He nodded and proving that he wasn’t even listening he slowly bent down to kiss her. She thought about Dominique’s earlier visit and remembering what she’d said she kissed him back with a fervor that matched her zeal from the night before. The embrace wasn’t fast or too slow, the best word one would use to describe it would have to be thorough. Both parties were quick studies, learning of each other utilizing all their senses. All of which seemed heightened, intensified. Brianna opened her eyes coincidentally at the same moment Ryker opened his. As clear as if he’d said the words aloud she knew he loved her. She knew because he’d wanted her to know it, and he hadn’t said it because he’d wanted her to feel it like he did, and know it as a fact in her heart. He’d said with eyes all he ever wanted her to know, that the love he felt for her right then at that moment was as real, and was for him it would remain so for the rest of his life. When they had stopped and the two stood back against the sink, both catching their breath, both knowing that everything had changed.
