Rio behind me. His hands gripping my hips as the water splashes around us. His cock hard against me, teasing, pressing. His voice rough and low in my ear.
Mine.
I moan softly. “Rio…”
The water pulses in circles as I chase the sensation. My hips rise slightly, toes curling, every muscle tightening.
My release comes fast—almost too fast—and when it does, it unfurls in wave after wave until I can’t do anything but gasp in pleasure.
The wand slips from my hand and splashes into the water.
Steam swirls around me as I sink low into the tub—not quite submerged, not quite floating.
Just breathing.
For a moment, there is peace.
But only a moment.
As the bubbles fade and the warmth begins to cool, a loneliness winds its way back into my bones. I touched the edge of something electric.
And now it’s slipped away.
I don’t just want the release.
It's Rio's heat, his weight, his mouth at my neck I desire.
I want the tension of hands holding me still.
I want the man behind the rockstar swagger.
Not just for tonight.
But for ever and ever.
CHAPTER 19
RIO
Ithrust open the studio door and see the guys jamming hard.
Keith’s working up such a sweat, his drenched T-shirt clings to his chest like a second skin.
“So the dark prince arrives,” Keith says, looking up from his drums with a sneer. “Out playing with your princess while your mates are trying to save your band?”
“Hey, Keith, chill,” Steve says, stepping in before I can snap back. “Don’t mind him. Keith’s just jealous he missed his beauty treatment in the spa.”
Keith ignores him, twirling a drumstick. “Do tell. We all want to hear. How are things with the schoolmarm?” he taunts. “You two looked pretty cute in this tabloid.”
He tosses a magazine at me. I catch it one-handed before it hits the floor.
There we are. Splashed across a full two-page spread. Me, Maddie, and Snorty wedged between us at dinner.
My mouth goes dry.
Antoine's photographer Marco caught me gazing atMaddie like some lovesick fool. It’s raw. Exposed. A part of me I didn’t know was visible. Now printed in ink for millions to see.
And her.
