“Your wings are searching for a wind to lift you off the ground.”
Nodding, trusting him, my open mouth moved from his face to his neck. “Can I kiss you here?”
Breathing loudly, his head fell to the side. “Of course.”
After placing kisses like I had never delivered before, my hungry tongue swiped up his neck to taste my Italian ice-cream.
A deep groan rose from the chest below me, making me want even more. As I slid down his body slightly, I asked, “Can I kiss you here?”
His chest stretched with every labored breath. “Do anything you want to me.”
Blindly, I latched onto his nipple.
In a lusty response, Angel arched, then started speaking rapid Italian.
I lapped at his delicious flavor. “Good words, Angel?”
“Yes.” His arms fought the dinner napkins Sal had tied him up with. “Yes.”
Frustrated with my tightly wound body, I bit the other side of his chest. “Ache. I ache.”
His hiss was accompanied by a pelvic thrust. He quickly stopped himself. “Oh, Star, I’m sorry—”
His erection touching my core shot a sensation through my whole body, like striking a match, setting an instant blaze. I growled, “Do it again.”
He could barely talk around his loss of air. “Are you sure?”
I bit his chest. Hard.
Angel’s hips surged up, lifting me from the bed. As he carried me back down, I lazily sat up, yearning for more friction. My head hung forward. “Angel.”
His stomach muscles curled under my hands as his hips obeyed me. “I’m right here with you, bella donna.”
His voice, his heat, the Italian language… and my body coming to life, all had me swaying. “What does that mean?”
“Beautiful woman.”
Everything stopped, and my ears began to ring.
My eyes opened. “Say that again.”
His strained face softened as he realized what had touched me most, even more than his magnificent body. “You are so beautiful.”
My eyes filled with tears. I had never heard kind words during a sexual experience. As tears fell, my lips trembled through a tragic but sincere smile. “You did it, Angel. As my lover, you gave me happy tears.”
His mouth fell open as he stared at me, no longer thrusting his hips.
Happier than I had ever been, I whispered, “Thank you.”
His smile was… everything. “Star, untie me.”
My body raced up his, my legs tangling around his head as my shaky hands fought his restraints. As soon as one was untied, a stout arm wrapped around me, a gentle hand spread against my back.
I leaned into the touch. “I love your hands on me.”
His fingers tightened with such strength I felt a wetness pool between my legs. “They never want to let you go.”
His words, his meaning, his touch, all of it was euphoric. Drugged. I felt drugged as I bathed in his affection. As soon as his other hand was successfully untied, I melted, now surrendering to the man who had hands.
Easily accepting my weight, Angel sat up and engulfed me in his strong arms. He possessed me, heart and soul. With me straddling his lap, we fell into a kiss that would last me a lifetime. It was even more passionate than our piano kiss. I was lost in him. I was found in him.
“Angel—” My head rolled as an exotic sensation barreled through my body, one that had never been permitted to feel anything other than pain. “I don’t want clothes between us.” He lifted my nightie over my head and threw it. “I don’t want sheets between us.” His feet and legs kicked the sheet free. I sunk onto his naked, heated skin. “Yes. I want all of you.” His erection throbbed underneath me. My insides felt like the waves of water I saw in the children’s book my mother would read me. “Angel, show me everything I missed as a young woman.” Lips kissed me everywhere he could reach. My neck, my chest, my shoulders… “Do to me what should have been done.” My body was lifted and laid on the bed. “Give me every part of you.”
Angel laid on top of me, his heavy body sheltering me from all past memories.
I cried out… “I ache.”
He lifted and pushed my leg to the side, making room for his wide hips.
“Higher.” My wings were taking flight.
I could feel him at my entry as he said, “The best part of flying is learning how to fall.”
Angel pushed inside me, causing an explosion that had me arching and thanking every star in the night sky.
My mouth was wide, inhaling beautiful air, then it got to inhale the