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Chapter XXII: Happily Married
Nicole gasped and clutched at the sheets, her back arching off the bed and her face flushed red. Her breath came in uneven pants and tremors went through her, small mewls escaping her lips as she writhes on the bed, her hair disheveled and her chest heaving.
"God," She groaned, shutting her eyes tight as her knuckles turned white with her hold on the sheets
With a startled jump, a shudder passed through Nicole as whimpers escaped her, her body sagging against the mattress afterward with her breath erratic and her head spinning due to the lack of air. With trembling fingers, she touching the base of her neck, feeling the fine sheen of sweat over her body.
The mattress dipped beneath her with the movement before Salvatore's face loomed over her, smirking at the dazed expression across her face, leaning down and capturing her lips with his own, a groan escaping Nicole at the salty taste that in
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Nicole sat hunched on the seat, Luca's figure lying on the hospital bed, wounded, bruised, and bandaged with various tubes sticking out of him as an oxygen mask covered his mouth, his face was swollen and unrecognizable. Sniffling, she sat with his hand in her own as his family was outside and talking to his doctor.Standing in the doorway, Salvatore felt an ache grow in his chest to see his wife so distraught. Stepping inside the room he went and placed a hand on her shoulder, Nicole jumping at the contact before relaxing to see him. Getting up from the seat, he was quick to envelop her in his embrace as she pressed her face into his chest."Let's go home," He murmured into her hair as she rubbed at her eyes. "It's getting late and you should rest,""But...Luca..." She tried to argue meekly, her lip wobbling."His entire family is here, sweetheart, and both the Regn
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Salvatore stood in a two-piece navy blue pinstriped suit with a pinstriped white undershirt, picking up a watch as he looked at his collection of ties, wondering which one to match with his attire."Look!" Nicole squealed as she bounded into his closet in a black halter pencil skirt dress that hugged her in all the right places and accentuated her curves as she spun for her husband. "And it has pockets!" She exclaimed in delight before putting her hands into them to show him with a wide grin, a small smile quirking at his lips at her antics."Beautiful," He commented as he fastened the watch into place.She giggled before bouncing back to her closet to finish getting dressed, Salvatore shaking his head at his wife.Looking back at the racks of ties, he picked out a blue paisley tie and began fastening it around his collar before picking out a pocket square to match.
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