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  “You’re crazy fucking beautiful, do you know that?”

  “Dante,” I admonished. I knew I didn’t accept compliments well, and all I could do was blush and turn my head. My ex had made sure to make it impossible to accept anything nice anyone ever said about me.

  “Every inch of you is beautiful. Let me show you.”

  Kneeling before me, he kissed up one leg and then the other before hooking his thumbs through my black lace panties and slowly tugging them off. By the time they hit the floor, I was panting with need.

  This time when I moaned his name it was for a different reason. I needed him more than I’d ever needed anyone before in my life.

  “Sit back and let me take care of you. Let me worship you the way you deserve.” His voice was low and thick with need.

  Leaning back on my elbows, I watched as Dante quickly undressed before me. He made quick work of his shirt that was only hanging on by one sleeve along with his shoes and jeans. Leaving on his boxer briefs. My eyes trailed over the golden skin that was stretched over sculpted muscle. Holy hell, Dante’s body was hot as fuck. When my eyes trailed down, I gulped at the length that was contained in black fabric, unsure how it would be possible to fit inside me.

  Kneeling again before me, Dante’s large hands ran up my thighs and pulled my legs apart. His fingers skimmed along my slit. His eyes trained on my center. “You’re beautiful and so wet for me.” Dipping his head, he lapped at my core, the entire time his eyes were locked on mine. One finger slipped inside and my core instantly spasmed.

  I moaned and writhed beneath him as he fucked me with his fingers. His tongue drove me wild as it swirled and kissed my clit as if it was my mouth.

  My body was trembling from head to toe as tingles ran down my spine. With one final crook of his finger, I came undone on Dante’s fingers and mouth. The world blacked out before me. All I felt was pleasure.

  When I finally came back down to Earth, Dante was kissing up my body. His hot mouth latched onto my nipple. My fingers threaded through his silky hair. He laved and sucked until I was grinding against his cloth covered cock.

  “Dante, I need you. Please.” My hands went to his boxer briefs, tugging them down over his straining erection. My eager hand wrapped around his engorged head causing him to moan.

  “Wait, Lily,” he groaned, pulling back. “Condom.”

  “I’m clean and on the pill.” I didn’t want anything between us. Ever.

  “I’m clean too.” He rubbed his cock up and down my slit. Coating himself in my juices. “Are you sure? I can use a condom.”

  “Absolutely.”

  Bracing himself on his forearms, Dante slowly started to ease into me. I gasped as he started to fill me.

  “Fuck, you’re tight,” he moaned against my mouth.

  “It’s been a long time. Please be gentle,” I panted.

  “Always.”

  He groaned as he pushed into me inch by inch sweat beading on his forehead. Just when I thought I couldn’t take anymore he bottomed out. Dante stilled letting me adjust to his size, kissing me lazily. After a few moments, I desperately needed him to move.

  “You’re so tight and wet,” he strained for composure.

  “Please, Dante,” I begged as I started to move my hips. I was deliciously full and for the first time in my life felt complete. I needed him to move. Now.

  Listening to me, Dante started to move, at first slow as he let me get acquainted with his size. I wasn’t sure how he’d managed to fit, but he did. His eyes roamed over my body, paying particular attention to where we were joined. When we locked eyes, his had darkened from lust driving me higher.

  One arm wrapped around my shoulders and the other around my waist before he lifted me until we were chest to chest. With this new angle, I was deliciously full and knew it would be easy to get addicted to him and his cock. Thrusting together, our mouths locked in a fiery kiss. Pleasure coiled from the base of my neck to my core. My nails dug into his shoulders as I started to contract around him. I felt him swell and finally let go inside of me, and another orgasm ricocheted through me, leaving me utterly spent.

  Gently laying me down, Dante curled around me, wrapping me in his arms. We fit perfectly together. My small frame melded against his large one in perfect symmetry. Eyes sleepy, his fingers ran up and down my arm as if he couldn’t stop touching me. His delicate caresses were putting me to sleep.

