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I have no reply to that because I’m not used to compliments from anyone. If anything, I blush the color of the rose I’m holding and I’m a little shocked when he plucks the fragrant bloom from my hand and tucks it behind my ear. Then he lowers his lips to mine and kisses me so sweetly I can’t think about anything else.
It strikes me that this kiss is different to the others, less intense, softer, more emotional even, and my heart beats a little faster as I sense change in the air.
He pulls away and stares deeply into my eyes and whispers, “I can’t promise you an easy time. I’m an arrogant prick who doesn’t chat about shit. I have no emotion inside me, but I’m dealing with that.”
“What do you mean?” I blink in surprise, as he runs his thumb against my parted lips and says huskily, “I can promise you a lifetime of me trying, though. I want you to teach me how to love, to feel and to make you happy. I am counting on you to make me a better man;your manand I need you to be patient when I screw up, because I don’t know the rules.”
Once again, I blink in astonishment because I was not expecting this and Malik whispers in his sexy accent, “Will you marry me, Eliza Ortega and live here–with me? Help me become a better person and complete my soul.”
The tears are blinding me as his words hit home. Charlotte’s own words ring in my ears as she pointed out the choices I have and yet I always realized, as she did, that there was only ever really one choice and I nod, the tears glistening in my eyes as I whisper, “Of course I’ll marry you because quite frankly who else would?”
He grins and I watch the cocky man I’ve fallen in love with return as he whispers, “Keep on telling yourself that, angel, but I give you my word there will only ever be one woman in my life.”
He places his hand on my chest against the jagged scar of the pact we made, and he whispers, “United in blood and bound by our hearts. Now we just need to work out the rest.”
As he kisses me long and deeply, the basket falls to the ground and as the roses scatter around us, the fragrant, beautiful petals mixing with their deadly thorns, I know I am right where I belong.
CHAPTER35
MALIK
That was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life, but with great hardship comes great rewards. Baring my soul to Eliza was a necessary evil to bind her heart to mine. As we walk hand in hand toward the house, I only have one thing on my mind and as we pass the silent soldiers gazing into the distance, searching for trouble before it becomes a problem, it’s good to be home.
We head to our room, and I want to make this special for Eliza, so I kiss her gently and slowly undress her, taking pleasure in every part of it. She quivers with expectation as I remove my own clothing and I drop to my knees before her and pull her glistening pussy toward me. Then I dine out on the woman I have just committed my life to and as her fingers grasp my hair and her small moans of desire reach me, I concentrate on only one thing. Eliza’s pleasure.
Her orgasm coats my tongue as she cries out, and it’s the sweetest sound. As she comes back to me, I place her carefully on the bed and do it all over again, exploring every inch of her exquisite body as I lick, bite and suck, bringing her to the edge and pushing her off again repeatedly.
This isn’t about me, not this time, and I’m surprised to discover that giving Eliza pleasure is reward in itself. For a man who enjoys testing limits, I’m now testing my own because ignoring my own needs isn’t something I’m used to. When she thinks it’s over, she’s wrong and I coax her body back to life against her whispered words to stop. She is exhausted but I haven’t even got started yet and as I take pleasure in controlling her body against her own wishes; it gives me a natural high I wasn’t expecting.
“Please Malik, I can’t…” A low groan finishes the sentence as I use the tools at my disposal and rest a small vibrator on her engorged clit. Then I thrust two fingers inside her and reach for her G spot and as she bears down on my hand, her clit stimulated by the vibrator, she screams so hard I swear they can hear us back in Zurich.
I am a man of extremes and giving pleasure is now considered one of them because now I’ve started, I can’t stop, and I keep Eliza begging for me to stop for two hours during which I subject her to my own particular brand of torture. I tie her up, I bend her over, and I bind her eyes and massage her entire body. There is nothing I don’t do to this poor woman and I almost believe I’ve caused her to pass out as she slumps forward after I’ve come in her ass. Her muffled plea tells me she’s still alive at least as she begs, “Please, Malik, I can’t take anymore. You have fucked me to death.”
Gathering her into my arms, I kiss her tired mouth and whisper huskily, “Then I’ll bring you back to life and do it all over again until you accept how much you mean to me.”
Her eyes snap open and she stares into my eyes, and I note the brightness in hers as she whispers, “What do I mean to you, Malik?”
I shake my head and grin. “One step at a time, my angel. You meaneverythingto me, but I’m not one to voice that with words, only actions.”
She giggles adorably. “I think you love me, but you’re too embarrassed to say it.”
“If that’s what you think.”
I shrug, not rising to her obvious teasing. Then her eyes soften, and she leans forward and rests her lips against mine and whispers, “Bad news for me, though.”
“What is?” I’m confused as she grins. “I have fallen in love with you, and I don’t have a clue what to do about that.”
It shocks me a little because love is not an emotion I ever considered worthy of my time but staring into Eliza’s eyes and seeing the trust, adoration and desire, all mixed in a lethal cocktail, I reach out and down it in one because I kind of understand what she means. I’m the same. I think I love her, and I don’t know what the hell to do about it, so I nod, saying huskily, “Then we’re both screwed and will just have to figure it out together.”
As I dip my head to claim her lips once more, she groans. “Can we please figure it out later? I really need to clean up and sleep right now.”
Staring deeply into her eyes, I set my mood to the arrogant bastard I am and say with a dark edge to my voice, “Not a fucking chance.”
No, I haven’t even got started on proving how much I love this woman and sleep will not feature in our lives for at least a few more hours and as she melts against my body and I feel her heart beating against mine, it tells me she is more than happy about that.
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Three hourslater we wake from an exhausted sleep, and she groans, her head tucked against my side. “Do we have to get up?”
