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Unbelievably, that storm of pleasure rises inside me again and it is only fed by the dark delight of having him inside me in such a primal, intimate way.
"I'm going to fill you up," he says.
I don't know how much of his massive erection he's gotten inside me, but I nod against the bed, wanting all of him.
He surges forward with a strong thrust and I cry out with the pain of the invasion, but as he pulls back that pain morphs to intense pleasure that radiates deep inside me. He makes love to me, his body not just blanketing me but filling and surrounding me until I do not know where I end and he begins.
Maybe we don't. Maybe right now, we are truly one entity.
When my orgasm hits his shout is ringing in my ears and we come together. Joined. One. Fully inundated with the ecstasy only we share.
Chapter 43
CATALINA
My body is registering nothing but the pleasure and connection I felt with my husband when we arrive in the dining room for breakfast.
Miceli and Aria are both at the table and give me near identical looks of concern.
The bubble of bliss around me is penetrated by their worry as I realize that Severu must have told them about my weakness last night.
"I'm fine," I assure them. Still too floaty from what we did before showering to work up much censure, I ask my husband, "Did you have to tell them?"
"Yes."
The morning cook comes in and serves us our breakfast herself, telling me she made the French Toast just for me.
After she leaves, I look around the table. "Which one of you told her?"
Aria grimaces. "The staff adore you. Of course, they all knew a doctor was called last night. She'd worked herself into a state thinking you were seriously ill."
I don't know what to say. I have never had so many people concerned about my wellbeing before. My eyes burn with happy tears that I blink away.
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I am playing the piano after my X-rays and MRI. My bum is a little sore, but I have my suspicions about why my husband decided to introduce me to that kind of intimacy this morning.
He'd had the hospital run a pregnancy test on me when we went in and when it came back negative, he'd immediately started talking about birth control. He doesn't want anything stopping me from having corrective surgery on my hip.
Not even pregnancy with his heir.
My fingers dance over the piano keys as my brain tries to make sense of everything that has happened since the morning Carlotta ran from her wedding.
Severu wanted me, not my sister.
And he married me.
He trusts me with the most closely guarded secrets of his family. He hates me being in pain. He killed my uncle for me, to protect me. He should have stopped me and taken my uncle to interrogate him further. But because he knew how devastated I would be if he tortured Zio Giovi, even if he was a traitor, Severu had given my uncle an easy death.
My husband is the head of a century old criminal organization. He kills as easily as he breathes. And feels no remorse for it. He is not a good man, but he is good to me. Better than good. He treats me like the queen he calls me.
Does he love me?
For the first time since we said our vows, I think it is possible. Maybe even probable.
"That's a joyful song,cara."
I stop playing, and turn to smile at my mother-in-law. "I was thinking happy thoughts."
