DECEPTION vol.1: A promise made A promise broken (Turbulent Desire Series) (7 page)

He closed his eyes. I kissed him, licking his bottom lip very delicately. He opened his mouth to bring his tongue out to meet mine. His hands held my face, his touch paralyzed me. In that moment, nothing mattered more than being with him. Our desire felt like the wind or the sea—a force of nature, furious and powerful.

“I’ve never experienced anything like this before,” I murmured. “The day I bumped into you at the airport and then when I saw you again at the ferry, I knew we were meant to be. I’m not sure how exactly, but I felt it. I couldn’t sleep because I was thinking of you—that’s why I decided to walk out that morning. It was destiny when you caught me trespassing on your property.”

“I know,” he breathed. “I saw you on the ferry and when I was running on the beach. I saw you were too busy with your own things, besides you were not alone.” He caressed my face with his thumb. His eyes were glued to mine. “The morning in the vineyard, I felt something special inside me, too. I have met other girls before, but I’ve never felt like this.” He gave me a soft kiss on my cheek and pulled back. “Are you ready for that gelato now?” he asked.

I grinned. “Okay, but we’re sharing, remember.”

He laughed. We walked to the ice cream shop on the corner of the street. The waiter greeted us and we sat at a small table in a corner. JC ordered cheesecake gelato, a popular flavor.

As we were waiting for our dessert, he abruptly got up from his chair and whispered, “I’ll be back in a sec.” I figured he was probably going to the men’s room.

A soon as he left, our dessert was served. It looked delicious. Despite my best efforts, I just could not wait to take a bite. When JC returned, I was already halfway through.

“I thought you said you were full!” JC laughed, and I felt the heat rise in my cheeks. “The ice cream was starting to melt. I couldn’t let it go to waste,” I said sheepishly.

He bent down, grabbed my chin and kissed me.

“Well, let’s finish this up because it’s getting late, I want to take you to a special place.”

“Okay,” I replied.

We left the ice cream shop, holding hands until we reached his motorcycle. I kept asking him where he was taking me, but he just kept saying that it was a surprise. He gave me a sweet smile and stole a kiss from my lips.

We rode through the village on his motorcycle; the powerful engine vibrating between my legs increased my desire and heightened the anticipation. As we rode by the harbor, I wrapped my arms around his torso extra tightly, trying to restrain the excitement that was building in me.

I put my hands slowly inside his t-shirt and caressed his soft, warm skin. I felt his heart beating hard under the palms of my hands. I did not know if it was from the adrenaline rush of going at high speed or because I was touching him.

I moved my fingers down, tracing the path of hair down his rock-hard stomach. I touched the waist of his jeans and hooked my thumbs inside. He took my hand and put it on his crotch. I brushed against his erection. The feel of it along with the vibrations of the motorcycle was too much. An orgasm exploded through me like a volcanic eruption. After the ecstasy subsided, I relaxed against his firm back. I thought to myself that I just wished this day would never end.

I felt the cool breeze on my face and my hair blowing with the air. I could see the blue aquamarine waters as the motorcycle gradually slowed down.

“This is Arenella, one of Giglio’s beaches,” said JC.

As we entered the beach, I could see people and children everywhere, my smile subsided. I had thought JC was going to take me to a more private place.

“My ass is all numb,” I said quietly, rubbing my behind to revive the feeling and trying to hide my disappointment.

I felt JC’s hands push mine aside and start to rub me. He held my two ass cheeks and massaged them with both hands, squeezing them sensuously, one at a time. The sensation returned immediately in response to his touch.

A moan escaped from my throat, and he groaned in return. His teeth sank gently into my earlobe. “You feel my hands on your ass,
Cielo
?” I swallowed hard and nodded. “Good, let’s go,” he said, breaking away suddenly with a grin. “Oh, by the way, you have a very nice ass.” He winked and gave me one last squeeze.

He parked his bike, removed his helmet and picked me up. He gave me a few spins and finished with a kiss before putting me down. We walked for a few minutes on the beach then JC broke away from me, making for a hill that was ahead us.

I ran behind him, shouting, “Hey, slow down, I can’t keep up!”

“Come on!” he called. “I am going to show you something.”

