Page 60 of Vow of Desire

“No. You promised to keep her safe and yet, she was just assaulted at her own dinner party!”

“And I handled it,” Matteo snaps. “I punched Gregory and got him and Joan to leave. I protected my wife.”

“You should have protected her from getting hurt in the first place.”

“I can’t prevent Luciana from never getting hurt. Then nothing would happen to her.”

“You fucker,” Rocco growls before grabbing my husband’s shirt. “I should kill you for this.”

“Dad!” I shout. “Just go! I don’t want you here right now acting like this. Just go. Please.”

After a long beat, my father releases Matteo’s shirt and turns to me. “Luciana –,”

“Go,” I repeat.

Disappointment covers my father’s face as he turns and walks away.

I storm up the stairs and to the bedroom. I just need to breathe. I need a moment. The guests down stairs all leave. I can sense when the house is quiet and empty.

Matteo follows me into the bedroom. “Luciana?”

“You protected me from Gregory,” I say. “Thank you for that. I…”

“What?” he asks in a soft tone.

I stare at my strong, handsome husband. The husband who used to scare me and now excites me. The husband I want.

“Take me again,” I say.

Chapter Fifteen

Matteo

Ihesitate at Luciana’s words. “You want me to take you again? Are you sure? After what happened before…”

She rushes to my side and places her hands on my chest. Her hands are so small compared to my body. It makes me want to protect her all over again. “I know what happened before. But I want it again. I want to experience those things. I know I’ve been conflicted and I still am in some ways. But you saved me from Gregory tonight. I want to just… be in the moment. I don’t want to overthink. I don’t want to wonder if I’m good enough or not. I just want to be with you right now. So take me. Please.”

“That’s all I needed to know,” I say in a low voice before I press my lips to hers. As long as Luciana is giving me her permission, I’ll do it. I have to take her word for it. I have to trust her.

And selfishly, I want her again too.

The kiss is dark and fast and frantic. It’s like we’re trying to get closer to one another but it’s never enough. It will never be enough. I want to consume all of Luciana. I have desired her since I first met her and that has never changed.

She gasps into my lips when I pick her up, making me smile. The sounds that Luciana makes are cute and make me like her even more. We’ve had our issues and things are still tense between us but we’re working through them. I made a vow when I married her and I intend to keep those vows.

I set her on the bed. In her slinky black gown, she looks good enough to eat – which is exactly what I want to do right now.

I kneel on the ground and grab her legs, pulling her to the edge of the bed. Luciana doesn’t hesitate to part her legs for me this time. She knows how good I can make her feel.

It warms my heart knowing she’s starting to trust me after how much she struggled to before.

I shove her dress around her waist and grip her black panties. I growl at the sight of them. She’s perfection, I fucking swear.

I rip her panties down and plant my face right between her legs. The sweet and musky smell of her pussy makes my cock hard. I don’t hesitate to lick right over her clit. Luciana moans softly, opening her legs wider. She still hasn’t fully screamed for me when we’ve been intimate before but tonight, I intend to make her do exactly that.

I want her to scream my name.

My tongue flicks over her nub again and again and again. A quick look up shows that she’s liking this. Her head is moving back and forth and her hands are clenched around the blanket. Her legs clamp down on my head.