25. Sunshine
Chapter 25
Sunshine
T he road gently curved around the rolling hills. It was getting dark now, and the water had turned a beautiful slate color.
“Am I allowed to know where we’re going?” I leaned closer to the glass, catching sight of small white breaks in the waves. I loved driving along the highway at night. It felt magical, like anything could happen.
“Nope.” Luca relaxed behind the wheel.
I smiled. For once, I wasn’t worried about what we were going to do or where we were going. This was Luca. We would have fun, and he didn’t seem to expect me to be more than who I was.
It was refreshing.
We drew closer to San Francisco, the city lighting up like a jewel. “I love the city at night.”
“It’s the perfect city. Old world charm meets new technology.”
I hummed my agreement, my attention captured by the cityscape as Luca drove through the streets. He finally stopped at a swanky hotel.
An honest to goodness valet stepped up, as Luca got out of the car.
I tried, but failed, not to drop my jaw at the sight of the clean shaved beta man dressed in a red uniform. Luca handed him the keys, and opened my door before I could recover.
“After you, my dear.”
I blinked, came back to reality, and got out of the car. The valet slid into the seat and drove the sportscar away as Luca led me toward the entrance. The hotel was from another era, with glass doors, and a brick facade.
We walked, and the interior spoke of quiet elegance. I felt like a modern-day princess, whisked away to a fantasy world.
“Will you take my arm?” Luca crooked his elbow toward me, and I almost swooned.
“Of course.”
“There’s an excellent jazz band playing in the lounge tonight.” He gestured ahead of us to an intimate area to the side of the main entrance.
Suddenly I wanted nothing more than to sit and sip some wine and listen to music with this sexy, self-assured alpha next to me.
“I hope you’re still up for more?” Luca led me to a booth near the back of the lounge.
“With you?” I sat down. “Always.”
He slid in next to me, purring in response. My core pulsed at the sound, and heat fluttered through me.
The lounge was made up of plush green booths, all facing toward a small stage where a band played smooth jazz.
For an hour we listened to the band and talked about all sorts of music. Luca kept me close, one arm around my waist, the other hand playing with the hem of my dress. Over the course of the hour, his hand slowly skated up the inside of my thigh.
I ignored it at first, because his fingertips were just feathering over the sensitive skin on the inside of my knee. But he shifted his hand up higher as time went on, and I let my legs fall open a little more in response.
The club was dark, and the booth was secluded but, still, the thought of being in public was heating my core.
His fingers continued making small circles up the inside of my thigh. I had to hold my breath so I wouldn’t moan, until I thought I might faint. Liquid need pooled inside me until his fingers reached damp gusset of my panties.
I pressed my face into the cinnamon vanilla scent of him, wondering how long this would go on.
“Shall we get a room?” he murmured in my ear.
“Yes, please,” I said quickly.
“So polite.” Luca nuzzled my neck before nipping. He slid out of the booth and pulled a keycard out of his pocket.
“You planned on…” I stared at the room key.
“I was hoping.” He wrapped an arm around my waist. “I thought you might enjoy a chance to get away for a night.”
We made our way to the elevators, my heart beating in my chest. An aching need was building inside me, until I was desperate to feel him pushing inside me.
When the elevator doors closed, I threw myself at him. I caught his surprised expression before I covered my mouth with his. I couldn’t get enough of how he tasted of cinnamon and vanilla.
As I licked my tongue inside Luca’s mouth, he widened his stance then gripped my legs, kneading the overheated skin. I plastered myself against him, fitting my pelvis between his legs with a groan.
It was bad enough that he was suave and sexy, as well as considerate of my feelings. He took my friend crashing our date with grace and concern. That would have already panting. But the relentless attention to detail was proving to be my undoing.
The elevator dinged, and Luca stepped out of the small space, pulling me behind him. “This is our floor.”
I let out a laugh as he picked me up. He wrapped my legs around his waist and I was free to nuzzle the soft skin of his neck as he walked us down the hallway.
He pressed me against the door while he fumbled with the keycard to open it. I sucked in another lungful of his scent, and my heart started hammering against my chest.
When the door clicked, we both almost fell into the room. I laughed, holding on to his shoulders.
He grinned and kicked the door shut behind him. I glanced behind me to see where the bed was, and then I gasped.
Dozens of rose petals were strewn over the white comforter. Brightly wrapped presents were grouped together on the edge of the bed, and in a crystal vase on the nightstand were another dozen roses with a shiny gold box of what looked like chocolate.
I looked around the huge room in stunned amazement. One wall was made up entirely of floor to ceiling windows. It was dark outside, and we were high enough up I could see the lights of the buildings making a beautiful skyline.
