Page 132 of The Mob: Shio Cuppacio
He washed his hands first and then cleaned his face. I’d never seen a man put that much care into his appearance. My brothers—the older ones—barely brushed their teeth. When we were younger, they often had cavities during dental visits. Seeing Shio follow a full routine showed me why his teeth were so perfect and his skin so flawless. Even I had some pigmentation I needed to work on, but he was without a scar on his face.
When he lifted from the sink’s edge, face glistening, he peered at me through the mirror.
“Come ’ere.”
“Shio”
“Sshhh. Come ’ere, Solana.”
I wanted to honor what he’d said last night. We had to have boundaries. It seemed Shio no longer cared about that from the way he was looking at me through the mirror with overcast eyes. I was sure he couldn’t see me, but the aura coming from him told me he knew exactly who he was looking at. Desire was all over his face. Shio desired me.
I crept up behind him, pausing at the blood on his back. A long scar ran across his back above his butt, and it looked fresh. Lifting my finger, I pressed it against his wound, and he hardly flinched. Not caring about the fresh blood, my arms wrapped around his waist. My robe was ruined, but again, I didn’t care.He felt so good against me. Whenever Shio was around, I felt something I hadn’t in a long time, maybe something I never had. I felt safe. I felt so secure in his embrace. My ear was pressed into his scarred back, listening to his thudding heartbeat, letting it calm me.
He didn’t remove my hands, but he did begin to remove his pants. I squeezed my eyes shut. Once they hit the ground, he moved toward the tub with me still clinging on to him like a damn koala bear.
Knowing he needed to soak, I let him go. The blood from his back remained on my chest, so I stepped backward to exit his space and go clean up and change. Keeping my eyes closed, I heard him lower into the tub and turn off the water as I started to turn around.
“Solana…” His voice vibrated through me, stopping me in my tracks.
Opening my eyes, his simple nod to come here had me walking the few paces to the tub. Reaching up, he grabbed my hand and guided me into the tub. My arms naturally wrapped around his neck as water splashed around us before settling. My legs were hanging out of the tub as the warm water relaxed my body. He grabbed my face and stuck his nose against my lips. Softly, his minty breath fanned my face while I stared into his disturbing eyes.
“You good?” He had the nerve to ask.
He was the one who appeared to have come from an ancient battle, but he was asking if I was good. I didn’t understand the turn of feelings from last night. I’d spent the day altering my mind to respect his decision and to cast my feelings to the side so that we could at least unite against those who wished to force me to be someone I didn’t want to be. Well, at least I didn’t want to be that someone with Felipe. I definitely didn’t mind the idea of being a wife.
Solana Damita Cuppacio-Ledesma.
“Shio,” I gasped as he continued to nuzzle against my lips. “You said this could not happen? I’m not sure”
“Fuck all that, Solana. This what it is.”
I inhaled sharply.
“This what it is.”
Deciding not to badger him for more of an explanation, I answered his question truthfully. “I’m not good. Well… I wasn’t. Until I met you, Shio. Now, I’m better. Not one hundred percent… But I’m better,” I admitted.
With the way he was rubbing his nose against my lips, it had my body jolting. My breath wasn’t as fresh as his, my hair was in a ball at the top of my head since I’d slept on it and didn’t protect it in the shower, and I was unsure if I’d done a good job of wiping off my makeup, so last night’s residue was still there. But he didn’t seem to care. He was perfect even in his current state, yet I was a mess. Still, he looked at me with so much admiration, and I was certain he couldn’t even see.
With his free hand, he reached under the water and placed each of my legs on the side of his. I was now straddling him, bloody, wet robe clinging to my body like a second skin. I could feel my nipples poking through the thin fabric.
“I don’t need you at one hundred percent. I just needyou. We can worry about the math later, baby.”
His tongue traced the fullness of my lips. Then, his mouth covered mine hungrily. Matching his cadence, I sucked on his tongue as it explored my mouth. His kiss sent new spirals of ecstasy through me. I’d never experienced the kind of high Shio gave me, and I was already addicted after the second kiss. I could feel his monster of a dick growing beneath me, and it made me shake like a falling leaf.I caressed the string tendons in the back of his neck as he held me in place.
“I can’t see shit. But I see you, Solana. So fucking beautiful. You know you fine as fuck. Right?”
I nodded.
“Good. Fuck all that shit I was spitting last night. You it. And today, when I felt like I was about to die, it solidified that shit. You gonna be mine, Solana.”
I was now choking back tears.
“You know you can get whatever up out of me, right?”
I nodded, internally sobbing quietly.
“You know, when I get this pussy, I’m going against everybody for it. Yourpapaincluded. Right?”
