Page 50 of Erotic Behavior (Observant Behaviors)
My mind raced with the millions of things of my past, my future, and every decision I had made up to this point.She was right.There was a lot I didn’t share with her, and since she’d got here, I thought it was for the best.Now I knew without a doubt that it was what had caused all her concerns about us.
“You want to know everything?”
“Yes, everything.”
“Okay, I can do that, but with one condition.”
“What’s that?”
“That after today we never talk about the marriage contract again.I want you to be my wife, my forever, because you love me and I love you.I want a baby and then ten more after that because I want to spend my life with you, not because of an auction and a contract we both signed.I need that part of us to be put to rest and for us to move forward without it hanging over our heads.”
“I can do that,” she said with a small smile.
“Okay, so where do you want me to start?”
Raven let out a little laugh.“I’m in for a lot, aren’t I?”
“Maybe we should get dinner started while we talk.”
I stood and walked around my desk, holding my hand out to her.Other than at night while she slept, I hadn’t touched her, and it was killing me.The second her little hand made its way into mine, I pulled her body tight to mine and held her close.She felt amazing.She felt like my entire world.
“I love you.You know that, right?”I whispered into her ear.
“I love you too, Beckett.More than you’ll ever know.”
I caught her lips with mine, and she wrapped her arms around my neck as I lifted her to me.I was so fucking hard for this woman and with the way she wrapped her legs around my waist, I had a feeling the time apart had been bothering her, too.
“We were going to talk and eat,” I said between kissing her luscious lips and sucking at the soft skin of her neck.
“I know, and we can.But maybe… ohhh fuck,” she breathed as I nibbled her neck.“Maybe we can just talk in bed and order pizza.”
I laughed.“My sweet baby girl, I don’t know if you noticed, but we are in the middle of nowhere.No delivery here.Come on, I want to make love to you and then I’ll bring you food.That way I can keep you naked in bed for the rest of the night and I can still make sure you eat all your dinner.”
She let out another little laugh that made my heart soar as I adjusted her in my arms and started walking towards our bedroom.I needed this woman more than I needed air to breathe.I was still terrified that she’d run when she learned the rest of my story, but I had hope that her love for me would help her forgive my past.
The Rest of the Story
Raven
Itwasgettinglateand Beckett had already fucked me into a near coma and fed me dinner by hand.I had no idea how a man who could cherish me so much would leave out such an enormous piece of our puzzle.I had to consciously decide that I was going to work toward forgiving him every time thoughts crept into my mind about how fucked-up it was.He told me over dinner he expected it to take me time and that he was okay with that.There wasn’t any question that I loved Beckett, but the way he was looking at me right now was starting to make me worry.
“Is it that bad?”
“No, well, I don’t think so.But the situation with your father isn’t the only thing I haven’t shared with you.Some of it I think you may be happy about, but other parts of my past make me a little uneasy.”
“Beckett, let me remind you that you arranged to buy me at an auction to get back at my biological father and never told me about it.”
He ran his hand through his hair before looking back at me.“Okay, you’re right.So I’ll start with the bad.I told you when I was younger I went to school with Luca Corsetti and I’ve told you a bit about Leo and Noah, but there is a lot more to that story.Luca’s cousin Dante is the leader of a crime organization called The Dark Kings.They are what you would consider a modern day mafia family.Leo and Noah have worked for them for years, but Luca distanced himself from it all back when we were in school.”
“It sounds like something of a movie, but what does that all have to do with you?”
“Dante was my first real estate client.I bought and sold most of his, Nico’s and Ares’ properties when I was first getting started.My father had no idea and honestly would have killed me if he found out I was doing business with them.They don’t exactly follow the law with most things, but Dante wanted to legitimize much of his business, and he did that through real estate.”
“So, like money laundering?”
“Kind of.I never asked where the money came from.The closing agents always handled that.”
“Okay.”