Lily shook her head. “It was just sex.”
“You’re a liar.”
“I am not,” she hissed, staring at the floor.
“Then look at me. Look me in the eyes and tell me it was just sex, Lily. Go on.” Luca insisted, his hand coming under her chin. “Tell me that night meant nothing and you didn’t shatter around me.”
Lily stared into his luminous green eyes, and she whispered, “It was just sex.”
“You lie. Even now, your breath hitches and your pulse flutters. Push me away all you want, Lily, but we both know the truth.”
The tense moment was broken by Abby running into the foyer. “There you are! Come on, birthday girl! I see you have found your special guest!”
Lily pulled away from Luca’s hot embrace and frowned at Abby as they hurried into the ballroom. “You invited him?”
“Um, yes! Jesus Christ, doesn’t the man look delicious in a tux? If you don’t get on that pony and ride, I might take a crack at it,” Abby warned, her blue eyes dancing with laughter.
“I’ll rip your hair out.” Lily growled.
“Just as I thought, you love him. Admit it to yourself already.” Abby laughed, dancing away into the crowd.
Lily’s mouth fell open as she stared at the crowd in the room. Her mother had invited everyone and their brother to the party. The ballroom was festooned in swags of pink and white, with tens of balloons everywhere. A DJ spun tracks in the corner of the room, and a large swath of the room was set up for dancing, with tens of couples already gyrating and swirling.
She immediately knew when Luca came up behind her, and she fought the urge to melt back into his chest. “You look beautiful tonight,” he whispered against her neck, and Lily gasped as his tongue darted out to taste her skin.
“Stop.”
“I can’t.” He chuckled, and she clenched involuntarily at the heat that spiraled through her.
Damn you.
Her mother spotted her then, and she’d never been gladder to get away from Luca and his torturous mouth. “Lily! Here’s our birthday girl, everyone!”
Lily was pulled through the clapping crowd to the middle of the dance floor. The music stopped, and she blushed hot at everyone cheering for her. She found Luca leaning against a marble pillar near the door, clapping with a wide grin on his face. Olivia sidled up beside him, wearing a slinky black dress and an uncomfortable grimace on her pretty face. She waved at the younger girl, whose face lit up with a warm smile as she waved back.
“Our Lily is thirty years old today,” her mother continued, speaking into a microphone she’d procured from somewhere. “And we’re determined to give her the best party any woman could ask for!”
The cheers were deafening, and Lily blushed hotter. It was too much attention, and too many people. Looking for Luca frantically, her mouth fell as she realized he’d left his spot. Shit.
“Let’s sing Happy Birthday to the birthday girl!”
The crowd raucously sang Happy Birthday, and Lily tried to pretend she enjoyed it. Two men in white tuxedos rolled out a huge pink cake and her mouth fell open. It was eight tiers, coated in thick mounds of fluffy buttercream icing and it had roses trailing all around.
“Wow.”
“Let’s light the candles!” Lily held her breath as the men lit the thirty candles on the cake, and when they finished, she began to blow.
They say to make a wish while you blow out the candles. I wish to be happy. That’s all I want.
The crowd cheered again, and Lily’s cheeks burned with heat. “Thank you.”
“Birthday girl gets the first piece of cake!” Her mother cut a slice of cake and placed it on a pale pink plate that the waiter held. Lily took the plate and a fork. Picking up a small nibble of the chocolate cake, she popped it in her mouth and smiled brightly. The cake, although delicious, stuck in her throat like sand.
She waited until everyone was busy with the cake and plopped her plate on a nearby table. Skirting around the edge of the crowd, she hurried out to the terrace and took in a few deep breaths of cool night air. Too many people.
“Hiding?”
Lily gasped and turned to see Luca standing nearby on the terrace. “Stalking?”
“No, too many people for me too. Anyone paying attention to you should know that you were overwhelmed. How’s your arm?”
“It’s okay,” Lily muttered, turning back to the railing and leaning against it. “Why are you here?”
“Because I told you I’d be back.”
