Page 31 of Broken
“Then what is it?” I satup, tucking my legs under me. “Don’t tell me you changed your mind about giving us a chance.”
“No, of course not.” His eyes met mine, and there was something in them... an emotion that was hard to identify.
“Um, okay. But whatever is bothering you, you can tell me.” I glanced down at his erection straining against his pants and couldn’t understand why he wanted to stop now. “If you thinkyou don’t deserve pleasure or that I’m somehow too good for you, then let me chase those thoughts right out of your mind.”
He sat up and turned his back to me, and I thought he was going to get up and walk away, but he only sighed, his shoulders stiffening. “There’s something you don’t know about me.”
I shifted on the bed until I was next to him, and I placed my hand on his shoulder. “Itold you, it doesn’t matter what it is, just tell me.”
He looked at me, but he didn’t say anything.
“If it’s me and you don’t really want...” I didn’t believe that, but I needed to find a way to get him to say whatever it was that was causing him to pull away from me.
“No!” His eyes widened. “It’s not you. It’s me.” He stared down at his hands. “Before I joined the Rosa Nera, I...I was living on the streets for a couple of months. I didn’t have any money and I couldn’t get a job. There was only one thing I had to offer.” His voice was almost a whisper. “My body.”
It took me a moment to process what he’d just said. “Oh God, Theo.”
“I sold myself for food,” he said. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. I know how disgusting that sounds and if you want to leave, I understand.I got tested multiple times after that and I can show you the results, so you don’t have to worry that I...”
“Hey.” I wrapped myself around him and placed my hand on his cheek to get him to turn his head toward me. “I’m so sorry you had to go through that. I can’t imagine what that must’ve been like.” No matter what, I’d always had a home and a place to go to, and Theo... My heart broke intopieces for him, and tears pooled in the corners of my eyes.
Confusion was evident on his face. “I thought you’d hate me for even touching you.”
“No. Never. How could I?”
The uncertainty in his eyes only made me pull him closer to me.
“I never thought I’d say this, but I’m so grateful the Rosa Nera found you,” I said.
“I would’ve died on the streets if Ingrid hadn’t taken mein. The night she stumbled upon me... I was hungry and cold, and I... I was desperate. As soon as I saw her, I offered myself to her. Her guard hit me so hard that I fell and hit my head. When I woke up, I was at one of her hideouts. She told me who she was and made me an offer to stay with the Rosa Nera, and I accepted.”
I closed my eyes for a moment. His loyalty to Ingrid made so much moresense now. I’d been right that he hadn’t had a choice but to do whatever she’d needed of him. If he hadn’t become useful to her, she would’ve sent him back to the streets or simply killed him. “Did anyone hurt you? I mean, those people who paid you to have sex with them... Did they hurt you in any way? If you don’t want me to touch you in a certain way, or if there’s anything that brings up badmemories, I need to know.” My stomach twisted at the thought that I might’ve inadvertently reminded him of things he didn’t want to relive.
He shook his head.
“Are you sure?” I looked deep into his eyes.
“Yeah.” He seemed to be telling me the truth, so I leaned in and captured his lips with mine.
“Lie down on the bed,” I said, scooting over. “And tell me immediately if you’rein pain.”
His muscles were still a little tense as he settled down on the pillows, but just one look at my body seemed to reawaken his desire, and a smile stretched across my lips. I got on top of him, giving him another long and slow kiss that warmed me up inside. His chest was barely moving as I unbuckled his belt and unzipped his pants. When I tugged at his pants, he lifted his hips, allowingme to pull them down his legs.
I cupped him through his underwear and he let out a little hiss, growing even harder under my fingers. Keeping an eye on him and watching his every reaction, I dragged his boxers down and his thick length sprang into view. His lips parted with a gasp as I fondled his balls and moved my hand up and down his cock, then circled the tip of him with my finger.
Giving him a little squeeze, I bent my head and took him into my mouth. He grunted as I sucked and licked, slow at first, then at an increasing speed. My fingers pressed gently on the sensitive spot behind his balls, and he seemed to have a hard time staying in place as his hips rocked toward me.
“Chiara, please. I want to feel you...”
I met his eyes, giving him one long lick, andhis shaft twitched in my mouth. Letting go of him, I pushed myself up and positioned myself over him. We moaned in unison as the tip of him entered me, and I slowly lowered myself onto him.
The sensation of him stretching and filling me made me arch my back and buck my hips. I had no patience to go slow, and neither did he, because he pushed toward me. His hands closed around my breasts,kneading and squeezing, as I met him stroke for stroke, his cock slamming deep inside me.
I ground against him, my breath coming in short gasps. When my gaze met his, all I could think about was him. Clenching around him, I felt him throb inside me, and when he pinched my nipples, I groaned.
We were one, our bodies perfectly fitting together. The pleasure was building and building, andafter a few more powerful thrusts toward him that rocked my whole body, it burst like a bubble. I cried out, throwing my head back, every inch of me tingling. Theo spasmed inside me, his release coming only a moment after mine.
I collapsed on top of him, trying to catch my breath, and he pulled me into a tight embrace, his chest heaving. Looking up into his eyes, which were glowing with joy,I smiled at him. Mine. He was all mine.