Paradise Bound (bxb)

Chapter 17

With his hands still on my forearms, I stepped forward to get closer to him. I framed his face with my hands, looking deeply into his eyes.

"I'm in love with you Ryder" I said with so much sincerity "I have known for a little bit of time already but I was not ready to say it quite yet...I was planning a more romantic way of telling you, like taking you out to dinner and when the moment was right, I'd tell you how I felt....but after thinking that it could have been you in that accident and never being able to tell you, I just didn't want to wait" I continued to tell him.

I couldn't exactly tell what emotions he was feeling because his face was a mix of happiness, surprise and awe.

"Matthew" he responded softly. My heart beat erratically in my chest. "As you already know, I've never said those words to anyone before" I nodded in understanding

"I am completely enamored by you, my beautiful sunflower" I couldn't help but smile at his words "I started falling for you the moment I saw you.....I'm not saying it just because you said it, although it helped me realize you feel the same....I love you too" he finished, moving his hands to encircle my wrists. The smile on my face mirrored the one on his.

Without any more time passing, I brought his lips to mine in a deep, meaningful kiss. Our lips moved in sweet tandem as his hands gently pulled my hands from his face down his body to his waist as his hands glided over the skin of my arms to wrap his arms around my neck.

I took a firm hold on his hips and began walking backward, toward the bedroom.

"Shoes" he mumbled against my lips then started fumbling, trying to get them off. We both laughed against each other's mouths, not parting for anything.

When he finally got both shoes off, we continued to maneuver ourselves into the bedroom. With the door shut, I spun us around and pushed him on to the bed, making him gasp before crawling up his body. I placed small kisses on his neck, trailing up to his ear.

"I want to make love to you Ry" I whispered into his ear, tracing the shell of it with the tip of my nose. I always thought saying that would be corny as hell but right now, at this moment, it makes sense. It will mean more than sex/fucking to me, as I hope it would mean more than that to Ryder as well. Considering he said he loved me back, I would assume it would.

"Are you sure?" He whispered back, his hands skating down my back. I turned my head to look him in the eyes.

"More than sure...I love you"

"I love hearing you say that" he lit up with a smile before grabbing my head and crashing my lips to his. "I love you too of course" he mumbled against my lips.

"Of course" I mockingly joked and he snickered. We did a weird scooch wiggle to get further up on the bed before he tugged my shirt up and off my body.

"Damn, you're so sexy" he said huskily with his eyes drinking in my naked torso and hands splaying across my chest.

"Wait...do you need to...erm...clean?" I asked, my face burning hot. He just chuckled.

"No, mon amour. Coincidentally, I cleaned earlier to play with my toy tonight" he nodded toward the nightstand. I looked over and sure enough, there was a grey dildo standing up there.

"Oh...sorry" I said shyly.

"Nothing to be sorry about, especially when I'm going to have something a thousand times better" he winked and I playfully swatted at him.

"Luckily I had to run to the store to grab more lube and got distracted by Christmas shopping" I giggled.

"I shall go grab the lube" I bit my lip.