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Knowing my body better than myself, Mauro reaches between us, slipping two fingers over my clit. He rubs in a fast circular motion, detonating my orgasm.
My back arches.
My thighs tighten.
And my mind goes blank as stars dance across my vision.
He pulls every last ounce of satisfaction out of me, my body going slack beneath him. His movements become jerky, his own orgasm quickly following suit as he groans wildly, his warmth spilling inside me.
He rests his head beside mine, catching his breath as I come to. My fingers hold on to him, never wanting to let go.
A shiver runs down my spine as he brushes his lips over my ear. “My…heart,” he breathes with passion, his arms tightening around me.
I tilt my head to the side, staring into his eyes.
Seeing him for the first time asmy husband.
The knight in shining armor in my fairy tale.
The one I will love long after our story ends.
Chapter twenty-eight
Mauro
For years, I had buried the secret of that day between Alina and me in vain. I had tried and failed to make the memory vanish into the dark abyss because it only ever brought me shame. It didn’t care about the pain it inflicted upon me every time it played out before me like a movie I couldn’t turn off.
It was the darkest hour of my life.
A time when I felt I had lost everything.
Forgetting all the good that surrounded me.
I was consumed by guilt for the last words I lashed out at my father. I was trapped in my head, unable to scream into the universe without the scathing pain that reminded me of all I had lost.
So, I ran.
Through the woods and past the lake.
I didn’t stop.
Not until I heard her voice.
“Stop!”
Her beautiful eyes, coated in fear, locked onto mine.
And without thinking, I dropped to my knees.
My head hung low as tears trailed down my cheeks.
An unbearable ache filled my chest.
And then… She hugged me.
It was the first time in my life that the world didn’t feel so dark. The first time in a long time, I could breathe freely. And the first time, my heart beat for another.
However, all this time, I never stopped to think why she was there. I just assumed she happened to be in the right place at the right time, preventing me from making the biggest mistake of my life. And it pains me to know how much she was hurting.
