Page 103 of Veiled Amor

He wasn’t mad. Not quite.

But neither was Capone feeling calm as usual.

So when he caught sight of blonde hair and a smile that flipped his heart over, he stalled in his step, sure he was seeing things. But no, his Lucia was at the club.

Her beamed smile, like she’d been watching the hallway for him, made Capone forget everything. Stopping in his tracks, he redirected over to her.

She met him halfway, and he swept her off her feet. Lucia laughed, clinging to his shoulders.

It was easy to forget everything when he had his hands on her.

She was exactly what Capone needed at the right time, and he was so fucking grateful to put his eyes on her. Forcing her head back, he took a kiss that went some way to calming him but also stoked his banked fires.

There were too many people around for what he wanted, so he dropped Lucia back to her feet, keeping his arm around her.

“This is a surprise.”

“I caught a ride with Paige after a coffee date so you and I could go to your sandwich shop together.”

He dropped his head, romancing small kisses along the seam of her lips. “Missed you.”

“I missed you too.” Her reply was innocent enough, but it pushed want through the middle of his stomach. Before he knew it, Capone slid his arm around her waist and was walking them outside. He headed to the garage. The only quiet place while church was still in session. Pulling open the door, he closed them in, locking it behind them.

“That was very clandestine,” she remarked, laughter laced through her gorgeous voice. The same voice which woke him this morning as she sang off-key in the kitchen. He’d told her countless times she didn’t have to clean the apartment; she didn’t have to grocery shop or even cook a meal. He’d put an end to the discussion when she tried to pay for shit. Call him old-fashioned, sexist, or whatever, he finally had Lucia under his roof, in his bed, she wasn’t paying for a damn thing.

It was his privilege to look after her.

But he enjoyed seeing her little ass twitching to music while she stocked the fridge or when she rearranged the cabinets because they didn’t work for shorter self. She could turn his apartment upside down, and he wouldn’t say a fucking word because having Lucia there was all that he cared about.

While she looked around, he watched her. The mechanical pit was covered with the metal grate when not in use, most of the tools and machinery were out for easy access, but none were switched on, no danger to Lucia as she touched things.

Capone stalked behind her, feeling part-way like a predator on the hunt.

She smelled incredible, as always.

And looked edible in a tight jean skirt that held snug to her thighs. Capone knew why he’d brought her in here and didn’t wait to get it when he crowded against her back, dropping his mouth to her nape. Using his hips, he pushed her into the tool bench.

She laughed a little, startled by him. “Capone?”

“Love the way you smell,nena.” His face was already in the back of her neck, he could bite her there like an animal. “I need to have you.”

“Oh, god.” She breathed, glancing over her shoulder at him while he nuzzled her.

“Do you want that too?”

“Yes, yes.”

“Need your man inside you, huh? Bet not as much as I need to be inside you. I’m fucking burning up for you.”

Need. The word was so small, yet enormous at the same time.

He felt as though he was coming out of his skin withneed, so he slid a hand under her skirt and palmed the inside of her thigh.

Things felt right again once he had her warmth under his hand, but it wasn’t nearly enough. He loved the way her voice changed with the slightest caress of her skin. Capone already had her noises cemented to memory, and her breathy pants were some of his favorite. “Are you… oh, wow, that feels good,” she said when he parted her underwear and slid a fingertip along her wet slit. “Are you taking off my clothes?”

“Going to fuck you with them on.”

She wheezed and rocked back on him, his cock already swollen to capacity within his jeans. His mouth roamed along her neck, sucking little marks into her delicate skin.