“Oh, well that explains it I guess. Hopefully she’ll warm up to me eventually. So how long did you date her?”
“We dated for almost a year.”
“And what happened?”
He hesitated before answering me, his eyes glossing over with anger. “She was unfaithful.”
Something clicked and I put two and two together. “Is Sophia the woman you were engaged to? The one your brother slept with?”
He clenched his jaw and I could see that it still upset him.
“Yes.”
“Wow. Well, you speak kindly about someone who betrayed you, that’s admirable.”
“I have to.”
I looked at him not understanding what he meant by saying that and he averted his eyes and tried to change the subject. Clearly he did not mean to let those words slip out. What is he not telling me?
Just as I was about to ask him, Sebastian changed the subject.
“I know we have one more day here, but are you ready to go back to the States?”
We were leaving that Tuesday and, to be honest, I was really enjoying my time in São Paulo and I knew that being with Sebastian had a lot to do with that.
“Not really, even though we are working really hard I am having a wonderful time here and I’m not ready for it to end.”
He smiled at me. "I felt the exact same way the very first time I came to São Paulo, it is a beautiful city but this time around I am lucky.” He held my gaze as he lightly stroked my hand. “This time I am here with a beautiful woman.”
I gave him a wry smile. “I am sure that you have been here with many beautiful women Sebastian.”
The look on his face was serious as his eyes searched mine. "I have only been to São Paulo for business and I assure you, I have never been here with another woman.”
He held my hand in his and looked down, gently stroking my wrist with his thumb, causing my breath to escape me, and then raised his eyes to mine. “I’m really happy you’re here.”
I don’t know if it was the wine or being so close to Sebastian or what, but butterflies were going crazy in my belly and all I wanted in that moment was for him to kiss me. He must have read my mind because the next thing I knew he was leaning in toward me. His fingers slid into my hair as he pulled me toward him and his soft lips touched mine. Our tongues explored, teased and tasted each other and all I wanted was to be even closer to him. He held my face with both hands as he kissed me deeper and I wrapped my arms around his neck, shifting my body closer to his on the couch. His lips trailed along my neck and I threw my head back, raking my fingers through his thick hair pressing my body close to his.
“Elena, you drive me crazy.” He growled the words softly in my ear.
My core throbbed as he continued to caress me and then he pulled me to my feet and slowly ran his hands down my arms, never taking his eyes from mine. His eyes perused my face, down to my br**sts which were gently heaving under his intense gaze, down to my hips, my legs and then back up to my eyes.
“So beautiful.”
He leaned in and kissed me, running his hands over my ass and giving it a gentle squeeze. I wrapped my arms around his neck and a soft moan escaped my lips as I pressed my br**sts against his chest. He slipped the thin straps of my dress off my shoulders, leaned down and gently kissed my shoulder, his hands lightly stroking my br**sts giving them a squeeze. My ni**les were taut and strained against my bra under my dress. Sebastian’s thumbs caressed each nipple through my dress, gently circling and pinching them and they were begging to be freed. My core was throbbing uncontrollably and I wanted to feel his mouth on me, to feel him inside of me. I had never been so willing to sleep with a man so quickly but there was something different about Sebastian. I felt safe with him, I trusted him and I wanted him more than I had ever wanted any man before.
He reached around and unzipped my dress and it fell to the floor in a silk puddle. Sebastian let out a groan as his eyes surveyed my lingerie clad body.
“You are so perfect, Elena.”
I stood there in my red lace strapless bra and matching panty, my strappy sandals elongating my calves. I was happy that he approved and I wanted him to ravage me, but he stood there just looking at me. After what seemed like forever he pulled me to him in a full embrace, his fingers entwined in my hair and gave me a long, deep kiss and then looked at me, his eyes filled with lust.
“I want you so badly right now, you have no idea how much I want you.” He pressed his h*ps against mine and I could feel his arousal as he planted another deep kiss on me and then looked at me.
“We are going to have to wait to be together Elena, I want you, but not here, not like this.”
What? My body was ready for him and disappointment settled over me as I realized I was being rejected and I was sure it showed clearly on my face.
“Don’t look like that sweetie, I want to take you right now, you have no idea how badly, but this is not the right setting for us. I want everything to be perfect when we are together for the first time. You deserve that. I don’t want our first time together to be the day of our first date. Hell, this isn’t even really a date, we ordered room service and you deserve so much more.”
“I thought you said you couldn’t be seen with me.”
“We will have to be discreet, but not for long, I promise you. You’re going to have to trust me on that, Elena. I want to take you out and treat you the way you deserve to be treated. I want to have you on my arm so that everyone will know we are together, we just have to wait a little bit longer.”
I was conflicted because on one hand it was really sweet that he wanted everything to be perfect, but on the other hand my body was crying out for his touch and I didn’t care about perfection. But I could tell by his body language that nothing further was going to happen between us. He handed me my dress and he averted his eyes from my near na**d body.
“It’s best if you put that back on because I won’t be able to control myself if you don’t.”
I slipped on my dress and sat down on the couch and took a few slow, deep breaths trying to get my body and senses to calm down. I looked up at him and gave him a small smile.
“Thank you for today.”
He sat next to me and brushed my hair out of my face and gently kissed the tip of my nose.