Chapter 978

　　"Yes."

　　Cord kissed her again.

　　All the need and hunger that'd been dormant inside her ignited like a brush fire. She tugged him toward her bedroom.

　　He gently dug his bootheels into the carpet. "Nuh-uh. No hanky-panky until you're wearin' my ring and you're my wife."

　　"But—"

　　He lifted an ey...