CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

DALIA

I squeal, "That's cold, Aries!"

He chuckles softly, "Probably because ice cream is frozen, baby."

Scooping a spoonful of ice cream onto my nipple, he hums, "This is definitely the best way to eat ice cream."

I'm shivering from the cold until he swipes his tongue across my nipple. The mixture of hot and cold is intense, and already has me begging, "Please, Aries."

Dripping ice cream into my belly button, before dipping his tongue and swirling it around, he groans with pleasure, "You beg so prettily, baby."

He drags the ice cold spoon over one nipple and then the other, causing me to moan, "Aries."

Kneeling beside me, he gets another spoonful and drips the melting ice cream onto my lips before licking them clean. Gripping my hair, he pulls my head to the side, "I do like mint chocolate chip, but you're my favorite flavor," He kisses me so slowly that it makes me crazy, I groan into his mouth and he chuckles into our kiss, pulling back he smiles, "So impatient."

He moves lower on the bed, while trailing his tongue all over the front of my body, then presses the spoon against my clit making me yelp, "Oh my God." He whispers, "I'll always take away the pain, Dalia."

Leaning over my side, he swirls his cooled tongue over my clit. It's colder than normal but much warmer than the spoon. I grab his head and try to hold his head down but he's too strong, he bites my clit and then stops, "Are you going to be a good girl, or do I need to tie you to the bed?"

He moves between my legs and just when I expect to get his tongue again, he blows on my clit instead, I groan in frustration and he laughs once again, "Why are you being so mean?" I blurt out like a damn child.

"Because when I fuck you I want you to explode for me like you never have."

He flips me over onto my stomach with ease, "On your knees."

When I get into position, I'm looking forward to it, because I've never had sex this way, he gets behind, spreads my asscheeks, "Has anybody had this ass?"

I freeze on the spot, terrified of the impending pain, "No."

He's clearly turned on by the idea, because his voice gets low and husky, "Good girl. Saving this beautiful ass for me. I'm not taking it tonight. When you're my wife again you'll give it to me, and I'll make it feel good, I promise. There's no need to be afraid with me."

Leaning down, he kisses my buttcheeks in several places, softly, and then, wait, what's happening? Is he licking my asshole?

"No. Aries, no."

"Stop fighting me, Dalia. If it didn't feel good, I wouldn't do it."

He pushes two fingers inside me while he pushes his tongue into my asshole and fucks me with it. I want to not enjoy it because it seems so wrong, but I can't.

"Aries, oh my God."

He kneels behind me and growls, "I've fantasized about fucking you like this for so long."

Grabbing onto my hips, he rams his cock inside me, I gasp loudly and he grabs my hair and pulls hard, "Beautiful slut. This pussy was fucking made to take my cock."

Aries lifts his one leg and puts his foot on the bed beside me, then pushes my head down, and holds me there by the back of my neck and rails me. He pummels into me at a vicious rate, over and over again, until we both come undone together.

"We should work out how you want to handle visitation."

His hand stroking my stomach immediately stills, "Visitation for what?"

I giggle, thinking he isn't understanding, "For our son. I was thinking weekends might be best. Some weekends my brothers could even drop him off to you, to make the travel a little easier."

He sits up on the bed and runs a hand through his hair, "Did I do something wrong?"

"No. I'm sure you need to get back home, and I thought it would be good if we were both on the same page with how things will work."

I watch as Aries gets off the bed and pulls his boxer shorts on, "Yeah, well we definitely are not on the same fucking page. I'm on the ‘I'm madly in love with this woman and want to spend the rest of my life with her, and having a son is the icing on a perfect goddamn cake' page. You're on the I got fucked good enough and I'm done' page."

He grabs his clothes and goes to the door, "Fuck this."

"Aries, get back here right now. If this is an adult relationship it requires adult conversation. If that's something you're not capable of, and you choose to walk out, don't come back other than to see your son, I will not be your doormat. Choose your next move wisely."

He stands frozen for several minutes, his shoulders tense, and I'd bet money his jaw is clenched too. Finally he turns around and walks back to the bed and sits down.

"Thank you," I take his hand in mine, "I never said I was done. Do you want to tell me what that was about?"

Hanging his head down, looking defeated, he whispers, "Have you ever been terrified you were going to lose someone?"

My mom. And look how that turned out but I don't say that out loud, because I don't think bringing her up right now will help matters at all, only make it worse.

"Go on."

He shakes his head, "I have everything I want right now. Fucking everything. I've never been afraid of anything, but you hold all the cards. If you asked your brothers to hide you again, they would. Only now I'd lose my son as well. I'll lose my mind if I lose either of you."

Climbing onto his lap, I throw my arms around his neck, "You aren't losing either of us. The fact is you live three hours away, Aries. I assumed at some point you'd need to work."

He nods, "I do, of course I do. You can both come with me."

I trail my fingers down the nape of his neck, "I'm sorry, I can't. I won't."

Laying his head on my shoulder, he sighs heavily, "I don't want to be without you, Dalia. I can't do a fucking long-distance relationship. Please, come with me."

"I'm sorry, but he's in a really good small school and I can't move him. He'd go to an overcrowded school, and the teachers here are so good. I'm a mom first, and I have to do what's right for our son. This is what being a parent means. Not being selfish, even when you really want to be."

Kissing my neck a few times, he says, "The last six years were hell for me, Dalia. Fucking hell. I can't go back to that."

I slide my hands up his arms, to his neck, slowly landing on his face, he lifts his head and gazes at me with a look of heartbreak, "I love you, Aries. I don't want to lose you, but this is how things need to be right now."

He doesn't respond with words, Aries wraps his arms around me, pulling me against his chest, and captures my lips in a scorching kiss. It's seductive and slow as he teases my tongue with his. Rolling us over so I'm on my back, he groans, "I'll leave on Sunday then. Until then I plan to try to get my fill of you, to tide me over until the next time I can see you."