Chapter 482: Aftercare
Chapter 482: Aftercare
Chapter 482: AftercareThe moment Luca came, he pushed me over the same cliff for the third time that night. Neither one of us was moving, and even our breaths synced up as we struggled to breathe.
The silence after everything was almost reverent.
He stayed inside me, arms braced around my body, his forehead resting against mine like he couldn’t bear to move just yet. I could feel his heartbeat against my chest, wild at first... then slowly settling. Matching mine.
It was strange—how something so rough, so consuming, could end in a stillness like this. Like the world had pressed pause just for us.
"You okay?" he asked quietly, fingers brushing sweaty hair from my face. He
He chuckled softly, that warm little laugh I rarely got to hear.
"Good," he said, pressing a kiss to my brow. "I wouldn’t want to return you anyway. You’re a little scratched up, but perfect where it counts."
I snorted. "Romantic."
"Accurate."
I leaned in and kissed him. Slow. Soft. Not as the Devil. Not as the wish-granter.
Just as me.
And when we finally fell asleep again, tangled together in the warm tangle of sheets and each other, the house stayed silent.
For once... it let me rest.
mesbooks