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“Fuck me. Please,” she begged, squeezing her eyes shut.
“Look at me.” I kissed her mouth and her cheek. “I want you to look me in the eyes when you come. I want you to see that you’re mine.” I rolled my hips into her.
“You’re not playing fair.” Her walls clenched around my cock.
“Life isn’t fair, sweet princess.” I increased the pace, giving her everything I had. Every thrust was a reminder that she belonged to me and no one else. To hell with the Society and the king. Donata was never leaving my side. “You have the sweetest pussy. Come for me.”
She moaned and called my name as she found her release. My name on her lips was my undoing. I came hard inside her, filling her with my cum, riding every way of pleasure until my heart rate came down to a normal rhythm.
“Now you understand why you can’t leave.”
“No, I still don’t understand.” The hate in her eyes as well as her tone of voice was gone. Donata loved me. She knew the truth, and she still couldn’t find a way to hate me. “Why the charade? Why the lies?”
“Donata.” I hadn’t meant for that single word to be laced with so much warning.
“I need to hear you say it.” She wiped her cheeks with the back of her hand. “Tell me why.”
“Because.” I swallowed the lump in my throat.
For the first time in the past six months, I made the effort to answer that question honestly. Why did I want her to play the game? Why the convoluted plan to make her fall in love with me? Why get so close to the raging fire?
“Tell me.” She slipped her hand from my chest up to my cheek.
“Because,” I blew out a breath, “I’m in love with you.”
The second the words fell from my lips, I knew they were the truth. I had fought so hard and for so long against my feelings that I had believed my own lies. “I’m sorry it took me so long to see it.”
Donata stared at me, as if I’d grown two heads in the past five minutes. I cupped her face and wiped her tears. When she didn’t push me away, I relaxed my stance and made space for her to move away if she wanted or needed to. When she didn’t move, I fixed my trousers and opened the door.
“Where are we going?” she asked.
“We never should’ve left the bed this morning.” I took her hand in mine and ushered her downstairs to our bedroom. Every time I thought of her staying in this house with me, my chest swelled up with glee. “Will you ever be able to forgive me?”
“You just gave me the one thing I wanted most.” She beamed at me. “I think I can try.”
In the suite, I removed my clothes and climbed into bed with her. Earlier this morning, I had wanted nothing else but to stay with her and hold her in my arms. But guilt was still eating away at me. So much so, that I didn’t stop to consider my other feelings—the ones buried under layers of guilt. I was truly in love with Donata.
“Since the beginning, you were forbidden. Our families, the school, they were never going to let us have this.” I held her close to me. “I had to push you away.”
“I would’ve fought for us.” She curled her body next to mine and rested her head on my chest. “You weren’t even willing to try.”
“That was me trying to do the right thing—to find someone else and forget about you. But then the old king abdicated, Ava died, and everything changed. No matter how much I tried to stay away, destiny found a way to bring me back to you.”
“Now I’m scared.” She ran her hand down to my stomach then back up to my chest. “I’m afraid to lose you.”
Being with her was as easy as breathing. Maybe she was right. I should’ve fought for her years ago. The Society couldn’t tell us who we could and couldn’t love. That was ridiculous.
“Don’t be. I’m always going to be by your side. No matter what. I promise.” I kissed the top of her head. “It took me a long time to get there. But now I’m not leaving you.”
“They’re not going to let us have this, are they?” She lifted her head to look at me. “Maybe the rules changed, but our families haven’t. Aunt Vittoria is never going to agree to this marriage.”
“That’s why we’re not going to ask for her permission. You’re old enough to decide for yourself.” My pulse picked up the pace. Even though I’d sorted out my feelings for Donata, the way out was still the same. I had to do what Uncle Jimmy had asked me to do and marry Donata sometime in the next four days. “We’ll just have to keep it a secret.”
“Are you serious?” She sat up to squint at me properly. “We can’t get married.”
“Donata, the mystery visitor from yesterday, the one you were so jealous of.” I smirked. “That was Uncle Jimmy.”
“Yeah, I know. I heard him talking to you. Don’t worry. I didn’t stop to eavesdrop on you two.”
