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while she felt his hardness thicken between them. Rafe’s arms wrapped

around her as he took their kiss deeper. He grazed her teeth before he

buried his tongue deep into her mouth. His guttural moan spoke volumes.

She could drown in his kisses. She loved how his hot breath blended with

hers and he nipped at her lips teasingly. Rafe sat up and pressed her more

intimately against him. She wanted to feel the hard length of him inside

her, pounding into her until she screamed his name. Ivy had never felt a

desire this deep for anyone. She was desperate for Rafe to fill her every

need.

His hands worked at the button of her cut off jeans and tugged them

down her hips. The lace of her G-string was thin at her waist and she felt

it break under his impatient fingers. He pushed her back onto the carpet

and finished removing her shorts. He kissed the flat expanse of her

stomach while his fingers deftly searched out and found her core. Ivy

cried out in pleasure and bucked against his hand as his finger penetrated

her with urgency and his thumb rubbed against her clit.

“Damn, you feel so good. Will I ever be able to take it slow with

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you?” Rafe groaned. “Every time I touch you it feels like I’m going to

explode.”

“I don’t care. Oh, I don’t care.” Ivy thrashed her head wildly. “Just as

long as you take me.”

Rafe undressed with haste and covered her body with his, kissing her

wildly. He devoured her mouth while his hand went back to caressing her

pussy until she writhed beneath him. He buried his face between her

luscious full globes. Ivy moaned her disappointment when he moved his

hand from between her legs, but a soft cry escaped her lips as Rafe filled

his hands with her breasts.

“Oh, Rafe, yes,” Ivy moaned.

“More,” he growled. “I always want more when it comes to you.

Every cry that comes from your lips is like a drug, and I need more until

you satisfy me.”

He took her lips again in a hot, hard kiss while his touch was making

her restless beneath him.
How did I ever say no to this?
Her hand cupped

him and she stroked the smooth shaft over and over until Rafe shuddered.

His hands traveled up the back of her neck and he sunk his fingers into her

hair. He held her head while he feasted on lips swollen from his kisses.

Ivy’s hands caressed the muscles of his abdominals, his sculpted

shoulders and chest. She stopped at his nipples and pinched them. “God,”

he said through their kisses and ground himself against her. Ivy gasped

against his mouth as pleasure sliced through her. He was rock hard velvet

over steel. She wanted to feel that power, to feel the restraint he held on to

set free. She tore her lips way from his and urged him onto his back.

Rafe’s muscles tensed beneath her as she trailed tiny kisses and licks

down his body. Rafe arched off the carpet as she blew a soft breath on the

head of his cock.

“I want to take you deep into my mouth,” Ivy said, breathless. “I want

to taste your come.”

“Do it. Now, Ivy,” Rafe ground out.

Ivy continued her foray of his body, moving like a sleek cat as she

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tasted him. She ran her tongue over his rigid length and heard his breath

hiss from between his lips. Ivy took his hard cock in her mouth, sucking

with an urgent up down motion while making a fist around the base and

stroking him.

“Fuck. You’re going to make me come,” he said harshly. He lifted his

hips in an urgent thrust as she picked up the pace of her mouth on him.

She felt the first taste of his come on her tongue as he gave a long

groan and his body shuddered in ecstasy. She swallowed his come as it

spurted into her mouth and she lathed his cock with her tongue to clean

him off.

“My turn,” he said and rolled her beneath him. Rafe kissed her long

and deep until her mind began to fog over. His hands were once again all

over her body, touching and stoking the fire she felt to new heights.

He lifted his head from her breasts to look at her. “I love you, always.”

When she felt his fingers travel over the sensitive skin of the thick lips

of her pussy, she whispered his name. Ivy’s hands gripped his shoulders

as he slipped his fingers inside her. This time, instead of slowly taking her

to the edge, it was a mad race to sensual abyss. He pressed the digits

inside her deeply, over and over again, bringing her to completion in a

matter of seconds. He guided her legs around his waist and plunged inside

her while her body still shook from her orgasm. Ivy cried out in pleasure

and his voice joined hers as their bodies united.

“I love you too,” Ivy said against his neck and bit him gently.

“You’re like a vise around my cock,” Rafe said breathlessly. “I want

you to take all of me until you scream.”

Ivy barely had any control left. Being with Rafe took over her mind,

body and soul completely. She licked her lips slowly and watched his eyes

darken in pleasure. His fingers tightened on her hips and dug into the soft

flesh as he thrust deeper and she cried out. She brought her hands up and

massaged her breasts silently, pleading for him to taste them. He obliged

and sucked one of her pert nipples into his mouth. The combination of

both sensations almost sent her over the edge. Her hips bucked under him

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and Rafe groaned against her breast.

“More, Rafe. All of it. Make me come for you,” she panted.

“Yes, oh, God, Ivy,” he said between clenched teeth.

He grabbed her hips, pulling her against him so that he was buried

completely inside her and she cried out in pleasure. Their pace picked up

and soon the sound of their bodies coupling mingled with their harsh

breath and cries of pleasure. She felt her pussy tighten like a vise around

his throbbing cock and she strived for that place that would cause her to

shatter in ecstasy.

Rafe fisted his hand in her hair and kissed her before muttering.

“Right now. Now.”

