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Something unfurls around my heart, a warmth that resembles the heat from the sun on a golden summer’s day.
How did a man like me, who thrives in the shadows of this world, get lucky enough to be with someone so pure she illuminates my dark soul whether she knows it or not?
I press my lips to hers, my fingers fisting around my cock. “Do you want me to use a condom? I’m clean, but it’s whatever you’re comfortable with.”
She shakes her head. “I’m clean too. I had Doctor Rose test me.” She worries her bottom lip between her teeth. “I don’t want anything between us.”
Oh, fuck me. I’ll be lucky if I last more than a minute.
I brush my lips over her temple. “Then there won’t be.”
Slowly, I glide my tip inside her entrance, and her muscles stiffen, her face scrunching up in discomfort. “Breathe,” I tell her, not moving another inch until she relaxes.
She nods, breathing in and out slowly. Her legs widen, and I carefully push inside, savoring the feel of her wrapped firmly around me. She gasps as every last inch resides inside her.
“You okay?” I brush some loose strands of hair away from her face before wrapping one arm behind her back to hold her up.
She smiles. “More than okay.”
I press my lips to her forehead and slip out of her before thrusting right back inside. A rhythm builds between us, her body accepting everything I’m giving her with no pushback.
I look between us, watching my cock move in and out of her. “You see that?” I glance up, her eyes fixed on where we connect. “You were made for me.”
Her eyes meet mine, a flash of something unknown coating them. She wraps her arms around my neck as I pick up speed, my length hitting her in a spot that causes her eyes to squeeze shut and her lips to part on a moan.
“Eyes on me,” I command, watching as her eyelids pop open, her gaze only on me. Her breasts rub against me with every thrust, her clit grinding over my abs. Her muscles tighten, her body quivering. “You’re ready,” I say, my jaw tightening as I try to hold back my release. “I can feel it.” I tilt my head, brushing my lips over her ear. “Come for me, Fiorellina.”
She grips me with everything she has as she screams out while her body shatters from pleasure. I hold out for as long as I can, thrusting inside her until I’m sure her orgasm has faded into the distance. Once it does, my own release follows, my warmth spilling inside her as pleasure as I’ve never known before seeps through every cell in my body.
She slumps against my chest, her palms steady alongside my racing heart. I glide my lips over the top of her head and hold her close as we both catch our breaths while the high slowly dwindles from our bodies.
She glances up at me, and I stare into her green iris pools, getting lost inside them like a man who never wants to be found.
Words aren’t necessary when she looks down and presses a kiss over the center of my chest, or when I grip her chin and secure my lips to hers, savoring every second of this moment.
Because she knows.
She can feel it.
Just like I can.
The way our hearts are beating only for each other.
Chapter twenty-three
Charlotte
Ienter the living room, feeling a weight magically lift from my shoulders as I wipe my eyes and see Scarlett and Clara curled up on the couch, watching a movie.
Scarlett’s eyes find me, and noticing the tears trailing down my cheeks, she carefully removes herself from Clara and hurries over to me. “Everything okay?”
I let out a deep breath. “Yeah.” I tug on my sleeve. “It was just a lot. I said things to Doctor Raven that I’ve never said aloud to anyone before, and it kind of felt…”
“Freeing,” she answers for me, smiling.
I nod. “I guess I didn’t realize how much I needed someone to talk to.”
Scarlett’s arms wrap around me. “Well, I’m glad you did. Doctor Raven has a way of making the world not seem so dark and ominous.” She pulls back, her fingers gripping my arms. “I’m no therapist, but I am always an ear if you need someone to listen.” She drops her arms and reaches for her bag.
