“Show me.”
“You don’t know what you’re asking, little bird.”
“I trust you, Luca.”
The air sizzles around us. He stares at me a moment longer before nodding, as if he’s decided something.
“Fine.”
Reaching down, he scoops me into his arms. I’m not sure I’ll ever get used to him carrying me like I weigh nothing. His words might have been filled with dark meaning, but there’s only fire and heat coming off him now. There’s a shift in the air when he carries me to the bed, laying me out before him. My skin prickles with awareness as he moves over me, his lips brushing against mine in the softest kiss. I groan in frustration, and he has the nerve to smile.
“Patience, little bird.”
He kisses a trail down my body. When he reaches my breasts, he laps at my nipple until I’m whimpering. Just when I think I can take no more, he switches to the other one. Over and over, he brings me closer to the edge, but never lets me find release. My body is feverish as he kisses a trail lower.
“Luca, please.”
“Please what?”
“Please let me come.”
He chuckles. “Not yet.”
“Why?”
“You haven’t begged yet.”
“Please let me come, Luca! I’ll do anything!”
He’s silent as he parts my folds, blowing cool air across them. I moan, arching into him, but he doesn’t give me what I need.
“Damn you!”
“Oh, my sweet little bird, that’s definitely not going to make me move any faster.” He rolls my clit between his fingers. “Do you want to know what I was doing today when I got cut?”
I nod, unable to think properly as he brings me higher and higher.
“I was killing a man who works for someone out to get me.”
I feel like cold water has been dumped on me. “Are you going to be okay?”
“Concerned for me?”
“Yes, I am. I shouldn’t be, but I am.”
He rewards me with a lick through my folds that ends with him sucking on my clit as I rock against his face.
“Yes, Luca. Like that! Please! I’m so close.”
But he pulls back.
“To answer your question, I’m going to be fine. No one fucks with the Di Bello Family and lives to talk about it.” He pauses. “I killed your father for what he did to you. Does that bother you?”
Lord knows I should push him off me, but I don’t.
“No.”
“No? And why is that?”