“Oh my god.” I froze. “What did…how did…”
“I popped down here earlier.” Luca gave me a quick peck on the cheek. “I wanted everything perfect for you.”
“It’s beautiful.” I unhooked my legs from his waist and stood up, staring at the elaborate set up.
“There’s room service if you’re still hungry.” He led me over to the massive bed. “And I bought a few gifts for my beautiful beta.”
I blinked, tears pricking the corners of my eyes. “You did all this for me? It’s not an anniversary I forgot about?”
“No, kitten.” He laughed. “You’ve been working really hard, and I thought you needed a little getaway. We’ll go somewhere with the rest of the pack when you have more time off.”
“Thank you.” I threw my arms around him and squeezed. It was more than Rob and Isaac had done for me when we were dating, even on anniversaries. I’d been lucky to get grocery store flowers and a card.
“Of course.” He held me against him like I was precious. “Do you want to open the presents, or should I ravish you first?”
Despite the warm syrupy heat curled through me at the thought of being ravished, I wanted to see what was in those foil boxes first.
“Presents first.” I grinned.
“I was hoping you’d say that.” He tugged me onto the bed, and I sat on the edge. “So… I tried to find the right balance between practical and fun.”
“You could wrap up a stapler and give it to me, and I’d be happy.”
It was true, too. I didn’t want to be a greedy person, but I loved getting presents. It didn’t matter whether it was expensive or not, I loved seeing another person’s ideas of what I would like. It really was the thought that counted.
Luca took one of the boxes and set it to the side. “That one has to be last, but the other ones you can open in any order.”
I picked up a medium-sized box and ran my fingers over the gold wrapping paper, before popping it open and sliding out a slim white box.
It was a new laptop. An expensive, top of the line laptop.
I squeaked. I’d been thinking that maybe he’d got me a new phone cover or perhaps a book. Not this.
“I noticed your laptop is slower, and you’ve complained about the updates,” Luca said quickly. “If it’s not the right model, we can get a different one, but when I talked to the computer person they suggested this for all the software you have to run for your event planning and also gaming.”
“It’s amazing.” I pulled him into a hug. “You didn’t have to get me a whole new laptop. I would have been happy with a notebook.”
“I know it’s not the most romantic gift.” Luca squeezed me back. “But this will make your work so much easier.”
“Romantic?” I laughed. “Nothing is more romantic than you seeing I needed help with something and wanting to fix it.”
Luca grinned, his eyes lighting up. “I see you and I are going to be on the same page then. Logan and Julian are fine with practical gifts, but it hasn’t always gone over well.”
“Well, they were wrong.” I reached for another present. “It takes more care and concern to know what someone needs rather than just grabbing some flowers and chocolates.”
I looked over my shoulder at the flowers and chocolate on the table. “Not that I don’t love that too.”
“I knew what you meant,” Luca chuckled.
I opened the next present to find a box of planner supplies. The paper was high quality, and he’d bought me new highlighters and stickers to decorate, as well as some felt tipped pens.
“Ooooo,” I squealed. “This is gorgeous. I suck at using my planner though.”
“I know.” Luca leaned over, tucking some hair behind my ear. “Think of this as creativity and getting your thoughts down. It’s fine if you miss some days, just have fun with it.”
“I love that idea.” I set aside the planner supplies and picked up the next box.
Inside was a necklace. A heart shaped pendant shaped from a blue stone strung with a chain of smaller diamonds. It was simple, elegant, and breathtaking. I touched the heart shaped pendant gingerly. “It’s stunning.”
“Couldn’t resist.” Luca looked mischievous. “I saw it and thought of you.”
“Thank you.” I touched the cold jewels. “It’s perfect for events, or dates.”
Luca beamed, looking so pleased with himself. Part of me worried that I had somehow guilted him into this, but when I saw he was so clearly happy, the worry evaporated.
I shifted closer to him. “Will you put it on me?”
“I would love to,” he purred. Heat shivered through me in response.
I shifted so my back was to the alpha, and he gently brushed some hair off the nape of my neck.
Quivers cascaded over my skin. He pressed a soft kiss to my shoulder, before pulling the necklace around my neck. The pendant sat in the hollow of my throat, and the weight was comforting.
“One more to go.” Luca kissed my shoulder again.
I shivered, anticipating pooling in my stomach.
One more present and then he said he would ravish me. I pressed my knees together, a pulse between my legs making me feel achy.
I twisted so I could face him as he handed me the last present.
“This present is a little more for me, and the rest of the pack, but hopefully you will enjoy it too.” His heated gazed drifted over my body.
