“Diego…”
“Shh, please don’t ruin it. Let me have this.”
I know when she gives in because all fight leaves her body and she’s completely against me on top of the bed.
Her breath whispers across my skin, making me break out in goose bumps at the mere touch.
My desire for this woman is strong and grows stronger every time I see her. I want her in ways I’ve never wanted anyone else, and that should scare the living fuck out of me, except I find that it doesn’t. What does scare me out of my mind is that she’ll pass me over for someone close to her own age before she gives me a chance.
Tugging her closer, I turn on my side and clench my jaw at the stab of pain in my shoulder, but once I’m comfortable with Rae wrapped against me, the pain slowly subsides, and I forget about my family waiting to see me outside of the room.
RAE
It’s been a long time since I’ve woken with a warm, hard body wrapped around me and it feels so good that I really don’t want to wake. I want to stay wrapped up in him instead of having to deal with the day-to-day aspects of life.
I know exactly whose body it is that holds me snug against him, and I don’t want to fully wake. While I’m half asleep I can imagine that he really is mine to hold—I can pretend.
A tear seeps from between my tightly closed lids, followed by another. I know Diego can feel them because he stills from stroking my hair and his hand on my bottom contracts, pressing me closer to him.
I’ve never felt as cherished as he’s making me feel, which only makes the tears come harder.
“Crap, Rae…what’s wrong?” Diego asks, and then curses.
I try to sit but he won’t let me up. “Let me help you.”
“No. I’m fine,” Diego hisses between clenched teeth.
“Then why do you look and sound like you’re in pain, huh?” I ask the stubborn man.
“Dammit. I want to keep you in bed with me.”
I glance up and meet his dark as midnight eyes. “I have to go, Diego…the others...”
“Like hell.” His arms tighten around me and I’m finding it difficult to leave because I want to stay right where I am.
“Kasey came in last night while yo
u slept,” Diego admits. “He went out and told the others that I was out for the night…God, Rae.”
I drop my forehead to his and hold his gaze. “We can’t do this. You know that.”
“I don’t give a fuck about why we can’t do this. Nothing has ever felt so fucking right, dammit.” His fingers slide into my hair and with slight pressure behind my head, our mouths meet in a tentative kiss.
The caress along my lips sends shards of pleasure rippling through my body. I reach up and cup his face in my small hands and hold him steady while our kiss goes from gentle to blazing heat within seconds.
Diego growls in the back of his throat and with a slight change of position, I’m sitting astride his lap with his hands on my bottom. He slides me closer and I feel pure white-hot fire in my pussy when it meets the erection he can’t hide beneath the thin sheet.
I undulate over him and gasp, panting for breath with the want and need being so close to the surface for this man…unfortunately my brain starts working again and I pull my lips away. Breathing deeply, our foreheads rest together as our eyes stay connected, and everything Diego is feeling is clear for me to see—lust, want, need…and something more that I don’t want to think about because I can’t think about it.
“There’s a connection between us,” Diego states, and reaches up to brush my hair back from my face. “It’s there, Rae, whether you want it there or not.”
“You don’t seem bothered by it.” I make no move to climb from him. I’m not even sure that my legs will hold me up if I tried.
“I’m not bothered and I want to see where this between us goes. I’ve never had a woman on the mind as much as I’ve had you. God Rae, I want to give it a chance.” Diego tugs me to him and wraps his arms around my back. “Please, Rae. I’ve never been involved in a relationship before, but I want to try with you.”
I close my eyes from the need I hear in his voice. The thought of being with Diego makes my heart sing, but I know that his family would make it difficult for him, and us, as a couple.
My silence speaks for itself because slowly Diego lets me go and lies back against the pillow. “You need to leave.”