All of You (76 page)

Not surprisingly, that got him moving.

Danny reached over, pulled the nightstand drawer open, and lifted the little black box out. Seeing it in his hands brought awful memories of Christmas night rushing back, sending tidal waves of regret, guilt, and pain washing over Kat.

“Danny, I am so sorry for that night,” she said quietly. “I’m so sorry for all of it. I don’t know how you can forgive me, but I am so grateful that you can.”

“Forgive you?” He scoffed loudly, head shaking, as he pried open the lid of the box and pulled the ring out. “Kat, I am way too fucking ecstatic about our future to give another thought to all the bullshit that happened in the past.” Danny turned to her, holding that gorgeous, thoughtful, amazing ring. “Did you read the inscription that night?”

Kat nodded, too choked up to speak.

Without warning, Danny dropped to his knee at the edge of the bed and Kat’s entire body began trembling.

He glanced down at himself, then back up at her, grinning. “I don’t know why the fuck I’m always naked when I propose to you, Kat.”

Kat exhaled a shaky laugh. “Probably because most of the time we’re together, we’re naked.”

Danny laughed. “Yeah, probably. Well, sorry about the raging boner.” His expression turned thoughtful. “Maybe I should put my boxers back on for this part?”

“Dear God,
no
.” Kat shook her head. “No, this is seriously perfect, Danny. No clothes, no hiding, remember?” Her lips tugged into a half-smile. “Plus, you know I am a huge fan of your raging boner.” Kat’s smile faded, voice going low and tight. “And because as soon as you slip that on my finger, I’m going to attack you, anyway.”

“Then give me your hand.”

Kat extended it and Danny held it.

“Your hand is shaking,” she said softly, tightening her hold on him.

“Yeah, I’m nervous, I guess…even though I’ve already done this before and I know you’re gonna say
yes
.” Danny smirked. “Unlike last time, you little witch.”

“I wanted to say
yes
more than anything in the world last time and you know it.” Kat huffed. “Now put the damn thing on my finger so we can get down to business.”

“No repeat proposal required?”

“No, no more talking! We both know we’re soul mates who love each other like crazy and can’t live without each other! That we’ll be best buddies and partners in crime for as both as we both shall live, in sickness and in health! There’s nothing else to say!” Kat pulled her hand free and shoved it at him. “So put it on there, Danny! Let’s go!”

But he didn’t. Danny just kneeled there, staring up at her.

Kat squeezed his hand. “What’s wrong?”

“I think I need to hear you say it, Kat.” Danny choked up. “Because I feel like maybe…I don’t know…” Danny ran a hand over his shaking head. “If you say it out loud, maybe that’ll mean you can’t take it back or something. Like maybe you saying it out loud will make it more real…more, I don’t know…
permanent
, I guess.” He swiped at his damp eyes and exhaled a hard scoff. “Stupid, right?”

Kat stared back into eyes that felt more familiar than her own, into the face of a man who had brought her to life, at a person who had completed her…filled in all the empty places she’d never even known she’d had till she’d met him.

I never knew I was missing until you found me, Danny.

God, I love you.

“God, I love you,” she whispered.

Danny shook his head. “You couldn’t possibly love me anywhere close to how much I love you, Kat,” he whispered back, tears still clinging to his lashes. “Will you please, please say you’ll marry me? Out loud? And hurry the fuck up about it?”

“Yes, of course, I will marry you. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes-”

Danny laughed. “Okay, okay, I get it!” He slipped the ring onto her finger and stared down at it, smile fading. “Damn that looks good on you, sweetheart. Even better than I imagined.” He shook his head again. “
Fuck me
…”

The images his words sent racing through her brain had Kat’s lips curled, her core aching, and her heart pounding. “Yeah, that’s exactly what I’m gonna do.”

Danny’s head shot up.

She pulled her hand back from him, took a minute to admire the ring on her hand, and then pointed to the head of the bed. “So, you. There. Now.”

