My eyes fall to the emperor-size bed and I smile.
“I do.”
“It’s too big even for two. I could lose you in that bed.”
“You’ll never lose me, Rose. I’ll always be right beside you.”
She pulls back, and the light shining in her eyes takes my breath away.
I stare for the longest moment before she whispers, “I want to do it again.”
“It?” I laugh as she blushes.
“You know, well–”
I silence her misery with a kiss and then waste no time helping her off with her clothes, loving how she stands with no shame, naked before me, dressed in nothing but a sexy smile.
I rip off my clothes, my gaze holding hers, and her chest rises rapidly as I smile with an evil grin.
“Go and lie on the bed, angel.”
She nods, swallowing hard as I retrieve the eye mask from my side table.
I place it over her eyes, and she gasps, “Why?”
“Shhh.” I place my finger on her lips and press her back against the covers.
My kisses trail down her body like I’m following a path to paradise, savoring the journey, every single millimeter of her skin.
She moans as I dip my head between her thighs and feast on her sweet honey. She grips the sheets as her body responds to my attention.
“Julius.”
Her soft sigh lights my passion, and my cock throbs as it prepares for more pleasure than it can stand.
Her sweet honey drops across my tongue, and as I kiss a trail back up to her breasts, she arches her back as I feast on each one. My cock finds her pussy like a heat-seeking missile, and as I ease in slowly, she moans as I stretch her from inside.
This time I take things slow; there is no urgency, and I savor every inch of her pussy that I am commanding right now.
She matches my passion, her fingernails dragging along my back as I dance inside paradise, marveling at how different it is with her.
I will never fuck another woman again. I’m surprised at my vow because I never believed for a second I was the monogamous kind. But why have takeout when you can feast on a home-cooked meal? There is no other one I would prefer, anyway. My dish of choice is Rose, and I’m hoping like crazy it always will be.
34
ROSE
I’m not sure how I reached this place, but I’m loving every minute of it. I’m not talking about the amazing mansion either. It’s the happiness within me. If anything, I wish Julius was a normal guy with a sweet little house in a town like everyone else. A future like thatisthe dream, not this one of privilege and decadence because that is exactly what I ran from. But it’s his life—my life now. I suppose it always was because I may have run from my heritage, but it followed fast on my heels, reminding me of my obligation.
As Julius takes me on a tour of his impressive house, I die a little inside at the realization that this is home and it probably always will be.
“You don’t appear happy, baby.”
He sounds concerned, and I shake my head with a small sigh. “I’m sorry; it’s, well, being here brings back memories I would rather forget.”
“Memories?”
We walk into a pretty room that overlooks the garden, and I wander to the window and stare out at a space that isboth beautiful against the lashing rain and oppressing for some reason.
