TIGERLILLY- THE BRAVO BOYS [book two]

Chapter FORTY NINE

River O'riley

My body may be fatigued, but my dick doesn't know the difference.. I'm harder for her than a diamond drill-bit and the blood has left my brain, draining me of all rational thought to leave me dumb and dazed.. Frankie sits on top of me and strips away her underwear, revealing her lithe waist and willowy limbs before reaching for the buckle of my belt..

The grinding motion as she rocks back and forth over my hips sets me on fire.. She's so eager her eyes have become molten mocha pools that drown me in their depths..

"Say you are mine, River.. Oh--mmh--Say you will always be mine.." She moans as she shifts forward to kiss a trail down over the Marine Corps tattoos inscribed over my chest..

"I'm yours, Princess.. Always.. Forever.." I repeat the words, devoting myself.. There is nothing truer than my love for her.. I will be bound to her for as long as I live and in the drunken-lusty haze that drowns out the doubts in my head, I find myself imagining a future I never thought possible before..

Maybe I could be the one..
Maybe I really could give her everything..

I know it's insane to think this way, but it was inevitable that I would.. I have lost my mind and I never want to find it again.. Not if this is what crazy feels like..

I'd work my ass off to support her through school.. I'd pay for it if she asked me to.. I'd help her study whenever she wanted.. I'd encourage her through her doubts when she needed to hear it and tell her every day how awestruck I am by her brilliance until she knew everything there is to know..

I'd crawl on my hands and knees up a mountain behind her, protect her from the dangers just to see the light in her eyes as she stood where she wished to stand, proving to herself how strong, resilient and capable she is..

I'd kneel at an altar in the house of god and make eternal vows to see her in a white dress, walking towards me.. And I'd give my very essence to create life with her..

Goddamn...

What I wouldn't give to be a husband to her, the kind she could always depend on.. To have the fortune to be the father to her children..

The future she has envisaged for us is more than I could ever have hoped for.. But still.. I fucking hope like hell that it could come true..

The kind commitment I'd have run from before knowing her has evaporated into a feeble nothingness.. Now, I have no will left to deny what it is I want.. What I have always wanted.. She has changed me in the most profound way.. So now I wonder if maybe I really could make her happy..

At the very least I will die trying..

As her hot mouth meets my abs, moving lower still my breath becomes short and stilted by the anticipation..

"River?" Her featherlight, breathy voice is barely above a whisper and hangs in the air heavy with hesitation when she sits up to peer at me from beneath her long, black lashes..

"Yeah baby?" I push up to my elbows, confused by the switching pace of her passion.. A second ago she'd been bossy and brave.. Now, she is soft and shy..

"Are-- Are you my boyfriend?" She lifts her fingers to her teeth to chew the tips as she shifts nervously on her knees..

"Do ye' want me to be yer' boyfriend?" I grin a stupid, lovesick smile that hurts my cheeks..

Her cheeks turn pink as her gaze falls back down to my halfway naked body.. "Yes.."

"Frankie, I'll do anythin' ye tell me.. I'll be whatever ye' want me to be.."