Matthew frowned. “I never knew of this.”
“I’ve been a silent partner up until recently. I’ve been very eager to get to know Clara and this fantastic business she runs. She has been doing extremely well.” Luca patted my bottom, and I very nearly punched him one. I knew what he was up to, and he had better damn well make sure he dove for cover once we were alone. The condescending little prick!
Matthew smiled. “Yes, she has. She looks after us all very well.”
Matthew meant this quite innocently, but it didn’t stop Luca from growling a bit in my ear. I had to fight the chuckle that was all too eager to leave my lips.
“So, how do you two know each other?” I asked, thinking it best to change the subject.
“Mr. Belatoni has been a great support to the local area. I sometimes wonder what I’d do without him.”
I smiled sweetly. “Oh, that’s nice.” Luca heard the sarcasm in my voice and excused us for a moment.
“Carry on, dear chap. So nice to see you both. I shall hunt down the lovely Melinda.”
Nodding politely, it wasn’t long before I felt the very firm grip of my arm. “Another one of your puppets I take it? Who do you not have control of?”
“You it would seem,” he growled. “You’re being unruly.”
I laughed and patted his bottom. “Stop worrying your pretty little head about it, darling.”
I tried to walk past him, but instead he picked me up and started dragging me to the nearest toilet. “Put me down; you’re causing a scene!”
“You’re obviously in need of that higher dose you spoke of—another booster, if you will.” Luca spanked my bottom, and the sheer shock of it silenced me. “That’s better!”
The fucking twat!
Once in the toilet, he locked the door. The heat and desire in his eyes were flaming like never before. “How many times do we have to go through this?”
I giggled. “What are you going to do? Fuck some sense into me?”
Luca shook his head. “There’s just no taming you is there?”
I threw my hands up. “At last, the pennies have dropped!”
Luca’s stride towards me was purposeful. He reached the back of my head with his hand and pulled me to his lips. He was forceful and unrepentant. He was asserting his authority the only way he knew how.
Pulling away, he placed his hand underneath my dress and trailed it along my thigh. I couldn’t help the moan that escaped me. Every touch—every feel of him on my skin—had the flames within me burning hotter than the sun. No one had ever made me feel this way before.
Closing my eyes, I took a moment to savour the very firm grip of his beautiful, strong hand.
“Look at me, Clara.” It was an order. I didn’t comply. Luca’s hand wandered through my lace panties where his finger soon found my clit. I moaned again. “Clara: Look. At. Me.”
The command somehow heightened my awareness, and I, in turn, responded to him quickly. My eyes met a very smug Luca. “There,” he said, stroking my clit. “You can do as you’re told after all. I knew getting us reacquainted would work.”
I was angry at his words and with myself. I’d let myself down. The anger somehow amplified the knot now building in my stomach. The touch of his fingers gently sliding over my hard, wet clit was forcing my body to take action.
“Luca,” I moaned as his torturous strokes became more prominent.
“Who do you belong to?” His commanding words and his pulsing fingers were all too much to bear. I was going to blow soon, and we both knew it. “Answer me!”
Without meaning to, the words just flew out of my mouth in a barrage of ecstasy: “Luca, Luca, Luca!” He growled in my ear, and I came apart at his touch. I was practically screaming with the euphoria of this wonderful orgasm.
Letting me calm a little, Luca pulled his hand away and held me in his arms. It was almost as if he was soothing a savage beast, but then again, I was around him. Despite my protests, it felt good to be in his arms. I had never felt what it was like to feel protected—to feel safe. It was kind of a strange word to say about Luca. He wasn’t safe by a long shot. I wasn’t stupid; I knew what he was and what he could be capable of. I just never felt scared in his presence at all. Even when he became angry, I instinctively knew he would never hurt me. That’s something I had never felt or had with anyone. My parents made sure of that.
Just as I thought my breathing was calming, Luca began a torturous trail of kisses down my neck.
“I could take you now. You don’t realise how hard I am for you. Hearing your orgasms alone makes me want to come so hard. You don’t know what you do to me.”