Our bodies pressed against each other, skin to skin…
 
 It was like she was a different person.
 
 Trusting.
 
 Open.
 
 All emotional armor cast aside…
 
 So that I could see the woman she truly was and not the façade she presented to the world.
 
 Ordinarily, she was like me: ‘playing Roberto’ as she put on a show to protect herself.
 
 But now, in that moment…
 
 She allowed herself to be vulnerable, whether she realized it or not.
 
 And Ilovedit.
 
 Not because of the reasons I normally would have –
 
 To take advantage. To manipulate. To twist things to my advantage.
 
 No – I loved her reaction because it was pure…
 
 And sweet…
 
 And wonderful.
 
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 Finally, Niccolo began to move.
 
 Gently at first…
 
 Rocking inside me…
 
 But once he was reassured I was alright, he began to go faster.
 
 Deeper.
 
 Harder.
 
 “OH FUCK,” I moaned.
 
 We kept kissing –
 
 And then he began thrusting.
 
 “UNH – UNH – FUCK – OH – ” I cried out, pleasure jolting my body with every thrust.
 
 Niccolo looked like he was concentrating intensely –
 
 And then, all of a sudden, he pulled out of me.
 
 All my pleasure was immediately cut in half.