All I Believe (Firsts and Forever, #10)(17)

“No different than you then, apart from the confidence.”

I laughed and said, “I’m none of those things. I couldn’t seduce you if I tried.”

“But you already did.”

“How, by walking down the beach in an invisible swimsuit? Yay me for subtlety.”

He carefully removed my glasses and said, “You seduced me like this. You have the most extraordinary eyes. Earlier today, when I looked in them at sunset without your glasses between us, it felt like I’d always known you. And if that strikes you as another line, you’ll have to find a way to forgive me. I can’t seem to help sounding corny tonight.”

“As if my eyes are what you’d notice while I was standing around in a clear bathing suit.”

He grinned, still lightly leaning against me, holding me against the smooth rock. “Don’t get me wrong. I absolutely noticed your other, quite impressive attributes.” He skimmed his palm over my butt when he said that, and then he met and held my gaze. “But this, right here, is what drew me in.”

I grinned and said, “Do you think you might actually kiss me at some point, or are you just going to keep peppering me with lines?”

Luca chuckled at that. “So impatient.” He leaned in and brushed his cheek against mine.

When he lightly bit my earlobe, it sent an unexpected jolt of pleasure through me, and I slid my hands around his waist. He kissed his way along my jaw, taking his time and driving me crazy. Then he leaned back and looked in my eyes again. A soft breeze off the Ionian Sea stirred his dark hair, and his gaze dropped to my mouth. Anticipation crackled in the air around us and my breath caught. He took my chin in his hand and brushed his thumb over my lower lip as my heartbeat sped up. Finally, finally, he kissed me, softly, tentatively. It felt like a question. I answered by parting my lips and deepening the kiss, offering him more. Offering him me.

As our kisses intensified, he cupped my ass and pulled me against him. It had been so long since anyone had touched me or kissed me, and even when they had, I’d never felt that kind of desire. It was so powerful that it knocked over my inhibitions like bowling pins. I couldn’t even overthink things like I always did. I couldn’t think at all. I could only feel and react and need. God I needed this.

Luca swung me around the big boulder, away from the streetlights along the top of the beach, hiding us in shadow. He pushed me against the rock again and dropped to his knees in the sand, then freed my cock from my pants and briefs in a few deft moves. When he took it in his wet, insistent mouth and began to suck, I had to force myself to stifle a yell. He sucked me with single-minded determination, demanding my orgasm, and in just a few minutes I complied, moaning as I unloaded into his mouth, tangling my fingers in his hair.

He kept sucking me gently, almost soothingly, guiding me back down from my orgasm until he knew I was completely satiated, then planted a kiss on the tip of my cock before pulling up my briefs. I dropped to my knees, and he pivoted to lean against the rock, right beside me. I practically flung myself into his arms.

Luca stroked my back as I caught my breath and held on to him. I was shaking a little and my emotions were all over the place. I knew I was a mess, and about five percent of me demanded, “Come on, get it together!” The other ninety-five percent just wanted to hold on to him forever.

“You’re so sweet,” Luca murmured after a while.


I grinned and asked, “Literally?”

“Well, yes, actually. But I wasn’t referring to the way you taste.”

“I’m sorry I’m crushing you. I’ll get up in a minute, I promise. I’m just all gelatinous right now.”

That made him chuckle, and I felt it rumbling under my cheek. “We have all night Nico, there’s no hurry.”

“We do?”

“Yup.”

I tilted my head to look up at him in the darkness. “What’re you planning on doing with me all night?”

“Fucking you harder and better than you’ve ever been f*cked in your life.” He brushed my hair back from my face so gently as he said that.

“Yes please.” I was punch-drunk from that orgasm and I knew it, but I couldn’t seem to care. He shifted me around and cradled me in his arms. God it felt good to be held like that.

When he kissed me again, it was incredibly tender. His lips caressed mine as the tip of my tongue and his explored each other. He was taking his time, but he’d been rock-hard earlier and hadn’t cum yet, so I began to feel guilty and sat up.

As I put myself back together and zipped my fly, Luca pulled my glasses from the pocket of his suit jacket and slid them on me. I murmured a thank you as I got to my feet, then offered him a hand. He took it and got up too, and continued to hold it as we walked back down the beach.

After a while he asked, “How long are you staying here?”

“We’re spending ten days here, ten in Rome, and ten in Venice.” I turned to look at Luca and asked, “How long are you staying in town?”

“Just a few more days.”

“What brought you to Viladembursa?”

“My grandfather lives here. He’s getting on in years and decided he wants to downsize. He owns a two-hundred-year-old house on the hillside and wants to fix it up before he sells it. I’ve been helping with that by lining up some contractors, including a competent project manager. Hopefully it’ll go smoothly and I won’t have to come running right back here.”