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“She may hate this life, but Elle is a true Buccini, mamma. Family first. Always.”
Realisation
Knowing it was our last day in Greece and that we needed to make our way over to Paros for my meeting with Galiz tonight, we packed our suitcases and I instructed some of my men to take it all over ahead of us. Elle and I were going to spend the day on the sea, searching for a waterfall and free diving together as we made our way over to the island.
“Welcome to my boat!” I beamed as Elle and Stefano strolled down the harbour towards me. She wanted to quickly have a nose around in a shop nearby, while I set everything up on the small speed boat that I had ordered especially for this. It was decked out in polished wood with turquoise furnishing and an Italian flag hanging off the back. Sleek, classy and sophisticated.
I held my hand out to Elle to help her in and took her bag from Stefano. He nodded with respect and silently made his way over to the other boat I had hired, which would follow behind us at a safe distance.
“I have something for you,” Elle grinned up at me. “Every boat needs a captain. And every captain needs a hat!”
She pulled out a white and black captain’s cap from her bag and placed it on my head. The little boy in me punched the air with excitement as I rearranged it and gave her a salute.
“I love it, Princess. Did you just buy this?” I asked when she giggled, nodding her head in answer.
“Grazie. Dreams really do come true!” I shouted with my hands up in the air, which had her falling back down in the seats with laughter. I turned around, switched the engine on and steered us out of the harbour.
We spent the day cruising around the Cyclades islands, listening to music and sunbathing on the boat. The free diving in the sea near the rocks was incredible and the last thing to tick off on my list. It felt like a whole other world below the waves, just for the two of us. It couldn’t have been more perfect. We anchored near the shore of an uninhabited island, where I was told by the locals that a waterfall could be found amongst the wild, unspoilt beauty of sharp cliff tops and rocky hills.
Swimming to the pebbly beach, we hiked around the barren island until we found a small lagoon nestled below towering rocks and a powerful waterfall.
“Oh wow!” Elle breathed when she stopped on a rock to look down at the lagoon. “I was starting to think that you had made this place up and had gotten us completely lost!”
“You should have more faith in me,” I smirked, untying my swimming shorts as she tracked the action.
“What are you doing? You are not going to jump from here? There must be a way down to it,” she leaned over the rock with uncertainty as I pulled down my shorts and threw them over the edge so they landed in the sparkling water.
“Not unless you want to spend another hour searching. Come on, it’s not even that high,” I held out my hand to her and she stared at me in alarm.
“Oh cazzo,” she groaned as she peeled off her dress and tossed it over the side. I raised my eyebrow at her when she made no attempt to take off her bikini. “Really?”
I nodded and she rolled her eyes as she undid the tie at the back and stepped out of it, throwing it down too. Completely naked, I grabbed her hand and told her to not think and just jump. We leaped off the side of the rock and plummeted into the crystal-clear waters, kicking to the surface.
Laughing with happiness when we came up for air, I leaned back and tried to float, taking in the heavenly beauty of nature all around us. Elle glided through the water gracefully, reaching her hand out to touch the cascading waterfall and squealed when she pushed her back against its force. I dived down and swam towards her underwater, grabbing her hips and pulling her under. With one hand behind her head, I kissed her under the water as her arms wrapped around me tightly. When we broke through the surface we were still kissing, our tongues now able to dance together. She wrapped her body around mine as I swam us backwards until my feet could reach the stones beneath us. Grabbing her ass in my hands, I impaled her onto my dick as she gasped against my lips. My arms held her to me tightly, wrapping them around her back and ass as I moved inside her. She threw her head back in pleasure, her wet, black hair tumbling down into the water behind her as I kissed and bit at her neck. Everything about this felt different. More intimate. I was in no rush. Filling her slowly again and again as she pressed herself against me was all I needed. Her soft moans filled the air and she lifted her head to look into my eyes.
And that’s when I felt it. An indescribable, powerful feeling that I had never felt before. It started in my chest, capturing and tightening around my heart before quickly spreading through my whole body until it felt like it was going to explode out of me. Seeping out of the pores of my skin. It was on the tip of my tongue. The truth. The realisation. She squeezed her eyes shut as her body started to shake and I slammed my mouth against hers to stop myself from saying it. Saying the words that terrified me more than anything ever had in my life. We both moaned and gasped into our kiss as I came hard inside her. Our chests rose and fell with heavy breaths and I kept my eyes closed with my forehead pressed against hers, waiting for the feeling to fade, but it didn’t. It was still very much there. Overwhelming me.
“We’ve completed our lists now!” she chuckled against me as I let go of her and submerged myself under the water before coming up and rubbing my face.
“Are you okay?” she asked, looking at me with concern in those big, brown eyes that had complete power over me.
“Yeah. I’m good,” I replied, swimming over to the rocks and climbing out. “I think we should start making our way back to the boat. It might take us a while.”
“Okay,” she swam to the side and I helped her out. Once we had dressed and hiked back over the rugged landscape to the beach, my mind was still freaking the fuck out at what had happened back there.
“What is the plan for tonight then?” she asked breezily as we climbed back into the boat and I started up the engine.
“Tonight?” Fuck. I had momentarily forgot about the fucking meeting with Galiz. I had to get my head back on business. I couldn’t afford to not be at the top of my game tonight, he would sense it a mile away. “Oh, um, you’ll need to stay at the hotel with Stefano. I’ll be going alone.”
“Why can’t I come with you?” she asked in frustration.
“Because it’s a business meeting, Elle. Not a fucking dinner date,” I groaned, feeling my agitation growing.
“Fucking hell, what is wrong with you?” she snapped, her feisty spirit ready to battle me.
“Nothing. Just, please, listen to me when I say it is better that you stay out of this,” I increased our speed as we zoomed through the waves, my grip on the steering wheel causing the whites of my knuckles to show. She put in her headphones with a glare and relaxed back on the pillows to bask in the sun. I kept my eyes on the shoreline as we headed towards Paros. I don’t know why I was acting this way or why I was so surprised. I don’t know why the realisation had shaken me to my core. I already knew I wanted her. I was ready to marry her to be with her. I knew I could never let her go.
But now there was no doubt in my mind.
