Chapter 82

Perrin

The carpet was soft beneath my back as I pulled Lo to me, welcoming her light weight on my chest. She kisses me softly, her lips warm and the heat of her body rivaling the small fire crackling behind us.

“Are you sure you’d rather not wait to see the bedroom?” I ask.

Lo pause, as if she hadn’t considered that. “You mean there’s more?”

“We’re obviously not going to sleep in the kitchen…”

She nips at my lip playfully. “I’m serious! You did everything?”

I had the sudden, uneasy feeling that she was put out, despite her smile. “Not everything. I didn’t touch any of the spare bedrooms, which now I guess includes a nursery.”

She smiles, then kisses me again, her pleasure evident as her lips pressed harder, pulling away with a delightful smacking sound. “Well. Before I get too carried away–”

“Isn’t that the point? This is ours, after all–”

She swats at my chest and sits up, straddling my hips. I wiggled mine suggestively and she swats again, grinning. “I’m serious. Can you let me fi