Between Us Bound to Him

"Let that desire show," he murmured, his gaze fixed on her trembling figure as heat rushed to her cheeks. He didn't even have to touch her to make her shiver. He simply sat there, watching her unravel beneath the weight of his attention.

"Please…"

He was my father's best friend, someone who had always been part of my life. I had loved him for as long as I could remember. Luciano Morelli was everything I shouldn't want: older, protective, and impossible to resist. The kind of man who could make my heart race with a single look.

One night changed everything.

He caught me at my most vulnerable, exposing feelings and fantasies I had tried so hard to keep hidden. After that night, nothing between us felt the same again. I thought it meant we were finally getting closer, but Luciano made one thing painfully clear. He was supposed to protect me, not want me.

Yet every glance, every touch, and every moment alone together told a different story.

Luciano Morelli kept insisting we could never cross that line.

But I could see the truth in his eyes. He wanted me just as much as I wanted him.