The food was amazing. It felt like he’d only taken a fewbites and the food was gone. Tillie got to her feet and reached forthe plate to take away.
“I think it’s time for you to take a nice, hot bath, get outof your work clothes, and spend the rest of the nightrelaxing.”
“Not so fast,” Luca said. “Sit.”
“I need to go and tidy up your dishes.”
“They can wait.”
She looked like she wanted to argue, butshe didn’t. Tillie put the plate down, and then slowly loweredherself into the chairopposite him.
At first, Luca just looked at her andtried to figure out what he was going to say to her. There were somany things, but right now, all he wanted to focus on was the factshe was in his office and not running away screaming.
“You want to start making rules, I thinkit’s only fair that Imake a few rules as well.”
“What might those be?”
“Our marriage?”
He saw the tension in her shoulders, andeven though she tried to hide it, she was not a master likehim.
Luca sat back and stared at his opponent. Inthat moment, she was his opponent.
They both wanted different things. Tilliewanted him to take care of himself and not work so much. He wantedTillie.
“What rules would those be?” Tillie asked.“Are we talking aboutwhat we agreed in church in front of the priest?”
“No,” he said.
She licked her lips, and he couldn’t helpbut see how sensual that act was. Her lips looked so plump andinviting. His cock hardened at the sight. Damn it, he wasn’t usedto entering negotiations with such a sexual need sweeping over him.
“What rules do you have in mind?”
“You no longer sleep in a differentroom. You’re my wife,and you’re going to start acting like it. You sleep in my room, inmy bed, no exceptions.”
“I might just want to point out that it was you who put me inthe spare bedroom.”
“You were a virgin.”
“And I’m no longer a virgin. You did takecare of that.”
“Have you always had a smart mouth?” heasked.
“I’ve been known to argue with the best ofthem, and if you mean by helping to get what I want, then yes, Ihave.”
Damn it, every second in her company wasonly fueling this need he had for her.
“I see no problem with sharing your bed andbeing a wife to you. I figured I would let you set the pace, seeingas you were the one to keep your distance.”
“I wasn’t expecting you to be a virgin.”
“Why not?” Tillie asked.
“You’re beautiful, and the moment I saw you,I knew I wanted to fuck you, and I don’t know how any man couldhave looked at you and let you get away.”
He saw her cheeks heat.
“You think I’m beautiful?”