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Luca tilts my chin up smugly and replies, “What makes you think I’m breaking that rule?”

No words could possibly suffice what that implication means to me.

Instead, I tug on his shirt, pulling him in with so much yearning and only pulling away again to unbutton it.

I’m so distracted by his hair that I’ve already managed to mess up pretty well as I tug on his buttons, wishing they’d come undone quicker.

He chuckles with a cocky grin, watching me struggle. So when he moves in to kiss me again, I take it upon myself to slip away from his reach before placing my index finger against his lips.

This was worth it just for the pout on his face alone. “Remember what I told you about patience?” I taunt.

Luca scans the room obliviously as he plays with the ends of my hair. “I don’t quite recall…”

Suddenly a new sense of power fills my body. I feel different. Less fearful. More confident. Morein control.

Marveling at the hold I suddenly have on him, I push my weight off his sheets as he follows me toward the edge of his bed like a lost puppy.

I try not to get too cocky as I stifle in my amusement, while slowly moving in between his legs.

As my fingers run down his bare chest, he looks down at my hands with increasingly darker eyes. “No one’s touched me the way that you do,” he says before he proceeds to slowly pull my dress up over my head. Then he looks up at me with his face almost pressed against my stomach.

It’s as if his words along with his mesmerizing gaze immediately make me forget how I wanted to tease him back. There’s no logic that can explain how my body arches toward him the second his hands move around my back as he loosens the strings of my bikini top until the pastel yellow fabric falls to the floor.

He knows he won.

And he’s making sure I know it as well as he moves his fingers to the back of my ear. He teases the sensitive spot before his thumb effortlessly traces along my jawline until he rests his hand right below my chin just to look at me. Before my breathing even has a chance to adjust, his fingers slowly trace down the middle of my neck, making sure I feel everysinglevibration of his touch.

Goosebumps immediately cascade down my body as my moan extends into a longing whimper. Every second I barely open my eyes, I catch a glimpse of his lust-filled expression as he continues to revel at my body. It’s as if I’m the canvas that he’s painting. With every inch his hands reach, he replaces the touch with his lips, making my body press even closer to him. The warmth of his mouth in contrast to my cold skin is only adding to the pressure that’s aching between my legs.

Luca must sense it too when he takes it upon himself to lift me off him and flip us around.

My impatience continues to heighten with his satisfying weight pressed over mine. To the point where I tug down his pants so hastily that I also remove his boxers at the same time. I gasp, evenmorethan last time, when I clock how hard he is.

Luca bites down on his bottom lip, most likely at my glaring look of arousal. His smirk then grows more playful as he loosens the strings of my bikini bottoms. He unties the fabric so carefully yet throws it so aimlessly behind his shoulders, now making my chest erupt with laughter.

But when our silliness fades, Luca’s posture, expression, and voice all turn a bit more serious as he looks into my eyes thoughtfully. “If anything hurts, just tell me, and I’ll stop.”

I nod and kiss his cheek. “I will.”

His warm grin is quickly replaced with the desire that’s painted across his face as he starts placing a trail of soft kisses from my neck down to my stomach without even touching my breasts.

At this point I’m more than aware that he knowsexactlywhat I want, and that’s preciselywhyhe’s prolonging himself from giving it to me.

And it’s a pretty foolproof tactic when I gasp as one of his hands finally reaches over my breast, teasing it until he caresses all the way to the hard center. As my back arches against his sheets, he continues his skill while now slipping my other nipple into his lips. The throbbing between my legs is met with yet another extended whimper from my lips.

If this was it, I’d already be past the point of crumbling. But he just has to keep showinghowmany ways he can make my eyes roll back even further, when his lips now start to suck on my nipple before his tongue twirls around it slowly. As he softly pinches myother one between his fingers, a louder moan escapes my lips, noting how I’ve never really felt much pleasure with my breasts before.

Of course he finds the perfect moment to tease me. “So you were saying you’reticklish?”

I roll my eyes but then sigh deeply as he continues. “Luca, your fuckingmouth…”

“What about it?” he asks so casually. When another moan leaves my lips, he laughs against my skin, and the vibration makes me lift my hips up slightly. “You know,you’renot looking too patient right now…” He kisses back up my neck, making sure to use his tongue before he’s eye level with me again. “Wheredo you want my mouth?”

“On my pussy.” I can’t believe I just said that. I’ve never said it before. I’ve thought about it. But never dared to say it out loud. It’s the first thing that came to my head though, and all of a sudden, I feel like a different person. Less tame.More myself.

Luca, being the man that he is, doesn’t draw attention to it, and instead leaves a trail of kisses all the way down to my hipbone before positioning his face between my legs. He glances down for a second before looking up and into my eyes. “You’re so fucking beautiful,” he says, the words melting right through me before he turns his focus back to where I want it to be.

My breathing is already failing me when he starts kissing my inner thighs. I wrap my legs involuntarily around his face at the striking sensation, not understanding how he manages to make parts of my skin that I never thought I’d feelanypleasure in feel like they’re quite literally on fire.

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