Page 125 of Veiled Amor

“No.” his lips roamed across her forehead.

“I wouldn’t mind if you were. I mean, I prefer you not to be.”

“I’m not,nena. I shouldn’t have left you like that.”

“No, you shouldn’t, don’t do it again.”

He wouldn’t. It had killed him to walk out. It felt like he’d left all his organs and limbs behind. “No secrets from now on,sí? You’re mine. I’m yours. We deal with anything together.”

Her bright smile was his undoing, and he pressed a hard kiss to her lips, hooking a hand around the front of her throat. Fuck, he could eat her alive and still want more. “I was pissed that I’ve squandered so much time, Lucia. I’m mad at Santiago. Could give a shit who he fucked. I hate how your father manipulated and used it against him, he’s my brother, I would have protected him. You need to know I will always hate that man, Lucia. If you reconcile with him one day, I won’t be a part of it. When we have kids…”

“You want kids?” She squeaked, wide eyes so full of love. He squeezed her neck, making her moan, bringing their foreheads together. “As many as you want to give me.”

“Two is a good number. Can we start soon? You’re not getting any younger, and you want to be a dad who can play ball and teach them to ride a motorcycle.”

Capone pictured their future, and it was everything a man like him only ever dreamed about.

They were righting all the wrongs.

Time lost.

Their first baby not having a chance to be born.

Loving each other.

“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you everything sooner…”

“I’m sorry I didn’t fight for us,mi corazón. I made a mistake. I made a big fucking mistake. I left you to the wolf and assumed you’d be safe. I will regret it for the rest of my life.”

She smiled a watery smile and kissed his lips softly. Lingering. “Can we have a happy life instead of regrets?”

“Sí. I want to take care of you, Lucia. Spoil you in ways that will make you blush and demand things from my dick. Give you the world. I can’t wait to see how happy you become over silly things and how hard you drive me insane with your beauty and wit. I want all the special and inconsequential moments with you, everything we couldn’t have before.”

She purred, hardening him.

But now wasn’t the time for his dick to tap in, he had to give her words. Words he’d held back from guilt and shame of loving a woman he thought was out of reach of him.

“Tell me more,” she said huskily, nuzzling her nose along his jawline, fisting her hand in his t-shirt. Bet she didn’t realize she was riding his thigh, but Capone felt every pop of her hot pelvis through the jeans, and his cock tip dripped to get at her.

“I love you, Lucia. For so fucking long. And I’m gonna love you until they put me in the ground.”

“No, we’re being cremated together and then scattered into the ocean.”

This fucking woman. He smirked and nipped her chin. “Sí, okay.”

“Go on.”

He gave her a hip squeeze. “Making you happy is going to be my only mission in life. I love the club, my brothers, and the work we do, but you, Lucia, you’re the one who makes me live again. You have no idea what you did by calling me for help. It opened Pandora’s Box. I wanna fucking eat the pleasure out of you. Devour your screams, rock you to sleep and bring you food. Take you on dates, and make sure you feel me in your stomach all day after I’ve fucked you the night before, until I can get home to you and start again. Making my woman feel good,dios. My whole fucking world, you get it now? How hard I’ve locked all this up for years, and now it’s open, and you have to take it, Lucia. You’re going to have to accept me being a wild fucking man for you. It’s the way it will be for a long time. I want to wake every morning with you hulk-pinning me to the bed like you think I might escape.”

She huffed with amusement, “well, you might, a girl has to make contingency plans.”

“Never,nena. I’m right where I want to be. I don’t deserve a second chance, but I’m taking it because I’m a selfish prick, and I will use any means I can to make you mine.”

She purred, nuzzling him, watching Capone with watery, smiling eyes, lapping up his declaration that was far too long in coming.

His chest had never felt this light before, he didn’t quite know how to cope with it.

“Can I tell you a secret?”

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