  I snuggled closer to him, kissing his chin before settling down and tangling our legs together. I could only manage to utter one word as I started to drift away. “Stay?”

  His arms tightened around me, kissing the top of my head.

  As I fell asleep in the arms of Dante Ricci, my last thought was I was completely and utterly in love with him and it had only been one date.

  5

  DANTE

  My night with Lily was the best sleep of my life and I knew two things when I woke up. First, I needed her in my bed every night for the rest of my life and second, after one date, I was falling in love with her. Reaching out to feel the woman who had me under her spell, I found the other side of the bed cold. How long had Lily been up? Had I been snoring? Did she regret asking me to stay?

  Bright light shined in through her windows making it difficult for me to open my eyes. At my loft, I kept it dark so I could sleep in after being up late into the night. Last night I was too enthralled with Lily to look around her space. Now I looked around the room with a smile on my face. Her room was large. It had probably been two rooms at some point. It was warm and inviting as the sun came through her windows that took up one wall and overlooked a large yard that spanned into a dense forest. Decorated in shades of gray and green it was not overly feminine and yet reflected her warm and inviting personality.

  Wanting to find Lily, I quickly found my jeans and pulled them on before heading downstairs. The instant I opened the bedroom door, I smelled something delicious. I couldn’t remember the last time I ate anything at home. Although I loved to cook, I didn’t have time for it, and I hated cooking for one.

  I hit the landing and could hear someone singing. Was it Lily? She sounded so amazing; she could be a singer instead of a writer. As I stepped off the last stair, I looked around. I had been too everything last night to take in my surroundings as we passed through with our bodies tangled. If I didn’t get a handle on losing myself in her, it could become a problem. I noticed how the house was older but had been updated recently. Again, one side of the house was all windows and sliding glass doors giving way to the view outside. The downstairs was filled with a mix of traditional and modern furniture that was easy to see Lily had her hand in picking out every piece. Everything about her house was as welcoming as the owner.

  I stopped dead in my tracks when I walked into the kitchen. Lily was swaying her sexy ass along to the melody with only my shirt from last night on. Every once in a while, she bopped to the beat and my shirt rode up giving me a peek at the swell of her perfect ass. I couldn’t contain the growl that emanated deep from within me.

  When she leaned down to get something out of the oven and her shirt rode up displaying her ass, I couldn’t stop myself from moving toward her and wrapping my arms around her.

  “Oh, you scared me,” she squeaked out, only then to wrap her hands over my arms. Looking over her shoulder at me, she smiled, and it lit up her face. “Good morning. How did you sleep?”

  “Good morning, my siren,” I kissed her nose. “I can’t remember the last time I slept so well or so long. You might just be the cure to my insomnia.” Her smile brightened even more. “You like the idea of being my cure?”

  “I do.” She wrapped her arms around my neck and pressed her tits into my chest. I could feel how hard her nipples were, making my dick twitch. “But that’s not why I was smiling. I like you calling me your siren. It makes me feel…sexy.”

  “You’re more than sexy, Lily. You’re every adjective defining beauty.”

  Leaning up she kissed me sweetly.
“Are you ready for breakfast?”

  “More than ready. It smells divine.” I peeked around her to see the pan she had been getting out of the oven and found the biggest cinnamon rolls I’d ever seen. “Are those homemade?”

  “Is there any other way?”

  Pillsbury?

  “Grab what you want. I’ve got some bacon over there too.” She pointed to a plate with a paper towel covering a mountain of bacon. My stomach growled at the sight. “Let me grab the orange juice. Help yourself to the coffee.”

  I filled my plate with cinnamon rolls and bacon and dug in. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw she wasn’t shying away from carbs like most women did. I thought last night might have been a fluke.

  “This is amazing,” I moaned around a bite of cinnamon roll. “You’re amazing.”

  Lily blushed and bit off a piece of bacon.

