Callie was too shocked to hide her face now. He was still in his jeans. “Zane, you’re getting wet.”

He groaned and lowered his forehead to hers. “Yeah, well, I wasn’t thinking about my clothes. I was thinking about the fact that you’re crying.” His lips touched the tip of her nose. “Please don’t cry, babe. It tears me up.” His voice was rough, as though he was on the edge of tears himself.

He wasn’t wearing a shirt, and Callie’s hands smoothed over his skin, stopping at each puckered scar to run a loving touch over it. She loved his body, every inch of it, every scar and imperfection made him the man he was. She wound her arms tightly around his lean waist.

“I love you,” she whispered against his chest. It made no sense to hold it back. She would never say those words in this way to anyone but Zane and Nate. When they were gone, she would close off that part of herself. “I love you so much.”

His hand tangled in her wet hair. “Then marry me.”

Callie’s heart lurched, threatening to pound straight out of her chest. Her head shot up to look into Zane’s painfully serious face. His eyes were a dark green, and he seemed to be waiting for her to reject him. “Marry you? I thought you would leave.”

Now a little smile curled his lips up. His hands ran down her back, waking every nerve in her skin until he curved his fingers around her buttocks and gave them a sizzling squeeze. “Never again, Callie. I will never leave you again. I made a mistake leaving the first time. Nate made a mistake, too, but I can’t force him to acknowledge it. We both love you so fucking much, but I think he’s going to leave. He’s my best friend, Cal. He’s my brother, but I’m choosing you this time.” He took a little breath. “Do you think you would be okay if it was just you and me?”

The thought of Nate on his own made her eyes water, but there was no chance she would turn Zane down. She would love him and make a home for him and thank her lucky stars that she had a man like this. She managed to nod.

He kissed her, deep and long. His tongue reached out to caress hers. She felt his longing in that kiss. He would miss Nate, too. They would be incomplete, but they would have each other.

Zane urged her close, rubbing his jean-clad erection against her belly. “I love you, babe.” He tangled his fingers in her hair and pulled her head back so she looked into his eyes, couldn’t miss an inch of his scarred, gorgeous face. “I’ll never let you down, Callie. I’ll try so hard to be the best husband you could have.” His throat worked up and down, choking on some unnamed emotion.

Callie easily read his face, knew what he was saying. She lifted her hands to cup his face. He would try to be everything to her. He would try to make up for the fact that Nate wasn’t with them. She sighed. She’d been so selfish. She’d thought only of how much she would miss Nate and not once of how much Zane would miss him. Nate and Zane might never have kissed or had any sexual feelings towards each other, but they were soul mates. Zane’s life would be less for the lack of Nate in it. She went on her toes and kissed him, her tongue licking along his plump lower lip, causing him to shiver. She felt a thrill race through her. She had power over this big, glorious man. It was a good thing because he had so much power over her.

“Touch me,” he demanded. His fingers tore open the fly of his jeans. He shoved them down over his hips, cursing the friction the wet denim caused. “Next time I’ll take the damn things off before I get wet.”

She grinned up at him, sliding her hands down over the hard plane of his chest to the well-defined abs. “No clothes allowed in the swimming pool. That should make it easier.”

He groaned as her hand grasped his cock. He filled and overflowed her palm. “Oh, babe, this is a great place to visit, but we can’t live here. I’m always hard around you. I can’t walk around with a naked erection. I might get called a pervert.”

He felt so good. Callie let her hand stroke him from the broad base of his cock to the engorged purple head. She was fascinated by the way he shook and moaned as her hand tracked across the silky skin. “That could be a problem. I don’t think there’s any way to hide this monster. It could scare the children.”

His eyes widened in startled dismay. “There are kids here?”

She laughed at his horror. She also noticed that his cock was weeping. She swiped her thumb over the slit of his cock, and he gasped. “No kids. This is an adult community, but there are family resorts if you like the lifestyle. I was thinking about our kids. If you want them, that is. I’m not getting any younger.” She brought her thumb to her mouth and licked off the pre-cum.

“Oh, god, that’s sexy.” Zane groaned. “Babies. You want babies.”

“I do.” Callie got to her knees. The water from the shower beat a nice rhythm along her spine. On this point, there would be no negotiations. She was going to have his babies. “You want something permanent with me, mister, then there better be some serious impregnation going on.”

