Page 16 of Midnight Revelations

His eyebrow arched. “I can think of a few things.” He leaned closer to whisper in my ear. “But I don’t think any of them are legal in this place.”

“Want me to blow your mind?”

His grin turned salacious. “Been practicing on a banana? If he got a happy ending, I’m going to have to track him down and make him into a smoothie.”

He was a complete dick, but he was my dick and that was all that mattered. Speaking of which…

“Fuck,” he gasped when I grabbed his groin and squeezed. He wanted to keep me safe and keep our relationship a secret but I didn’t care anymore. When I needed him, he came, and he knew just what I craved when he arrived.

All my purchases had been left in our room but there was only one thing on my mind. Ash. We were like two animals let loose, dragging clothes off and desperately trying to kiss and touch each other. Ash stopped for a moment to observe me in my panties and bra.

“He is one lucky fucking mouse.”

We didn’t even make it to the bed, ending up on the floor with my panties pushed to the side and his boxers riding low on his ass. I’d have carpet burn on my ass tomorrow, but right now all I wanted was that divine friction that bordered on pain as we lost ourselves in each other.

I screamed my orgasm because tonight we didn’t have to hide from anyone, we were just two lovers on a holiday together. Ash buried himself and groaned that husky sound that made me clench even harder around him.

“I’m sure there’s a rule somewhere about having sex in this place. We’re probably on a naughty list right now.” Ash rolled onto his back and stared at the ceiling.

I crawled over him and straddled his waist. “Maybe Mummy mouse and Daddy mouse loved each other very much.”

His hands cupped my face. “More than you could ever know and far more than is safe.”

“I don’t want to be safe anymore,” I said, my head lowering to his.

Our time here was limited and sleep was overrated, so I planned to ensure Ash got rewarded for bringing me here every single morning and night, and the afternoon as well if he could drag me in from the park.

In bed, I sorted pictures on my phone into files while Ash checked his emails. His jaw was tight and his expression like a storm ready to touch land.

“What’s up?” I asked, smoothing the frown between his eyes.

His sigh sounded like it came from his soul. “Zee and Jay are being dicks. They demanded that I came home this morning as they needed me. When I told them I was taking a few days for personal reasons, they’re making life very difficult.”

“Want me to phone them?”

“They’d be on the next plane to castrate me,” Ash replied in a dry tone.

My hand slipped down his chest and into his boxers. “This belongs to me. I’ll be very pissed if anything happens to him.”

“I’m sort of attached to him myself.” His lips twitched as he continued to type on his phone. Since it would be rude to grab it out of his hands, I decided to try an alternative route to garnering his attention with his cock in my hand as I sucked him hard and deep. The phone was long forgotten by the time he exploded deep into my throat.

Three days passed in a whirl that I didn’t want to end. We explored the entire park, and spent every night wrapped in each other’s arms as we chatted in the darkness. Reality was overrated and I wanted to stay in our own cocoon forever.

“We fly home tomorrow,” Ash said, his fingers moving up and down my spine. “Francis texted me earlier to say Lucas is getting testy.”

A tear broke free without my permission. His hand lifted my face for him to inspect it, his thumb wiping the next tear away.

“Tonight we’re lovers and tomorrow we go back to being strangers again. If I’m lucky I get to have a few conversations with you about diamond contracts.” It wasn’t enough anymore.

His eyes were filled with the same anguish that resided in my chest. “I don’t know what to do,” he finally confessed. “I need to keep you safe, but I want to be with you more than anything, Angel.”

I pushed myself up to stare at him. “I love you, Ash.”

“I know, Lucrezia. You know that I love you, too, but it isn’t as simple as that. In our lives, love means nothing and death is everywhere.” He rolled me onto my back and settled himself between my legs. “Shit’s about to get real and there’ll be a lot of collateral damage. I want to ensure no one targets you because they’re aiming for me.”

I burrowed my head into his chest. “And if something happens to you?”

He was silent so long, I didn’t think he wasn’t going to answer. I finally leaned back to look at him. “Most of my life, no one would have noticed if I ceased to exist. I’m one of four brothers who can take the crown of the Blackwood estate. Dad doesn’t care who it is so long as he can control them. As soon as he realises that I am no longer under his power, then he’ll see me as his enemy.”

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