His words and the passion in his eyes drove Ivy to her orgasm on a

shaky cry of pleasure. With her release, Rafe let himself go, pounding

inside her until he groaned and arched above her. His beautiful body

tensed in sexual delight. She felt his warm seed spill in the confines of her

body and out of her as he continued to move. Rafe dropped down next to

her on the carpet, both of them trying to catch their breath. Her body

occasionally shook as mini aftershocks flowed through her. She tried to

think clearly, but after an experience like that she chose to let everything

slide away for a while. They heard a soft cry from Bonnie in her room and

Rafe groaned.

“You get cleaned up. I’ll throw on my clothes and wash my hands

before checking on her and then we’ll switch,” Ivy said, starting to get up.

“Oh, bless you. You’re a wonderful woman. I need to regain use of

my legs,” Rafe murmured.

Ivy kissed him gently. “You were fabulous, so you deserve it.”

“Hey, Ivy?” Rafe rolled over and rested his head on his hands.

She looked back at him while she was picking up her clothes. “Yes,

my love?”

“I hope we made a baby tonight. I’d love to see our child growing

inside you,” Rafe said.

Ivy pressed her hand to her stomach and tears sprang to her eyes. “Oh,

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Rafe.”

She didn’t know what else to say. This was one of her biggest fears;

not being able to have a child. She rushed upstairs and poked her head

into Bonnie’s room. “I’m coming, baby, I’m coming.” The baby sniffled

and smiled. Ivy rushed into the hallway bathroom and began to quickly

clean up. She stopped and looked at herself in the mirror and rubbed her

hand against the flatness of her stomach.
Maybe, just maybe
. Because of

Rafe, she could dream again and love with all her heart. Because of him,

she had a family.

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Chapter Eight

Everything was a flurry of activity for the next two weeks. A wedding

plus preparations for Rafe to leave for three weeks took up most of her

time. Ivy went with Rafe to court the next day and through an expedited

hearing, and all the hard work from his lawyer, he now had sole custody

of Bonnie. After that victory, his lawyer was now filing papers so she

could legally adopt the baby. She had quite a bit of vacation time she

never used that had accumulated, so she put in the request with human

resources at Walter Reed to take off eight weeks. It would start the week

that Rafe left on his mission. It was going to be hard for both her and

Bonnie not seeing him. She wanted to spend as much time with Bonnie as

possible and have her at home instead of daycare while he was gone. The

day before Rafe’s award presentation in D.C., she bought Bonnie her

dress and she got something new for herself. It wasn’t every day you got

to enter the White House for a ceremony. She felt a sense of pride when

she saw Rafe in uniform standing at attention and being pinned by the

President himself.

“Thank you for your service to this country and protecting us all,” the

President said loud and clear.

“It’s my honor, sir, to serve my country.” Rafe saluted after the

medals were secured to his chest and did a quick turn before marching

away. Ivy heard his mother sniffing beside her and she looked over to see

pride on both his parents’ faces. She felt it too in her heart and wanted to

jump up and cheer for him. Later, after the ceremony, the President

greeted them all and even held Bonnie. Ivy made sure she got a picture

because as Bonnie grew they would tell her about the day she met the

leader of their country. They had a celebratory lunch in an exclusive

restaurant near Capitol Hill and it was there that they decided that the

wedding would be held at his parents’ lake house. She loved his parents

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and they accepted her like family, and for that Ivy was thrilled. They were

the family she never had, the one she dreamt about when she was a child

and sat terrified in her bed, afraid of her stepfather coming into her room.

There weren’t too many people she wanted to invite to her wedding. What

she knew of her family was scattered and after the incident, no one really

spoke to each other. Ivy knew she had an aunt and uncle somewhere, but

neither cared enough when the trouble started to even offer her a home.

There was no need for them to be there for her special occasion.

Marie accepted her invitation to be her maid of honor and that Sunday

they had a girl’s day to find dresses and accessories. They bought Bonnie

a frilly pink and white dress and Marie got misty eyed as Ivy tried on

wedding dresses. After trying on at least a dozen dresses, she finally

found the one. It was a simple cream, knee-length sheath dress that had a

long train in the back. There was a shiny satin bow high under her chest

and delicate straps holding up the dress on either shoulder. It was perfect.

“I can’t believe you’re getting married.” Marie sniffed into a tissue

and dabbed her eyes. “I’m jealous and happy all at the same time.

Where’s my soldier, I ask you?”

Ivy laughed. “I’m sure he’s waiting. All you have to do is find him.”

“Maybe it’s Rafe’s best man Brody.” Marie sighed. “That boy is fine.”

Marie and Brody had been invited for dinner the day after their trip to

D.C. They instantly took a liking to one another.

“You know his reputation. Rafe warned you,” Ivy said.

“Which makes him all the more appealing. You know a woman loves

a man she thinks she can change. Plus, the guy looks like he could do my

body good—like milk,” Marie said with a laugh.

“You’re awful. Do what you want to do, but I’m just saying don’t get

hurt because then I’ll have to fillet him alive if he hurts you,” Ivy warned.

“Aw, you’re sweet trying to defend my honor,” Marie said. “Now,

let’s buy this dress and get to the flower shop before it closes.”

All the plans were in place and the days leading up to the wedding

flew by between work and going to the lake house in the evening to help