Chapter 71
LUCA
I rolled over the next morning with a wicked hangover and the sun in my eyes.
My skull pounded so hard it felt like hellhounds were racing through my head.
The clock on my bedside table said it was after ten o’clock, which fucking pissed me off.
I never slept for more than two hours at a time, and it was well past my usual wake-up.
Only lazy assholes sleep this late .
I rolled onto my back, and the mattress shifted beside me, a reminder of what happened last night. My confession. Alex fucking my younger brother. The clusterfuck that was my thirtieth birthday bash.
Alex reached over, running her long fingernails down my stomach. “How do you feel?”
Her words said one thing, but I knew what she wanted to ask.
How do I feel after confessing my love for her?
“Fine,” I lied.
I told Alex I loved her, but she didn’t reply. That wasn’t a dream. I said those words aloud, even though I’d known my feelings for her went above and beyond love. A single word could not encompass what Alex meant to me.
No amount of money or actions could ever convey that she was more than a Queen, a symbol of power in my world. She was everything to me. And this time, I was not fucking this up with Alex. I was not letting her go.
After we left Marcello’s bedroom, we took a shower together. I was so drunk I could barely stand. Drunken nights like those were rare for me. I never lost control like that. But seeing Alex with my brother fucked with my head. It wasn’t like the last time with the Knights.
“We should talk about last night,” Alex suggested.
“It’s in the past,” I assured her. “I opened the door to what happened between you and Marcello.”
“I’m mad at you for putting me in that position,” she said with a pouty expression on her pretty face. “But I’m kind of glad you did.”
She wanted to have this discussion last night, but I was too fucked up to hold down a conversation. Instead, we quickly washed and got into bed, falling asleep the second my head hit the pillow.
I slipped my fingers between hers and rolled onto my back. She sucked in a deep breath when our eyes met, a silent communication occurring between us.
Last night was a fucking nightmare.
I lost the game and almost lost the girl.
“Do you hate me?” I asked, even though I already knew the answer.
Alex would have stayed with Marcello last night if she had been that angry with me. She would have done it just to prove a point.
She pressed her lips together, then shook her head. “No. Even when you’re a real bastard, I still can’t find it in myself to completely hate you.”
“You should.”
“Luca,” she sighed. “If we’re going to make a marriage work, we need to be open with each other.”
Silence clung to the air like smoke, and I allowed it to wash over me as I thought about last night. About what I saw, what I forced her to do. And how I still couldn’t believe I had said those words aloud and in front of Marcello.
I glanced over at her, taking in the sight of her naked body.
“I’m sorry, Drea. What I did last night…
I thought it would be fun. I thought you would like it after what we did last year with the Knights.
But I never expected…” I pinched the bridge of my nose between my fingers and sighed.
“I didn’t see that coming. Fuck, I’m sorry. I don’t know what else to say.”
She curled up against me, rubbing her fingers over my hand. “I’m telling my grandfather I choose you. Please don’t make me regret this decision.”
I raised her hand and kissed her soft skin. “Never, baby. I promise.”
“Did you mean what you said to me last night?”
“Yes, I meant it.”
Alex beamed with a smile that lit up her beautiful face.
“I always knew you loved me, Luca. I just needed to hear you say it. To see you on your knees begging me to stay, telling me you can’t live without me.
That was all I ever wanted from you. A sign you cared about me as a person and not our obligations to our families. ”
“I would rather die than live another day without you.” I grabbed her by the hip and pulled her on top of me. “You are a part of me, Drea. If anything were to happen to you…”
She straddled me with her thighs, and I was already rock hard at the sight of her sexy ass curves. “I’m right here, Luca. In your bed, under your protection. No one will touch me without your permission.”
“Only the Knights,” I promised. “One last time at Legare . Are you up for it?”
Alex nodded, licking her lips. “The Knights are mine, too. We’ll claim them together.”
“And you’re mine,” I whispered as I fisted her messy curls in my hand, crushing her lips with a kiss. “Mine,” I repeated as my tongue swept into her mouth with fury.
She leaned forward, palms on my chest, and kissed my lips. “I’m yours, Luca. Yours,” she said between kisses, tracing a heart with her finger over my chest. “Mine.”
I moved my hands to her hips, etching my fingers into her skin. “Yeah, baby.” I sucked her bottom lip into my mouth. “I’m yours.”
My skin burned with each kiss, and for the first time, I could feel her giving herself to me completely.
We both allowed our walls to come crumbling down.
This was a first for me. I’d never felt so unguarded with anyone, especially not a woman.
Even with Alex, I’d never lowered my guard long enough to lose control with her.
Last night, I told her the truth, and the world didn’t end. That level of vulnerability only brought us closer. I slipped my hand between her legs and groaned when I felt her wetness. She was always ready for me, her body responsive to the softest touch.
Each thrust of my fingers ripped a moan from her lips. She writhed against my hand, greedy and begging for more. Alex reached between us and stroked my cock, soft, tentative motions that drove me wild. I wanted to fuck her, bury myself in her pussy.
Pressing her palm to my chest, she lifted her hips, taking all of me in one quick thrust. She closed her eyes as a moan escaped her throat, and her lips parted with pleasure.
Alex looked gorgeous with her long curls brushing her big tits, bouncing up and down on my cock.
I propped myself up on my elbow, digging my fingers into her side as she rode my cock.