‡

“B
ut I don’t
wanna be there,” Danny said huskily, getting to his feet.

He slipped a knee between hers – pushing one to the side – and stepped between her parted thighs. He leaned down and in, one palm pressed into the mattress beside her while the other hand dropped to her lap.

Danny held her widened eyes. “I wanna be
here
.” He groaned and Kat gasped when the backs of his fingers brushed against her exposed flesh. “
Goddamn, do I want to be here…
” Danny began teasing the edges of her slick folds, his breath catching and his dick jumping as his fingertips effortlessly slid in deeper. “
Holy shit, Kat…you are so fucking wet already, sweetheart…
”

Kat dropped back onto her elbows, her head falling back as she opened her legs wider for him. “
I know
,” she breathed out and then exhaled a loud moan when Danny began rubbing tiny circles against the opening of her body with his fingertip. “And the wetter it gets, the more it aches, Danny, until I feel like I’ll go crazy if you don’t put it in.”

Danny paused, hand stilling, as he stared down at her. “
What the fuck
…Kat, don’t talk about how wet you are, not unless you want this to be the quickest screw ever.”

“But you just did!”

“Yeah, I know, but hearing you say it is gonna push me right over the edge, sweetheart.”

Kat smiled. “But I
want
to push you over the edge.”

His thumb gently grazing over her clit, Danny slid the tip of his middle finger inside of her. When Kat’s smiled faded and her head dropped back again with a moan, it was his turn to smile. “Not until I push
you
over it, sweetheart.”

Her fingers curled into comforter as he slipped his fingertip inside, pulled it back out, and slid it back in slowly – all the while teasing her clit with the pad of his thumb. “
Oh, God, Danny…yes…more…
please
…”

Between Kat’s soft begging and her spreading her legs farther, Danny went light-headed. And then he made the grave mistake of looking down at what he was doing to her body.

He watched in rapt fascination as his finger moved slowly in and out of Kat, mesmerized by the sight of her wetness coating his skin as he pulled out and equally awestruck by the sight of his finger entering her body as he gently pushed it back in.

“I’m going to orgasm if you keep doing that, Danny,” Kat exhaled, lifting her head and meeting his eyes again. She pulled her knees together, stilling his hand between her thighs. Her chest rising and falling as rapidly as his, she shook her head. “I don’t want to orgasm, yet. Not like that.”

The corner of Danny’s mouth lifted. “How exactly do you wanna come, then, sweetheart? Just tell me and I’ll make it happen.
Twice
.”

“I want to orgasm…” She paused and lowered her gaze to his dick. “I want to
come…
with you buried in me.” She lifted her eyes to his. “As deep inside of me as you can go, Danny. As hard and as fast, too.”

Danny choked, gasped, and groaned simultaneously.

“But first I want to look at you…” She licked at her bottom lip as her eyes skimmed his body appreciatively. “And touch you a little.”

“I don’t think I can handle that right now,” he croaked.

Kat scooted toward the center of the bed and Danny made another guttural sound when his eyes sought out, found, and latched onto the place he’d just been stroking. The wetness clinging to her swollen folds made his dick jump, mouth go dry, and head spin.

He shook his head dazedly. “You touch me once and I’m gonna explode, Kat. No doubt about it.”

Kat quirked a brow and smiled a smile so wicked, so devious, it terrified him. “We’ll see.” She gestured toward the headboard. “Put your back against it, okay, Danny? So I can look at you.”

“How about we fuck and then you can look at me all you want?” Danny climbed onto the bed and moved toward her. “I promise I’ll let you examine every square inch of me all night – hell, every damn day and night of the rest of our lives, if you just let me fuck you right now.”

Kat giggled, scooting back more as he tried to lie on top of her. “You sound like a desperate man, Danny.”

“
Desperate
doesn’t come close and you fucking know it, you little tease.”

