“You like kids?” I ask, my voice squeaking. He still doesn’t know I’m pregnant, but seeing his face light up like this makes me want to tell him.
“Love them,” he says. “Almost as much as animals. They’re the only two honest creatures on this earth.”
“I’ll agree with you there,” I smile.
He excuses himself and moves to congratulate Ivy. She beams at him, glancing over his shoulder to see Luca stepping into the bakery. My sister’s face brightens so much when she sees Prince Luca that I can’t help but feel happy for her.
Dante smiles at Ivy, too, and I have such a strong urge to tell him about my baby. I want to see that look on his face when he looks at me, too.
But it wouldn’t be the same. Ivy is his brother’s partner, so he can be happy for her like a brother.
What am I?
The girl he kissed yesterday. The famous actress that he lives with. His flame of the month.
If I tell him I’m pregnant, I might lose his attention and his affection, and I’m not sure I want to do that. Dante’s eyes swing back to me, and a shiver of heat runs down my spine.
No, I’m not ready to let go of whatever is going on between us. The way he looks at me makes me feel alive again. There are so few good things in my life right now, so few things that make me feel like everything is going to be okay…
…I don’t want to lose what little joy I have.
I’ll tell him I’m pregnant, just not right now.
Ivy, the twins, and Luca head back out front to help the bakery’s customers, and Dante grins at me.
“Looks like we’re alone again.”
11
Dante
Is it just me, or do Margot’s boobs look especially juicy right now? It takes all my self-control not to throw her over my shoulder and drag her back to the house.
Every hour that goes by with Margot in my presence, I want her more. Seconds tick by like the beats of my heart, and my body tenses up in anticipation.
Her chest rises and falls with every breath, and I sweep my eyes over her perfect curves. My whole body thrums, and I wonder who exactly I’ve become.
I’m not the type of guy who has near-uncontrollable urges around women. I’m not the kind of guy who welcomes the attention of the media, or volunteers to go on a press tour with my brother. I’ve spent the last couple of decades of my life avoiding those things completely.
Now, I’m ready to throw my privacy out the window.
I can tell myself that it’s for Luca. I can pretend that I’m doing this to protect my brother.
The truth is, I want to do anything I can to stay here. I feel drawn to Margot in a way that I never even imagined. As my eyes drift up to her lush, pink lips, the thought of kissing her screams through my head. I can’t think of anything else except tasting her lips again.
Leaning toward Margot, my breath catches. I don’t even care that anyone could walk in on us. I don’t care that Luca and Ivy might see. By the way her fingers curl into my shirt, and her head tilts toward me, I know that she wants me too.
Ever since our kiss last night, I haven’t been able to get her out of my head. One hit of her, and I’m already addicted.
I need more.
Margot lets out a soft sigh, shaking her head. “What are you doing to me?”
“Whatever you want me to,” I growl.
Redness blossoms over her cheeks, and she glances at me through her eyelashes. Sucking her lip between her teeth, she presses her chest against mine. My cock throbs, always hypersensitive whenever Margot is near.
I’m ready to slam her against the wall and plunge myself inside her. Right here. Health code violations be damned. I’ll spread her legs here in her sister’s bakery.
Before I can do that, though, Ivy pokes her head through the door. “Media caught wind of Luca being here. Huge rush. I need you to pull some cupcakes and Danishes out for me.”
Margot jumps away from me, nodding to her sister. She glances at me quickly before ducking into the walk-in fridge. Coming out with a big tray of pastries, she gives me the slightest, sexiest smile I’ve ever seen from her.
There’s a playful side to Margot that I haven’t gotten to know yet.