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“Precisely what they’re expecting us to do, it would look very odd to only see two separate or only one person in here.”
“I see…and where exactly should this take place?”
“Right about here,” he answered moving them until they were in front of the French doors, turning them slightly so they would show their bodies touching before he covered her lips with his, telling himself to go slow, not rush. They had all night, and he would not hurt her with his desperate need.
Hailey slid her arms over his shoulders, letting him pull her tightly against him and kissed him, feeling his hands roam over her body as want filled her, made her ache for him to touch her where he never before had.
He slid his arms under her, lifting her against him before laying her down on the bed and she felt her heart skip a beat wondering if he wasn’t letting the moment carry him away as she was with herself. She wouldn’t argue, wouldn’t stop him, if he were. She would simply go with him, breathe with him and through him until they were one.
Chapter 13
“W
hat was that?” Hailey asked hearing the beeping coming from Stefano’s discarded jacket.
“Damn,” he groaned moving over to grab his phone, check the messages on it. If it hadn’t gone off, he could possibly be making love to her in a few short minutes, at least more than he already had been, he conceded seeing her swollen lips as she sat up.
“Stefano is everything alright?” she asked, and he nodded moving over to show her the messages. “Kyra and Demetrius are at the airport and everyone else has left the property. That means we’re completely alone now…no more pretense necessary.”
“Is that all this has been to you?” he asked letting a hint of anger tinge his voice. “You haven’t once felt anything other than a necessity to carry on the ruse?”
“Why are you angry with me?” she countered seeing his eyes blaze hotly with it. “You’re free to do as you please now, sleep where you want without anyone expecting you to be behaving a certain way.”
“I’m free to do as I please, am I?” he asked, and she nodded. “Sleep where I want?”
“That’s what I just said is it not?” she replied, and he captured her wrist, tugging her up against him tightly before his lips crushed hers with a searing kiss.
Stefano knew he was losing his control, but his anger coursed through him at the knowledge that she didn’t want him as he wanted her. His love was being rejected before he even had a chance to show it to her and it seared through him making him want her to feel the same all-consuming ache deep inside. He let his hand tighten on her wrist and she let out a full gasp of pain, stopping his kiss and forcing him to release his tight hold when he saw the whiteness of her hand.
“I’m sorry Hailey…I did not mean to do that,” Stefano stated rubbing her hand until it’d regained color before getting up from the bed and stalking towards the doors.
“Stefano…” Hailey said before he could reach them.
“What my darling?” he asked unable to turn to look at her knowing he would betray himself if he did.
“I’m going to need help getting out of the dress; I can’t reach the buttons on my back,” she said softly, and he took a deep breath before turning to face her. He walked slowly across the room to her, and she reached up, brushing a strand of hair from his eyes. “Why are you so angry with me?”
“I’m not angry with you…”
“Yes, you are. Why are you angry with me? Haven’t I done everything you asked?” she questioned taking a chance. “You’ve asked me to do a million things and in return what have I asked for?”
“Nothing because you want nothing from me whereas I…”
“What?” Hailey asked when he stopped shaking his head.
“I still want more but I won’t demand it, won’t ask for it, not after you’ve done so much for me. You have made my mother and grandfather the happiest I’ve ever seen. How could I ask for more right now?” he said as his jaw clenched at her soft caress against the back of his neck.
“What if I ask for something from you now, other than just help getting out of my dress?” she stated taking a chance because his eyes were watching her with desire that wasn’t necessary considering they were now alone.
“You can ask me for anything, other than an annulment in the next coming months,” he stated making her smile softly.
“What if I ask for no annulment ever? What if I want to stay here at Sunset Estate, with you, like we are right now?”
Stefano held in a groan knowing that he’d never survive being married to her for life without making her his. He’d thought he could talk her into it, cajole her into it tonight but he wanted more than that and he didn’t know if he could live with her regrets come morning.
“Just as we are now? I do not know if we could convince our families that we are this blissfully happy when the months pass by and you are not pregnant. They would ask if something were wrong and they would quickly discover that you do not share my bed, Hailey.”
“Wouldn’t that be that you do not share mine?” she asked with a glance towards it.
