Fuck me.I had no voice, fight, or chance against the storm of her essence.
Forbidden fruit truly was the sweetest.
Chapter 17
CHIARA
We remained entwined for an age.
Falling into post-coital slumber in each other’s embrace, warmed by the summer breeze and lulled by the sea and the beauty of the night.
At some point, Rio lifted me in his arms and carried me to my bed.
When his grasp left me, I cried out, and he soothed me in muttered whispers as he cleaned me between my legs.
Then he joined me, wrapping his muscled brawn around me.
I fell asleep with my ear against his heart, sinking into the best sleep I’d had in years with his safety and strength surrounding me.
I woke to him sliding into me from behind.
His cock sunk in so deep it touched my cervix.
With a cry, I canted to him, hips swirling as he took me hard.
His harsh breath on my nape, his arms tight, encircling me, fingers buried in my cunt.
It was more than I could bear, and I gave him my all, working my pelvis as he groaned and growled into my lobe until we both combusted in a wave of shaking limbs.
This man.
We came down off our high with whispers and soft chuckles as Rio continued to tease me with those wild, wayward digits of his.
His tongue traced the shell of my ear, suckling on my nape.
Even as a novice, I appreciated he was an experienced lover, and when he pulled away to gaze down at me, my wide-eyed wonder must have been evident on my face.
‘Why didn’t you tell me,belleza?’
I worked out what he was referring to, and I sighed. ‘Are you upset at me?’
My voice was small as I braced for his ire.
It never came.
Instead, he turned my chin to give me a lengthy, lingering, sensual kiss.
‘No,leonessa, not upset,’ he rasped when we finally came up for air. ‘I wish I’d been aware so I’d have made it exceptional.’
‘It was special,’ I insisted, twisting around to face him, hair falling over the pillow and his shoulder as I stared in earnest into his face. ‘I never imagined heaven, but you gave it to me.’
He arched a brow as I traced the ink on his throat. ‘Why me, though? Naples is crawling with men high on sexual energy.’
I bestowed him with a sustained look and offered him the truth. ‘ I trust you. I haven’t trusted any man in a hella long time.’
He huffed and rubbed a thumb across my lips.
‘I’d still have appreciate a heads up,’ he growled.