Page 53 of Midnight Secrets

“Let’s grab some dinner,” I said on the way to the car. “You look like you could do with something sweet to eat.”

Her head landed on my shoulder. “It’s been a long day.”

“You want to go home?”

She shook her head. “I want to go on a real date.”

I couldn’t remember a time I’d gone on a date. I’d met women at parties, but never took them to the event. “A date,” I repeated.

“Yeah, when two people go out because they want to get to know one another, or just to spend time together.”

“Anything in particular you want to do?” I asked because I had zero ideas.

“A moonlit walk, dancing in the park, eating ice cream beside a pond. You know? A date.”

“You’re a cheap date. I thought you’d want champagne and roses.”

She wrinkled her nose. “Champagne is worse than wine and roses fade.”

“Expensive jewellery?” I teased.

“Already got that.”

I turned, my arms circling her waist. “What is it that you want?”

Her head slowly came up so that her gaze met mine. The look on her face engraved itself in my soul. “All I want is you.”

No one had ever wanted just me before. I tended to be the consolatory prize for women wanting Xavier or Jordan since I was the boring accountant. Lucrezia was choosing me over both of them and that activated my possessive gene. I tugged her closer. “You already have me.”

A tiny triumphant smile curved her full lips. She stood on her tiptoes and pressed a quick kiss to my lips. “In that case, how about a quick dinner and a movie? I’ve never been to the cinema before.”

The more time I spent with Lucrezia, the more she surprised me. We had dinner in a small Mexican restaurant before heading to the cinema for her to pick whatever she wanted to watch. She filled a pick ’n mix bag with just about everything on the display stand and then ordered popcorn and drinks.

The guy behind the desk kept throwing her covert looks before I stepped in front of her and gave him my best death glare. If there hadn’t been a queue, I would have dragged him over the counter and punched him for the way he was looking at her.

She took such joy in everything, including settling herself in the cinema.

“You’ll be sick.” I nodded at her bag of gummy worms and cola bottles.

She grinned and held out the bag. “Want one?”

Rolling my eyes at her, I grabbed a worm and shoved it in my mouth. The weight of my responsibilities slowly lifted off me as we sat and ate crap while the trailers rolled past. She was burrowing deeper and deeper into my soul with every moment. If I didn’t find an escape route soon, I would never be able to let her go, and I didn’t know whether she would be my salvation or damnation.

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Chapter Twenty

Lucrezia

I woke this morning to Ash’s cock moving in slow strokes deep inside me until my back arched and I screamed my release.

Now I sat with Xavier and Jordan glaring at me as if I’d eaten the last gummy bear. What the hell was up with everyone lately? “Can I make everyone tea?” I asked to diffuse the tension in the room. We were in the main living room in Ash’s townhouse, the sun cascading through the picture window to illuminate the bookshelves.

“Is he taking advantage of you?” Xavier demanded, his jaw so tight, I swear he was about to break a molar.

“Who?” I deliberately acted stupid.

Xavier moved his malignant stare to Ash.

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