“If you hurt me in any way, I’m free to walk away.If you beat me, you revoke all rights to your children, and I get them all to myself.”
This one did surprise him.
“I will never hurt you or harm our children, but if that is what you need to feel safe, consider it done.”
Ella nodded.“Then, I would like to ...agree to your proposal.”
Mateo smiled.“Come here.”
Her hands clenched into fists, and she looked so freaking nervous and cute.
She was within touching distance, and he reached out, taking a strand of her hair and running it through his fingers.“Do you want to sign the deal with a kiss or a handshake?”
Her cheeks were the most delightful shade of red.
“Ella, you do know that we’re going to be making kids the good old-fashioned way.I won’t be going to any clinic and putting my seed in a cup,” he said.
“Then I guess we seal this deal with a kiss.”
“You’re nervous?”he asked.
“Yes.”
“Why?I promised I wouldn’t hurt you.”
“It’s not that, it’s just that I have ...never kissed a guy.”
This made him pause.“What?”
“I haven’t kissed a guy before.”
“But you have gone on dates?”
She shrugged.“It didn’t exactly end with a kiss.I was not going to kiss any random guy.It’s probably why there was never a second date.”She winced.“I should probably also mention that I’m ...not experienced.”
He had no idea she could get any redder.
“Experienced?”
“I’m a virgin,” she said.
How the ever-loving fuck had he hit the jackpot?He didn’t know how he had gotten so lucky, but he had, and he couldn’t believe it.
“You’ve not been with a man before?”
“No, I haven’t.”She let out a wince.“Is that going to be a problem?”
“No, that is not going to be any fucking problem.”And to prove it, he grabbed her waist and pulled her in tightly against him.With one hand at her waist, he cupped her face with the other and tilted her head back so he could look into her eyes.There was no way he was going to look away from her beautiful eyes.They were a deep shade of brown, and kind.He’d seen a lot of evil in his time, and he knew good from bad.Ella was all good.He didn’t know how he gotten so fucking lucky to get her into his life, and he was not going to let her go.
Stroking her cheek, he then gave in and finally pulled her close, taking possession of her lips in a searing kiss.She melted against him, and at first didn’t move her lips beneath him.She was as still as a statue.
He explored her mouth, running his tongue across her bottom lip, and she opened her mouth, to which he plundered inside.Mateo swallowed her moan.She was so fucking stunning.
He loved that she hadn’t kissed anyone else and that she belonged all to him.
The hand at her hip, he curved around and squeezed her ass.It was more than generous and he loved that about her as well.When it came to Ella, he had been craving her for a long time, but he also wasn’t willing to push.
Now, they could find each other.They could help each other.