  I could tell by the way she blushed every time I gave her a compliment, she didn’t see herself the way I did, and hated it. Eventually, she’d get used to the praise because I meant every word of it, and I planned to tell her often. She needed to know how special she was.

  “After last night and then this morning, I don’t know what I did in a previous life to deserve you, but I’m thankful.”

  After taking a sip of coffee, she ducked behind her cup. “I think you’ve got it the other way around. All I did was cook you breakfast. You…last night…” She sighed and scanned my face; for what, I wasn’t sure, but I thought she found what she was looking for. “I want to be honest with you.”

  “Good, because I hate liars.”

  “We’ll hit on that later. I don’t like liars either, but sometimes it’s best not to be too forward right away and scare someone off.”

  I thought I saw where this was going.

  “Lily,” I placed my hand over hers on the kitchen table. “You’re not going to scare me off. I promise.”

  “We’ll see about that,” she laughed nervously. “Last night…I’ve never felt that way before with anyone in my life.”

  “It was perfection.” She nodded. “The best night of my life.” She nodded again. “I haven’t felt this way about anyone either and I have to be honest with you, it’s a little scary. It truly is like you’ve got me under some spell. My own personal siren. I’ve never been this tongue-tied idiot before. There’s more…”

  “Please continue,” she said softly. Her eyes implored me to spill my secrets.

  “I’m falling hard after only one night together. I think this could really be something special between us.” I closed my eyes and cursed myself for laying it all on the line for her. I didn’t need to tell her everything. If I didn’t shut up now, I was going to be telling her I was already planning on marrying her and she was going to be the mother of my children.

  I sounded like a psychopath.

  I heard Lily get up and inwardly cringed. I scared her off by telling her too much too soon. I thought she felt the same as I did.

  “Hey,” she called out to me, making me open my eyes. Lily was standing right in front of me. When our eyes locked, she moved to straddle my legs and wrapped her arms around my neck. My hands instantly rested at her hips. “You’re not alone. Everything you said I’ve been feeling since last night. You’re right; it is scary because it feels so real so fast that it can’t be possible.”

  I nodded as she said what I’d been feeling. It didn’t seem possible.

  Fuck, I wanted her.

  As if she could read my mind, Lily pulled the shirt she was wearing over her head.

  Her breasts were magnificent, and I planned to show her how much I liked them. Dipping down, I latched on to one. Sucking and nipping until her moans became frantic. Only then did I move onto the next one repeating the process.

  Lily ground her wet core against my straining cock. I was sure to have a wet spot on the front of my jeans, but I didn’t care. I couldn’t take it anymore and I wasn’t sure how much more my zipper could take before it broke. Standing, I held her close as Lily’s legs wrapped around my waist. I found her mouth and plunged deep inside like I was planning to do to her pussy.

  We didn’t go far. I was sure I couldn’t make it up the stairs without fucking her on them. Instead, I placed her down on the couch and ripped my jeans off. Throwing them somewhere in the room, I covered her body with my own. My fingers dipped inside to find her wet and dripping. She was more than ready for me.

  My cock jumped when I nudged her heat and dipped inside. Her arms and legs wound tightly around me pulling me deeper into her. She felt like heaven. I couldn’t control myself as I pounded into her. With each thrust, I ground against her clit. Gripping her hips, I angled to drive deeper causing Lily to explode. Her mouth parted in a perfect ‘O’ as her eyes closed in ecstasy and I fell even more for her.

  I was under her spell.

  Unable to hold back as she milked my cock with her tight pussy, I stilled and unloaded deep inside. I pulled her with me as my back met the back of the couch so I could splay out with her draped over my body. There wasn’t a lot of room, but we made the best of it.

  Running my fingers along her soft skin, I kissed the top of her head. “That was…”

  The best sex of my life.

  So was last night.

  Was each time going to be like this with Lily?

  “Spectacular,” she mumbled into my chest, her arm around me tightening.

