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“You flatter me,” he said, teasing around my clit in a lazy circle. He was barely touching me. It was maddening.
“How so?”
“You’re soaked for me.”
The smug expression on his face both infuriated and excited me. His confidence was intoxicating. The man knew exactly what he was doing, my body one gigantic sensation, only for him.
“What happens if I do this?” he asked seductively in my ear, pinching the throbbing bundle of nerves.
My back arched, but he held me anchored against him with his other hand across my stomach. Electricity bolted from my core out to my limbs, the need for something more building.
“Hmm. I do believe I can make you come without ever touching that sweet flesh,” he murmured.
He pushed inside, panties and all. My grip on his thighs tightened. “Daniel.” It was a plea for mercy, for more. I needed him like I’d never needed in my life. It had been building from the second we met, one long-ass game of foreplay. No wonder I was almost there.
“I like how my name sounds coming out of your mouth.”
I lifted my hips, urging his finger to move. Easing my panties aside, he complied, and I rocked against him, each time burying his digit to the root. His other hand slid under the waistband of my pajamas, pressing against my clit.
My walls pulsed around his finger as he crooked it against my g-spot. He edged me closer to the brink.
“Turn your face so I can see you.”
I obeyed without thought, our eyes locking. With a pinch and a thrust, he sent me over. My legs stiffened, there was a pause before release overtook me. I trembled with the power of the orgasm.
When the fizz and sizzle subsided, I leaned up and pressed my lips against his cheek before collapsing against him. Daniel massaged my most intimate place for a few minutes before wrapping his arms around me.
“Vivian,” he started, and I tilted my face up to look at him. His expression was serious as he touched my cheek. “Don’t listen to anybody that tries to tear you down. You can do everything you want and more. The people that say otherwise don’t know what the fuck they’re talking about.”
I swallowed the knot in my throat. All my life there had only been one person on Team Vivian, and that was me. It felt like someone else had joined now, someone who would be strong when I needed a break. And I had to admit, I was firmly on Team Daniel, there to support him when he needed it whether he accepted it or not. I had a feeling that from that point on, there would be no more Team Vivian and Team Daniel. Team VivianandDaniel was born somewhere in the skies high above the Earth.
Chapter Nineteen
Daniel
Present
“Angelone approached me.”
Donato and I moved at a sluggish pace through Battery Park. We weren’t the only ones in suits, though most of the runners and walkers that passed were decked out in yoga pants or sweats. I couldn’t handle being cooped up in the apartment another second, so I’d asked Donato to meet me here. The wind off the river was chilly, but I barely felt it. Nothing could compare to the chill of Vivian removed from my life.
“He knows better.” The threat in his tone was an undercurrent working it’s way to the surface.
“He wants in on the jaune.” I’d turned this over in my mind a thousand times since Angelone had come to me. Why would he show up now after all these years, and how the hell did he know about the diamond? I could not make those pieces fit any explanation that made sense.
Donato hesitated, though he resumed his pace immediately. “Is that what he called it?”
“Exactly.” I looked out over the water to a barge loaded down with cargo. “What I can’t figure out is if it’s someone on our side or the owner’s who betrayed us.”
“Could be the buyer,” Donato reasoned.
That was a definite possibility. The man wanted the diamond, but if it was him who spoke to Angelone, it wasn’t a smart move.
“Do you think we should move forward with this deal? It’s getting too complicated.” I shoved my hands in my pockets. “Angelone claims I owe him for the time he spent in prison, and this is how he wants repayment.”
“If I were him I’d want revenge too. One thing for sure, the man is patient and never forgets.” Donato’s mind had shifted into high gear. His eyes always squinted a fraction when he was deep in thought.
“I keep asking myself why now. We haven’t had direct contact with Angelone in years. Now, he just appears from nowhere to collect his due?”
