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“Luca.” Mira’s tone was a warning.
“Don’t tell me that you’ve already forgotten our time together.”
“Of course not. But I also haven’t forgotten that you called sleeping with me a mistake and said that we could never be together.” The memory pained me.
“That doesn’t stop me from wanting you.” I leaned in, needing to feel that connection to her again, even if it was wrong, even if it meant betraying Teo. I just needed to be near her.
I pressed my lips to hers and God help me, her body responded instantly as her lips parted, granting me access to her mouth.
More. My body growled and ached to touch her. I let my hands roam down the curves of her breasts, along the slender curve of her waist, pulling her harder against my body before palming her bare thighs and drawing my hands up, underneath the smooth fabric of her skirt.
She reached up to run her fingers through my hair when she suddenly froze.
“Stop.” She jolted back, shoving me away and I stumbled slightly before regaining my balance from the unexpected force.
“Mira.”
“We can’t.”
I felt her slipping through my fingers and I was desperate to hold on to her anyway that I could. Deep down, I knew we couldn’t be together but that didn’t change the way I felt. "We can. It can be our little secret."
"You made it crystal clear that we couldn’t be together and that sleeping together was a mistake."
"Because I don't want to upset Teo, but I've realized that I can't just not be with you ever again."
"I won't be your dirty little secret besides, what about Stefano?"
"I don't like seeing you with another man." I growled and closed in on her again, but she shoved me back.
"I’ve moved on.” Her words were like a slap in the face.
I chuckled bitterly. “Moved on? With Costa? You forget, Mira, I know you well and I know that you’ll never be happy with Stefano.”
“You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
I lunged forward, pinning Mira to the wall and she gasped. I didn’t make a move to kiss her again. I ran the tip of my nose up her neck and jaw, making her breath hitch, and her body shuddered at my breath against her skin.
“You need passion, excitement, and heat. When we were together, it was like an all-consuming fire.”
“Yeah, and I’m the one who got burned.” She shoved me back angrily, but I was ready that time and barely budged.
I let out a harsh chuckle. “Well, dolcezza, you won’t have to worry about that with Costa. He seems perfectly safe. There’s not even a spark between the two of you.”
“Stefano and I have plenty of spark between us. In fact, when we’re together, it’s explosive. Nothing compared to our encounter.”
“I remember you exploding pretty thoroughly while wrapped around me when we were together.” I leaned in to whisper and she shuddered again. The fact that I could still get her going like that fed my urge to push her further.
“It was a mistake.”
“You didn’t seem to think it was a mistake at the time.”
“We’d been drinking, partying at the reception. I just got caught up in the moment. That’s it. It meant nothing. You made that very clear.”
“Don’t say that. What we have—”
“Whatever we had is over. Don’t act like I didn’t fight for you. Like I didn’t pour my heart out to you, but you said that we couldn’t be together. You said that my brother and your loyalty to the family comes first. What happened to not being able to betray him?”
“I—” I started but the words died in my mouth.
