“Oh, sweetheart. Just let me worry about that.” Tightening his hold on her plump ass, he hoisted her up and walked to his bedroom. There would be enough time to focus on all the ugliness around them. He couldn’t help the sense of pride that filled him when Hyacinth told him about her father. She was very keen on keeping her private family life, just that. Private. As he walked them to his bedroom, her lush form in his arms, he felt his dick thicken in his pants. Yeah, he needed to get in at least a couple hours of being deep inside his woman before he let her up for air.
By then, his men would have arrived. He’d already given orders for some to camp out at her place to see what they can find. Others were to come directly here. He still hadn’t decided if he would make a personal trip to Las Vegas so he could meet her father personally. That could be a bit much, but in this life, he had to make split-second decisions. If he was going to have her in his life for the long haul, then he needed to make some things happen quickly.
“Rhys, are you gonna put me down?”
Her question brought him out of his musings. When he looked at the woman in his arms, his heart clenched. How did she come to mean so much to him in such a short time? “Do you want me to let you go?”
It seemed like such an innocent, playful question, but there was a hidden meaning behind his words. He stared at her face, his eyes catching hers. Now that he was allowing himself to look to the future and accepting the inevitable truth of finding the woman meant for him, there was no one else he wanted more than Hyacinth.
They stood at the edge of the bed. Rhys showed no signs of tiring as he held her extra weight in his arms. In fact, he knew they could stand like this for hours. To most people, he looked like a simple restaurant owner. For those who really knew him, they understood that he trained every day to strengthen his body. The bulky, muscular look wasn’t what he was going for, but the lean, sleek lines of his body hid the beast underneath the suit.
When she didn’t respond, he asked again. “Sweetheart, do you want me to let you go?”
Hyacinth shook her head, but kept her eyes locked with his. “No, I don’t want you to let me go.”
“Are you sure? Because if I keep you, then all bets are off. You belong to me. I belong to you. We’re in this together, no matter what happens.”
“Yes, I’m sure. But, Rhys, my fa—”
“No, baby. None of that matters. You told me what you needed to about your father and his past. Plus, you know who I am. Who my family is. Does that knowledge bother you?”
“No. It doesn’t bother me at all. So, what does this mean?”
“It means we need to seal the deal. Then we call your father. After that, we take care of whoever the fuck came after you,” he ended with a low growl.
“We need to seal the deal? Well, then I say let’s get to it.”
With a swift movement, he placed her on the bed and climbed on top of her. Mouths fused together and clothes flew off. Their need for each other drove their movements. Within moments, they were naked, and Rhys was sliding his thick member inside her body.
“Oh, fuck. Yes, Rhys,” she hissed into the silence of the room.
“That’s it, baby. Pull me in,” he moaned into her ear. His arms were on either side of her head. Lips brushed the shell of her ear before he nipped the skin on her lobe. Stroking deeper and deeper, he tried to reach places no one had ever touched before. If he could live inside her body, he would. “Take all of me, Cin. So wet. Tight. You feel so good,” he moaned. Leaning down, he captured her lips in a kiss. His entire focus was on making her scream his name as her body released around him. He wanted her essence to soak into his skin, so every woman would know he was taken. That he was hers. If he could mark her with his own scent, he would.
No man could ever have her again. He would kill a motherfucker for even coming close to her. She was his.
“Rhys! Yes!”
Her loud moans and screams of pleasure finally broke through his thoughts. When his gaze cleared, he looked down at Hyacinth to see her eyes rolled back in her head. Her mouth was open. Sweat beaded on her face. The nails of her hand clawed at his back. A smile came over his face. This is what he wanted. She is who he wanted. His hips swiveled as he thrust harder.
As Hyacinth cried out beneath him, begging him to slow down, then to go faster, he knew she was on the verge of flying off the cliff. Her slick channel pulsed and tightened around his thick shaft.
“Yes, baby. That’s it. Come for me. I want to feel you gush all over this dick.” Leaning his head down, he took her nipple in his mouth and bit down sharply.
Hyacinth exploded. Her scream sounded in the room. The flood of her juices coated his member as he felt her legs tighten around his body. Feeling his own release upon him, Rhys moved, placing his forehead against hers.
Whispering the only word that mattered, he felt his cum shoot from his body into hers. “Mine.”
Hyacinth nodded. “Mine,” she claimed right back.
He couldn’t help the smile that came over his face. Rhys felt proud that she had claimed him. His heart and soul knew this woman was meant for him.
Once they got out of bed, the outside world would intrude on them soon enough. His family. Her own family. He just hoped that after everything was all said and done, his other life wouldn’t be too much for her.
Chapter 17
It was like he’d looked inside her fantasies and fulfilled every one of them. He was the man of her dreams and the only person she could see by her side in the future. Hyacinth knew her life had been incomplete without Rhys.
So much had happened in the last twenty-four hours. A few of Rhys’s men had shown up at his place. He shared that some others had gone to her apartment to check things out. The challenging part had been her father.