He grabbed her ankle and gently tugged until her body slid close enough for him to pounce. Danny positioned himself on top of her, caging her in with his forearms and knees braced against the mattress on either side of her. He settled himself between her parted legs, pressed his face to the crook of her neck and inhaled deeply. “God, you smell so fucking good…” Kat’s arms snaked around his neck and her legs wrapped around his waist as Danny gently nipped his way up her neck until his lips were against her ear. “You smell and taste like home to me, Kat,” he whispered and she shivered beneath him. Kat exhaled softly and tightened her hold on him, fingertips digging into his shoulders as her pelvis lifted slightly to meet his. “You sound and feel like it, too. When I’m with you, it’s like everything missing from me has been found. Like a huge empty space I’ve always felt has been finally been filled. And that’s something I’d never thought was possible…it was something I’d given up on ever finding a long, long time ago.” Danny slid a hand beneath her head and pulled it up as he lowered his lips to her forehead. “I know how fucking cheesy that sounds, but I can’t help it, sweetheart,” he whispered against her skin. “That’s how I feel. And I just need you to know it…to know that – to a fucked-up, lonely, broken, lost asshole like me – it means everything.
You
mean everything.” Danny pulled her head into the crook of his neck as he buried his in the crook of hers. “Thank you for loving me, Kat. Thank you for loving me and saving me.”

Kat’s gently tugged on the back of his neck until Danny lifted his head and met her eyes. “A few minutes ago, I was just thinking the exact same things about you. And we saved each other, Danny.”

“Yeah,” he whispered hoarsely. “We saved each other, sweetheart.”

Danny slowly lowered his mouth to hers and took Kat’s top lip between his. He sucked at it gently before moving to her lower lip. Danny started kissing and sucking at both lips, his tongue darting out to stroke them before it slipped into her mouth.

He breathed Kat’s moan into his body, absorbing her shudders, shivers, and undulations as their kissing deepened. A few seconds later, he felt Kat’s hand grip his side.

She broke away from their kiss and stared up into his eyes, her own hooded and glazed over. “Make love to me, Danny, please,” Kat begged, hand trying to slide her hand between their bodies. “I want…I need…” Her words trailed off as Danny lifted himself up enough for her to reach in and wrap her hands around his dick.

She tightened her hold and he inhaled sharply, already instinctively pressing himself harder into her hand. Kat’s gaze lowered to the space between their bodies, her lips parting and her chest rising and falling rapidly as she watched herself stroke him over and over.

Suddenly, her hand stilled.

Kat’s eyes lifted and latched onto Danny’s, her fingers tightening around his dick. “
Mine
,” she breathed out.

His heart tumbled over itself, his breath caught, and his dick jerked in her grasp.

“
God, yes, Kat…
” Danny searched her beautiful, serious, pensive face – as usual, totally in awe of her in every way. “Yours, sweetheart. Always yours. You own it…and me.”

Kat let her legs drop wide open and tugged at his dick, trying to get it closer to where they were both desperate for it to be. “Then fuck me with it, Danny. Show me it’s mine, show me
you’re
mine.” She eyed his lips for a second before releasing his dick, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling his mouth to hers. “
Show me I’m
yours,” she whispered against his lips.

It took Danny one second to position himself at the entrance of her body and another one to bury himself all the way inside of her in one hard, fast thrust.

Danny groaned loudly as Kat gasped out, “
Oh, God, Danny, yes…
”

And then the instinctual switch flipped and all hell broke loose as Danny pounded into her tight, wet warmth over and over and over. He grunted with each hard thrust, reveling in the sound of Kat moaning his name and the feel of her hands going crazy on his body – gripping, scratching, and rubbing as Danny continued to mindlessly fuck her as hard as he could…burying himself as far as he could go, because it seemed like no matter how deep he went, he just couldn’t get close enough…

To her body or her mind.

“
Oh, God…”
Kat tugged at him, guiding his face into the crook of her neck. Her hands still gripping the back of his head, Kat turned hers and pressed her lips to his ear. “I’m gonna come now, Danny. I’m already so close,
caro
…”