Keeping You Forever (A Harbor Love Series) by Jaclyn Marulanda Page B

like you Grace, a lot. To be honest with you I like you more than I thought I would. I told myself when I moved here that I was not going to get involved with anyone. Women were out of the question… until I walked into Geddys and saw you sitting there. That night and something in your eyes changed everything for me. You were stuck in my mind from that first glance,” he took a step closer into her, tipping her face up to look in her eyes. “That night when I called you and you were in the bathtub, I could hear the sadness in your voice. I hated knowing someone made you feel like you weren’t good enough to be loved, or have someone in your life that cared about you and wanted to spend their life with you. I get that Grace; I really do, because I wanted those same things. I wanted marriage and the kids with the big house and the white picket fence. Then, when Missy left me, I told myself I didn’t need any of it and didn’t want it until now…until you.”
     Those words were all it took for her. Her heart kicked and squeezed in her chest and she was right where she wanted to be with the person who she was starting to fall in love with.
    “Tyler I don’t know what to say to all of this. It’s so hard for me to let anyone in. I let Denny in and look where that got me.”
    Don’t say anything just give me the chance to show you that Denny was an idiot and wrong for you. He didn’t know what he had and I am glad he didn’t, because I wouldn’t be here with you right now. Give me a chance Grace.” He pushed a strand of hair away from her eyes and ran his thumb down her cheek. “Don’t push me away. I want you and I want you for more than just one night. I don’t know what we’re doing here, but I am willing to take the chance and see what happens. If you tell me tomorrow that this isn’t what you want, I promise I will leave you alone. I really hope you don’t say that, because I want to keep kissing you. I love it so much that when I am kissing you I don’t care if I can’t breathe. I would rather kiss you than take my next breath of air,” he said and kissed her.
     He was kissing her again and she complied just as eagerly, letting her tongue slide into his mouth making him groan. His lips devoured hers and his tongue warmed her mouth as his deft fingers moved over her body and began working their way to the button of her jeans. Her skin was warm and soft under his palms. His palm traced the sides of her hips, moving up and around to her back, caressing, stroking the heated skin of the small of her back and pulling her tightly against his body as his lips kissed down her neck.
    “I want to see you,” he whispered before nipping gently on her earlobe.
     She gasped as his tongue flicked the spot he just bit down on and slid her hands under his shirt, pulling it up over his head and tossing it across the room. Her hands moved over his chest and up his shoulders find their way down his strong back as he continued leaving soft wet kisses down her neck.
    “I don’t know what you did to me, but I can’t stop this with you,” he said as he pulled her further into the house and toward the sofa, falling back and taking her with him. “I want to know all of you Grace, I want to know what you’re feeling and what you like. I want to know what turns you on. When I kiss you like this, I can feel it and I can’t get enough of it, it’s driving me fucking crazy. I don’t want to stop. Don’t leave me alone tonight, stay with me,” his voice was a rough whisper now against her neck and it sent shivers down her body. 
    Hearing him say the words were all she needed and knew there was no place she would rather be at this moment then with Tyler, making her feel like she was the only one who mattered.
     “I’m not going anywhere Tyler. I want to be here with you and nowhere else. You make me forget everything. You make me feel things that no one has made me feel in a long time,” she said, letting her body