tub and her hands gripping the smooth outer edge of the bathtub. His hands immediately went to her hips grasping her tightly as she moved her dripping heat near the tip of his cock. Even through the water she could feel his heat just as she was sure he could feel hers.

She lowered herself ever so slowly onto him, both of them groaning when they were completely joined. His mouth found her open lips when he used the grip on her hips to pull himself out of her to the tip before thrusting back in. The water created a wonderful sensation on her clit each time she was lowered back down onto him.

She finally broke away from his scorching kiss when she had to breathe. She closed her eyes letting the sensations rule her as her fingernails scratched down his back.

He groaned as she slightly broke skin. She knew he would heal so she didn't worry too much about hurting him.

"Look at me," he softly demanded.

Her eyes popped opened and met his intense, lust filled gaze. "Everything is so much better when I can see you. When I can see all of you. When I can feel you so open for me." He murmured moving his wet hands to her breast and squeezing. Leah fought closing her eyes again as she panted.

Slow and persistent he would thrust in her as she swiveled her hips to ride him in turn. Water was splashing loudly out of the tub, bubbles flew everywhere but it didn't stop their lovemaking session. She cried out when he had hit her spot coming so hard that her breath was almost lost to her the moment she saw stars.

"Breathe babe." His voice was rough as he thrusted into her pulsing slit even harder and deeper holding her shaking body with his strong hands. When she was finally done trembling he moved his hand back to her clit and began to rub in delicious circles until she was swiveling her hips against his thrusts again.

They created a slow, erotic dance together, the water adding more sensations with each movement. Their breaths, moans and groans mingling together in the echo of the candle lit bathroom.

Jake kept up with his withdrawal and thrusting motion. He was moving so slow and lovingly that it brought tears to her eyes. She felt like she was dying slowly and living all at the same time as her second orgasm swirled inside the bottom of her belly just waiting to be released.

She barely had time to scream when another, bigger orgasm shot through her like lightning. The sound that came out of her mouth was a strangled scream.

Jake didn't let her scream stop his genius thrusting. He kept rocking her, rocking in her, faster and harder. More water splashed onto the floor, she was pretty sure by the time they finished that more water would be on the floor than in the tub. But she didn't care, all she cared about was bringing the love of her life the release he needed.

And even though it felt like forever as he continued to thrust and she continued to ride down on his thrusts, it was actually only a few minutes before he had joined her with his own release inside her.

"Leah…" he uttered her name burying his face into the side of her neck.

She pressed her breast into his warm wet chest and laid her head on his shoulder her hands immediately went into his hair that was wet with water and had bubbles all over the place. It took them several moments to get their breathing back to normal him staying inside her all the while.

"Hey," Jake said softly.

"Hi," Leah kept her cheek on his shoulder, the exhaustion coming back to her.

"Did you pick a date love?" he asked rubbing his large warm hands up and down her back.

"June twenty third." she said without second thought.

She heard and felt his intake of breath. "God, I fucking love you," he groaned squeezing her even closer to his body, they were still connected and joined so she felt him when he had hardened inside her all over again.

They both knew that was the date they had competed for the election in college starting up the heated rivalry that had lasted for years. The date would now have a different meaning to the both of them that they would never be able to forget. Leah realized she would have this kind of love with her for the rest of their lives and found that thought did not scare her. She embraced it as much as she welcomed him. Leah knew then without a doubt that sometimes rivals made the best lovers, and she had finally found her paradise in her rival's arms.

Wow, I'm seriously slacking on my updates lol. Took me a whole month and some days to realize that I had this still incomplete, and when I finally update it happens to be the epilogue. I'm horrible I know, but the story was actually already done, everything else would just be fluff.

I actually forgot how much I loved playing with version of Leah and Jake and Mama Sarah. I'll do some outtakes in the future for sure: on the wedding, and a few other things. But as of now this thing is done. Hoped you enjoyed it!

Love you guys!

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