Page 35 of Velvet Deception

“I do. There isn’t much I can be confident about, but Idoknow that I won’t leave you. Regardless of whatever memories I might recall later, I will always remember this. With you. This time and gift of getting to know you and Ramon, to be the recipient of your care and generosity. Of these memories withyou, my angel.”

“Diego,” she whispered, watching me with desperate hope and stubborn doubt.

“I will always rememberthis,” I vowed, leaning down to kiss her hard.

Unlike how we’d held each other close in the bathroom, I had the benefit of the bed beneath us now. She didn’t flinch or gasp in shock this time. The element of surprise wasn’t at play here.

Her lips molded to mine, already so familiar and perfectly fitting against mine. With a slight sigh of need, she turned her head to let me dominate. And I did, lying over her and relishing every inch of her curvy yet muscular body. Like this, blanketing her and pinning her to the mattress, I was flush against her to notice every slight muscle in her arms, honed from hard work, the soft, juicy swells of her breasts, and the curves of her waist and hips. As she lifted one leg, rubbing her thick thigh along the outside of my waist, I lowered my hand. Gliding it all the way down, along her side until I could palm her ass, I devoured her mouth and sucked on her lips. Greedy for it all, I showed her that I needed her to have confidence in this lust that pulled us together, this connection that grew stronger with every passing minute.

Breaking for air, I gazed down into her eyes. “I will protect you, Sofia. I will protect you and Ramon. Not because I feel obligated but because I want to. Because I care.”

She pulled me back down for a sweet and slow kiss. It was tender and careful, like she knew she had to savor it.

Like she was saying goodbye.

When she studied me again, she licked her lips then sighed heavily. “But that’s not possible. It won’t always be possible for you to be here and to prioritize us. The details of Ramon’s birth will always make him a target, and I can’t live with myself if I project that danger on you. It’s why I’ve always been alone and always will be. Why I need to hide?—”

“Thenwewill hide. We can hide together.”

We already had been hiding together. I’d stuck close to her home because I wasn’t sure where to go or what to do outside it. But if she needed to relocate, then we could.

“I won’t abandon you, my angel.” I kissed her again. “You have my word.”

“I wish…”

I growled, kissing her again to prove to her that she didn’t have to wish. She didn’t have to beg or ask or dream. I wasn’t lying.

“You have my word,” I repeated firmly.

She lifted her head to kiss me and pouted when I didn’t lean down. Before, I’d kissed her to quiet her. Right now, I wanted her to reply that she understood what I was saying. But with her movement, she arched her hips up toward mine. The push emphasized how I’d settled between her legs. How her pussy was right there, rubbing against my erection.

“You can have all of me,” I added.

Those emerald eyes lit up with need, and the sight of the desire I’d stoked in her taunted me.

I ground down against her again, rewarded with her low moan.

“You hear me, my angel?”

Over and over, I ground against her and let her feel the hard rub of my dick. Too many layers of clothes remained between us, but she felt it all. I did too, driving myself insane wanting her.

I lowered to kiss a slow path down her neck, moving my hips to hump and grind on her.

“You can have my word.”

I dragged my hand up to her breast, leaning to the side to give myself access to her tit. She gasped as I cupped it, massaging the weight before I rolled her hard nipple between my finger and thumb.

“You can have my body.”

I moved my hand away, only to tug the collar of her shirt down. Before I could try to lower more and suck that dusky pink nipple into my mouth, she grabbed my hand and planted it right back where it was, squeezing her fingers over mine to encourage me to resume touching her.

“Yeah, just like this, my angel.” I leaned up to kiss her, pushing my erection against her as I teased her nipple.

With my mouth a breath away from her lips, panting with quick breaths, I gazed at her and whispered, “Because you already have my soul, Sofia.”

“Diego, I—” She frowned, giving me such a begging, pleading, desperate look.

I kissed her again as I rammed my erection at her, blocked by our clothes.

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