The Billionaire's Proposition (The Romero Brothers, Book 4) (11 page)

Yeah, but this whole fake marriage thing
might have been the original agenda but there sure as hell wasn’t anything fake
about the way his body was reacting to his beautiful assistant.
Nothing at all.
His feelings for her were anything but feigned.
His whole body pulsed uncontrollably. Heat rushed through his loins, his veins.

This woman had captivated him … completely.
She had his heart in her hands and she didn’t even know it. Was he really
falling for Venus?

“Okay then, we shall continue,” the
minister said.

The minister then wrapped up with the
wedding vows, and they recited a prayer and did the ring exchange where they
pledged their love for one another.

The minister then sealed the rings with a
prayer and pronouncement. “In consideration of these pledges, I am authorized
by the laws of the state of Nevada in your marriage license to pronounce you
husband and wife. As I do this, let me remind you that henceforth, you are one,
one in interest, and in reputation, and above all in affection. What God hath
joined together, let no man put asunder.
”

“May I present to you,” the minister turned
to the tiny congregation of witnesses, “Mr. and Mrs. Carl Romero.”

Carl’s heart leaped in his chest. Holy!
He’d really done this.

They’d sealed their fledgling marriage with
a soft kiss at the altar and of course, Jules and Pamela sprinkled confetti
over them. What a ceremony! Carl never thought he’d ever tie the knot, not for
any reason, but this was different.

This was unbelievable!

“I thought you’d bailed on me there,” Carl spoke
softly to Venus, after they’d entered the honeymoon suite of the hotel. He’d
carried her over the threshold as was tradition and laid her on the bed.

The red satin sheets were sprinkled with
soft pink rose petals. Small lilac scented candles burned on the table in the
room to create a mellowing romantic ambiance.

He seemed to enjoy her initial reaction of
surprise when he carried her into the room and she first saw the decorated bed.
He wanted this to be a special for her. It was the least he could do since
she’d done him this enormous favor—and the honor of marrying him.

Earlier, after the ceremony, they’d had a
brief reception in Pamela’s suite. Prior to that, they had hired a photographer
to take elegant wedding portraits in the scenic garden on the grounds of the
grand hotel. Venus was breathtakingly photogenic. She looked like a royal
bride. A princess. And she was all his. For one year! He couldn’t wait to taste
the sweetness of her juices. A grin of amusement touched his lips thinking
about what was to come. His groin ached to be entwined with hers. He found her natural
fragrance pleasantly intoxicating.

Carl knew he should be one hundred percent elated
but a nagging torment gnawed at him. Why did he secretly wish their arrangement
would be longer than one year? A year didn’t seem nearly enough time to be with
Venus. Maybe he should have considered a renewal option. Damn! Why didn’t he
think of that earlier? Then a crazy thought entered his mind. After they
separated and divorced, would Venus settle with someone else? The thought of
her ever being with another man, well, it ripped him to shreds inside.

He squashed the thought. No way was he
going to let that notion ruin the beginning of a beautiful night.

“I’m so sorry, Carl. I just got…a bit nervous
at the altar. I couldn’t believe it was finally happening. I know we spoke
about it before but...” Venus stopped herself before saying anything else. Her
mind drifted to thoughts about the threat from Eduardo and her tumultuous past.
She thought about losing Carl. She thought about not having Carl with her. She
thought about all sorts of crazy things. But one thing was for sure. She wanted
Mr. Romero more than anything else in the world. She needed Carl in her life,
in her heart, in her body like she needed air to breathe. The feelings she had
for him were suffocating. Intoxicating.

This man caused all sorts of wild emotions
to wash through her, yet he had no idea just how much he meant to her.

“No, don’t be sorry,” he said gently, his
voice husky. He leaned down closer to her, gently pulling her into his embrace
on the bed. God, he was stunning. The way his dark, sexy eyes undressed her
made her shiver with delight. Venus tingled in all the right places. The sweet
scent of his cologne wafted to her nostrils and heightened her senses.

“I want you, Venus,” he murmured
breathless, his dark eyes penetrating hers. “You look so…beautiful, amazing
today. You stole my breath away earlier.”

She could feel the hardness of his erection
in his dress pants.

“Th-thanks,” she whispered, arousal
overcoming her. “S-so do you,” she murmured. Her skin was getting moist. Heat
rushed through her veins. Her heartbeat pounded hard and fierce in her chest. She
was sure he could hear it.

He then lowered his sweet lips to hers and
gently kissed her, and oh, a tingling desire and excitement rushed through her
body again. Her sex pulsed hard between her legs, throbbing and pounding to the
beat of her heart.

I
need you now, Carl!
She screamed inside her head.
She was thirsting for him, starved for his affection. She felt as if she were
going to go crazy out of her mind, if he wasn’t inside her soon.

“If you want, we can hold off until we get
back to Canada,” he said, pressing his lips, brushing them gently over hers while
she tingled all over.

“No, Carl. No. I need you now,” she purred as
his lips moved to her neck and sucked on her sensitive flesh. “Oh,” she moaned
in erotic pleasure as his hands slid underneath her gown.

A grin of satisfaction graced his sweet
lips as he guided her off the bed. “Do you want me?”

“Oh, yes,” she whispered, breathless. “I
want you now, Carl.”

“How badly do you want me?” he enticed in a
low, sultry voice, arching his sexy brow.

“Oh, Carl!” Venus wrapped her arms around
his neck, pulling him closer to her. “This much,” she said, kissing him
hungrily. Her body was on fire. Desiring him. Lusting for him. The pulse
between her legs throbbed harder and harder.

He held her chin in his hands and lowered
his head to hers again kissing her passionately. He then moved his hands and
began to undress her seductively, while kissing every exposed area of her soft naked
skin.

