The Distance (33 page)

“You sure you want to do this?” He asked that gently as he cupped my face in his palm. “I can just suck you if you don’t feel like you’re ready for anal. And if you changed your mind about the condoms, that’s fine, too. I know it’s a big step.”

“I’m more than ready. I don’t want you to treat me like some delicate little thing, either. I want you to fuck me hard, don’t hold back.”

He looked concerned. “That’s kind of like going from second gear to fifth with nothing in between. And are you sure you want me to top you? We can do the opposite too, you know.”

“I need this, Kai. I need you in me, and I need it to be rough and messy and wild, just the way it’s always been for us. If we do this slow and gentle, then I’m going to be reminded of why you’re being careful with me, and I don’t want to think about the fire. I just want to live in the moment with you.”

“I can do that.” Kai climbed on top of me and kissed me passionately. He pulled my briefs from my body and threw them across the room, then licked and kissed his way down my chest and stomach. When he reached my swelling cock, he sucked me to the root, and I let out a low moan as I threw my head back. After a couple minutes of that, I pushed him onto the mattress and stripped off his pajama pants. Then I flipped around, took his cock between my lips and moaned again as we sucked each other and I savored the taste of him.

We sixty-nined for a long time, and then Kai rolled out of bed, rifled through his backpack, and quickly returned with lube and a new, clean shop rag (which made me chuckle, because it was so perfectly us). We kissed each other deeply and I stroked his cock as he fingered me. When I was ready, he slicked his cock and wiped his hand on the shop rag. As he pushed against my opening, I wrapped my legs around him and pushed back, opening myself for him, letting him in.

Kai did just as I asked. He fucked me hard and fast, pleasure radiating through me as he clutched my body and drove his cock into me. But it was so much more than just sex. I locked eyes with him and was overwhelmed by the love, the connection, the incredible feeling of
oneness
as we melted into each other. Right then, in that moment, life was absolutely, utterly, beautifully perfect.

*****

We spent the entire day naked in bed, alternately napping, talking, and having sex. I was surprised I could feel so good, so at peace, in the wake of all that had happened. But then I realized something.

It all came down to trust: trusting Dante and Vincent to keep the family safe; trusting Cameron and the SFPD to do all they could to catch the people who’d tried to harm my family; trusting God and the universe to look out for Zachary and help him find his way. And most of all, trusting Kai to always be there.

As we traveled through life, the road was going to have potholes, some of them absolutely huge. But I knew it was all manageable, every mile of it. I could handle anything I came up against, as long as Malakai Kahale was right there at my side.

“Hey,” Kai whispered. I raised my head from his chest and looked up at him. “What are you doing next weekend?”

“There’s nothing planned. Why?”

“Let’s get married.”

A big smile spread across my face. “Really?”

“I mean, assuming you want to marry me.”

“Of course I do!”

He smiled at me and said, “Okay, good. That was kind of out of the blue, I know, but here’s the thing. I kept thinking both my proposal and our wedding needed fanfare, fireworks, you know, something grand. But then I thought about Nana and Ollie’s wedding and how perfect it was, and I realized we don’t need the fancy stuff. We just need each other.” Exactly.

I kissed him tenderly, and then I said, “Let’s get married in the yard at Gran’s house, on the deck we painted back when this was brand new. Izzy can be maid of honor, and she can wear her butterfly princess gown. We’ll call our family and friends and tell them to show up in jeans, and after the ceremony, we’ll all dance on the lawn to Bowie songs until the sun comes up. It’ll be perfect.”

“That really does sound perfect. I love you so much, Jessie.”

I smiled as I brushed his hair from his eyes. “I love you more than anything.” A thought occurred to me, and I sat up and asked, “What do you think about me taking your last name after we’re married?”

“That would mean the world to me.” He grinned and added, “Plus, it’s good because you don’t actually have a last name right now, just a middle name standing in for one.”

“You’re right. How does Jessie Kahale sound?”

Kai pulled me into his arms and said, “It sounds like every one of my dreams just came true.”

Mine, too.

The End

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The Firsts & Forever Family Tree

**Please note: this family tree contains a few spoilers if you haven’t read all the books and don’t know who ends up with who in the rest of the series**

The Dombruso Family:
Sicilian-American family with roots in organized crime

Stana
Dombruso (
Nana
) is the head of the Dombruso clan.

Nana raised her four grandsons after their parents were killed. The brothers in order from oldest to youngest are
Dante, Vincent, Gianni and Mikey.

Nana is married to Olivio Caravetti (
Ollie
)

Jessie
was hired as Nana’s limo driver, and as far as she’s concerned, he’s part of the family.

Dante
is married to
Charlie
(their story can be found in All In)

Vincent
is married to
Trevor
(their story can be found in Salvation).
Josh
is their adopted son.

Gianni
is currently sailing around the world with his boyfriend
Zan
(Belonging is their story)

Mikey
is a widower with three sons, and is dating
Marie
(they met in Belonging)

Nico
Dombruso is their cousin. His boyfriend is
Luca
(their story can be found in All I Believe)

Nico’s brother is
Constantino
(Connie). Connie’s boyfriend is
Andreo
(their story can be found in Hitman’s Holiday)

Andreo
is
Luca’s
half-brother.

The Friends:

Skye
is a friend of the family and is married to
Dare
(their story can be found in Skye Blue)

Skye’s half-brother
River
was living with
Cole

Skye
went to art school with his best friend
Christian

Christian
is married to
Shea
Nolan (their story can be found in Against the Wall)

Christian
is
Zan’s
son

Skye
and
Christian
also went to art school with
Christopher Robin

Christopher Robin
is married to
Kieran
Nolan (In Pieces is their story)

Christopher
is friends with
Hunter
Jacobs, AKA Hunter Storm

Hunter
is married to
Brian
Nolan (their story can be found in Gathering Storm)
Chance
and
Christian
are friends

Chance’s
husband is
Finn
Nolan (their story can be found in Coming Home)

Chance’s
kid brother is named
Colt

Colt’s
boyfriend is
Elijah
Zachary
is friends with
Chance
and
Jessie
Yoshi
is
Gianni’s
friend
Charlie
is
Jamie
Nolan’s friend and ex-boyfriend
The Nolans:
Irish-American family, many of whom are in law enforcement

Kieran
and
Brian
Nolan are brothers
Shea
and
Finn
Nolan are brothers (Kieran and Brian are their cousins)
Jamie
Nolan is also their cousin

Jamie
is married to
Dmitri Teplov
(their story can be found in Way Off Plan)
The Series in Order, and the Couples:
1.
Way Off Plan
: Jamie Nolan and Dmitri Teplov
2.
All In
: Charlie Connolly and Dante Dombruso
3.
In Pieces
: Christopher Robin Andrews and Kieran Nolan
4.
Gathering Storm
: Hunter Jacobs/Storm and Brian Nolan
5.
Salvation
: Trevor Dean and Vincent Dombruso
6.
Skye Blue
: Skye Fleischmann and Dare Evans
7.
Against the Wall
: Christian George and Shea Nolan
8.
Belonging
: Gianni Dombruso and Zan Tillane
9.
Coming Home
: Chance Matthews and Finn Nolan

10.
All I Believe
: Nico Dombruso and Luca Caruso
10.5
Hitman's Holiday
: Andreo and Connie (Constantino) Dombruso

11.
The Distance
is Jessie and Kai’s story

12. Book 12 will be Zachary’s story

The series will continue on from there!