She licked the tip of his straining dick, and his head fell forward. “Way to play hardball, babe. Damn, all I can think of now is the fact that I can ride you bareback. I’ve never had sex without a condom.”

She let her hand find his heavy sac. She rolled his balls gently in her palm. She was going to have to have him soon. Her pussy was throbbing, and her thighs were wet in a way that had nothing to do with the spray from the shower. “We can decide on the timing, Zane, but it better be soon,”

Zane reached down, locked his hands under her shoulders and lifted her up. With flawless accuracy, he hauled her up, shoved her back against the tiled wall of the shower and slammed his cock home.

Callie gasped as he penetrated her, his cock forcing its way deep into her cunt.

“No time like the present.” His face was strained as he held himself deep inside. “Fuck, you feel so good.”

She felt so full. Callie forced her legs to move, to try to grasp his hips. She steadied herself by placing her hands on his broad shoulders. She could barely breathe he was so deep inside her. “You didn’t even take off your pants, Zane.”

“No time. Get used to it. Now that I don’t even have to use a rubber, I’ll take you when and where I want to.” His voice shook as he held her in place. Callie was grateful for the restraint. He was big. It took her a moment to get used to him, to relax. The startling intrusion was quickly morphing into pleasure. Her pussy was wet, and she felt herself soften around him. He slid in another inch, and Callie felt his balls against the cheeks of her ass. “God, I’ll never stop wanting you.”

Callie gripped his shoulders, sinking her nails into the flesh there, willing him to move. She was so ready, so eager to feel him. “Then you should fuck me, Zane.”

“Your wish…” Zane grunted just before he started to thrust into her. Callie felt every nerve in her body ignite. He held her so tight her nipples rubbed against his chest. His mouth covered hers. His tongue plunged and retreated in time to the rhythm of his cock. Callie did nothing but hold on as Zane pounded into her. She was caught between the tile and Zane and the pulsing heat of the shower.

It happened suddenly. He hit that perfect spot, and Callie went flying. She moaned and buried her face in his shoulder as the sensation took her. A second later, Zane stiffened, every muscle tense. He pumped into her as though he wanted to fuse them together. As he slowed, he leaned over to kiss her again. This time he was gentle, nibbling at her lips as his hips pumped softly.

“Sorry for the quickie. You felt so good, so right. Callie, that was amazing. We’re going to make a baby. Nate’s going to freak out. He’s always…” Zane’s face fell.

Callie let her feet drop to the floor, though she held on to Zane. “He always wanted kids?”

Zane pulled her close. “Yeah. He wanted the whole white picket fence thing, though I suspect his fence would have been much more expensive than a plain picket fence. Maybe wrought iron. Babe, don’t take his moving on as a reflection of you. He loves you. He just needs more than this place can give him.”

“Do we have to give up on him?” Callie asked, hearing the longing in her voice. “Maybe we should just go with him. It’s not like we have jobs we’re married to.”

Zane kissed her forehead and reached for the soap. “You like your job. I don’t even have a job, but I know I’ll like the one I get. I’m going to take out a loan on the empty building beside Stella’s.”

Callie knew it well. “Oh, that’s supposedly haunted.”

Zane soaped his hands and then started to clean her. His fingers rubbed and massaged until she sighed and leaned against him. He was already stirring, his erection coming back to life. “Then the ghost better get used to me. I’m going to open a bar. I’ll go to the bank on Monday. If I can’t get a loan from there, I’ll hit up Stefan.” His voice cheered measurably. “Yeah, maybe I’ll just do that. He’s like your brother, right? A family loan. If you want, you can help me run it, or you can keep working with Nate. It’s up to you. Just know that I’ll take care of us. I’ll provide for you. When I get the bar running and making money, you won’t have to work.”

His hands skimmed along her breasts and down to her pussy, where he rubbed for an awfully long time. “I like to work, Zane. If we can’t convince Nate to stay with us, I’ll help you with the bar. I think I’ll be a good waitress.”

He cleaned her thoroughly. “As long as the patrons understand you’re a taken woman, I’m fine with that. Maybe I should just beat Nate until he agrees to stay.”

There was a loud snort, and Callie jumped.