Page 71 of Always You
She closes her eyes. “No, I’m not in love with him. When I viewed and saw how you and Dominic act together, I realized I was missing something. Mila, your face lights up. The way he looks at you. It wasn’t us. I’m hurt a little, but maybe because I got dumped.” She laughs weakly. “I’m good, Mila, goodnight. Get back to what you were doing.” She wags her eyebrows.
“Goodnight.”
Dominic steps out of the restroom, I notice his knuckle’s scraped.
“What happened to your knuckles?” I reach for his arm. As I grip his hand, I place kisses on his knuckle.
He blows a hot breath. “Let’s sit.”
My nerves are pulling in every direction; the pit of my stomach sinks in. He leans to kiss my cheek.
“I love you so much, Mila.”
Oh, God.Is he breaking up with me or back with his ex? His face is grim.
“Just get with it, what do you need to tell me? I can tell by the expression on your face.”
He sighs. “Baby, you still talk to your friend Skylar?”
Oh hell, did he sleep with her? Is this what this is about?
“I haven’t talked to her in like three years, why?” I swallow the ball of nerves. “I bumped into her a day before I left for Manhattan. I asked her for Liam’s number, and she said she didn’t have it. I told her where I was going, and we exchanged numbers. Inevertold her I was pregnant. She called once in a while, and we would talk at times. When we talked, I’d cry, telling her how much I missed you. Her calls were always short. She would tell me it was best to stay where I’m at. Too many memories of you in San Diego.”
His hand’s fist, his jaw locks.
“Why, Dominic? Did you sleep with her?” My pulse quickens.
He cups my cheeks. “Fuck no, baby, I would never touch her, especially a friend of yours.”
I relax my stiff shoulders.
“That bitch played you, us, baby. All this time she knew I was fine. She has come on to me for the past five years. She was trying to get with me. I had asked her if she knew where you were so many damn times. Every time she said, to forget you and be with her.”
Blood boils within me, clenching my jaw. That fucking bitch. All this time she knew. It makes sense she would call to make sure I wasn’t coming back. She made a fool out of me.
“She was at the bar tonight. When the guys and I were playing pool, she wrapped her arms around my waist. I pushed her away. Liam had mentioned you spoke to Skylar a handful of times, and she knew all along, so when I saw her tonight, I let her have it; so did Liam. I punched the wall baby. Fuck, it pisses me off how they all tried to keep us apart. My mom, and Skylar, and my brothers.”
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Our gazes melt into one another. He strokes the pad of his rough thumb along my lips. He kisses me on my lips, on my cheeks, and down to my neck. His touch dissolves all my anger, replacing it with love and lust.
“My beautiful Angel, so sweet, so perfect. I’ll never let a soul tear us apart. Baby our love has been written in the stars, destined to be together. We will always come back to each other even in another life, it will always be us. Let me take you to bed, beautiful, to show you how much you mean to me. The love I have for you is beyond words, Angel, let me show you.”
His voice is so husky and rough. His words leave me breathless. He makes it hard to keep my walls up when he speaks this way to me, like I’m in a romance novel.
I love how he constantly expresses he’s love for me, begging me to trust him. I hate how restrained I’m being and how agitated it makes me to give him all of me. Although it’s fitting, he proves himself and earns his way back into my heart. I spent years loving him, missing him. My love for him was sacred. He shows me his love not just by making love. He tells me continuously how much he loves me. Dominic often drops off breakfast or lunch at the studio cooked by him. He’ll leave little love notes written on the takeout box.
I whisper softly, “Show me, show me the universe.”
We shred our clothes off until we’re skin to skin. Dominic hikes up my body as I lay sprawled on the bed. Kisses skimming down my neck.
“What do you need, Angel?” His voice drips in lust.
“You, Dominic, inside me.”
A moan mutters from my lust-induced lips as he positions himself in me. He stretches me with his thick cock. His thrust is deep, searing into me waves of ecstasy as he slams into me. He pressed harder, deeper, as he hits full speed, filling me in.
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