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She didn’t have to finish her sentence for me to know what she was asking. “I haven’t slept with anyone since being back in Guyana. And back in the States, we had to do a monthly physical for work. I’m clean as well.”
“I smelt perfume on you when you came back one night at the compound.” She avoided looking at me, her voice wavering.
I stilled, knowing exactly what night she was talking about. The deep line between her eyes told me this wasn’t something I could just brush aside. “Everleigh, look at me.”
She didn’t react and I caressed her chin, hoping she’d turn her head. I needed her to know that I wouldn’t lie to her and that she meant everything to me. Her chest moved up and down in a deep inhale before her vibrant blue eyes met mine.
Satisfied I had all her attention, I kissed her nose. “Nothing happened. Maurizio had girls in his office. But I never touched them. You’re the only one I see. The only one I want.”
Studying my face, she seemed to think my words over before nodding. “Okay. I trust you. And I want you.”
Leaning down, I kissed her again. I’d never be able to get enough of her plump red lips that seemed to fit mine like they were made for each other.
“Querida,” I whispered against her mouth. Then I entered her with an aching slowness that made us both groan.
I rested my forehead against hers, the sensation of finally being inside her almost too much. Everleigh lay beneath me panting, her chest heaving with each breath.
Moving slowly in and out, I savored the contact. My mouth took hers in a deep kiss, her desperation to get as close as possible matching mine.
She arched against me, opening her legs wider. Her breathing was growing faster, then faltered when I playfully dragged my teeth over her lower lip.
I grew impossibly harder, the overwhelming desire to get closer making my strokes slower, savoring each slide.
Everleigh shuddered against me, her eyes glazed over, her arms holding me close, her legs squeezing me tight.
And when she went over and clenched around me, I followed, the rainbow of color and sensation crashing over me in wave after beautiful wave.
I flipped us over, not ready to lose the connection.
Everleigh lifted her head from where it had been resting on my chest and kissed my chin.
I grabbed a handful of her ass, grinding into her. I was already semi-hard again.
“You’re precious to me. And I’ll do everything in my power to get you back home again.
Instead of a reply, she lowered her head to mine, kissing me with a gentle caress of her lips on mine.
We spent the rest of the night lost in each other, ignoring what the morning would bring.
Chapter17
Everleigh
I wokeup happy for the first time in months. The room was dark, the heavy shutters allowing only a faint glow of light inside. The door was open, the house quiet. I didn’t know what time it was. Or where Lucius had gone.
The ever-present exhaustion was still there, but I couldn’t go back to sleep. Lucius’s smell was all around me. I wished I could bottle it and bring it back with me. But for now, I’d settle for stealing his T-shirt that had been lying on the floor and putting on my pants.
Once dressed, I shuffled to the kitchen to find Lucius and something to eat. I already missed Mariana’s cooking.
The sun was slowly rising, casting a glow inside the kitchen, making it easy to find my way around without turning the lights on. A glance at the oven clock showed it was six in the morning. Someone must have bought the essentials, and I found bread and cold meats to make a sandwich.
But I didn’t taste a thing, the bread hard to swallow around the lump that seemed to have formed in my throat. Because I’d be leaving today. My feelings waged a war between elation and devastation.
A door opening and closing put me on instant alert. I grabbed the butter knife I had used earlier and inched my way back toward the window. It was closed, but the lock looked easy enough to flick open. When a tall and familiar form stepped into the kitchen, the knife clattered to the floor, the noise loud in the silence.
“There’re guns strapped to every piece of furniture. Next time grab one of them if you think someone’s inside the house who shouldn’t be there,” Santino said.
I heard Lucius’s raised voice outside and watched him yell into his phone, then throw it and punch a tree.
