40. Rosalie
FORTY
ROSALIE
F or the most part, things returned to our version of normal after Cole and I came home.
Ethan wasn’t spending as much time in the basement, Fox was busy with training and classes, Enzo still worked and spent hours with Cole in the office before the pair would disappear to meet with people.
It was a quiet calm, and for that, I was grateful.
Fox had fallen asleep early after a brutal training.
I’d soaked in a bubble bath with him before he kissed me goodnight and returned to his room to get some rest because his shoulder was bothering him.
Cole was out with a crew of Enzo’s men doing something that I was sure was dangerous and made me sick with worry.
Ethan had to do a little work in the basement since he hadn’t been spending as much time down there as usual.
I stared up at the ceiling, restless in bed.
Anson was still radio silent with me. Enzo told me he didn’t seem like he’d be back.
It hurt for many reasons I was tired of exploring.
I only sang for class and didn’t spend much time practicing since he’d disappeared on me.
It wasn’t only because he was gone, although that was a big part of it.
The issue was having a schedule that would work with the guys, so I had someone to pick me up after practice since I wasn’t allowed to walk or drive without someone with me.
I punched my pillow, irritated. Things could have been different.
Anson got me excited for my career. With him gone now, it didn’t seem like I’d have much of one since he was the one who pushed me to be better.
I could have just gone the teaching route.
Instead, I’d gone back to the performing end and was now falling behind from lacking everything I needed to continue.
I hadn’t really spoken to the guys about any of it. I figured I’d get through Enzo’s parents’ visit before I did any of that.
My bedroom door cracked open, and I watched as Enzo came into the room. He moved like a predator, slow and sure, until he was at the foot of my bed. I stared back at him.
“Hey,” he called out softly in his sexy growl. “Can’t sleep?”
I went up on my elbows and shook my head.
Quickly, he undressed and crawled in next to me. He wrapped his arms around me and held me close. I snuggled into his warmth, feeling content.
“Cole told me you want to get a job,” he said after a lengthy silence.
“Yeah. I talked to him about it. He said no.”
Enzo traced small circles on my bare skin with his thumb as he continued to hold me.
“He’s right. It’s too dangerous.”
I let out a sigh, knowing he was right and really hating it.
“We put some money into your account. I want to take care of you, Sunshine. We all do.”
“I want to have my own things too?—”
“I know, baby, and you will. Later. For right now, let us handle everything.” He placed a kiss atop my head. “Please?”
“OK,” I agreed. “If you guys promise?—”
“Anything. In time. OK?”
“OK.”
We were quiet again for a moment.
“Enzo?”
“Yeah?”
“I can probably come home by myself after classes. I know our schedules are really awkward right now. I can drive myself.”
“You haven’t been staying after,” he murmured. “Not since Anson.”
I said nothing, my heart hurting at missing my friend.
“If you promise to come right home after classes and to start going to your practices and booking time in the music room again, I’ll agree to it.”
I blinked at his words, hardly able to believe what I was hearing. I went up on my elbow and stared at him.
“Really? You’re going to let me drive myself? I-I can come and go as I please?—”
“You can drive to and from classes and practices. A trial run. Just swear to me that’s all you’ll do. It’s not safe, but I’ll be sure to send my guys to watch. Deal?”
I nodded vigorously, so elated I thought my face would break from smiling so hard.
“Fuck, I’ve missed this smile,” Enzo said, his dark eyes drinking me in. “Come here.”
I moved forward and pressed my lips against his. He gave me the sweetest kiss, his hand cradling my face.
“My parents will be here in the morning,” he murmured.
“Mm, I know.”
“Tonight is the last night we can be loud for a few days. I want to take full advantage of that.”
“You want to take advantage of me?” I laughed softly against his soft lips.
“Oh, Sunshine. I want to take advantage of every single beautiful thing about you.” He nipped my bottom lip. “I want to devour you.” His lips moved to my jaw, where he skimmed them slowly along it. I angled my head for him, a smile on my lips and goosebumps traveling along my skin.
“I want to get lost in you forever,” he whispered in my ear. “My wife. My girl.” He kissed down my neck. “Mm, my everything.”
I closed my eyes, liking him this way. His hand traveled slowly up my bare thigh before he was burrowing his fingers deep into my heat, his lips fused to mine.
“You’re going to scream my name tonight. I want the fucking neighbors to hear us.”
I let out a soft moan as he pushed me deep into the mattress and leveled himself over me. I took in the wicked glint in his dark eyes as he kissed his way down my body. When he got to the apex of my thighs, he tugged my panties off before burying his face between my legs.
I cried out as he ate me, his tongue doing a dizzying dance on my clit, his finger buried to the knuckle inside me.
“E-Enzo.”
He growled and ate faster. I came with a cry, my body trembling. He eagerly swallowed everything I gave him before crawling back up my quivering body.
“You come so good, Sunshine,” he praised, brushing his damp lips against mine. “You taste how sweet you are, baby?”
I whimpered against his lips.
“So fucking delicious. I could eat you every day for the rest of my life and still not be full. I love you so fucking much.” He reached out and lifted my hand to his lips, then kissed my engagement ring.
“I’d let you,” I answered back.
That only made his smile widen.
He wasted no time pushing deep inside me after that. I clung to him as he worked me over, his cock hitting that spot that made my eyes roll to the back of my head. All the guys knew how to make me feel good. Tonight was no exception.
“Come for me, baby. Fuck, I want to hear you.” He nipped at the delicate skin of my neck and slammed into me. Once. Twice. I shook, my orgasm rushing free from my body and dampening him and the sheets.
“God, you’re fucking perfect.” He fucked me harder and faster. Within moments, he was coming deep inside me, his breath feathering across my lips, his body tense.
“So good,” he whispered, kissing my forehead. “So fucking good.”
I smiled at his words, feeling confident I was making him happy.
I always worried about that. The guys had been with other women before me.
I only knew what I knew because they were the ones who taught me.
I had no experience outside of them, so I never knew if what I did was good for them.
They all seemed happy, though, but it was one of those irrational fears that kept niggling at the back of my mind.
“We should probably get some sleep,” he continued, kissing me gently.
“Will you stay with me?”
“Like you could get rid of me.” He kissed me deeply once more before he began to pump away inside me again.
“Again?” I let out a soft laugh.
“Fuck yes, Sunshine. I can’t get enough of you.”
It was just as well. I couldn’t get enough of him either, especially when he was being my Enzo, the guy I’d fallen in love with.