Page 78 of Palace of Betrayal

Leo rolled over in bed, his hand reaching for smooth soft skin and found the sheets empty. Sitting up, he looked around his luxury villa in Guadeloupe for a sign of where Bebe might be and found the home they’d shared for the last two weeks silent.

Rising from the bed, he pulled on some board shorts and ran a hand through his hair, trying to tame it where her hands had tugged as he’d gone down on her, lapping up her sweetness with the flat of his tongue.

His morning wood, already perked up, was now rock hard as he remembered the way she’d screamed his name as her body contracted around his cock. Ambling to the bi-fold doors that led from the bedroom out onto the private terrace and infinity pool, Leo scanned the area looking for the woman he loved more with each day that had passed.

Spotting her alone on the beach, her back to him as she watched the sun begin to crest over the horizon, he made a decision. Grabbing what he needed, he jogged down to the secluded beach and stopped for just a moment to take in the breathtaking view. The sky turning from inky blue to purple, Bebe with her face tipped to the sun, he felt his heart quicken with nerves.

He’d faced untold enemies in combat and held his own the last six months as betrayals had been exposed, and still, the thought of her rejection was more terrifying than all of it. He might be a prince, but she was everything to him.

Walking up behind her, he smiled when she cocked her head as he sat down behind her and pulled her warm pliant body into the shelter of his spread legs, his arms wrapping around her. “I missed you.”

Her cheek brushed his as she turned her head, her soft hair tickling his nose. “I wanted to see the sunrise.”

Leo nuzzled her cheeks with his nose. “You should have woken me.”

“You looked so peaceful. I didn’t want to disturb you.”

“You could never disturb me.”

Her lips tipped up and he took them, his tongue teasing her slowly before releasing her and smiling. Her return grin was lost as they both turned to watch the sun make her magnificent entrance for another day. The beauty and splendour of the cacophony of colours were magical, but what took his breath away was watching it with her.

“I never get tired of watching this.”

“Me either.”

Leo reached into his pocket and produced the box containing his mother’s engagement ring. Opening the box with a flick of his fingers, he held it in front of her as the sun bloomed on the horizon. He hoped her gasp as she twisted to look at him was a good sign.

Bebe spun, her legs straddling him now, her fingers trembling as she held them to her lips.

His hand shook with nerves as he brought the ring between them. “Never in my wildest dreams could I have predicted our love story. I never imagined I’d meet the woman who owned every part of me, body and soul, and fall so hard that I couldn’t imagine my life without them. You’re strong, kind, giving, and beautiful on the inside and out. It would be the greatest gift of my life if you’d agree to be my wife. To stand beside me as my Queen one day. Will you marry me?”

Taking the third finger of her left hand, he placed the ring at the tip, waiting with his stomach in a knot for her answer.

A hiccupped sob tore from her as tears cascaded down her perfect cheeks, a smile brighter than anything the sun could produce spread across her face as she nodded. “Yes. Yes, I’ll marry you.”

Leo felt elation like he never had before, joy making him feel light and carefree for the first time since before he’d lost his mother. Pushing the ring firmly onto her finger, he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her, revelling in the passion they shared. Pulling away, he swiped the tears from her face and kissed the trail they left.

Her eyes fell to the ring his father had given him. “This is so beautiful.”

Leo looked at the oval-shaped yellow sapphire with two tear-drop diamonds on either side, surrounded by two diamond-studded bands. It had been worn by his mother and, after learning of the true love between her and his father, he’d asked if he could have it for Bebe.

“It was my mother’s engagement ring. If you don’t want it, I understand.”

Bebe’s hand rested over his heart. “I love it. It’s perfect.”

“My father said the day he gave it to my mother was the happiest day of his life because he’d found the missing piece of his puzzle. That’s how I felt when I met you for the first time. I didn’t know it back then, but my heart did.”

“Oh, Leo, I love you so much.”

Her arms came around him and he crushed her to him as he rolled them to the white sand. Her laugh was pure delight, unabashed pleasure, tinkling the early morning quiet. His lips found hers and he quickly divested her of the gold bikini she’d been wearing. Kissing his way down her collar bone, he sucked on the flesh of her breast, marking her as his for all the world to see.

Her legs came around his hips as she arched her body, making his dick almost punch through the fabric of his shorts. “Fuck me, Leo.”

He growled into her skin before sucking her taut nipple into his mouth, teasing and torturing her as she ground against him. Pushing his own needs to the back of his mind he made her come from just nipple play. His woman was so responsive to his touch, and it was a huge fucking turn on.

As she came down from her first climax, he quickly divested the other barriers between them and knelt between her thighs. The sun beat down on his back as she lay before him like a banquet he couldn’t wait to dive into.

Running his hand from her cheek down her chest, over her belly, he skimmed her smooth pussy and grasped her thighs, lifting her towards him. Her pussy glistened with how much she wanted him, the evidence of her climax on her thighs. Swiping his thumb through the wetness, he lifted it to his lips and sucked the sweetness of her into his mouth. “So fucking sweet.”