Luna Belle Fernandez POVMy breath catches in my throat. My heart starts pounding, my pulse keeping time in my temples. The beat is like a hammer in my brain. I stare at the sight in front of me, battling to process that it’s real. That he’s real. That he’s truly here and not just in my head.“Hello, Luna Belle,” Leonardo says, his voice suave like velvet.I swallow away the dryness of my mouth. Anger masks my fear. “What are you doing here?”“You didn’t think I’d forget your birthday?”The words are like déjà vu. Their meaning chokes me. “How did you get into my room?”His lips curve. “With a keycard of course.”If the receptionist gave him one, he must have bribed her. I return his smile, mine wry. “Money always buys you what you want, doesn’t it?”He gets up, the movement was lithe like a panther’s.I glance at the door.“Don’t even think about it,” he says, rounding the bed. “You don’t want me to chase you through the casino with everyone bearing witness.”I back up, hitting a bar
Luna Belle Fernandez POVHe closes his hand so hard around my neck that my vision goes blurry. His face is a fuzzy picture behind a veil of fog as he dips his fingers under the elastic of my thong and tugs. A rip tears through the space. The thong slides down my thighs and brushes my ankles. My sight fades around the edges as I feel him between my legs, a hot, hard, velvet fist that wedges between my folds. We’re both slick. When he brushes the tip over my clit, pleasure hits my core.“You’re such a slut, Luna,” he says, his words coming to me through a gushing noise in my ears.As if to validate the statement, I curl my fingers around the lapels of his jacket, instinctively holding on. He taps my clit two, three times with the head of his cock, a light reprimand. A sweet punishment. “But you’re my slut.”Proving the point, he tears into me.I think I may pass out, and not from a lack of air. The way it hurts is excruciating. My lips part, but no sound escapes. It’s the worst torture,
Luna Belle POVHe rests his weight on one elbow and brushes the wet hair from my forehead. “I saved myself for you, Ysabella. I waited a long time for you. A very long time. That’s why.”I saved myself for you.He can’t mean what I think he does. Not Adonis. Not the handsome, darkly alluring, virile man with the body of a god and a cock that presses against my stomach like a steel rod. Not a man of twenty-two who seems so much older than his age, a wealthy man from a powerful family who must have plenty of female admirers. Yet his voice held vulnerability and uncertainty. His fucking was rough and clumsy, almost violent.A realization stabs into my brain.Oh my God.He wasn’t battling to control himself.He’s inexperienced.“Was I—Was this your first time?” I ask, dumbfounded. “I thought…” Wait. The way he looked at me in the bathroom… “You’ve never seen a naked woman before?”His smile isn’t insecure or embarrassed. It’s proud. “You’re my first.”“Why?” I whisper.“You’re mine, and I
Leonardo Sebastian Franco's POVGetting up from the bed, I go to the bathroom and light the decorative candle. The light is softer and kinder. I leave it on the nightstand and flick off the overhead lights. The wax smells like vanilla. It’s romantic. She’ll sleep better like this.I pick up the ring and study it in the gentle light of the flame. The emblem is fitting. It suits our family and what we stand for. The gold is twenty-four carats, the purest you can buy. Its melting point isn’t as high as iron’s. Gold is a soft metal. It needs to reach two hundred and sixty degrees Celsius to inflict a third-degree burn that will leave a permanent scar. The temperature in the center of the flame is one thousand four hundred degrees. I hold the head just long enough over the flame, still burning my fingers.The band of the ring scorches my fingertips when I kneel between Luna's legs. Carefully, I press the flat side that’s glowing red on the mound of her pussy, just above her slit. Ten secon
She blanches. “What kind of parents do you think we’ll make? With everything that’s happened?” Tears well up in her eyes, making them glitter. “I can’t cope with something like that too. Not now.”I ball my hands to prevent myself from touching her, from soothing her. From feeling sorry for her. “You didn’t think about it when you came in my mouth and on my cock. You didn’t tell me to stop when you screamed in pleasure.”“I didn’t scream,” she says with a sharp intake of her breath.My grin is savage. “Our neighbors will disagree.”“Shit.” She drags her hands over her eyes and pushes her hair out of her face. “If Bart finds out…”“So what if he does?” I say harsher than I intended.She looks at me. “My parents are religiously conservative. You don’t know my mother. The shame I’ll bring over my family will kill her.”I don’t care about any of those things—shame and religion and right and wrong. I was raised Catholic, but I’ve never practiced as an adult. I can imagine how a baby concei
Leonardo Franco POVJust before twelve, we exit the lobby. Bart, his wife, and Robinson, that pretty boy with the soft, white, piano hands whom Luna Belle calls her best friend, are outside. Bart and Robinson are loading bags into the trunk of Bart’s BMW. Bart’s wife, Celeste, looks the worst for wear with a pair of oversized sunglasses shielding her eyes. She’s sitting on a bench next to the entrance, her face whiter than porcelain, sipping green slush that must be some miracle hangover remedy in a takeout cup.At the sight of her family, Luna Belle stops dead. She takes three wide steps to the side, putting a stretch of space between us. Celeste spots her first. She gives a weak wave and makes a puking face.The action catches the men’s attention. Bart and Robinson look up simultaneously. When they notice me, they are still. Bart’s expression gives nothing away. Neither does his relaxed stance. Robin fists his hands and takes a step forward, but Bart stops him with an outstretched ar
Luna Belle POV“He’s doing business with my dad. My dad could’ve mentioned something to someone.” I shrug. “This place is small. You know how people talk. It’s not difficult to find out details like that here.”“Fine. Say he picked up something via the grapevine. It’s still nuts. The guy is clearly obsessed with you. Do you now see why you need a restraining order?”My driving is almost aggressive in the way I take the bends. From the way the car grips the road, it’s clear that it was made for speed. Bart has fallen behind. His BMW is no longer visible in the rearview mirror. I slow down and take a few deep breaths, trying to calm myself.I can’t confess why going to the police isn’t an option. My dad’s business is still on the line. Besides, a restraining order will make no difference to a man like Leonardo Franco. I don’t know how to explain that to Robin who lives his life by the letter of the law. I don’t know how to convey the darkness in Leonardo in words. I can’t tell Robin abo
Luna Belle Fernandez POVMy heart beats a little faster when I face my dad. “What’s really going on, Dad? You’re scaring me when you and Mom fight like this.”“Nothing.” He crosses the veranda and rubs my arm like he used to do when I was little and he wanted to soothe me. “Would you like a glass of wine before lunch? You’re eighteen now after all.”“No, thanks.”He chuckles. “Bart said you had a little too much champagne last night. I’m glad you had fun.”I don’t correct him about the fun part.He clears his throat. “You know how much you and your siblings mean to me, don’t you?”“Of course.”“You’ve always been the apple of my eye.” He smiles as if to himself. “I’d always get into trouble with your mother for that.”“For having a favorite?” I ask, my throat tightening. Cassie is Mom’s favorite, and I know how much that used to hurt before I was old enough to understand. I’d hate for Cassie to have felt the same about Dad and me.“For spoiling you.” He takes a sip of his drink. “Yet