Page 58 of Promise Never

My body shatters at the epic orgasm.It leaves me a heaving wreck, and yet I want more. So much more.

Alessandro keeps going, ramming meuntil I sound as if I have hiccups.

No man has ever made me feel this way.So sexually satisfied and more vulnerable than ever.

“Mmm,” hegroans while convulsing, unloading his hot semen in my throbbing pussy.

In time, his movements calm, but heremains slumped over my back, gripping my hands.

Seconds later, Alessandro presses a kissat my cheek and grates, “Until you smile at me.”

I twitch a little when he pulls outand shiver as his cum slides down my legs.

I don’t look at Alessandro as he fixeshis clothes, and moments later, he’s gone.

So much for never letting him fuck meagain.

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My feelings for Tiana came crashingdown all at once and exploded inside my body.

Now I’m close to losing my mind. I’vebecome those men I’ve once chastised—obsessive and driven by passion. I feelher in my veins, slithering through me like a sweet form of poison, and I haveno desire for an antidote.

I taste her with every breath I takeand see her in my head every second when she’s not evennear.

I’ve lost control. It is why I went tothe guesthouse and pinned her from behind, fucking her without us staring intoeach other’s eyes. Perhaps it’ll be more acceptable for Tiana that way. She canenjoy me like I know she does without the reminder of Luca when she looks atme.

I assume she’ll have dinner in theguesthouse like the previous night, but she surprises me when she walks throughthe front door with the guard Mother sent to invite her over.

Of course, she barely meets my gaze atthe table, keeping her focus on her plate and answering my mother’s questions.

Expecting that she’ll head back to theguesthouse at the end, I pour a glass of wine and wander out to the back patioto try and relax and not chase after her.

Tiana amazes me when she exitsshortly.

“I thought you’d run off to lockyourself away again,” I tease before drinking.

She sits across from me, and I observeher body language in the outdoor lights. She seems so damn conflicted.

“I cried after we had sex both times,”she rasps.

“Hm.” I set the glass on the table.“Are you trying to make me feel bad?”

“I’m trying to make you see that wecan’t do that again. The guilt is unbearable, Alessandro.” She looks down ather lap, adding in a lower tone, “I keep thinking about my sister.”

She’s never afforded me so manyglimpses at her softer side. She always held a fierce shield. That’s beenmelting more and more.

“Let’s focus on finding Zeno so I canleave,” she says, voice unsteady. She keeps her head down.

I straighten from the chair and movearound the table, stopping at her side. “I’m going upstairs to bed. Askyourself this, Tiana: what do you want right now?”

She doesn’t respond.

“Buonanotte,”I whisper and step past her, leaving the empty glass in the kitchen beforeheading up to my room.

I undress and crawl into bed naked,staring at the shadowy ceiling as thoughts of Tiana torment my mind.

Soft tapping on the door quickens mypulse.

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