CARLY
“You’ve been working hard since you came back. You need a break.” Kennedy was right.
I worked literally seven days a week. I had not done visiting the charities and was still doing royal engagements, attending galas and parties for almost a month. I needed to make up and catch up on the years I lost.
And I had not seen Rome. I missed him so much but needed to get my mind off him for a while since it was impossible for us to meet. We talked every night, and it was daytime in the U. S. We chatted, talked over the phone, and Facetimed. And he’d been patient and understanding.
I didn’t know how I remained sane despite my busy life. I managed to balance my sleep, my time with Rome, even long-distance, and my work. I traveled a lot as well.
When you loved somebody, you would do everything to make your relationship pan out- I kept that in mind. And I was grateful there was no selfishness between us.
We gave, and we took.
“I’m only taking a rest once I’m with Rome.” I rubbed her growing belly. “And you, baby princess. Hang in there for a while. You also need to rest, Ken.”
“Don’t throw that at me. Last night we talked about you.”
“Oh, I’m now a part of your convo while you two are rocking worlds?”
Kennedy’s cheeks turned red. “It was after.”
“Yeah? So it’s true, then? I heard even heavily pregnant women still enjoy sex.”
“We can have sex.” She rolled her eyes.
“That’s what I said.”
“Don’t change the topic. Thayer is worried about you. That’s why I am here.”
“So you are here not because you wanted to see me.”
“Don’t twist it.” She rolled her eyes again. “I think you work too hard to distract yourself.”
“That’s exactly what I am doing. I still want to be productive.”
“But that’s too much. I know you miss Rome, but you can’t enjoy being with him if you are too exhausted. You know, when I met Thayer after days apart, we might have broken the bed-”
“Whoa! TMI” I raised my hand to surrender.
“Now you sound like an American.” She laughed at me. I was scared her water might break.
“That’s gross. I mean, I don’t think it’s appropriate to talk about you and my brother- no way. I’m good. I need fresh air.” I rose from my seat and went out to see the beautiful landscape.
“You’re gonna see him in three days.” She followed me out.
“I know. I’m excited. I really miss that grumpy.”
“He’s grumpy?” she asked in disbelief.
“He fired me before I could even start my work. He’s meticulous and likes to bark around. He expects perfection. But he always respects opinion, and he loves his mates.”
“I think you two would be a great married couple.”
“You think so?” I faced her.
“Do you wanna marry him?”
“Yeah,” I answered without hesitation. “But not gonna happen soon. Look at us. We barely see in a month.”
“It will change once you fully catch up with your duty.”
“That’s all I wanna hear.” I badly needed a hug.
“You’re welcome.” She hugged me back. “I know you need this.”
***
I just landed in the U. S with Langston’s jet. It felt like yesterday when I left the country to be with my family. And now I always felt torn between two countries- my Rome and my family and work.
“Where is he?” I asked Zee. He and his team were the ones who welcomed me since this trip was personal.
“He’s finishing up his work. He asked me to take you to the lake house, Your Highness.”
“Great. He’s not too excited to see me.”
“He is. You have no idea.” Zee chuckled.
I entered the black Mercedes. My bodyguards joined them in the sedan.
“How is he?”
Zee looked at me through the rearview. “He’s hanging in there, Princess.”
“How are you and Heera?”
He smiled. “Good. Since you two kept in touch, you should have known everything about us. And thank you for staying the way you are.”
I smiled. “Of course, why would I change? It’s me who you met at the parking lot and the person behind you right now. I still want to hear about your relationship with my best friend.”
“We’re great. I met her parents.”
“Wow! When? She did not mention that to me.”
“Yesterday.”
“So. It’s official, then?”
“Ask her.”
“Oh, come on. You can’t keep me hanging now.”
He just laughed it out. “I’m sorry, Princess.”
“I’m happy for both of you, truly. Congratulations, Zee. You really make her happy.”
“So does she, Princess.”
It was passed seven when I arrived at the lake house. There was a car parked in the driveway. The light was on, and I still did not see Rome, but I knew he was in there.
My bodyguards were with Linden, sorting security arrangements. I left them, and I went inside.
“Rome?”
“Hey, Storm.” He was grinning at me in his suit. He looked exactly the same- scratch that, he looked hot and yummy. He did trim his beard, but that smile? It was the same smile I saw on my laptop screen every single day. “Are you just gonna stand there?”
