I nod in agreement, reaching for him.
His mouth finds mine, the kiss conveying a hunger too powerful to deny any longer.
Then he rises from the bed, and I watch, utterly transfixed, as Cristian removes his shirt.
My breath catches at the sight of him, all sculpted muscle and battle scars.
"You're beautiful," I say, my mouth going dry at the sight of him.
A ghost of a smile touches his lips. "That's my line."
His hands move to his belt, and my breath catches. I've never seen a man fully naked before.
He pushes his pants and boxer briefs down, and holy moly, he’s long and thick.
He joins me on the bed again, his body settling between my thighs. When he dips his head to kiss my neck, my collarbone, my breasts, I arch into him, desperate for more.
"Cristian, please," I gasp as his fingers slide inside my folds again, circling, teasing.
"Patience," he murmurs against my skin.
But the ache inside me builds until I'm writhing beneath him.
My fingers clutch at him, urging him to stop teasing me. He positions himself, and I feel him against my entrance. Instinctively, I tense.
"Look at me," he commands softly.
I do, finding his dark eyes intense with desire. He holds my gaze as he pushes forward, entering me with agonizing slowness.
The stretch is uncomfortable at first, and then a sharp pain makes me gasp. He stills immediately, concern flooding his features.
I’m afraid he’s going to abandon this.
"I'm okay.” I will my body to relax around him. "Don't stop."
He kisses me deeply and lulls me into relaxing.
He sinks fully into me, and when he begins to move, the sensation is beyond anything I could have imagined.
It’s not just pleasure, but something more.
Like we’re one.
Like my heart, my soul, is now his.
18
CRISTIAN
I lose myself in her. In the way her body yields to mine, in the soft gasps that escape her lips with each thrust.
Nothing exists beyond this bed, this moment, this woman beneath me.
Even so, I’m fully aware that I've crossed a line I swore I never would.
For years I've served the Dante family with unwavering loyalty. Now here I am, betraying Alessandro.
I’m fucking his sister.
