But she’s so beautiful. It breaks my fucking heart, knowing what’s going to come.
There’s more pain. More struggle. More blood.
“I know you’re there,” she says, tipping her head back and smiling at me. “And you’re being a massive creep.”
“I’m that obvious?”
“You’re breathing like a moose.”
“I get excited when you’re in a bikini.”
“Pervert.” Her smile gets bigger. “What’s going on?”
“Nothing at all.” I drift over, struggling with myself. I should tell her. Get it over with. “You look comfortable.” I kneel down beside her chair and put a hand on her thigh. It’s smooth and warm.
“Sleepy,” she admits. “Been a stressful week and I guess I’m still drained.”
“I know that feeling.”
She tilts her sunglasses down. “Are you admitting to a little vulnerability?”
“I’m admitting I could use a nap.”
“Unbelievable. He’s really not made of steel.”
“Parts of me are steel, that’s for sure.” I bend down and kiss her shoulder. She lets out a soft, happy sound and turns her head away. I take the cue and kiss her neck, moving up to her chin.
“Easy there,” she murmurs. “The guards are home.”
“I’ll send them away.”
“Now Mr. Russo, why would you need to do that?”
I pull her chin to me and kiss her mouth. I hold her like that, tasting her, knowing in the back of my mind that this is going to come to an end. My life can’t be like this—happy, comfortable, joyous, lazy, all the things normal people strive for. Even if I have the money, it’ll never be enough, not until I’m sitting at the top of the world with my massive dragon tail wrapped around the equator.
She shifts toward me. The book slides off her body and topples to the ground. Her fingers run through my hair as our kiss deepens. I bite her lower lip and pull back with a snarl, looking up over my shoulder, back toward the house.
“Everyone, get the fuck out,” I bark loudly enough for the whole neighborhood to hear. “You have ten god damn seconds.”
“Ten whole seconds?” Nika laughs. “I didn’t know you could control yourself that long.”
I turn back to her, heart racing. “I can’t.” I lean down to devour her mouth, not caring who’s watching anymore.
She groans as I press her suit top aside, exposing her breasts to the sunlight. I tease her nipples, kissing her neck, her chin, downto her chest, taking one pink bud between my lips. She arches as I suck hard, one hand in her hair, the other moving down to stroke between her legs. She whimpers, wriggling as I tease, sucking her tits and stroking her pussy.
“Fuck, Gabe, nobody better be in that house.”
“What do you care? Are you ashamed of your body?” I release her hair and squeeze her breasts. “Look at you, Nika. You were made for this. You’re so fucking beautiful it kills me. Do you have any idea how hard it is to keep control around you?”
“I don’t… believe you…” She gasps as my other hand slips down the front of her suit.
Fuck, she’s soaking wet already.
“You dirty fucking girl,” I purr, leaning down to kiss her mouth again as my fingers do their work. I stroke her lips, spreading them wide, rolling around her clit before plunging inside her tightness. She moans into my mouth as I taste her tongue, the salty ocean air on her puffy pink skin. I stroke in deep, curling my fingers, and she grabs my shoulders as I pull them back out and drive them in again.
“Oh my god Gabe,” she moans, her sunglasses falling off. They hit the concrete and bounce away. “Shit, that feels so good. Can’t we… inside, maybe…”
“You don’t need fucking privacy. God, you were made for sex, Nika. Look at these beautiful tits. Your nipples are so stiff and sensitive. And that mouth of yours. Those plump fucking lips. The fact that you were a virgin when we got married?—“