She nodded, and I felt the tension dissipate from her body. My mind was still reeling with her earlier confession. A baby. It didn’t feel real, and I wanted to push for details but sensed it might be too soon.
I kissed her. A light peck on her lips, but I lingered so she’d know I meant it. So she’d feel the things I wasn’t saying.
“Luca—” Scarlett touched a hand to my chest to make me back up.
I only listened so far as it allowed her lips to move against mine. I didn’t want any distance between us if I could help it.
“I’ve fallen in love with you,” I said. I finally gave a voice to the feelings that had been stirring inside of me for so long. Her objections fell silent. “I haven’t felt this way about anyone in so long, but I remember it well.”
A smile tilted the corners of her mouth. “You’re sure this is what you want?”
“Scarlett, you are the only one I want. A future with you,” I clarified. “I tried to fight it, believe me. But there’s no fighting against the truth. I love you.”
She wrapped her arms around my neck as she lay back on the chaise lounge, bringing me with her. “Show me,” she said simply before pressing her mouth to mine.
I deepened the kiss, positioning myself between her legs. The heat from her body radiated through me, awakening my nerve endings until it felt as though my very skin was on fire with passion for her.
Scarlett moaned deliciously, breaking the kiss to catch her breath. “I love you too. You know that, right?”
I smiled, my lips against hers. “I had a suspicion,” I replied. “But it sounds damn good to hear it.”
Our mouths collided again, that time with more force than before, the knowledge of our love fanning the flames that threatened to consume us both. Tongues fighting for dominance, her hands slid under my suit jacket and slipped it from my shoulders. She tilted her hips, pressing the warmth from her core tightly against the growing hard-on in my pants.
Moaning into her mouth, I let her start on my shirt as I unzipped her dress. Our actions became more frantic the closer we got to touching each other skin-to-skin. The air was thick with arousal. It was like I could feel her desire for me blistering through the layers of fabric keeping us apart.
Finally naked, I buried my face in her neck, nipping and sucking her tender flesh as I ground my throbbing cock against the inside of her thigh. Scarlett moaned again, spreading her knees as if to beckon me to the space she wanted me most. And God, I wanted her.
I’d been afraid to own up to my feelings when this whole time she’d felt the same way. Time wasted, I felt. When we could’ve been doing exactly this, being together. In love. A range of emotions battled within me, but it was my need for her that won out, as I knew it would. Something that felt this right was worth whatever consequences.
Scarlett arched her back, lifting her breasts to my open mouth, and I forgot all about the consequences. My mother, Christopher, everything everyone would have to say… it all went out the window. It was just us, our love and our need to find release.
“I love the way you taste,” I whispered, circling her hard nipple before sucking it into my mouth.
A shaky sigh fluttered from her full lips. “And I love you.”
I smiled and looked up at her, trailing kisses all the way to her other breast so I could do more of the same. Those three words had quickly become my favorite. As I took her into my mouth, my hand massaging the one I’d just left, I knew I would never grow tired of hearing it.
“I want you,” I said, coming up to kiss her on the mouth.
She grabbed the back of my head, holding me in place as she plunged her tongue deep inside me. The kiss was hot and desperate, fraught with passion. I bucked my hips, pressing my hard cock against her needy core. I could already feel the warm dampness there, waiting and ready for me.
I broke the kiss, panting against her mouth. “Not just this,” I said, gazing deep into her eyes. I moved my hips again, sliding my member between her slick folds. “I want to be with you.”
Scarlett took my face in her hands, frowning slightly. “You mean…”
A huge smile spread across my face without me even trying, and I nodded. “Yes. You and our baby… I want you both to be our family. Mine and Leo’s. Us, together.”
Tears spilled from her eyes, and she pulled me closer, wrapping her arms and thighs around me. “Oh, Luca,” she whispered into my neck with hot, wet kisses.
I tucked my hands under her shoulders, resting on my elbows to give me some leverage as I slowly moved my cock to her entrance. The anticipation of her tight pussy enveloping me made goosebumps shoot up all along my legs.
“Is that a yes?” I asked, teasing her with the tip of my member until she squirmed under me.
She dug her fingers into my ass as she tried to bring me closer, but I kept my restraint and held her off.
“Luca, please…” she groaned, looking up at me with her big, green eyes. They were practically on fire with her desire for me.
“Always so needy,” I said, stealing another quick, passionate kiss. I tugged her bottom lip between my teeth, laving the sensitive spot with my tongue after. “Answer the question, and I’ll give you what you want.”