Chapter 17
What Now?
Rico
I need to jump in the shower and rub one out, but I want to put Oni first. I want her to feel cared for after her first orgasm. As we lie here, and I hold her naked body against my chest, I can’t keep the smile off my face.
She’s perfect from head to toe. When that towel dropped, I lost my shit. The thought of losing her makes me crazy.
Staring up at the ceiling, I trace my fingertips across her soft skin. As my sanity kicks in, my thoughts tell me I probably should’ve let her leave. Give her two or three years to mature and figure out if I’m really what she wants.
I’m no ordinary guy. My life is far from normal. Oni has no idea what she’s getting with me.
I’ll kill anyone who tries to harm her, but some will still try. My uncle is right. Oni is my one weakness. If I have to have one, I wouldn’t want it to be anyone or anything else.
“Rico?” Her soft voice reaches my ears and my smile grows.
I can only imagine hearing that voice every night for the rest of my life. Coming home to her will be no hardship. In fact, I know I will always look forward to it.
What the fuck are you talking about, man? How did this girl become a part of the plan? Do you hear yourself?
Fuck it. It is what it is. She’s mine.
“Yeah, baby?”
“Why didn’t you tell me about her?”
I frown, hating that she has to question me. I never wanted this to be an issue because it’s never going to happen. I don’t want to take the family by force, but I will if I have to.
That’s what my uncle is asking for if he tries to force me to marry Juliana. Arranged marriages aren’t uncommon, especially for power plays. However, I’m not that guy; no one’s forcing me to marry anyone.
“I told you. I didn’t agree to the arrangement. There was nothing to tell.”
“But you’re engaged?”
“No,” I bite out. “Even if I didn’t have you, I wasn’t going to agree to that shit.”
“So what now?”
I reach for her chin and tilt her head until I can look into her eyes. She looks at me with so many questions in her gaze.
“I play the game. The rules remain the same; we’ll just have to be more careful. That’s why Mario is going to play your boyfriend,” I explain.
“What?”
I trace the side of her face with my fingertips. I’m not crazy about this idea, but I’ll do whatever I have to to protect this girl. Oni has become a priority.
“I don’t trust Juliana. I want to keep you off her radar. Mario will act like you’re his. That way, he can keep an eye on you for me and keep Juliana out of our business.”
I lean in to take her lips and roll her onto her back. Her mouth tastes so sweet. I almost go down on her again. However, I don’t think I have that type of restraint.
Not with my dick this hard. I’m already horny as fuck and her soft body against mine isn’t helping matters. If I eat her pussy again, I might lose my head and thrust right into her tight heat.
The worst part is, I don’t think she would deny me or ask me to stop. The thought of her taking me only makes me harder. I have to shake my thoughts clear.
The war I had with myself the first time proved I’m stronger than I thought.
Her moans, her soft skin, her sexy body, and the way she tastes were all a combination I wasn’t expecting to hit me the way they did.
Even now as I kiss her soft lips, I know I should’ve let her go before because there is no letting go now.
I don’t just want Oni. I crave her. Four weeks of acting as if this isn’t true will be my greatest test yet.
I break the kiss and look into her eyes. Pecking her cute little nose, I smile down at her. She returns the smile as she runs her hands up my back.
“Nothing can come between us. Remember, she means nothing. I need you to trust me. I want the world and you by my side while I take it.
“We play the game, Oni. We make it so I don’t ever have to answer to anyone. Not about you or anything else,” I breathe.
She looks down as if in thought. Then she lifts those beautiful eyes back to mine. I see the wheels turning.
“You have my trust and my loyalty, Rico. Don’t take that for granted or make me regret it. You hurt me, you lose me.”
Hearing her say I’ll lose her pokes at the little sanity I have a grasp on. I pull her legs around my waist and capture her lips again. This time, I kiss her deeply as I grind my hips into her.
I’m on the verge of telling her I love her, and I’d never hurt her, but I stop myself. Instead, I keep grinding and sipping from her sexy mouth. I’m brought back to my senses when she begins to convulse around me again.
“Rico, please,” she whimpers in my ear and it’s almost my undoing.
I shiver and suck on her neck as she runs one hand through my hair and claws the other up my back. Not able to help myself, I flick my tongue out to lick her lips.
“When I finally take you, you won’t have to hide your feelings for me in the morning. And you won’t be able to. This is why we will wait.
“When I start fucking you, I’m not going to want to stop. I’ll take you anytime and anywhere. You’re not ready for that. Trust me.”
She shivers beneath me and whispers. “Oh.”