“You are tender-hearted. I understand.”
“What if you didn’t sell them—?”
“Francesca, Ravazzani lamb is prized all over Calabria. I cannot keep them as pets instead. That isn’t how the farm works.”
“Could I have one?” She blinked at me, her gorgeous eyes adoring and hopeful.
“Yes,” I said, unable to refuse. I’d give her almost anything, if she looked at me in such a manner. “Pick one and I’ll let the staff know.”
“Grazie.”
“Prego.” I sipped my espresso. “I like hearing you speak Italian.”
Her mouth hitched. “Funny, I like hearing you speak Italian, as well.”
Oh? This was something new. And by the way her cheeks turned pink, I had an idea of what she meant.
Putting my elbows on the table, I leaned closer. “Does it make you wet, piccolina?”
She had the audacity to roll her eyes. “A gorgeous man speaking a romance language in a low sexy tone? Hmm. What do you think?”
Gorgeous? I liked this new honest side to her. Perhaps I should take her to the stables for riposo each day.
Because I wanted to torture us both, I started speaking in Italian, telling her every dirty thing I longed to do to her. How I was going to touch her, fuck her. Lick her. Have her sit on my face. Make her suck my cock again. That I would spank her ass then fuck her in that dark hole.
By the time I stopped she was nearly in my lap, breathing hard, with her chest rising and falling quickly. The movement caused her tits to nearly spill out of the top of the sundress, and I considered pulling the fabric down to suck on her nipples right here in the dining room. I trailed my fingers along the soft skin inside her thigh, desperate to feel how wet I’d made her….
“Do you want to know what I said?”
“It’s probably better that I don’t.”
I reached her panties. The fabric was soaked. I stroked over her seam, and her breath caught. “Oh, my beautiful dolcezza. Do you need me to take care of you right here?”
A throat cleared in the doorway. I glanced over but didn’t remove my hand. Marco stood there, looking unapologetic at the interruption. “Rav, a minute.”
I smothered a sigh and pressed a soft kiss to Francesca’s mouth. “We’ll finish this later.” I stood and walked out, knowing Marco would give me shit for what he just saw.
Surprisingly, I didn’t care.