“What happens now?”she asked as he rinsed her side.“With me.”
“You’re already part of it,” he said.“You held your own and we will stand beside you for as long as you’ll let us.”
“And us?”
He met her eyes.“I’m not interested in anything temporary.”
By the time he finished washing her legs, her skin was buzzing, nerves alive in a way that had nothing to do with the heat of the water.He reached for her then, clearly intending to lift her out of the shower.
She stopped him with a hand to his jaw.
“My turn,” she said.
He raised an eyebrow, curious, amused.
She took the sponge from him and began to wash him in return, slower than necessary, learning the planes and lines of his body.When her hands reached lower, she let the sponge fall away and met his gaze as she sank down in front of him.
The air changed.
He inhaled sharply.“Mara—”
She smiled up at him, intent clear, choice unmistakable.
She gripped his cock with her left hand and gently handled his balls with her right.Then, closing her eyes to avoid getting sprayed in the eye by the water streaming down his body, she leaned in, and took him straight to the back of her throat.
Even over the sound of the shower, she heard his curse.Wanting to ensure she heard everything, and really wanting to watch his reactions, she reached up with her right hand and shut off the water, then she opened her eyes and looked up at him as she got down to work.The intense look on his face as he leaned into the wall of the shower, and looked down at her, had her own body releasing a flood of moisture between her legs.The man really was hot as hell.
Then she settled in to pleasure her man.She used her hands, one at the base of his cock and one on his balls to drive his pleasure up.She dragged her mouth up and over the mushroomed head of his cock, learning each and every ridge and line that adorned him, and flattened her tongue against the sensitive underside of his cock, as she sucked hard.
“Fuck!Christ, Mara,” Luca growled through clenched teeth, his hips rolling forward with enough force that she was thankful her hand was there to stop her from choking.“Fuck, sorry, baby, but this feels so fucking good.”
She winked at him as she started to twist her hand at the base of his cock and slide her mouth over him rhythmically, taking him deep, opening her throat to his cursed yelp, and swallowing around him, before pulling off to gulp in air, then diving in again.
She could tell he was fast approaching the point of no return by the way his thighs shook against her, and his balls tightened in her hand.She was all intent on taking him over and swallowing what he had to give her, when he swore again, reached down and pulled her off him, sweeping her up into his arms in an impressive show of strength.
“Hey, I wasn’t finished,” she pouted as he stepped out of the shower.
“No, but I almost was, and way too fucking soon,” he said.“Bed.Now.”
They stumbled out together, water dripping, breath unsteady.He set her down to drag a towel quickly over the both of them, then started walking her backward toward the bedroom, devouring her mouth as they went.
****
Luca guided her backwarduntil the edge of the bed caught behind her knees, guiding her down onto the bed, letting her shuffle back toward the headboard, and holding himself above her.He didn’t rush.He watched her—watched the way her breath hadn’t settled yet, the way her eyes stayed on his like she was anchoring herself there.
“Don’t take your eyes from me,” he said quietly.
She nodded.
He dropped to his elbows, his hands framed her face, fingers burying themselves into the damp hair at her temples.“I’ve got you,” he told her.Not a promise for later.A statement for now.
Mara reached for him, but he caught her wrists and pinned them gently above her head, testing, asking without words.
“Yes,” she breathed.
That was all he needed.
He leaned in, kissing her slow and deep, setting the pace the way he set everything else—deliberate, controlled, sure.He pressed her down to the mattress, body covering hers, weight solid and grounding.The world narrowed again, not to steam this time, but to the steady heat between them.