Her nails scratched my chest, and I loved the sight of her clawing at my scars like an animal.
“Mark me, baby,” I grunted as I fucked her harder.
“Mine,” she whispered. Her long nails ripped at my flesh, right over the mess of scars on my chest. “Say it, Luca.”
“I’m yours, my queen.” I slid my hand up her stomach and twisted her nipple between my fingers. “You gonna come for me?”
She bit her bottom lip and moaned. “Yes. Mmm… I’m coming.”
I leaned forward, my hand on her back as I took her nipple between my teeth. Taking turns sucking and biting the tiny bud, I tore a squeal from her beautiful lips. Her orgasm shook through me with the force of a hurricane. After she came, I lifted her off me and set her on the mattress beside me.
“Get on your knees,” I ordered. “Show me your pretty pussy.”
She moved toward the edge of the bed and followed my orders.
I ran my hand over her curvy ass, and my beautiful queen glanced over her shoulder at me, giving me a seductive look.
Greedy for more, she sat back, her ass pushed against the head of my cock.
My hands fell to her hips, and I shoved my knee between her thighs to spread her open.
To tease her, I ran my finger up and down her wet slit, loving the way she hissed with each touch. “Feel good, baby?”
“Yes,” she moaned.
Fisting my shaft, I pressed my cock against her slick entrance, and she cried out my name.
“Please, stop torturing me.” Propped up on her elbows, she wiggled her sweet ass. “Fuck me, Luca. Fuck me so hard I can’t leave this room.”
Without a second thought, I dug my fingers into her hips and slammed my cock into her, filling her up.
I rocked my hips as I gripped her hair from behind, breaking through her inner walls.
I took her hard and fast, reaching around her to rub her clit.
She screamed that she wanted more, her fingers clawing at the sheets.
“Your pussy is so tight,” I growled against her ear. “I love your good girl act, baby. You can fool everyone else, but I know you’re just as bad as me.”
“I’m bad for you,” she whispered, the words dying on her lips as she whimpered from her brewing orgasm.
I grabbed the red silk tie at the edge of my bed and hooked it around her neck, pulling it tight against her throat. “You like it when I choke you with my hand, my belt, my tie, my cock. Don’t you, Drea? Tell me how much you like it when I hurt you.”
“Harder,” she commanded.
I pulled back so I could slam into her again, and my crazy girl turned her head to look at me while I watched her like a predator.
I tugged her hair harder and smacked her ass with my other hand. “You’ve been a bad girl. Isn’t that right, baby?”
“I’m a bad girl,” she moaned.
“Did you like fucking my brother,” I grunted. “Hmm? Tell me.”
“Yes,” she whimpered. “I thought he was you.” Her head dropped to the mattress, her fingers gripping the sheets as she screamed for me.
I slapped her ass, this time hard enough to leave a handprint. She howled from a mixture of pain and excitement.
I pinched my nipple, damn near tearing it off my body. “You like the pain, baby?”
“Yes,” she choked out.
“What did I tell you about pain? You remember, pretty girl?”
She bobbed her head.
“My queen loves it when she’s gasping for air right before she comes.”
I crushed her windpipe with the tie, and she didn’t bother to correct me because we both knew the truth. She learned through years of my cruelty that some of my sick shit had rewards. This was one of them.
I yanked on the tie, the fabric molding to her throat. “Come on my cock, bad girl.”
Our moans filled the silence. A wave of pleasure rolled down my arms, spreading down my chest. My skin seared with flames as my cock pumped into her, deeper and deeper as I took what he wanted.
As Alex rode out another orgasm, I spanked her ass again.
“Harder,” she screamed, rocking her hips to meet each of my thrusts.
I massaged her cheek with my throbbing hand, then landed another smack on her other cheek. Her pale skin was reddened from my punishment, but she was begging for more. Another orgasm built inside her, slow and steady, her arms and legs shaking.
Every nerve ending in my body set on fire, heat coursing over me in waves.
My heart raced as we approached the finish line, and by the time I spanked her again, her body trembled with need.
I yanked on the tie, and her fingers wrapped around my wrist. She encouraged me to be rougher as her pussy clenched around my cock.
I quickened my pace, pounding into her one last time before I spilled my cum inside her.
Hugging her from behind, I wrapped my arm around her stomach and blew out a deep breath.
The sweat from my forehead and chest glistened on her back.
A tangle of limbs, we were so fucking spent we stayed like this for a while, breathing hard.
After a minute, I pulled out of her, ran my hand over her ass, then slid my finger down the length of her wet slit. My cum dripped out of her tight pussy and slid down her thigh. I spread her open with two fingers and smiled at this delicious sight.
Hooking my arm around her, I dropped to the bed with a sigh. I lay back on a stack of pillows, and she curled up beside me, resting her head on my chest.
I kissed the top of her head. “I want to marry you, Drea. I don’t want to spend another day without you by my side.”
Alex smiled so wide it illuminated her face. “You have your moments, Luca.”
“Don’t get used to this,” I shot back with a smirk. “I’m still an asshole.”
“An asshole in love,” she corrected.
I threaded my fingers through her hair, gripping her curls. “People like me don’t change overnight. But I will try to do right by you. I promise not to keep any more secrets.”
Alex kissed my cheek. “That’s all I ever wanted from you.”