Taken_ A Dark Mafia Romance - Piper Stone Page 0,55
and I never knew they were desperately in love. I want that kind of adoration. Perhaps I’m a fool, but I desire the romance and the intense longing that never leaves you, the kind that keeps you breathless with anticipation. I want to merely walk into a room and know the man who loves me has eyes for no one else. I know, it’s far too much of a fairytale and I stopped believing in those a long time ago. There’s no such thing.”
“I crave you, Winter, and you are definitely not a fool. I can’t explain why except that from the very second I saw you in the greenhouse, I knew you would become mine. You create a fire in me that I haven’t experienced my entire life. I don’t give a shit about the Box, but I do care about my family. I want you to be a part of my world. I want you in my life. Dear God, I want you to be able to trust me. I refuse to allow anything, including the ridiculous sect rules to take away my chance at happiness.”
“That’s not enough,” I whispered, tingling all over as he crowded even closer, rubbing his throbbing cock against me. As he slid his hands along my arms, moving them slowly down my sides, a moan escaped my lips.
“Isn’t it? Isn’t the way you shudder every time you’re touched enough to create something special?”
I shifted slowly, prepared to face him. “Don’t use that word. My mother repeated it over and over again. I want something that’s real, not contrived. I long for the passion and lust that leaves you breathless, hungering for more, but I also need friendship. You don’t know anything about me, or at least I thought you didn’t.” I pulled away, remembering the clothing and shoes, the gin sitting on the counter. I couldn’t believe he’d gone to such lengths.
“What’s wrong?”
“You stalked me or at least you had some of your thugs search my apartment to find out what I wear, my size. You even know what I like to drink. I don’t think that’s either a relationship or a trust builder.”
He chuckled under his breath, lifting my chin with a single finger. Instantly, I had flashbacks to the dream from the night before, my nipples aching to be twisted and plucked, my pussy longing to have his cock buried deep inside.
“I have no idea where you live, Winter.”
“The clothes fit perfectly, even my sandals. The gin. How do you explain that? Tell me. There is no freaking way you could have figured that out without going into my apartment and sifting through my things. My God, and you want me to trust you?”
He gripped my chin with his thumb and forefinger, guiding me closer. “I found out everything I could about you for this trip by calling your mother.”
Wait a minute. Whoa.
“I...” Another round of confusion settled in, my mind swirling. “My mother doesn’t really know me, especially my life in Florida.”
“I think you don’t realize how much your mother loves you and how close of attention she pays to what’s happening with her only daughter. By the way, she told me in no uncertain terms that if I ever hurt you, she would stop at nothing to rip out my heart. I believe her.”
Every part of me was shaking as a few layers of my armor fell away, longing to allow him inside, to share my life and everything I cared about.
“Why. Why act like you want to learn anything about me?” My question was barely audible. A cold shiver trickled down my spine, the uncertainty about him creating butterflies in my stomach. As he lowered his head until our lips were almost touching, my body swayed back and forth. And when he spoke, his sensual tone further ignited the fire.
“I want to get to know everything about you. Every. Single. Thing. Your taste in music and food, wine and books. I want to sip wine on the sand as we talk about anything and nothing. I want to feast on succulent foods, sharing the richest in decadence. And I crave to learn every inch of your body, taking my time to explore the delicious nuances. This is our chance to find out if the fire shared between us is real, but only if you trust me. The question is do you think you can do that?”
As I gazed into his eyes, I could see the crack in the