Whoa. Did I seriously just say that so casually? Like Nico and I marrying is an inevitable. I’ll be honest, since high school, I haven’t thought about marriage at all. I had the teenage puppy love that I thought was forever with Alec. After him, I didn’t even have that. I was accepting of the idea that maybe the whole marriage and 2.4 kids with a house on the hill maybe wasn’t for me. Which, I know, sounds ridiculous considering I literally just turned 21. I guess I’m an all or nothing kind of girl.
“Cassi, you okay?” Nico says, almost like he’s asked several times.
Fuck, how long have I been rambling inside my own head?
“Yeah, great. Can I jump into the shower? I always feel gross after a plane ride, even in one as nice as yours.”
Nico watches me carefully, like he knows that’s not true. Still, he gestures for me to step inside as he gives me directions to the upstairs master with the shower. I nod in thanks and make my way inside as I hear my mom chattering his ear off about wedding dates, location and all of the other things that the bride’s family should be thinking about. Not how bad she wants to climb the groom like a tree. The slutty sister badge is reserved specially for me.
Grabbing my suitcase from the foyer where I left it, I carry it up the stairs and push my way into the master as I look at the bed. It’s made perfectly, like it always is.
Unless Nico and I are tangled up in it, our bodies practically attached to one another from dawn until dusk.
Shaking my head and those thoughts away, I begin slowly unpacking my things. Normally, I don’t bother, but we’re here until Sunday evening and…I don’t know. It just feels good. Like I’m tricking myself into believing that I’ll be here longer. That I won’t get on a plane in two days while Nico and my sister stay in Boston and…I don’t even want to finish the rest of that sentence.
Once I’m unpacked, I start up the shower before stripping down. I step into the shower, which really just means stepping around the glass shower wall. It’s one of those fancy stone floored showers with several rain showerheads on the ceiling. The walls are covered in mosaic tiling and the water is kept inside by glass wall pathway of sorts.
As I step into the shower, the warm water runs from my head to my toes. It feels actually amazing and I practically sink into the feeling when I hear a soft snick like a closing of a door, followed by the metal ting of a lock. Looking up, I see Nico stepping up to theshower, looking at me through the glass wall. His eyes run over me reverently as he shakes his head.
“You’re so fucking beautiful, babygirl.”
“Are you crazy?” I whisper. “My parents are literally downstairs.”
He shakes his head again. “They went out for lunch.”
I pause for a moment before my eyes widen with understanding, a small smile crossing my face.
“Well, what are you waiting for?” I tease.
Nico grins, surprising the hell out of me when he doesn’t even bother to take off his clothes. Instead, he walks straight into the water, fully clothed and not a regret in sight as he cups my face into his hands and presses his mouth against mine. I sink into his touch, sighing as I attempt to meet his every move. The kiss is full of passion, desire, and more than a little desperation.
Our tongues battle for dominance as we trade off nipping and sucking on each other’s lips. The entire thing is like a needy pleasure driven mess and I fucking love every second of it.
Without missing a beat, Nico releases my face with one of his hands as he begins undoing his belt. It isn’t long before he is rubbing his tip through my pussy, pausing on my clit before swirling it several times. I shutter in response, as he does it again and again before his hands drop.
I’m about to voice my protest when I feel his arms scoop beneath my thighs, lifting me into the air before pinning me to the wall. My legs wrap around his absolutely drenched waist as my eyes flare with excitement and he gives me a half lifted grin before he’s pushing his cock inside me. My back bows off the wall for a moment and I let out a moan as he withdraws before pushing back into me. Over and over again, our bodies work together like they are desperate for one another. It’s because they are, we are.
These last two weeks have been fucking hell, and I’m ashamed to say I’ve questioned if this is worth it more than a few times, ifwe are worth it. Right in this moment, though, there is not a doubt in my mind. Not just because the sex is good, which trust me, it always is. I have no doubt because something inside of me feels safest when I’m with him, happiest. Something inside of me intrinsically tells me this is where I belong. So, through all the bullshit, we will make it out the other side. One way or another. Together.
“I love you,” I say, the words just tumbling out of my mouth before I can even attempt to stop them.
My face staunches in shock as I shake my head, Nico continuing to thrust in and out of me as surprise fills his eyes. I let out a surprised laugh as I shake my head.
“Oh my god, I don’t know where that came from, but I do. I-I love you. I love everything about you, the way you make me feel, your heart, your brain, your asshole sense of humor.”
Nico lets out a rough chuckle at that as he smiles, encouraging me to continue, like each word is giving him a new sense of life.
“Most of all, I love the way you love me. The way you care for me. I’m sorry it’s taken me a while to say it. I’ve felt it for so long but?—”
He cuts me off with his mouth on mine, one of his hands moving up to hold the back of my head as he pushes my body further against the wall. When we break apart, he rests his forehead against mine and sighs.
“Don’t ever apologize. I’m happy that you love me even a little, but I’m even happier you waited to tell me until you were ready. The truth is, I can love enough for the both of us in this relationship. Whatever you need, I can do it, Cassi.”
“Relationship?” I tease as my hips rise, meeting his as he pushes against my g-spot.
Nico rolls his eyes as he shakes his head.
“Don’t even play coy, babygirl. You’re mine, and I’m yours. We’ve been over this.”