  “Lily, you never called me, so I came over to check on you,” a woman’s voice called from only a few feet away.

  I froze.

  “Tillie,” Lily shrieked and pulled the blanket from the back of the couch over us. “What the hell?”

  The other brunette from the bar stood in front of us with a shocked expression on her face. “Oh, now I know why you didn’t call. I…well, good for you. I’ll be going now. Don’t mind me.”

  We could hear her giggle as she slammed the front door.

  6

  LILY

  “Oh my God,” I laughed. “I’m so sorry. I totally forgot about calling her. I can’t believe she just did that.”

  “Does she usually walk into your house?” He chuckled; his deep voice rumbled underneath my ear.

  “Yes, she does. We grew up doing that, and it’s never been a problem until now.” I shook my head in disbelief. “Surely, she saw your car out there.”

  “It’s fine.” His hand splayed across my lower back pulling me closer. Dipping down, he brushed his lips to mine. “It’s gotten late, and it’s good to have someone to worry about you.”

  Cocking my head, I leaned on my arm. “Do you have someone to worry about you?”

  “My sister as much as she’s capable. I love her, but she’s not the most nurturing. If I didn’t show up for work, she’d call looking for me, but only because she doesn’t want to take the brunt of the work.”

  “You’ve got me now and if you don’t call or show up, I’ll worry. I promise.”

  His face softened as his eyes lit up. “Thank you. You’ve got me now too.” His eyes went in the direction of the front door. “Do you think she really left?”

  I couldn’t help but giggle. I wouldn’t put it passed Tillie to stand outside and listen. I lifted up and scanned the window by the front door. “We should probably get up, anyway.”

  I sat up and the blanket fell down to my lap displaying my breasts. Dante swiped his tongue over his bottom lip and my core clenched at the sight.

  Dante definitely got my libido going.

  “Um…I was wondering,” he looked up giving me his full attention, “every month, some of my friends get together at each other’s houses for dinner and tonight is my night to host. I was wondering if you wanted to stay and meet them.”

  “Yes, I’d love to stay.” Dante blushed and cleared his throat. It was cute he was embarrassed from being so excited to either spend time with me or meet my friends. “I would like that. Do you need any help?”

  “Maybe later. Each month we have a theme, and ever
yone brings a dish, so the host doesn’t have to make a million things. I only have to make a couple of things and I can make them with my eyes closed. Why don’t we go relax out by the pool for a little bit and then we can get cleaned up before we start to cook?”

  “You have a pool?”

  “I do.” I knew I had a huge grin on my face, and I couldn’t help it. I loved my pool. It was my little getaway. “I had it put in last summer.”

  “Do you have neighbors close by?” He grinned wolfishly, and one hand spasmed on my hip.

  “Not really. Why?”

  “I don’t have any swim trunks here and if there aren’t any noisy neighbors, I thought we could go skinny dipping.”

  “I hate to burst your bubble, but the water isn’t warm. I’ve been too busy to use it, so I haven’t been heating it. I can turn it on and maybe in a couple of days we can get in the water.” I blushed at the thought of all we could get up to in the water.

  “Are you asking me to stay the night again?”

  What if we spent too much time together that we got tired of each other?

  Maybe with someone else, but not Dante. The hope I saw in his eyes had me confessing what I wanted.

  “I like having you here. It feels natural, like you belong here.”

  “I agree.”

  He stood with me in his arms and started walking. I didn’t ask him where he was taking us because I honestly didn’t care. He could take me anywhere and I’d go willingly. When he stepped outside, I gripped the blanket that was around us a little tighter and laughed.

  I might not mind Dante seeing me naked, but I definitely didn’t want any unsuspecting visitor to get a look. If I could have, I would have wrapped Dante along with me.

  “We may not be able to go skinny dipping today, but I can still enjoy feeling your delectable body next to mine while we relax,” he explained, wiggling his eyebrows at me.