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BECKA
Ilounged in bed reading a book, eyes weary with sleep but determined to stay awake. I’d fallen asleep before Luca came home the three previous nights. Tonight I promised myself I would see his face before I closed my eyes.
The bedroom door opened, making me smile when Luca walked through it. Setting my book aside I sat up to let him see how I had eagerly waited up for him. His handsome face beamed with happiness to see me awake, my tired body flushed with satisfaction.
“You didn’t have to wait up,” he said with a smile in his voice. His gaze fell on the cream colored silk nighty I wore, lingering on the spots where my now hard nipples poked out.
“I wanted to. I miss you.” The past couple of weeks had been more of the same craziness, leaving us little time to ourselves. “Are you going to take a shower?”
“Yes,” he said with a wry smile while he removed his jacket and holsters.
“Can I talk to you while you do?”
“Sure.” He headed for the bathroom.
I followed, sitting on the side of the tub while Luca undressed and stepped into the steaming shower. For a few moments I just watched while he soaped himself under the falling water. My mind went blank with things to talk about. A swirl of heat curled around my body making my stomach tighten.
“Do you want to join me?” I looked up to see him smiling at me with that all knowing grin.
“How was the meeting?” I asked, changing the subject. We needed to do actual talking, not just sex. And if I joined him in the shower I would probably be too tired by the time we got done to talk.
Luca didn’t answer, looking a bit hesitant. I knew he didn’t like discussing work things with me and most of the time didn’t tell me much, but I needed to at least have the basics.
“We got some information.”
“Really?” That was good news. Luca had been chasing shadows for weeks.
“Someone, possibly inside the organization is feeding Petrov information.” Angry brown eyes met my wide stare.
My heart froze. Every night I fell asleep worrying Luca would not come home. I didn’t tell him but knew he could sense it by the way I wrapped myself around him like an octopus every time he crawled in bed. But now the fear showed through. Luca was already in enough danger without a traitor lurking in the shadows to stab him in the back.
Oh how things have changed.
Months ago I’d been falling asleep wishing to wake up and realize it had all been a bad dream, to have never known about the mafia or be a part of it. Now my heart seized whenever I thought about the possibility of Luca not being in my life.
Gentle fingers lifted my chin, bringing my gaze up from the floor. I’d blanked out long enough to fail noticing Luca get out of the shower, towel off and crouch down in front of me.
“This is why I don’t like telling you these things. I don’t want you to worry all the time,” he said gently.
I gave him a weary grin. “I know. But no matter what, I’m always going to worry. Thank you for telling me.”
“Your welcome.” He paused brushing my cheek with his thumb. “Let’s not talk about it anymore tonight.” Standing he gripped me around the waist and pulled my legs around his hips. I instantly pressed my lips to his for a gentle kiss. Luca rumbled with satisfaction letting his towel fall to the floor as he carried me to bed.
He deepened the kiss as he lowered us to the mattress. Desire tingled across my flesh. “So, is Matteo still letting Arianna have her party?”
“Um-hmm.” His mouth was too busy on my neck to answer at first. “Much to Vinny’s protest.” His hands moved up my body to strum my pebbled nipples through the silky fabric. I hissed and arched into his touch.
My fingers raked into his wet hair as he worked me into a writhing mess of need. My train of thought was about to be derailed. Focus.
“Good,” I started before being silenced by Luca tugging down my covering and claiming a nipple with his hot mouth, “because I have a surprise for you.”
“Really?” His head shot up.
“Yep. But you can’t see it until the night of the party.” Luca peeled the silk off my body settling his hard length over my tiny underwear. My core grew slick and my insides needy as Luca looked down at me with greedy eyes. He kissed me again, then started blazing a tail of kisses down one side to my hip bone. I moaned, wanting more.
“Can you tell me what it is?”
“Nope. That would defeat the purpose of calling it a surprise.” I felt his smile against my inner thigh.