“Would you want to get out of here?” Lily asked suddenly.
“Bailing on your own birthday party?”
“It’s not that I don’t appreciate what everyone did for me, I do. It’s just too many people, and I’m not in the mood to party.” Lily explained.
“I’ll take you anywhere you want to go.”
“Take me home,” Lily pleaded.
“Let’s go. We’ll sneak out while they’re busy.” Luca held out his hand, and Lily slipped hers into his grasp. “Duck down.”
Lily bent at the waist and they slipped through the crowd. Everyone was too busy devouring cake and listening to music to notice them leaving. They ran through the foyer and out the door. Lily giggled and kicked her shoes off, sprinting across the damp grass to his car.
“I feel like a kid again. My God, I want a shower to get rid of this makeup and hairspray. And ice cream! Lots of ice cream!” Lily gasped as she slid into the passenger side door.
“Whatever you want.” Luca started the car and carefully pulled out of the driveway.
Chapter Nineteen
Birthday Suit
Lily let out a whoop as they drove. “I’m free!”
“What’s your mom going to say when she realizes you’re gone?”
“If people realize you’re gone too, they’ll figure we slipped off to have sex and no one will be mad.” Lily shrugged as she giggled.
“So is that what we’re doing?”
“What?”
“Are we sneaking off to have sex?”
Lily leaned back against the seat and closed her eyes for a moment. Excitement fizzed through her from their getaway, and she felt up to throwing down her cards and letting them fall where they may for one night. “One night, no expectations.”
“No expectations.”
He pulled into a parking spot in front of her apartment and cut the engine. “Stay put.”
Lily pursed her lips and frowned as he exited the car and walked around to her door. “What?”
“You’re not wearing shoes, Cinderella.”
Lily screamed as Luca suddenly grabbed her and tossed her over his shoulder. “Wait a minute, this is not how Prince Charming should be carrying Cinderella.”
Luca’s hand came firmly across her ass and she squealed in rage, kicking at him as he toted her up the stairs to her apartment. “I’m not Prince Charming.”
Lily spluttered with anger and as he dropped her to her feet in front of her door, she pushed his chest. “You’re a big jerk.”
“And you love me. Admit it.”
“No!” Lily roared, grabbing her keys from the tiny purse dangling off her wrist. “You can stay outside.” She opened the door and tried to close it in his face, but as Luca barreled through anyway, slamming the door back against the wall, she gasped in shock. “You—you knocked a hole in my wall. Ohhh, you’re gonna pay for that.”
“I don’t care,” Luca growled, grabbing the door and slamming it closed. A door knob sized hole was knocked into the plaster of her wall, and Lily swallowed nervously as Luca came closer. She backed up quickly, squeaking as she tumbled over the arm of the couch and flopped inelegantly on the cushions.
“I’ll scream.”
“Don’t even pretend you don’t want this as much as I do. I bet right now your panties are absolutely soaking wet.”
Lily gulped and shimmied back on the couch and came to standing, putting the length of the couch between them. “So what if they are?�
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His eyebrow quirked and a slow smile spread over his face. “I’m going to make you scream.”
“Promises, promises.” Lily rolled her eyes and darted upstairs to her bedroom. She thought she could make it to the room and close the door before him, but she didn’t count on Luca being in a whole lot better shape than she was. As his arm ensnared her, she giggled. “Let me go.”
“Never,” he breathed against her neck as his teeth grazed her skin. “I can’t be gentle this time, Lily.”
“Then take me.” She moaned as she was roughly bent over the edge of the bed and her green dress was flung over her ass. Heat pooled between her legs and she leaned back, aching for his touch.
“Um, Lily? What in the hell are you wearing?”
She froze, trying to think through her desire addled brain. “Oh.” She blushed. “They’re girdle panties.”
“What the hell do they do?” Luca snorted.
“Hold everything in.” Lily buried her face in the blanket to hide her mortification.
