Chapter Forty nine: Relaxed

He shakes his head. "No, baby, it doesn't sound ridiculous. It's super rational with what happened to you, but I can promise you that what we did to some of the rogues before they could run like the rest definitely sent a message of what we're capable of, so we should be okay for a while with no worry." I nod my head before getting up to kneel on the bench between his legs. "l love you."

He sets his forehead against mine. "l love you so much and I'm so happy that you're mine."

letting our lips find one another's before wrapping my arms around his shoulders as he scoots forward to be closer to my body. He cups the back of my neck as his tongue slowly licks at my bottom lip before he bites down on it, making me chuckle as a response before we continue kissing. I pull away as I hear leaves crunch behind me and I turn around to see nothing but the trees swaying as a breeze sweeps through the woods. "What's wrong?"

"Did you hear that?" I whisper as l continue to look around for some source