Chapter 139

Suddenly, he wished she wasn’t on the pill. He wished even more that he had every right to plant his seed in her womb, hold her while she slept, and call her his wife.

Slowly, the blackness in his vision receded, his heart rate slowed, and his breathing returned to normal.

And only one thing careened through his overwrought brain. “I still love you, baby. Move in with me.”

Tessa clutched him, pressed her lips to his, and burst into tears.

The following morning, Tessa rolled over and sent a bleary-eyed glance at her alarm clock. It would go off in ten minutes. That’s how long she had to figure out what to say to Zy.

He’d asked her to move in. She hadn’t seen that coming…but she should have. He’d talked about it before and he’d told her that he loved her. Lord knew she was beyond tempted to say yes. She might not have said the words to Zy yet, but she loved him, too.

His warmth and woodsy, masculine musk lured her closer. She pressed her body to his