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“Bite down on my arm, no screaming today, Rosa.”
“That’s my good fucking girl, Rosa. Come all over my fingers for me,”
“Do you feel better now?” She nods with a sly grin. “Always with you. You know that,” she whispers, looking down to the ground.
“Hey,” I call her beautiful big eyes back to me. “One day, I’ll be all yours. You keep my heart beating, Rosa. Just have hope. I’m not giving up on us. Or on you.” And I mean every word.
My mom is right. Rosa owns my soul, and I wi...
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“I don’t want to lose you. I need ...
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“One last kiss?” Her eyes sparkle as she throws my own words back at me. I chuckle and shake my head. I love playful Rosa. The real Rosa.
“Baby, we can keep calling it that, but we both know it never will be. Those lips are mine, and I’ll have them whenever I can,” I mutter against her mouth, her warm breath hitting against me. She takes my lips, offering me a slow, sweet kiss. She tastes like fresh mint and sin.
Do you want to do this Rosa? I will give you as much of me as I can. I promise.” “Like secret fuck buddies?” Her face crumples, and I shake my head.
“No. Rosa. We were never just a fuck. What we have is far more than that. We just have to be careful, for now. I promised myself, if you were happy with him, I’d leave you be. If you didn’t want me anymore, I could stop this. I don’t know why you’re doing this; I trust you will tell me someday. But for now, I will be here for you. Until you’re ready.”
“Why are you risking everything for me, Luca?” “You will always be my first choice, Rosa. You are my endgame. These last few weeks have made that clear for me, I will fight for this.”
My eyes search for Luca, but he’s fixated on the hand grasping my forearm. I pull my arm back hard enough it forces Dante to let me go. He shoots me a scowl but releases me. Fuck, it’s sore. But I can’t rub it. Luca will know he was hurting me.
Luca keeps his gaze firmly on Frankie opposite him, but his thumb connects to my right hand under the table and he starts to gently rub my arm in small circles. The same spot Dante just had a hold of.
I try to subtly pull away from him. The fear of discovery has my heart racing like I’m about to have a heart attack. But Luca laces his fingers through mine, putting my hand back in its original position and continues to massage my tender wrist.
I can feel the waves of anger rolling from Luca next to me, so I slip my hand from his and start to trace the square around his knee. Anything to relax him, to remind him of us. With him by my side, I can do anything.
“I need you, Rosa. I need to be inside you. I need to feel you.” I swear to fucking god, I’ve dreamt about this for weeks now. Being back where I belong.
“Baby, I’m about to fuck you within an inch of your life.”
L: Hide that box, it’s a little present for you. Remind me not to jump out of the window next time, my ankle is busted.
Rosa: I can kiss it better next time.
L: I’ve missed us.
Rosa: I missed you far too much.
“Why the hell are you limping?” she hisses in my ear as I sit. “Jumped off a bridge trying to kill myself to get away from you.”
Rosa: He’s home. I won’t be able to talk tonight. L: It’s all taken care of. Don’t worry, baby. I’m all yours for the night.
She’s my addiction. I can’t go weeks without seeing her, without tasting her. I need her. But with each time I see her, I fall harder and deeper in love with her. I can’t help it. Not that I’d even want to try to stop this. Mom is right. She was meant for me.
There’s only one woman on this planet who can touch me. And I’m on my way to show her.
“I’d rather cut my own cock off. Find someone else.”
“You look beautiful to me, tesoro.”
“You are the most gorgeous woman I have ever laid my eyes on, Rosa. You don’t need to hide your natural beauty. My cock gets hard at the sight of you, whatever you wear.”
“You really think a quickie would be enough? Have I not proven to you yet that I have to worship you–every single part of you? I want you coming apart on my tongue, my fingers, and my cock. Tonight, I want to show you what life will be like for us one day.”
“I don’t need dates, flowers, anything like that. I just want my Luca,” I whisper.
“Rosa, I want to show you love. True, unconditional love. All the dates, the extravagant gifts.” He pauses, bringing my left hand to his cheek, pulling off my engagement ring with his teeth. “A real diamond, the wedding of our dreams, the family. Every. Single. Damn. Thing. That will bring a smile to those beautiful lips. I want to give you that. No, I will give you that. It’s the only thing keeping me going, tesoro.”
I choke on a sob as he presses his lips to my forehead. In his arms, I am safe. I am loved, cherished, and everything in between. He is mine and I am his. He is my forever. True love, I’ve never had, but I would bet my life that it’s this. It has to be.
“I want all of it, Luca. I want this, forever. La mia vita. My life.” “You will forever be my...
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“You are happy, aren’t you?” He casts his gaze down and shakes his head. “No, but I will be.” “I want you to be happy.”
“When I wake up with you in my arms every day, that's when my life will truly begin.”
“There is only one thing that truly scares me, Rosa.” She raises an eyebrow. “Hmm?” she says through a mouthful of food. “Losing the people I love.”
I take a step forward. “Losing you scares the hell out of me, Rosa.”
“I want to bring you right to the edge, tesoro. I want you writhing in pleasure and ready to explode, over and over again. Until finally, when I sink inside you, you come apart all over my dick, letting me fill you up with all of me.”
You’ll walk around knowing you are mine and only mine.”
“These are the only tears that are ever acceptable.”
“Come for me, Luca. Give me everything,” she whispers against my lips before claiming them again. And I lose it.
I love this woman with my entire being.
She is humming away, brushing her hair up. I stand and watch her. She fascinates me.
I have been since the moment I held her in my arms, watching her battle her addiction. The strength she showed only made me fall deeper for her.
“I love you, Rosa.”
“I love you, Luca. I love you so much.” My heart beats twice as fast. “More than anything. Now let me hear you say those words again.”
“I will love you. Forever.” Unshed tears shine in her eyes.
“I put up with a lot from you. I turn a blind eye at your antics. But this, watching you throw away your chance at love, is breaking my heart, son.”
There’s only one thing I want. Only one person I want. My Tesoro.
I’m Luca Motherfucking Russo, and I’ll take what I want.