“No way am I going up there, I’m afraid of heights!” I exclaimed.

JC began to laugh. “Nothing will happen, and we’re not climbing that high.”

So I followed him, panting and hot. JC reached the top before me and cheered me on.

When I reached the top, my jaw dropped. It was the most spectacular view I had ever seen. A carpet of colorful flowers stretched down the other side of the hill down to the tranquil water.

The scene looked like a perfect postcard. JC wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me close. I felt his heart beating rapidly against my chest.

“I could kiss your lips all day if you let me. I thought I would never say this, but I love you, Sky.”

I just thought my heart would explode after hearing his confession. I stood speechless for a second and did not say a word.

He continued, “I understand if you don’t feel the same for me. I know it’s too soon, but it’s something that I feel and I can’t hide it anymore. I had never felt this for anyone.”

He put his hand in his left pocket, took out a black wooden box, and opened it. To my surprise, I saw two rings, one silver and one black, simple yet elegant, each with diamonds encrusted all around. He then grabbed my ring finger. “This is a promise ring. With it, I want to make a promise to you here, with the four natural elements as our witnesses, the sun, wind, water, and earth. I promise that my love for this girl in front me will be infinite and my heart will always belong to her. Sky, you have bewitched me, your innocence, your sweetness give me strength to fight my demons and the desire to be a better man … I thank God for having brought you to me.”

My heart was pounding, tears welled up in my eyes, and my hands were sweating. I couldn’t deny that I felt the same way about him. I knew it was crazy; we’d just met, but I wanted to believe it could be true love.

I picked up the black ring and put it on his finger. “With this ring, I want to make a promise to you, here before the natural elements and God.” I paused and looked up to the sky, trying to control my voice, which was starting to crack with emotion. I returned my gaze to his. He was looking at me anxiously.

“JC, you have stolen my heart. When I’m with you, I don’t know if time is passing or if you have stopped it. It scares me, but it’s worth it. It’s worth everything, because our destiny is linked, we can’t change that. I love you, JC, I can’t say how much, but I’ll give you a clue: every night when you look at the sky, count the stars, and for each one you count, my love will be a thousand times that,” I said as I looked into his eyes.

JC lifted me up again, his hands around my waist. I held on to his arms for balance. He started to spin me slowly, then faster. I shrieked with laughter as I grew dizzier.

“Oh please … JC, you are going to drop me stop, please, I love you!”

He slowly stopped spinning me and lowered me slightly. I wrapped my legs around his waist. My arms circled his shoulders and I hid my face in the crook of his neck. When I leaned back, I met his gaze and my heart just melted, seeing how happy he looked. I nuzzled his nose with mine. Then I kissed him.

JC kissed me back as if starving for the taste of me. Our tongues wrestled with each other. He sucked my tongue gently at first then harder, and I groaned in pleasure.

JC slowly lowered himself onto his knees and lay me down in the meadow full of wild flowers, his body against mine. He leaned over me, his left arm supporting his torso while his right hand caressed me softly. His fingers slid along my thighs, spreading them apart and moving gently in the direction of my sex.

When he reached the hem of my crocheted skirt, he lifted it over my bare belly, then his hand returned to my sex, his fingers sliding up and down over the fabric of my bikini bottom. He traced the open line of my inner lips, and I started getting goosebumps.

I could feel his erection inside his jeans pressing against my right hip. His index finger moved up to trace a line on my belly and traveled up very slowly. His finger slowed at the line of my breasts, but he did not stop there. Instead, he went further, to the back of my neck, where he undid the ties of my bikini top. He gently pulled them down, exposing my breasts.

JC stroked them, gently at first then more aggressively. I gasped. My nipples began to harden, and I moaned deeply with pleasure. He leaned down to one of my nipples and sucked it while his hand stroked my other breast. He had me so aroused that I could feel the dampness in my bikini bottom.

JC suddenly moved away from me then began to pull down my bikini bottom, his eyes still glued to mine. He tore his gaze away from me and looked down at my nude body; I closed my eyes, feeling so exposed to him.

“Oh, fucking hell,
Cielo
, you are so beautiful,” he panted through strangled breaths as his hand started to rub my mound. His fingers split my folds and his thumb pressed my clit.

