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My first taste of him had my head swimming. The way our tongues danced together was a revelation. A whole new world opened up to me, like those novels I read in school of walking through a closet or falling down a rabbit hole. Surely, I was living in an alternate reality. Everything was upside down and topsy-turvy.
What we were planning to do was insane, but Luca was right. It was the only way. After what happened in the club, it wouldn’t be fair to marry Nicu. I’d gone too far. Touched another man, kissed him, let him grab my butt and smack it. The last one had a possessive edge to it that I liked more than I’d ever admit aloud.
As much as my family might get upset, I’d been given the chance to follow my own path while doing right by them. My hands shook from nerves at the thought of losing my virginity. Sitting beside Luca in the tight confines of his car, I inhaled the familiar fragrance of his cologne with the scent of fine wool from his jacket, and the quivery feeling settled.
I’d been with Luca in a car before, of course, but this time was different. The small, sleek Ferrari fit the kind of ride we were taking. It was luxurious to the point of being sensual, like him. We sped through the city streets and suddenly veered into the entrance of an underground parking lot.
“Where are we going?” I asked, a little alarmed.
“We’re going to the penthouse. I can’t wait the forty minutes it will take to get to Westchester. Anyway, it’s better here. I’ll leave the door unlocked so that Alex can discover us in the morning.”
“What do you mean by discover us?” I squeaked out.
His fingers curled over my bare knee. “Courage, baby, courage. Alex is supposed to come over tomorrow morning to go over business. It’s perfect. Once he sees us, the deed will be done.”
“Oh, God,” I stammered out, my nerves rushing back. My breath came out, shorter and shorter.
He pulled into a space, pulled on the brake, and turned toward me. “Calm down, everything’s going to be okay.” After pushing his seat back, he unclasped my seatbelt and dragged me onto his lap. Immediately, his warmth seeped into me and my trembling abated.
Pushing his jacket off my shoulders, he murmured, “Like I said, I love that you’re rule abiding, and I have plans for you to abide by my own set of rules soon, beautiful. I’ve had a lot of experience doing the opposite of what I’m told, but you don’t. It’s normal that you’re nervous, but you have to trust me, okay?”
“Y-yeah,” I stuttered. Firming my voice, I replied, “Yes, yes, of course, I do. I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t trust you.”
“I won’t let you down, but you have to be brave tonight. Tomorrow, you have to be brave again and let Alex catch us. Don’t worry about his reaction. He won’t hurt you, and I’ll take care of him. But tonight, you have to open your beautiful thighs for me, relax, and let me in.” He cooed into my hair, “It’s going to hurt when I pop that tight cherry of yours but, afterward, the pain will go away and I’ll make you feel so good.”
“Okay,” I said. My heart melted. He wasn’t saying anything I didn’t know, but his need to reassure me was adorable.
He kissed the tip of my nose, then dipped his head and grazed his lips over mine. Once, then twice. It was a tight fit in the car, but I loved that all boundaries were obliterated. I moaned and opened for more. Sweeping his tongue inside, he took my mouth until I forgot everything but him. His hand caressed my breast a few times before cupping it tenderly. He did this thing with his finger, swiping it over my nipple with the perfect amount of pressure until I was squirming in his lap.
Breaking our kiss, he groaned into the crook of my neck and peppered kisses up the side of my throat before pulling back. Closing his eyes, his head thumped against the leather seat. “Let’s get out of here before I end up taking you in my car.”
A nervous giggle slipped out. His eyes popped open, the silver-gray under his hooded lids twisted something hot and bothered in my belly.
“Fuck…that sound. You don’t know what you do to me.”
Shaking his head, he shut off the engine and threw the door open. We took an elevator that went straight up to the top floor. We must be in the Time Warner building, where the infamous Lupu penthouses were. Everyone knew that Alex’s father had bought the top floor of both towers. Alex and his wife, Nina, lived in one penthouse and Tatum lived in the other one. Nicu and Luca occupied the two penthouses in the second tower.
The elevator doors slid open, and I anxiously peeked out before scurrying out to follow Luca. Logically, I knew Nicu was either still at The Lounge with Jewel or driving her home, but misguided guilt settled in my chest. Nicu didn’t care for me; he was about as attached to our engagement as I was. But I felt like I was betraying him. I took a long bracing breath. Again, I had to trust Luca. In the long run, what we were doing was best for Nicu as well. Now he’d be free to find someone he cared about. If I didn’t know how much contempt Jewel had for mafie men, I’d selfishly hope that they’d hook up.
Swinging the unlocked door open, Luca gestured for me to enter as the lights turned on automatically. Happy to get out of the hallway, I hurried inside and inhaled sharply. Whew, this place could be a spread in Architectural Digest or some fancy interior design magazine.
I wandered deeper into his apartment. Various shades of white dominated the room. Two identical long white leather couches faced each other with a white marble coffee table situated between them. Stepping onto a rug that had a modern, diamond-shaped pattern of white and an icy blue, I dropped my black clutch on the table. Facing me was an enormous fireplace made of black marble with white veining. The black was picked up in the base of the lamps dispersed around the large room.
The place was pristine, if a little cold and impersonal compared to his home in the country. The only touches of humanity were huge vases of white lilies and blue and white delphiniums on the mantle of the fireplace, the coffee table, and the pedestals on either side of the fireplace. And were those cherry blossoms? Yup, only Luca would find a place that forced cherry blossoms. As ridiculous as it sounded, the man had a thing for flowers. Besides the multiple gardens he had, I noticed the care that had been given to the bouquets of flowers scattered around his house in Westchester during my engagement weekend.
“It’s very…modern,” I faltered in my description as I turned to face him. My eyes widened at the two walls of floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a sea of lights glittering in the inky black night sky.
“Different from my other home,” he mused. “I don’t spend much time here outside of work. I have my office here and we use it as our go-to conference room for business meetings.”
Walking toward the windows, I noted, “The view is amazing.”
He walked behind me, wrapped an arm around my middle and pulled me into the cove of his warm chest. His heat seeped into me, the warmth but also the intimacy of his gesture melting me in this sterile environment.
We both looked down into the gleaming lights of the city spread out below us.
“Once the buildings were done, my father said it had been worth the investment for the view alone. He was so proud of having gotten in early and locked down all the penthouses for the Lupu clan. Maybe that’s one of the reasons I never took to this place. That, and the fact that I hate the city,” he confided.