“Really?”
I opened the box to find the most delicate pink lingerie made from the softest lace I’d ever touched. There was a bra made up of completely see-through lace with a big pink bow in the middle, and panties that were more of a suggestion of cloth than something that would cover me. There was another big pink bow at the top of the panties.
“The bow is because you’re a present.” Luca eyed me, his gaze traveling over my body like he’d never touched me before.
“Mmmm.” I picked up the bra. “I think I should change, don’t you?”
“I was hoping you’d offer.”
I slipped off the bed and into the bathroom. It was just as luxurious as the rest of the room, with an enormous tub, and soft plush towels I was tempted to steal.
I slipped out of my dress and pulled the bra on.
“Let me know if you need help,” Luca called.
I laughed as I slid the matching panties on, catching sight of myself in the mirror.
Heat flooded my cheeks. It seemed more intimate than just being naked, the pink lace covering my skin but showing my light pink nipples. The panties were no better, with the dark blonde hair that covered my sex showing through the delicate lace.
My body was on display, and I couldn’t help but notice the little bit of soft pudge around my stomach. I’d meant to start doing Pilates or something but never got around to it. My thighs were on the thicker side, and my hips curved out more than my breasts, giving me a pear shape.
The bra fit me well, but I couldn’t help think it would be a lot sexier if my breasts were bigger.
“Sunshine…?” Luca called, sounding a little uncertain. That snapped me out of it.
“Coming.” I called, folding my dress onto the counter.
Forcing my nerves down, I stepped out of the bathroom and took a couple of slow steps forward, but that was as far as I got.
Luca had taken off his suit jacket and tie, and his shirt was open enough for me to see a scattering of chest hair. The moment he saw me, he leapt to his feet and strode toward me, purring loudly.
The sound went straight to my core, and I shivered.
He growled, prowling around me like a panther stalking his prey.
“You like?” I asked, my voice barely above a whisper.
Luca growled again, crowding me. He put his hand on my shoulders and walked me back against the wall.
“Trying to decide what to do to you first.” His voice was rough. He bent his head and nipped my neck.
“Do to me?”
He pressed his body into mine, his hips grinding into me. I moaned and his hands caressed my hips, playing with the tiny strings at the sides of the panties.
He worked his lips down my neck, teasing his tongue along the swell of my breast before pulling my lace-covered nipple into his mouth. I gasped, digging my hands into his shoulders. The wet heat of his mouth rasping the fabric against me sent an electric current pulsing from my breast to between my legs.
I whimpered, hooking a leg onto his waist and rocking my core against him. He banished every insecure thought from my mind as his hands roamed over my body, his feverish sucking driving everything but need from me.
Luca drew away, only to kiss over to my other breast, licking around the tight bud, teasing with the tip of his tongue, before lifting his head to look deep into my eyes.
“I want to devour you,” he growled, smoothing his hands down my hips again, then digging in with his fingertips to pull me closer still. He pulled my nipple back into his mouth, sucking fiercely.
I cried out, my hips bucking up as he sucked and licked. Heated frenzy stole my every thought but for Luca’s mouth on me, working my body like an expert, unlocking secret responses I didn’t even know I could have.
He groaned, pulling off my nipple with a wet pop. He dropped to his knees to lick down my stomach, moving his hands down to my thighs, and spreading them open.
He buried his face between my legs, hunting for my core and my knees buckled at the sudden onslaught. I held onto his shoulders for dear life as he forced the wet crotch of my panties aside with his tongue. He licked and then thrust into my core, making my inner walls clenched hard. I was close, so close, as he was devouring me like the finest meal. I panted, holding onto him for dear life.
Finally, he dragged his tongue up, circling round and round my clit before moving back to thrust his tongue inside me as if in imitation of what he planned to do with his cock.
“Oh Luca,” I moaned. “Please.”
He twisted his tongue deeper inside me and I yelled again, bucking my hips against him.
He groaned into me, moving his fingers across from my hip to work my clit over until the orgasm crashed over me. He didn’t stop, didn’t slow down the pressure on my clit, milking the flutter and pulse of my orgasm until it finally stopped.
My knees gave out and I collapsed against the wall with a laugh.
Luca stood up, holding me upright. “I have more to do to you, kitten.”
His voice was pure gravel, and the pupils of his eyes were blown black. He looked at me like he was a starving man in the desert, and another thrill of desire heated my blood.
He picked me up like I weighed nothing and carried me over to the floor to ceiling windows. “I want to claim you against the window for everyone to see.”
“Oh my god,” I groaned, my voice hoarse. The alpha set me down then turned me to face the glass.
