Chapter 73

The car journey home is only twenty minutes long. We sit in silence, wrapped together, him stroking my hair and cheek while gazing out of the window, lost in thought, and me reveling in being back in his arms. Listening to the steady beat of his heart under my ear, I run my hand across his abdomen over his shirt; it’s fitted, hinting at the sculpted muscles beneath. He flinches as I tuck a finger through the space between two buttons, tickling his skin. His smile comes around to meet mine with a dark, wicked look in his eye.

“Keep doing that, and we won’t make it home before I strip you naked, Bambina.” His voice is gruff, sexy, and devilish. My heartbeat quickens, and my body heats up, revived from my earlier slumber, waiting for something more than kisses and caresses now that I’m fully awake. I bite my lip in anticipation; his eyes move to my mouth, his lips parting. In a mere second, his face changes from a wicked gleam to complete seriousness, pupils dilating. He shifts m