CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR

“Gavin,” I whisper, taking his face in both my hands.

“I’m always going to love you.” The words come straight from my heart. I know I’ll forever love this man.

From the very moment I saw him, he’s worked his way into my heart and there’s no going back to my sheltered existence before I met him.

I gaze up into the endless pools of blue and gray that are his eyes and the smile that he gives me is almost worth the pain of the last two days that we’ve been apart.

“I love you so much, Sophia, baby.” His deep voice makes my heart constrict in sheer joy at hearing those deep, reverent words.

Then his mouth comes down onto mine, fingers tangle in my wavy, unruly hair and I’m clutching onto him with everything I have. In his kiss, I’m home.

Our tongues collide, dancing together. He pulls my bottom lip into his mouth tantalizingly and sucks. I moan softly in response. I feel him smiling against my lips.

"You are going to have to let me pamper you for the next few weeks. Doctor’s orders, babe