For the first time in my life, those two things don’t align.
What I want is Nero—a criminal who’d die for me, who’d kill for me, who’d give up everything for me.
And now there’s no use in resisting my true feelings anymore. I can simply give in to Nero and this new life.
We move apart only long enough to rip each other’s clothes off. His hands are greedy as they slide down my bare hips and grab handfuls of my ass. We stumble backward to the bed, my feet tripping over his in my eagerness to get us horizontal. The sheets billow out around us in a white cloud when we finally collapse onto the bed.
Nero’s solid, muscled body presses down on me. He’s everywhere—his scent, his flesh, his warmth. The air in my lungs becomes so filled with him that it’s hard to breathe, but I don’t mind.
I’ve missed this. God, how I’ve missed this.
“Open your eyes,” he commands. “No more hiding from me. I won’t let you go somewhere else inside your head.”
Our gazes snap together. The gold shards in his eyes are brighter than usual, as if they’re lit from the inside out. His body radiates heat, and when his lips travel down my neck, nipping and licking, he leaves a trail of fire in their wake.
“Fuck, you feel good,” he groans as he fills his hand with my breast, flicking his thumb over my nipple in a way that makes sparks travel all the way down to my clit.
I writhe beneath him, needing more. “Nero…”
He sits up on his knees and trails his hand over my chest down to my pubic bone before gently sliding his thumb inside my pussy. He gathers some wetness and then moves his thumb back toward my clit and presses down.
My breath catches in my lungs. “Oh God.”
“Do you know how many times I’ve been in bed on the other side of the wall and imagined you touching yourself just like this?”He drags his thumb in a slow, wet circle, his eyes glued to mine. “It drove me fucking crazy. I kept picturing this perfect pink cunt, and your delicate fingers going in and out, in and out.”
“I thought of you when I did it,” I choke out. “Every single time. Even when I hated myself for it.”
His eyes spark. He changes the angle of his movements, and he gets it so damn right that my hips jump off the bed.
A groan tears out of me. He pushes two fingers inside me while his thumb keeps playing with my clit. I throw my head back and bite down on my lips to contain the screams that threaten to pour out of me. Does he know how good that feels?
A hand appears around my throat. “Show me how you make yourself come, Sunshine. I want to see you do it.”
I reach down and cover his hand with mine. He stops rubbing my clit, but he keeps his fingers deep inside me even as I slide one of my own in as well, covering it in my wetness before bringing it up to my sensitive nub.
His lips part as he watches me make small, tight circles. The grip he’s got on my neck tightens. “Fuck, baby, you have no idea how gorgeous you are.”
I speed up, and the tingles spread. My heart is beating so hard against my ribcage. It feels like there’s a drum in my chest. Nero curls his fingers inside me, hitting just the right spot, again and again.
“Pinch those pretty nipples for me. I want to see you play with your tits,” he says in a rough voice.
I do as he says. I roll my nipple between my index finger and my thumb, andGod, it feels amazing. My back arches, chasing the high that’s so, so close.
He squeezes the sides of my neck. “That’s it. You’re almost there. I told you it would be even better if I talked you through it. You look so fucking pretty with that cunt dripping all over my hand. You’re doing such a good job. Let me see it.”
My toes curl. My breaths are no more than tiny, harsh puffs. There’s a live wire running through my entire body, and just when I think I can’t possibly take any more—
“There it is,” Nero groans. “I can feel your cunt starting to flutter. I can’t fucking wait to destroy it with my cock.”
I explode.
Wave after harsh wave.
Spasm after hard spasm.
There are no words to describe the mind-melting pleasure that overtakes my body. No damn words besides my unintelligible moans.
Nero buries his face between my legs, lapping up the wetness gushing out of me, and then he rolls us over so that I’m somehow sitting on his face. My hands grip the headboard for support while he sucks and licks my aching slit, his fingers pulling me apart to give him better access.
