Chapter 13

13

DANTE

H er kiss shatters my perception of reality and leaves me starving for more. Like before, I hoist her onto my lap while we lose ourselves to the tantalizing experience. Natalie lets her hands wander down my body, but this time, I stop her.

No. We’re not going to fuck like savages on the couch, against the wall, or on the floor. This time, I’m taking her to my bed to treat her the way I wanted to the first night we shared our bodies. I lift her into the air, never breaking our embrace. I walk blindly through my apartment, squeezing her ass as guttural noises erupt from my core.

I want this so fucking bad, and the way Natalie feels up my chest says so does she.

I lay her down on my bed and fall between her legs. My hands travel up her shins and thighs, feeling every inch they can of her skin before settling on the waistline of her short shorts. I stare eagerly, longingly into her big blue eyes, while I peel away the layers of her clothes. Pants, panties, tube top, discarding the uniform she’ll never wear again at the foot of my bed.

And this time, I mean it. I’ll burn the whole damn bar to the ground, with Larry Kissinger in it, if that’s the only way to keep Natalie from going back there.

I strip for her, shedding my jacket and shirt first, and her eyes dance across my bare, scarred body. A delicate finger slots between the grooves of my abs, gliding its way upward to my chest before settling in a firm grip behind my neck. She pulls me downward into another kiss while I kick off my shoes and pants.

“I want you so fucking badly,” she whispers against my lips.

“And you’ll have me.” I hook a hand under her thighs and part her legs. “Forever and always. I’m yours.”

I guide her leg around my hip, and she hooks it over by digging her ankle into my side. I return to our kiss, moving my free hand down her body to her soaking wetness, eager and ready for me. As much as I want to delay, treat her like a princess, and make her climax a thousand times before I come close to penetrating her, I can’t.

Not this time. I need to be inside her, feel our bodies fuse together as we become one. Whole. Happy.

I grab the base of my shaft and guide myself toward her. It slips between her slick wetness, but it feels different this time. Almost like it’s the first time I’ve experienced the touch of another in my entire life. It melts my brain and leaves a sharp bolt of electricity racing up my spine.

And maybe I have never experienced anything like this. This isn’t sex, I realize. It’s lovemaking. Soft, tender, and slow. No hard thrusting and painful aching to get the job done. It’s tantric and tantalizing, with every sensation bringing new and exotic pleasure.

I buck my hips slowly, and my legs start to shake. Giddiness makes me murmur inaudible words as I struggle to form any rational thoughts.

Natalie wraps her arms around my shoulders. She gasps while her eyes roll to the back of her skull. But the bright smile of pure delight never washes off her face.

This must be heaven because there’s no way in hell I’d ever experience my angel anywhere else.

But with all the bountiful wonders this new experience brings, so too does it bring me to the razor's edge. I never want this feeling to end, yet every gentle thrust into Natalie leaves me dangerously close to climax.

“You’re so perfect,” I whisper feebly, but I need her to hear it now. In the throes of ecstasy, I must spill my heart to her. “My goddess, my angel, my light at the end of the tunnel.”

She wants to speak, no doubt compliments of her own, but she can’t get words out between the moans and whimpers.

Well, I’ve come this far. Might as well tell her the whole damn truth.

“I fucking love you,” I howl at the top of my lungs as I hit that sweet release.

She comes right at the heel of my orgasm, and she squeals in delight as her claws sink into my back, accepting every drop I have to offer.

Then I collapse, unable to hold my own weight up. While I lie atop Natalie, using her breast as a pillow, she whispers, “Yes. Let’s get married.”

Music to my fucking ears.