Total pages in book: 97
Estimated words: 92078 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 460(@200wpm)___ 368(@250wpm)___ 307(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 92078 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 460(@200wpm)___ 368(@250wpm)___ 307(@300wpm)
Alex would have stayed with Marcello last night if she was that angry with me. And she would have done it just to prove a point.
She pressed her lips together, then shook her head. “No. Even when you’re a real bastard, I still can’t find it in myself to completely hate you.”
“You should.”
“Luca,” she sighed. “If we’re going to make a marriage work, we need to be open with each other.”
Silence clung to the air like smoke, and I allowed it to wash over me as I thought about last night. About what I saw, what I forced her to do. And how I still couldn’t believe I had said those words aloud and in front of Marcello.
I glanced over at her, taking in the sight of her naked body. “I’m sorry, Drea. What I did last night… I thought it would be fun. After what we did last year with the Knights, I thought you would like it. But I never expected…” I pinched the bridge of my nose between my fingers and sighed. “I didn’t see that coming. Fuck, baby. I’m sorry. I don’t know what else to say.”
She curled up against me, rubbing her fingers over the top of my hand. “I’m telling my grandfather I choose you. Please don’t make me regret this decision.”
I raised her hand and kissed her soft skin. “Never, baby. I promise.”
“Did you mean what you said to me last night?”
“Yes, I meant it.”
Alex beamed with a smile that lit up her beautiful face. “I always knew you loved me, Luca. I just needed to hear you say it. To see you on your knees begging me to stay, telling me you can’t live without me. That was all I ever wanted from you. A sign you cared about me as a person and not our obligations to our families.”
“I would rather die than live another day without you.” I grabbed her by the hip and pulled her on top of me. “You are a part of me, Drea. If anything were to happen to you…”
She straddled me with her thighs, and I was already rock hard at the sight of her sexy ass curves. “I’m right here, Luca. In your bed, under your protection. No one will touch me without your permission.”
“Only the Knights,” I promised. “One last time at Legare. Are you up for it?”
Alex nodded, licking her lips. “The Knights are mine, too. We’ll claim them together.”
“And you’re mine,” I whispered as I fisted her messy curls in my hand, crushing her lips with a kiss. “Mine,” I repeated as my tongue swept into her mouth with fury.
She leaned forward, her palms on my chest, and kissed my lips. “I’m yours, Luca. Yours,” she said between kisses, tracing a heart with her finger over my chest. “Mine.”
I moved my hands to her hips, etching my fingers into her skin. “Yeah, baby.” I sucked her bottom lip into my mouth. “I’m yours.”
My skin burned with each kiss, and for the first time, I could feel her giving herself to me completely. We both allowed our walls to come crumbling down. This was a first for me. I’d never felt so unguarded with anyone, especially not a woman. Even with Alex, I’d never lowered my guard long enough to lose control with her.
Last night, I told her the truth, and the world didn’t end. In fact, that level of vulnerability only brought us closer. I slipped my hand between her legs and groaned when I felt her wetness. She was always so ready for me, her body responsive to the softest touch.
Each thrust of my fingers ripped a moan from her lips. She writhed against my hand, greedy and begging for more. Alex reached between us and stroked my cock, soft tentative motions that drove me wild. I wanted to fuck her, bury myself in her pussy.
Pressing her palm to my chest, she lifted her hips, taking all of me in one quick thrust. She closed her eyes as a moan escaped her throat, and her lips parted with pleasure. Alex looked gorgeous with her long curls brushing her big tits, bouncing up and down on my cock. I propped myself up on my elbow, digging my fingers into her side as she rode my cock. Her nails scratched my chest, and I loved the sight of her clawing at my scars like an animal.
“Mark me, baby,” I grunted as I fucked her harder.
“Mine,” she whispered. Her long nails ripped at my flesh, right over the mess of scars on my chest. “Say it, Luca.”
“I’m yours, my queen.” I slid my hand up her stomach and twisted her nipple between my fingers. “You gonna come for me?”
She bit her bottom lip and moaned. “Yes. Mmm… I’m coming.”
I leaned forward, my hand on her back as I took her nipple between my teeth. Taking turns sucking and bitting the tiny bud, I tore a squeal from her beautiful lips. Her orgasm shook through me with the force of a hurricane. After she came, I lifted her off me and set her onto the mattress beside me.