He pressed his hips against mine, grinding his hard cock into my ass, and his hand snaked up to tweak a nipple and then lightly collar my throat as he adjusted my body to his liking.
“Do you want me to fuck you against this window? Show the entire world you’re mine? Claim you?”
“Oh, god. Yes.” I was going to die right there. I was sure of it. I would combust from the heat generated by just his words. Just the thought of what he suggested made my core clench around nothing, and I was soaking wet again.
Luca grunted, driving his hips against me again.
I cried out. “Luca, yes, please. Make me yours, alpha.”
“Spread your pretty legs, beta.” He growled, one hand on his zipper, the other still resting lightly on my throat.
I shifted, widening my stance. Luca canted my hips, so I was leaning forward slightly, my face pressed against the cold glass. Outside it was dark and the twinkling lights of the city greeted me. We were twenty floors up, but the idea of being watched made this naughtier and more delicious.
Luca pressed his cock against my entrance, rubbing himself against my wetness. “Good girl… so wet.”
I moaned again, pressing my hips back against him. “Please, alpha.” In that moment, I needed him inside me more than I needed air to breathe.
“Do you want me to fuck you, beta? Fuck you for everyone to see?” He dragged his cock along my wetness, brushing the tip against my clit.
“Yes,” I gasped, louder than I meant to. I tensed for a minute, worried I’d made too much noise.
Luca moved his hand to my waist and gripped me tight as he snapped his hips against me. “I told you, your pleasure is mine. Every sigh, gasp, whimper. They’re all mine.”
“Yes, alpha,” I groaned.
And then he pushed inside me, the angle making his already-thick cock a tighter stretch. I cried out, slapping my hands against the window for purchase. It was too much and not enough, as though I was dying and being reborn.
He thrust inside me at a punishing pace, fucking me with such primal intensity that my brain fizzed out. There was nothing but the drive of his cock inside me, over and over. And I could do nothing more than respond, bucking my hips back against him.
Luca shifted the hand that was around my throat to my shoulder. His fingers dug into my skin as he held me still and commenced fucking me even harder and faster. All I could do was submit to the onslaught of pleasure. I dropped my head forward, dazedly aware of cars moving on the streets far below.
“You’re mine,” he growled, as he pulled my body upright and bit my neck. “My beta. Mine .”
I screamed. The rhythm unraveled me, made me a creature of pleasure and need. I cried out again, shouting, gasping, begging.
And then the orgasm hit me like a truck. My body seized up. Blackness hit my vision, and it felt like I was outside of myself. Ecstasy, like liquid gold, rolled through me as if I was just a conduit.
Luca grunted, driving his cock into me as hard as he could, and his knot caught at my entrance.
“Knot me.” I begged. “Please, alpha.”
He pushed his cock harder, slowing his pace to a grind, stretching me until the pleasure was switched out for pain. I gasped, trying to shift my hips away, but I was already pressed right up against the glass.
Luca reached around to circle my clit and the burning pain stopped. When I moaned in response to his touch, he pulled almost all the way out of me, only to thrust back inside me, in a driving rhythm that wrenched another orgasm out of me.
As he came, Luca bit me hard on the shoulder and his fingers dug into me, just on this side of pain.
I kept my cheek against the cold glass, cooling my fevered skin as I tried to remember how to breathe. Once he’d caught his breath, Luca lifted me in his arms and carried me back to the bed. He carefully set me down before climbing on beside me and pulling me close.
“Okay?” He huffed out a breath, both of us still panting like we’d run a marathon.
I grinned at him. “Amazing.”
It was true. He’d called me beta in the same tone I’d heard him say omega. He’d claimed me against the window, out of his mind with the need to make me his.
“I wasn’t too hard?” A look of concern crossed his face. “I tried to stay in control, but…seeing you in that outfit made me lose my mind.”
“I loved what we just did.” I looked into Luca’s warm brown eyes so he could see I meant it. “It made me…so hot but also feel so loved. Cherished.”
What I didn’t say out loud was that the way he’d claimed me made me feel like I was an omega. A woman that alphas craved, would do insane things just to be inside them.
Luca gave me a slow smile, and his purr started up again. The sound was pure heaven, helping me calm down and breathe more steadily. “Good. Because I loved ravishing you against the window, making you scream my name.”
I rubbed my cheek against his chest, contentment making my whole body feel light.
Warmth curled inside me. I made him insane.
I made all three of them insane. Julian begging me to come into the nest. Logan following me around and offering me food all the time.
Hope blossomed inside me. Maybe this wasn’t going to end with my heart on the floor.