I’m feeling a little stronger today.
It feels like the medication is starting to work.
I slept for most of the morning too so maybe that helped. I guess my all-nighters with Dante at the Dark Odyssey over the last three weeks didn’t exactly help.
I’ve been awake now for about twenty minutes. It’s the first time I’ve had to myself, the first break where I’ve been awake and no one is here. It’s actually nice. Although I wish Dante was here.
The door is open so I can see people passing by.
I straighten up hoping I can get up and go for a walk but the second I do I regret it, my head gets that light feeling again and I sink back to the stack of pillows.
“Easy tiger,” says a voice at the door. A voice I’d recognize from my dreams.
Dante is standing by the door holding a large bouquet of long stemmed English roses, my favorites.
I try to shuffle again and reach for him when he comes in. He comes straight up to me and takes me into his arms, holding me.
“Dante, you’re here.” I bubble and he moves to my lips to kiss me.
I’ve missed his lips so much, having them again on mine feels like coming home from a long journey far, far away.
“I’m sorry I didn’t come before. I was here I just…”
“I know. I heard what Dad did. I’m so sorry.”
“Baby, no. Nothing to be sorry for. How are you feeling?”
“Awful. I can just bet I look awful too.”
“Never baby. Never Princesa. Things are going to be different now. No more secrets, no more of anything that doesn’t see me showing you off to everyone who knows me.” He nods firmly and takes my hand to kiss over my knuckles.
No more secrets. I have one more to tell him.
“Me too. Dante… I have something to tell you.” I pull in a deep breath and ready myself to do it.
“What? You can tell me anything, baby.”
“Well… there’s a reason why I fainted. I have low blood pressure and I’m anemic but that’s … because I’m pregnant.”
There I said it, and he stares back at me stunned with his mouth open and a vibrant gleam in his eyes.
“What?” His eyes suddenly become glassy and a wealth of emotion fills his face.
“I’m sorry I know I told you I was taking birth control and I was I just forgot to take it and –”
He stops my next words with a kiss. “Don’t you dare apologize to me.” a tear slides down his cheek and nestles in his beard.
“You’re crying.” I whisper and he smiles wide.
“I’m happy Princesa, we’re going to be parents?”
“Yes.”
“Oh my God,” he holds me, pulling me close to his heart. “That’s the best news Rachel. I love you and you’ve made me the happiest man alive.”
It fills my heart with joy to hear that. “I love you too Dante. I’m happy too.”
I couldn’t be more happy right now as he holds me.
I’m with him and we’re having a baby.
Epilogue
Rachel
Three months later…
Dante crouches down and plants a kiss on my stomach. I have a little bump now. It’s very small but I think it’s noticeable. Dante seems more obsessed with my body now more than ever. We got married yesterday right here on the white sand beach of Antigua where we’ll be working together.
It’s night, and the moon and the stars are out in full force.
I rest against the wall of the cave and gaze out to the sea before us.
It’s just us on the beach.
Just us naked on the beach. It’s the first time we’ve had the chance to live out this fantasy.
We’re not within the walls of the club. We’re on an island in the Caribbean, surrounded by the gorgeous sea. Beyond us is the odyssey hotel. While everyone inside there is living out their wild sexual fantasies. We’re out here.
With a wicked, sinful smile Dante licks over the skin of my stomach and trails his way down to my pussy.
My toes curl in and instant.
He starts with his fingers, slipping them inside my entrance, sliding in and out to caress the walls of my pussy.
I moan into his slow subtle thrusts. “I love that.”
“I know you do Princesa. I plan to pleasure you all night, and make you come screaming my name on your lips. Does that sound like a good idea?”
I smile down at him. I don’t know what sort of question that is.
“That sounds like an amazing idea. Do I get to pleasure you too?”
“Yes Mrs. Lombroso, watching you gives me all the pleasure I need.”
“Thank you Mr. Lombroso.”
He chuckles and starts his wild feasting on my body.
This is what we’re like. The dream and the fantasy of belonging to each other is our reality now.
It’s real. He’s real and he’s mine. I’m his too.
He’s the very best thing that’s ever happened to me and he spends his days making sure I know how much he loves me.
I do the same for him too, my true love.
Thanks so much for reading.
If you loved Dante and Rachel’s story. You’ll love Jia and Paul’s story in Tease, coming soon.
Acknowledgments
For my readers always xxx
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