“They’re a hindrance,” Luca grumbled as he reached up to find the top of the underwear. “Here I was thinking I’d have a little lace to rip through and I’d get to see your perfect pussy. But no, you’ve got a damn chastity belt on.”
Lily laughed as he tickled her ribs peeling off the high waisted panties. “Don’t make fun of me.”
“Don’t ever wear these things again. Because if I want to take you, I want you bare for me.” She jumped as his mouth grazed over her ass cheek in a hot kiss.
“Luca,” she moaned out, her hands gripping the blanket. He peeled the panties down her legs, following the curve of her body with his mouth.
“What do you want, princess?” His hands grazed over her heated core, and she spread her legs farther.
“Touch me,” she demanded.
His fingers plunged into her heat, and she almost came apart just from the first stroke of his fingers inside her. “You’re dripping wet.” His fingers trailed along to her throbbing clit and he circled it slowly. “Roll over.”
Lily pouted but did as he asked. “Why did I have to roll over?”
“Shh.” He parted her legs and knelt between them. “I have to have a taste of the birthday girl.”
His tongue darted between her lips and her head fell back against the mattress. “Oh my.”
“Mmm,” he hummed against her sensitive nub, and she shivered.
“Please.”
His tongue swirled in slow whorls and dips around her clit, round and round, up and down, back and forth, until she was panting with desire. She could take it no longer, and she tangled her hands in his hair, holding him with both hands to her aching pussy. “Yes!” she sobbed out as his mouth encircled the throbbing nub and he sucked in firmly.
She tugged his hair and screamed in pleasure, eddying waves of heat pulsing over her. Still he took her pussy, his tongue slowing and teasing as his fingers plunged deep into her, stroking her G-spot with each stroke. No man had ever played with her clit long enough with his mouth to make her come, and now Luca seemed determined to coax two from her.
She could barely breathe through the sensations enveloping her. His fingers worked in tandem with his tongue and before she could stifle the scream, another ripped from her throat, and she clenched around him, her thighs gripping his head.
As she came down from the high, her thighs released him, and she quivered with each kiss he planted on her skin. “Still have condoms in your top drawer?”
“Yes.”
“Scoot back on the bed.”
Lily scrambled back onto the pillows and watched with hooded eyes as Luca undid the button of his tuxedo jacket and shrugged it off. He tossed it onto a chair and slowly removed his shirt and bowtie. His pants were next, and Lily could barely wait to see him naked. The moonlight spilling into her bedroom gilded his muscles with a silvery sheen, and she longed to trace each muscle with her tongue. He opened a condom and rolled it down his shaft, and Lily shivered in anticipation.
“You’re taking too long!”
“And you’re impatient.” He smiled. “The birthday girl has to be satisfied.”
“I would be if you’d hurry up and take me!”
“Your wish is my command.” He gripped her legs and pulled them over his shoulders and Lily didn’t have time to prepare before he drove deep inside her wetness.
Luca gave her no mercy as he took her, and Lily loved it. Her head lolled back and forth on the pillow, and she chanted, “Yes!” over and over again. Her orgasm built and her body was tense as he slammed inside her.
She shuddered around him, her cries echoing through the apartment as she came apart underneath him. Luca’s thrusts became wild, and she gripped the blankets to hold on to. His head fell back, and he roared as he came. Lily was breathless. She’d never seen anything more animalistic or completely beautiful in her life. Her legs eased down off his shoulders, and he leaned in closer for a kiss.
“Just so you know…” she murmured between his soft kisses, “you ruined my dress.”
“I’ll buy you another if you want.” He kissed her again.
“No.”
“You’re beautiful.”
“So are you.” Lily kissed him again and passion sprang up between them again, hot and fast. “I want a shower.”
“Shower sex. Hell yes,” Luca growled, crawling off her and going into the bathroom to dispose of the condom.
Lily shifted off the bed and fumbled with the back of her dress, trying to twist her arms to undo the zipper. “Help?”
“Allow me.” Luca’s heated kisses peppered her back as he unzipped the gown and unbuttoned the neck. The silk pooled around her feet, and she glanced over her shoulder at him.
