lips centimeters from his.
I clenched my thighs together as the sensation of Mateo’s front against my back, and hand on my stomach mixed with watching Christian and Sofia.
“And you didn’t.” She licked her lips. “You didn’t tell him. So, you and I?” She slowly lowered, her hand moving between the two of them. “We. Are. Done.”
She took her opportunity and snapped her arm out of his grasp, and within seconds she was gone, as if she’d snapped her fingers and flown away.
“Fuck!” Christian shouted.
I jerked at how loud it was. Mateo’s arm banded tighter around me. He didn’t let go, not even when Christian stormed off back toward the mansion. We were hidden. I didn’t want this moment to end, and when he didn’t make a move, I figured neither did he.
“Why—” My voice came out a mere rasp, so I cleared my throat. “Why have you been sleeping on the sofa?” It was the only question I wanted to ask. The only one that would give me the answer to everything happening between us. There was tension, and I had no idea how to fix it, how to move past it.
“Dammit,” he murmured. “I…” He huffed out a breath and goose bumps prickled at my skin. “I’m scared.” I tried to turn in his hold, but he kept his arm firmly in place, not letting me look at him. “I’m scared that if I get into bed with you, I won’t be able to not touch you.” His hand slid down my stomach, his fingers slipping between the waistband of my jeans. “And if I touch you…” He pushed his erection against me at the same time his finger slid through my slit. “In my bed…” He flicked the bundle of nerves and every part of my body lit on fire. “I know I won’t be able to stop.”
“Mateo,” I whispered, not sure why I was saying his name, but he seemed to know because he moved his finger faster, playing me expertly like a first chair musician.
“And if I can’t stop,” he continued. “I’ll never let you go.”
“I don’t want you to let go,” I told him, my voice unwavering. My stomach burned, the impending orgasm threatening to ruin every part of me.
“Careful what you say to me, darlin’.” He pressed his lips to the side of my neck. “If I snap, there’ll be no turning back.”
I groaned, leaning the back of my head against his shoulder and driving my hips forward, needing him to go faster.
“Snap,” I begged him, grabbing his wrist and digging my fingernails into his tan skin. “Fuck, Mateo. I need you.”
His teeth sank into my neck, the stinging bite pushing me over the edge. My heart beat wildly, my body tensing as the orgasm took everything from me, but gave me so much more at the same time. I wasn’t sure what he was doing; his hands were everywhere, pushing my jeans down, and maneuvering me how he wanted me.
“Hold onto the tree in front of you,” he grunted. I barely got my eyes open and my hands on the tree a foot away before he yanked my hips back, bringing my ass higher. “The first time I touched you,” he started, whispering his palm over my ass and around between my legs, spreading the wetness from my orgasm. “I promised it would be one time. One and done. It’s how I roll.” He paused, pushing his cock at my entrance, teasing me. “If I shove my cock inside that wet pussy again, you’ll really be mine then.” His other hand trailed around to my front, his large palm and long fingers wrapping around my neck. “Do you understand what that means, Luna?”
I panted. “Yes.”
“And you still want this? Me?”
“Always,” I groaned out, sighing as he pushed his cock in an inch. “Fuck me, Mateo.” I turned my head, meeting his stare. “Make me yours.”
“Fuckin’ dammit, Luna.” He shoved the rest of his cock inside me, filling me to the hilt. But he didn’t let up. This wasn’t a loving, gentle act. No. This was him claiming me. Fast. Hard. Rough. Everything I’d needed from him. Everything I’d been waiting for.
His hand clenched around my neck, my breaths harder to come by as he pummeled me so hard I wasn’t sure I’d be able to stay on my feet much longer.
“Gonna come,” he grunted, and a second later, he emptied inside of me, marking me as his forever.
CHAPTER 14
MATEO
I couldn’t stop staring at