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I shivered in my bikini The breeze had picked up and it was definitely too cold to stand outside in nothing but a bikini Luca lifted ainst the tattoo over his heart
My own heart was galloping into relax Luca’s grip on htened as he stepped into the Jacuzzi and slowly lowered us into the hot bubbling water I sat on his lap, ainst his skin Luca rubbed his hand up and down my spine “There’s no reason for you to be scared”
“Says the man who crushed a ly but my voice came out shaky
“That’s got nothing to do with us, Aria That’s business”
“I know I shouldn’t have brought it up”
“What’s really the problem?”
“I’m nervous because I feel vulnerable, like I’m at your mercy because of the deal”
“Aria, forget about the deal Why don’t you try to relax and enjoy this?” He nudgedand our eyes were locked
“Pro I don’t want to do” I lowered aze to his chest “Promise me that you won’t hurt me”
“Why would I hurt you?” Luca asked “I told you I won’t sleep with you unless you want me to”
“So you will hurt ether?”
Luca’s lips twisted into a wry smile “Not on purpose, no, but I don’t think there’s a way around it” He kissed the spot below ht I want to make you writhe in pleasure Trust me”
I wanted to, but trust was a dangerous thing in our world Part of me wanted to hold onto the flicker of hate I’d felt when I’d caught hier part wanted to pretend we hadn’t been forced into this union, wanted to pretend that we could love each other
Luca’s tongue trailed overpulse and sucked my skin into his mouth I shivered froainst h it wasn’t exactly comfortable There wasn’t much softness about Luca’s body, only firainst htning bolts through my body but I needed this to be more than physical I wanted to know more about the man I’d spend the rest of my life with
I pulled back, getting a growl froray eyes questioning as they settled onmy arms around his neck “Can we talk for a bit?”
It was obvious fro on his ainst the wall of the Jacuzzi “What do you want to talk about?”
One of his hands slid lower and began caressing oal, even if it was very distracting The hungry look in Luca’s eyes didn’t help either
“What happened to yourboy but Umberto hadn’t said ht I shouldn’t know