“I don’t know who you were supposed to marry, but we both know it wasn’t me.My family are not exactly the kind of people most want to be associated with.”She sighed.“I get it.It’s hard being related to them.Trust me, I get it more than you realize.Wherever we go, people are going to comment.They’re going to whisper.They’re going to think I manipulated you.”
And he burst out laughing.“Manipulated me?Do you think I’m easily manipulated?”
“You married me.”
“Adelina, there was no one intended for me, okay?No one.Lily-Mae’s family had wanted a connection, but I couldn’t stand the bitch.Do you think I don’t see the evil in her eyes, and I know I’m not one to talk, but that is beside the point.I never wanted her.I certainly don’t want to have kids with her.”
“What about anyone else?”
“None.The only person I ever looked forward to being with, is sitting on the bench in front of me, Adelina, and that is you.You made me laugh.No one has ever made me laugh, and yeah, the clothes you wore were fucking ugly, but they were also part of you.”He reached out and tucked one of her curls behind her ear.
She loved when he did that.The small touches that didn’t mean a lot to anyone else, meant so much.Each touch, each light caress.It all built to something quite amazing.The flutters in her stomach started to build, as did the pounding in her chest.These were the moments she treasured.
“You made going to those parties fun.If you weren’t there, I left.”
“You did?”
“Yeah, because I didn’t want to be anywhere else but with you.Don’t ever let the Lily-Maes of this world tell you anything different.”
He cupped her cheek, then kissed her, and that kiss was special, at least to her.She melted against him.All she wanted was to be with him.
“Follow me,” Massimo said, and she got up from the bench.Carrying the bouquet of roses as well as her new book, she followed him down to the back of the garden.
There were a couple of sheds, and she knew the gardener attended to each one.Massimo looked between them all, and then she noticed one in the back, and he pulled her toward it.They stepped inside, and she noticed it was a rather clean shed with a few tools on a small table in the back and an overhanging light.
“This used to be my mother’s work shed,” Massimo said.
“Oh.”
“Fred cleans it up regularly.”He put her flowers on the back counter, and then the book.
With nothing in her hands, she looked toward Massimo.He pulled her close, and his lips were on hers.She had never made out in a shed before, and it was a rather strange experience to have.Massimo’s hands were everywhere, and she didn’t want them to stop.
“If you’re ever in doubt, remember this, I am here willingly, because I cannot take my hands off you.I don’t want to take my hands off you.”
She loved how his hands traveled up and down, and all over her body.He made her gasp as he went toward her ass and then squeezed the flesh.They were flush together now, with nothing between them.It felt so damn good.
“Do you even feel what you do to me?”he asked.
Before she had chance to answer, he took her hand and placed it right on his pants, where she felt his dick.He was hard.The pants were visibly tight across his crotch.
“That is what you do to me.All the fucking time, I can’t even think straight.”He groaned.“You’re all I want, and you’ve got to trust in me, trust in us.I could have had any woman, but there is no one else I wanted.There is only you.Always you.”And then he took possession of her lips once again.
“I got it,” she said.
“You do?”
“Yes.”
He had broken the kiss and went straight to her neck, which she didn’t think was particularly fair seeing as he knew kissing that exact spot was her weakness.It always sent shock waves of pleasure rushing through her body that she couldn’t control.She felt powerless against it.She never wanted him to stop.
“If you want my dick, baby, I suggest you get to the main house, get to our room, and get naked, because I only have so much patience.”
Adelina looked into his eyes, and there was nothing more she wanted.Grabbing her roses and her book, she took off out of the shed, and then rushed back to the house, hearing him not far behind her.
Her heart raced, and her lips felt swollen from his kisses.Her whole body was on fire, and no one was there to stop her.She had expected Isabella or Vincent to stop her, but no one was there, not even a soldier, as she entered the house.
Keeping her roses and her book in her grip, she somehow managed to make it up the stairs and into their bedroom.She was removing her clothes and was just down to her lingerie when suddenly the door opened, and in stepped Massimo.He closed the door, and she watched, unable to look away, as he reached out and flicked the lock into place.No one would disturb them now.
