“Every little thing that your body does to touches makes me want to come back for more.” His guttural voice reached my ears. Those words were like a treasure to me. “You’re worried about not being good enough for me.” He snorted, moving his fingers in and out of me slowly. “I’m worried about how I’l
MARIELLA I jerked against Eros’s stiff chest as he looped his hands around my stomach. “You scared me,” I said, trying to step away, but he didn’t budge. Resting his head on my shoulder, he said, “I really don’t want to go to work.” I shook my head. “I think you should. You—a woman who had been p
“I had a feeling that something was different. I didn’t know my absence would change so many things.” Gina walked to me and ran a hand through my hair. “I’m happy to see this change.” I only smiled, not knowing what else to say. This was as sudden to me as to her. My phone buzzed, and I pulled it
MARIELLE I burst into the warehouse my papa was, according to Adonis. My heart hadn’t stopped beating this infuriatingly since Mama’s call. I feared being too late to save Rocco’s life. Even though I, myself, was furious at Rocco, I had to make sure he was okay for my sister’s sake. Papa was obvio
“He ruined my daughter’s life.” “And you’re sure it was only one sided?” Adonis pulled out the biggest point. It definitely wasn’t one sided as far as I knew Ara. She wouldn’t allow just anyone to hold her down against her wishes. Adonis said, “As long as it wasn’t rape, death will not be the pun
We never kept secrets from each other. But how could I have known that we would grow apart after my marriage? If I had been there with Ara, she wouldn’t have made such a huge mistake. So I was to blame as well. Adonis made his way to the door of the warehouse. “I’m heading to Manhattan as well. Com
“No. I like it. He’s caring and knows what to say to make my heart flutter and all that, but all this is very scary.” He knitted his brows in confession and I explained, “It just feels like a dream sometimes. And it scares me that one day I’d wake up and all of this would be a lie. He would be gone.
EROS I shouldn’t have been angry. It was my brother, after all. Yet Arabella’s words repeated every damn time I looked at Ella. “You’re standing in the same room as Adonis Vitale, the man you love.” Ella loved him. How could I ever compete with that? There were only a few people on this planet who