“You’re not leaving already?” Nonno was frowning and looking like he was about to object but Nonna put a hand on his arm.
“Arie is tired, caro. She’s had a long day with us.” She squeezed Arie’s hand. “It was our pleasure, cara. You will come back to see us soon, yes?”
“Yes,” Arie said with a nod, and she meant it. She would come back to Italy one day if only to see her new friends, Nonno and Nonna again.
She was reminded of how big Rome’s family was when she went the rounds from Lucia to Sophia and their husbands, and then to Dante to Marco and to Lorenzo. Then it was time to hug each of the children and finally it was time to bid Rome’s parents goodbye.
“Thank you, Lily,” she said, taking the woman’s hand and this time she felt no resentment. She was nowhere near loving Rome’s mother but at least she could accept her, if only for Rome’s sake.
“No,” Mrs. Milano said, shaking her head, “thank you for coming. You didn’t have to do this but you were gracious and I appreciate it.”
Vittorio didn’t give her a chance to go over to him. He came to her and pulled her close in an unexpected embrace. “Thank you, Arie,” he said, his voice gruff. “It means a lot.”
That was all he said but when he released her Arie could see that they were not just words. He meant what he said and for that she was grateful.
But now it was time to go. She had a hungry man to feed and her skin tingled, just thinking about it.
She was looking forward to being Rome’s dessert tonight.
***
Rome couldn’t get back to the hotel fast enough. He’d been craving for Arie since the night before, when his parents had turned up at the restaurant and rained all over his lovemaking plans. After that unexpected visit his girl hadn’t been in the mood so he’d had to chill, pretty much put his passion on ice.
And then, as if that weren’t bad enough, he’d had to endure an entire day of small talk when all he’d wanted to do was make hot, sweet love to his woman.
But he would wait no longer.
The door to the hotel suite had barely closed behind them before Rome bent and lifted Arie off her feet, raising her high until she squealed and flung her arms around his neck. “Rome,” she shrieked, “what are you doing?”
His answer was a growl. “What does it look like I’m doing? Time for me to get what I’ve been waiting for these past two days.”
She laughed. “It hasn’t been that long.”
“Too long,” he countered. “I haven’t made love to you since we left New Orleans.” As he spoke he was striding toward the bedroom where he dropped her on top of the king-sized bed. She squealed again but he didn’t give her the chance to recover. In quick time he divested her of shoes, jeans and blouse, leaving her in lacy bra and matching panties.
He followed suit, swiftly unbuttoning his shirt and letting it fall to the floor then kicking off his shoes and dropping his trousers on top of the pile. He leaned over Arie and gathered her in his arms again. “I’m in the mood to see you pretty-pink all over,” he said. “Let’s try out the Jacuzzi hot tub they’ve got in here.”
“Sounds good to me,” she purred and dipped her face to nibble at his neck. Within seconds she was lounging, relaxed and nude, in the bubbling water.
But relaxing was the last thing on Rome’s mind. He reached for her, pulling her onto his lap so he could have greater access to the sleek smoothness of her body and the silky softness of her lips. As his hands slid up her body she sighed and tilted her face up to his and when he lowered his lips to hers she parted willingly, giving him leave to explore her sweetness.
As his tongue played with hers his hands moved over to cup her left breast, to caress the round smoothness and tickle the puckered tip until she gasped into his mouth. Wanting to heighten the pleasure he drew away but only to lower his lips to the teased nipple so he could draw it into his mouth. Then he suckled softly until Arie sighed and reached down to clasp the back of his head and press him into her.
But now that he’d turned her on Rome was ready to turn the heat way up. Where he’d been soothing her with his caress he now began to nibble at the distended bud, worrying it till it grew pebble-hard in his mouth. When she moaned and arched her back he gnawed at the taut nipple, torturing her even more before letting it slip from his lips, Then he turned his attention to the other breast. By the time he was through teasing that one it was Arie who was pulling at him, urging him out of the water.
“Please,” she whispered, her voice urgent, “let’s go now.” She was climbing out of the tub even as she spoke, she was that eager to move on to serious business.
He didn’t have to be asked twice. As he climbed out of the hot tub he reached for the heavy towel hanging on the nearby rack, wrapped it around Arie and for the third time that evening he lifted her off her feet. As he strode back into the bedroom with her in his arms she rewarded him with a caress of her own. Tilting her face toward his chest she covered his na**d nipple with her lips and applied the same sweet torture he’d administered mere minutes before.
Her tantalizing teasing spurring him on, when Rome reached the bed he rolled his beautiful bundle out of the towel and proceeded to cover her body with butterfly kisses that had her wriggling and giggling at the same time.
“That tickles,” she complained in-between tiny bursts of laughter as he pressed his lips to the sole of her foot.
His mouth curved into a smile. "Not exactly the reaction I was hoping for,” he chided and then he drew her little toe into his mouth. As his tongue grazed its tip she gasped.
“Ooh, that feels…so sexy,” she crooned.
Rome chuckled. “Now that’s more like it.”
He kissed the tips of each of her toes then slid up her thighs, grazing the skin with his lips, sending shivers rippling up her body. When she moaned and reached down to tangle her fingers in his hair, urging him on, he gave in to her silent plea and moved up her body and back to her br**sts where he nuzzled then suckled until she clasped his face with trembling hands and drew him up so he could steal her breath in a kiss.
Rome was hard now, ready for her. He pulled away just long enough to sheath himself and then he was back on the bed, sliding his body up over hers, settling his h*ps between her legs. When she lifted those lithe limbs to wrap them around his waist he captured her lips in a deep, sensual kiss as slowly, smoothly, he sank into her sweetness.