Page 63 of Bound to the Mafia King

“Penny for your thoughts?” Valerio interrupted my busy mind.

I turned my head and looked up at him. I had never seen him dressed so laid-back before. He wore a white button-down and khaki pants. You wouldn't think that, only a few short hours ago, the man was taking fire from my deranged ex-fiancé.

“I have never felt so at peace in my life before.”

“Funny.” He pulled us to a stop and held onto my hips. “Neither have I. You bring light to my dark world,cielo.”

“Why do you call me that?” It was a question I had yet to get an answer to.

He brushed his thumb over the bridge of my nose gently. “It's a Spanish word that meansheaven.”

I knew that from the simple Google search I had done a few weeks back. But I wanted to know why he called me that.

“When you found me that night, I was in a really shitty place. I had a lot of stuff that had been on my mind, and I was struggling to come to terms with what my father had done. To Savina. To the Brotherhood… to me. I felt numb. I had no feelings left in me. If I had died that night, I would have gone without a fight. In fact, I think I was actively searching for death without even knowing it. I was ready for the darkness to take me. But then I saw you. My angel, my heaven-sent. You gave me a reason to breathe, to live, to fight to be here. What were the odds that we had moved within the same circles from the moment we were born, but we had never once crossed paths until that moment?”

Hearing him say the words moved something within my soul. I always had a feeling that he carried so much within him, butnow to know that I had played a part in lessening that load brought my soul a lot of joy. I wanted nothing but happiness for him.

To the world, he was the brutal cold-hearted killer. But to me, he deserved the world and all the good things that it had to offer.

“I love you, Valerio.” I wanted to say the words without having a gun held to my head. I wanted him to know that I truly meant them. “I love you with all my heart. Words cannot explain to you how much you mean to me. You were made for me, the same way that I was made for you. It took a lot of pain and horror for us to finally get to this point, but now that we have gotten here, I can say that it was all worth it. You were worth it. I would walk through the same fire a thousand times over and allow it to scorch me to ash if it meant that I get you in the end.”

The tears pricked my eyes, but I refused to let them fall.

“I love you too,cielo. More than I will ever be able to tell you.” He placed his lips on top of mine and molded our lips together.

When we pulled apart, I was breathless and feeling the need to have him ravish my body.

“Take me to my bed, Valerio.”

“It would be my pleasure.”

We barely made it into the room before his lips were on mine. The passion was electric, and it was like an out-of-this-world feeling. We simply fit so well.

We peeled off our clothes layer by layer until we lay bare on the mattress of the bed. Our hands moved over each other, tracing the lines of our bodies, committing our silhouettes to memory.

He spread my legs apart and aligned himself against my slickness. He moved up and down my folds, only increasing the scorching heat that riddled my body.

He stared down at me with love in his eyes. There was a softness there that was only ever reserved for me. To the rest of the world, he was cold and hard. They didn’t get to see his heart and his gentleness.

Yes, the big scary underboss who had been likened to death itself was gentle. But it was a trait that not even his family got to see. It was reserved for me and me alone. I felt special having that privilege.

He aligned his tip right at my entrance. My heart leaped in my chest, my body ready to take him again. To feel him in a way that was beyond words.

He brushed the hair from my face and pressed his lips down to mine in a searing kiss. We had kissed many times before, but this time it felt different. It felt like…more.

There was no other way to put it.

I could feel the love pouring from him and filling me from the inside. It was this large wave of synergy that charged from my atoms to his.

When he pulled away, my heart inflated to three times its size, I was sure that it would burst at any moment. Never in my life had I ever felt so connected to another human being.

“I love you, Anastasia.” His words were coated in a softness that rivaled velvet. “I love you in this life, and in every life that follows after.”

I reached for his hand on my cheek and threaded my fingers with his. I looked him directly in the eyes, making sure to lift every veil and curtain I had used to conceal my soul from the rest of the world. “I love you, Valerio Valdez. In this life and the next.”

He pushed into me with one fluid motion, successfully filling me to the brim. We moaned in unison as my walls adjusted to make room for him.

Finally.

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