She arched her neck back, groaning in
pleasure as he eased her out of her dress. He caressed her skin with sweet,
soft kisses that made tingles slither down her spine, embracing her firmly,
admiring her body. Her nipples tightened when he unhooked her lace bra and
exposed her voluptuous breasts. A smile of approval crept on his face as his
eyes passionately drank in her beauty.

“God, you’re so beautiful, Venus,” he
groaned, his voice sounding more hoarse and heavy. He lowered his hands to her
rear and gave her a good squeeze and sweet electricity jolted through her. Her
arms wrapped around his smooth, defined muscles on his arms as he lowered her
again to the bed. She ran her hands up his smooth hard biceps.

Carl leaned down and kissed the top of her
breast, rubbing his nose gently over her cleavage before going further around
her breasts, pressing his lips over her mound of flesh while her nipples
continued to tighten and ache for his touch.

“Oh,” she moaned in ecstasy while his hand
moved around her other breast, massaging and caressing her taut nipple, enjoying
the feel of her naked flesh, sending prickles all over her body.
 

“I want you,” he said, intermittently caressing
her with his kisses. “I want you so badly, Venus,” he groaned, sucking on the
sensitive area around her nipple.
 

Take
me! Take me now
, she pleaded in her mind. Her
nipples strained. Tingling for his touch. Oh, why was he torturing her? Why was
he teasing her? She couldn’t wait for him to take her into his mouth.

As if he could read her mind, he brushed
his soft lips over the tip of her nipple and she tightened her grip on the
smooth skin of his muscular back, her inner thighs throbbed with need. She
groaned uncontrollably. Carl teased and played with her nipple with his hot,
wet tongue, sucking hard then licking the tip softly and then taking her fully
into the moist of his mouth. He tantalized, nibbled and stroked her nipple with
his tongue as she grabbed the sheets, writhing on the bed, breathing hard.

He seemed to be more turned on by her moans
of pleasure. She moved her hands over his smooth biceps and held firmly as he
aroused her with his expert kisses. She moved her hand to the back of his head
as he continued to tantalize her breasts.

Carl continued to kiss,
nip
,
suck her passionately, hungrily
. She was panting
harder and wanted him fully. She managed to grab his shirt and ease him out of
it. He carried on pleasuring her while together they skilfully undressed. Soon,
he was topless and she enjoyed the feel of his smooth, muscular skin as he
moved his lips down her body.

“Oh. Oh, no.”

“What is it?”

Carl breathed
hard,
intermittently pressing kisses to the top of her pubic area just over the
softness of her hairs.

Oh, God! Was he going to…go down there on
her?

Breathing hard, she told him, “Oh, I’m a
little nervous.”

“I’ll stop,” he told her.

“No! No, please don’t. I…I want to do this,
please,” she begged him, breathless.

He looked at her lovingly. “You sure?”

“Yes. Oh, yes!”

Carl was going crazy out of his loving
mind. He’d never wanted someone so badly as he did Venus. He fiercely wanted to
take the time to explore her beautiful body, appreciating her fully then taste
the sweetness of her feminine elixir. But it just dawned on him that not all
women have had the pleasure of having their sex titillated the right way. Maybe
her ex didn’t please her there, or maybe he wasn’t the orally manipulating type,
but Carl sure as hell knew how to bring her carnal pleasure. Heck, some men
didn’t care enough to study their woman, take their time with her and please
her the way she desired to be pleased. It was all about the woman. His lover
was his goddess. And she deserved to call the shots.

A grin curled his lips as he watched her
before lowering his head to the beautiful mound between her legs. He spread her
legs apart and positioned her on the edge of the bed on top of the satin
fabric.

He then got up and finished undressing.

She had a sedating, pleasurable expression
on her face that delighted him. Good. This beautiful woman turned him on like
sin and he wanted to make sure he pleasured her the way she deserved to be.

“What are you doing? Don’t stop,” she
breathed, panting.

A spurt of devilish desire to be adventurous
in bed spiralled through Venus. She’d read somewhere that it’s sexually arousing
to be blindfolded not knowing where the next soft kiss, tingling lick or
delicate stroke would be sensed on her body. Ooh, she wanted to explore that
with Carl. Mystery foreplay. What had gotten into her all of a sudden? This
wasn’t like her. Maybe being with Carl made her feel more open to try cool
things. Whatever it was, she was delighting in being pleasured by Carl in the
most sensuous way.

Wearing a blindfold during foreplay
delightfully heightened the senses through pleasure by mystery.

“Oh no, baby,” he said in a low voice, “I
want to make this good for you.”

“Oh?” she sighed, her chest still heaving
from the arousal.

“Can we…um…try a blindfold? I really want
you to surprise me with your…touch on my body.” Her heat throbbed just thinking
about it. “Oh, I love surprises,” she purred.

“You sure you want me to blindfold you?” he
clarified in a low, husky voice.

She nodded, grinning.

“Okay, beautiful. Your wish is my…pleasure.
I want you to enjoy me tasting you. I want you to feel everything, but okay, no
other senses allowed.”

Carl got up and positioned Venus on the
bed. “I know they have some kinky toys in the drawer here for honeymooners.
They must have a blindfold in there,” Carl said.

“I can’t wait to pleasure you like you’ve
never been pleasured before,” he continued, brushing his lips against her neck,
breathing hard.

“Oh, you, naughty thing,” she cooed in
labored breaths.

“I know!” He moved his lips to hers. God,
her lips were so soft, so tingling. This woman could sure kiss, he mused with delight.
His body tingled, his erection strained inside his silk boxers. Oh, God, he
couldn’t wait to have all of her.
Every single inch of her
sexy body.
And now this anticipatory foreplay in the dark was an added
touch.

“Do you want me to please you?”