I lay there gasping. The sensation I was experiencing was beyond my imagination. The heat coming from my sex was hot, dripping down to my bottom.

“Oh, baby, look how wet you are for me,” he purred.

His fingers pressed hard on my clit. I began to feel something building inside me, the now-familiar promise of ecstasy. He leaned down toward me; the first stroke of his tongue was on the tip of my clit. He paused then began to stroke me repeatedly, making me throb.

My skin was flushed, and my breathing got heavy. I gasped, trying to recoil from him, but his hands kept me pinned while his ardent mouth drove me mad with lust. His tongue licked me mercilessly, his hands cupped my bare ass, urging my sex onto his tongue as he thrust it more deeply inside me, circling my entrance.

Suddenly there was a finger. He slid it carefully inside me, my wetness and arousal making it easy. His finger thrust in and out, and I greedily clenched around him. My gaze was glued into his. My hands were fisting the grass. I was panting for him when he thrust a second finger in me, this time I felt a scorching wave of pleasure explode through my body.

I cried out, my hips started pumping mindlessly into his hand, my body was quivering. My hands plucked the grass repeatedly until there was nothing for me to hold onto. My nails sank deep into the moist soil, seeking for something to hold until the last tremor faded.

“Oh, God, you are so wet, so ready for me, you’re wonderful, flawless, oh baby, you’re a goddess,” JC murmured almost incoherently. He reached to his pants to unzip them. The lust in me was demanding that we continue but some vestige of common sense was telling me to stop and tell him I was still a virgin, that he needed to know.

“JC I … I need to tell you something, I … I have never had sex before.” I paused and searched his face for a reaction, but it was blank. “I just turned eighteen three days ago.” I told him in gasping breaths. His silence and not knowing what he was thinking made me feel so vulnerable. My heart sank, and I hoped I wouldn’t cry.

JC quickly stood up, his eyes showing something like shock. I could see on his face that he was surprised. “Christ, Sky.” He nervously ran his fingers through his hair. He obviously was struggling with what to say. “Wow, you should’ve told me from the beginning. I should’ve asked you, damn it … I could have hurt you, for God’s sakes.” He quickly handed me my bikini bottoms.

I put them on as quickly as I could. He grabbed my blouse and helped me put it on while I put on my skirt. I could not find one of my sandals, but as soon as I got up I found it where I’d been lying.

JC remained on his knees, his head in his hands. I stood in front of him, mortified, feeling guilty that I hadn’t told him sooner.

“JC, I’m so sorry. It’s my fault. I should have told you at the beginning, please forgive me.” My voice was breaking more and more, and the sob I was holding in escaped from deep in my throat.

JC looked into my eyes. I stared at his emerald eyes, which were blurred by a storm of emotions that I didn’t understand. He looked upset and disappointed with me, but he managed to give me a childlike smile that intensified the feelings of guilt and confusion I felt. My heart ached.

He took me in his arms and kissed me desperately. We stood there kissing for a long time until we had to break apart to breathe.

It was as if he was saying goodbye.

When he brought me back to
Canelle
beach, I could see Madi in the distance. She was lying on a beach chair. A hot guy was seated next to her, his face turned toward her as if they were about to kiss. She lifted her hand and placed her index finger on his lips, stopping him. At the sound of the loud noise coming from the motorcycle, she quickly got up, leaving the poor guy hanging.

“Hey, stranger!” she yelled.

“Hey, there!” I yelled back and managed to smile. I got off JC’s bike and turned to him, but he gave me a quick kiss without meeting my eyes and roared away. My heart sank.

“Well, well.” Madi nodded at me. “Tell me everything, every single little detail.” We began walking in the direction of the villa.

I sighed deeply before I started telling her everything that happened with JC. For once, she heard me out without interrupting. Like the best friend she was, she knew I just needed to talk.

“Where have you girls been?” my mother asked, as she entered the front door.

“We were on the beach and we went for a walk to see some of the views,” I said absentmindedly.

“There’s spaghetti with meatballs, help yourself,” Alessandro said.

“No thank you, maybe later. We are not hungry at the moment, just tired,” replied Madi, heading to our bedroom. “Okay. Finish telling me everything,” Madi said as we entered our bedroom.