“Help me take my bra off?”
“Sure. Can you get your bandage wet?” His finger trailed gently over her white bandage.
“I have some waterproof stuff I can put over it. The nurse said we could do plastic wrap. I have some in the kitchen by the stove.”
Luca kissed her shoulder again. “I’ll grab it. Although I have to admit, I thought about seeing you in nothing but plastic wrap…just not to cover your bandage.”
Lily giggled as Luca bounded downstairs, and she wrapped her arms around herself. It feels right to be with Luca.
He was back within minutes, holding a roll of plastic wrap in his hands. “Let me wrap you up.”
Lily held out her arm, and Luca expertly wrapped the whole of her upper arm with plastic. “That should be safe.”
“Mmm, it should be. Now, I want you wet and horny in the shower.” Luca prodded her into the bathroom. She bent to turn on the water, and he whistled softly. “Hell of a view.”
“Stop!” Lily giggled, blushing hot. As the water grew warm, she stepped inside and quirked her eyebrow. “Are you gonna come?”
“Not before you,” Luca promised, stepping inside the steamy shower with her. They closed the curtain and turned on the spray. Their bodies collided under the hot water, and Lily twined her arms around his neck.
“You feel good.”
“Not any better than you.” He nuzzled her neck and her head lolled back in pleasure. The water rinsed all the hairspray out of her hair, and she stepped back to dislodge the tens of bobby pins from her hair.
“Hold these.” She rinsed her hair and turned away to let the water run on her face. “Hand me some soap. I’m not having sex with you until this makeup is gone, otherwise this crap will be everywhere.”
Luca placed the pins on a shelf in the shower and handed her a bar of floral scented soap. “Okay, I’ll wait. I can just watch water dripping off you. No big deal.”
The floral scent intensified as she washed her face and after she rinsed the suds away, she turned back. “Is the makeup gone?”
Luca carefully wiped a smudge from under her eye. “Beautiful.”
She gasped as his lips touched hers. The moment shifted between them again and what had been hot and hard had turned s
low and sweet. His kisses trailed down her neck to her wet breasts, and she moaned out loud as he sucked first one nipple, then the other into his mouth. His mouth dipped lower, and Lily stepped back.
“No, it’s your turn.” She insisted, pushing him back against the wall of the shower. Water beaded up on his muscles and dripped down between the divots of skin. “You’re gorgeous.”
Her fingers reverently worshipped each muscle, and she kissed his collarbone. Her tongue danced down his pecs, and she teased his flattened nipples. His abs came next, and she licked and darted along each muscle. The water beating down on her back ran cool, but she couldn’t stop. Gripping the base of his cock with her hand, she took him into her mouth.
Swirling her tongue along the head, she took him in as far as she could, then sucked back as she withdrew. His hands came to her hair and guided her along to the rhythm he liked, and Lily followed where he lead. His cock throbbed under her ministrations, and she pulled back as the water dripping on her became cold.
“Take me to bed.” She shut off the water and opened the curtain, stepping out and handing him a towel before toweling off herself. Luca took her hand and led her back to the bed. Lily lay back on the pillows as he got another condom from the dresser.
“Come here,” Luca called, and Lily sat up.
“Where?”
Luca sat on the edge of the bed and he patted his thighs. “Climb up here.”
Lily eyed him as she straddled his lap. “Have you forgotten I’m clumsy?”
“I’ll hold you, princess. I’m not going to let you fall.”
Lily gasped as he picked her up and positioned her over his dick. “Ohh!”
“Wrap your legs around me and lean back.” Luca instructed, and Lily did as he asked. His thrusts were slow and sure at first, and Lily took control, bouncing up and down on his lap as her pleasure built. She rocked forward suddenly, pushing him back against the mattress and rode him hard.
“This is what I want. You in me, hard.” She panted. Arching back, she planted her hands on his chest and took him. His fingers moved to her clit, and she shattered as he stroked her. She barely came off the orgasm before she found herself on her back again.
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