Heat flooded through me. "Yeah?"
"Yeah."
I stood, lifting her with me. She wrapped her legs around my waist as I carried her to our bedroom.
The city glittered beyond our windows, but I only had eyes for her.
I laid her on the bed, took a moment to just look. Her body had changed since Lucia—softer curves, the faint silver lines of stretch marks across her belly and hips. To me, she'd never been more beautiful.
"You're staring," she said.
"Can't help it. You're gorgeous."
"I have stretch marks."
"You have proof of what your body did. What you gave me. Our daughter." I traced one of the marks with my finger. "These are beautiful."
She pulled me down, kissed me deeply. "Then stop talking and show me."
I did.
Clothes disappeared quickly—we'd gotten efficient at undressing each other over the years. My mouth found her breast, sucking her nipple into my mouth, my tongue swirling as she arched beneath me.
"Cesare—"
"I've got you."
My hand slid between her thighs, found her already wet and ready. I stroked her slowly, building the pleasure, watching her face as she responded to my touch.
"Inside me," she demanded. "Now."
"Impatient."
"It's been too long."
It had been. Weeks since we'd had time like this. Weeks of quick stolen moments, exhausted fumbling, nothing satisfying.
Tonight was different.
I positioned myself at her entrance, pushed in slowly. She was tight, her body welcoming me, clenching around me.
"Fuck," I groaned. "You feel incredible."
"Move. Please move."
I set a rhythm—deep, steady thrusts that had her gasping my name. Her nails dug into my shoulders, her legs wrapping around my waist, pulling me deeper.
"Harder," she panted. "I need—"
I gave her what she needed. Faster, rougher, my hips slamming into hers. The bed creaked beneath us, headboard hitting the wall, both of us too far gone to care.
"Touch yourself," I commanded. "I want to feel you come around me."
Her hand slipped between us, fingers finding her clit, working herself whilst I thrust into her.
"That's it, baby. So fucking beautiful like this."
"Close—I'm close—"