I ran forward and threw myself in him. He instantly caught me, lifted me, and spun me around. I wrapped my legs around him, cupping his head, and kissed him hard, showing him how much I missed him.
“I missed you,” I said between kisses.
“God, I missed you so fucking much I couldn’t think straight.”
“I love you, Rome. I wanna be with you.”
“I want you right now. If I take you upstairs, are your bodyguards gonna shoot me in the head?”
I giggled. “I won’t let that happen, but if you don’t take me upstairs right now, I’m gonna knee you in your balls and make sure your dick won’t stand again.”
He shook to laugh as he carried me toward the stairs. “It won’t come to that. And you still need my dick, sweetheart.”
I laughed with him. “As a matter of fact, I need it right now.”
“God, I miss your laugh. I missed everything about you, your smile, your kiss, your touch, your moan, your smell,” he said as he took a step one at a time.
“Hurry up, babe.”
As soon as the door shut behind us, we hastily took off our clothes while still kissing each other.
Rome looked like the magazine cover featured as the sexiest man alive with his abs and muscle in full display.
I was instantly burned with the excitement and so turned on and couldn’t wait to feel him inside me again, his touch against my skin and his lips burning me with desire.
“Are we just gonna stare at each other?”
I took steps back until I hit the bed, and he was stalking me. I abandoned the willpower I possessed and instantly wrapped my hands around his head and kissed him.
Our kiss became relentless. I parted my lips, and he slipped his tongue between my teeth, and I let him explore.
I felt his length hard and warm as he pressed himself into me, nudging my lower belly.
In one fluid motion, he lifted me to the center, and I let myself fall into the bed, and he crawled onto me.
At the first touch of his mouth on my nipple, I panted, hands plunged into his hair, fisting it, pushing up my breasts, begging for more.
He never denied what I wanted. He sucked me hard, nipping my nipple between his teeth, then laving, circling his tongue around it, making me squirm and pant out broken breaths. He paid the same attention to the other, then he spread my legs apart, settling himself in between.
I was already dripping wet. I could feel it between my thighs. It gave me proof when he rubbed his tip on my folds, coating himself before gliding it inside me.
I sucked in a breath, already quivering, even if he had not started moving.
He pushed himself into me with a deep and long groan until he hit the root.
“Fuck. You always felt so good. I missed you so fucking much, sweetheart.” He pressed his lips into mine. “I don’t think I can stay another day without you, Storm.”
“I missed you too. Now show me how much you missed me. Fuck me hard, Rome.”
“I love you, and your mouth is getting dirtier.” He chuckled.
“But you love it.”
“I love everything about you, sweetheart.” His kiss was quick before he granted my wish.
He fucked me hard and fast, deep and steady.
The bed rattled.
I suddenly remember what Kennedy told me. We’d never been apart for this long, and we were just proving how we missed each other and how perfect we were together.
My breasts jiggled.
My world shook. And I loved it.
The way my inner walls clamped around him, I knew I was close. I felt every part of my skin burned and sensitive.
I contorted beneath him.
Then he pulled out and flipped me over so I could be on four. I pushed my ass back and tilted up so that he could get a good angle. I felt exposed and vulnerable, but I trusted Rome.
A scream escaped my throat as I felt the pad of his tongue on my folds, licking me clean before he settled the tip on my forbidden hole.
“Oh God!” I shuddered. My face heated. I didn’t know if I was to be embarrassed or if I was just so turned on.
“I imagined doing this to you every day. And you are a fucking sex to me, Storm. The more I have you, the more I get addicted to you.” He continued teasing my hole with his tongue until I squirmed, my hands fisting the sheet, moaning so loud it echoed in the room.
“You like it, don’t you?” He talked dirty, and my clit just ached for him. He smacked my butt and licked the part it stung.
I hissed. It was driving me mad with needs and made me woozy with lust.
“Yes. Fuck me, Langston.” My words just came out of my mouth, and he was already inside me with one hard thrust.
“Like this?” he said through gritted teeth. He fucked me hard. Fast. Relentless.
That was all I could take.
“God!” I came. I cried out as glorious pleasure flashed through me.
“Fucking good, Storm.” He slammed one more time, stilled, and I felt him jerk inside me, emptying his release with a growl.