I couldn’t breathe with myhusbandso goddamn close to me. I’d never shared a room with anyone before in my life.
Sighing, I moved towards the grand mirror leaning against the wall. I needed to get this dress off me, and change into something more comfortable.
But when my hands reached for the buttons at my back, my eyes met his in the dark reflection.
Matteo stood by the door still, hands in pockets, his bowtie long gone and his shirt loosened anywhere he could.
We’d barely talked all day, and yet here he was, looking at me the same way he had that night in Vegas. That salsa club in Hawaii. That early morning in the waves of the ocean.Today at the altar.
My red-bottom heels stayed stuck to the ground as he closed the distance between us. My eyes stayed on his when he stopped behind me, his body so much bigger than mine. Blood roared in my ears when I felt his rough knuckles brush the valley of my back.
I felt myself shiver unwillingly when he flicked the top button loose. Then the next.
Lowering my head, I closed my eyes and pressed my hands to my stomach, holding the dress’ corset in place. When I glanced back up in the mirror, his eyes burned through me.
“Don’t even think about it.”
Matteo smirked then, a breath of amusement escaping him as his head dipped to my neck. A soft, lingering kiss. An uncontrollable pulse between my thighs.
“I’ll make it all about you tonight,wife.”
His lips against my pulse point. A soft gasp for air in my chest.
“Why would you do that?”
His teeth grazed my skin with a smile. “Let this be your reward for getting through today on very good behaviour.”
“I don’t need a reward. This is business.”
“You might as well get something out of this…Arrangement.”
I opened my eyes as my body turned cold. Matteo stood behind me now, unbuttoning his white shirt.
“An orgasm?”
“Ten if you’re good.” Matteo smirked, shrugging his shirt off.
I swallowed. “Ten?Tonight?”
“No time like the present.”
“You couldn’t,” I breathed, narrowing my eyes on him in the mirror. And he closed the distance between us again, placing his hands on my waist
“Wanna bet,Donna? Let’s test it.”
“And you don’t want anything in return that’s… Just for you?”
“Thisisfor me.”
Finally, my hands let go of the corset, allowing it to slip down my body and hit the floor. My cheeks flushed, seeing myself half-naked in the mirror, and knowing Matteo was watching me.
“I had no idea you were so generous.”
“Real menloveto give.”
His rough palm slid down my stomach, dipping right under the white lace thong and between my legs, cupping me with possessiveness and pressing me back into his hard body.
“Now, let me show you just how good this marriage could be for you.”
