Ophelia (8 page)

“Hearing you, seeing you tell me that you love me is everything I’ve ever wished for. I want to spoil you, make you see how happy you make me.”

“Show me.” I pulled him to me, holding his t-shirt. His touch had always meant everything to me. When we met, I’d been craving any kind of human affection. I wanted to be loved, I needed someone to hug me and make me feel safe and he was exactly that for me. Teo gave me the strength I needed to go on with my life.

“There is nothing else I'd rather do.” His lips crushed mine, taking possession of me. Our lips parted and our tongues met, hungry with desire. My hands hunted the skin of his waist and sensed the warmth emanating for his body.

Teo didn’t waste more time, he removed the only clothing I was wearing, which was one of his old t-shirt that I had stolen before leaving.

“Baby, look at you, you’re incredibly sexy.” He whispered, nibbling on my earlobe.

My desire for him had me all mixed up. I wanted to push him on the couch, I wanted to undress him. I needed him to show me how much he loved me. “Let me get you out of that top.” I said, lifting it over his head and dropping it on the floor. I let my hands dance on his chest, enjoying the feel of his skin under my fingers. His muscles hardened under my touch.

“You’re driving me crazy.”

I chuckled shyly. My fingers grabbed hold of the belt of his jeans, pulling him towards my bedroom. The bed had to be the best place for what we had in mind. I undid his belt and unbuttoned his pants as we walked toward the room. His lips trailed a line of kisses from my lips to my jaw and then to the hollow of my neck. It sent shivers all over my body making my nipples pucker. I pushed his pants and underwear down and pulled him into the bed with me.

“You have no idea how many nights I’ve wished to have you here with me. You are the one I love, Teo.”

“I love you. I’m never getting rid of you. Look at you,” he said admiring my body, feeling my breast with his hands. “You’re everything. My everything.”

With both of my hands, I held his face and looked at him. Love reflected in his eyes and I hoped he could see how much love I had in mine. I needed him to see it, to feel it. I had never loved someone that hard. It scared me, but I knew he would always have my back. I trusted that he would find the perfect words to make me feel secure.

“I could get used to that look on your face. The one that says, oh Teo, you’re the man of my fantasies, the one I’ve been dreaming of all my life.” He mimicked my voice.

We both laughed.

“You’re an ass.”

“It was the first promise I made you, and I keep my promises.” He kissed my lips languorously. “I don’t know why it feels so different. We’ve been doing this for a very long time but it feels like it’s the first time in all those times that I own you, that you really are mine.”

“It’s because you do, I’m yours, baby, I’m yours.” I sighed. “I’m sorry that I kept you waiting all this time. It was very selfish of me. I can’t believe that you’re still here wanting me.”

He smiled and nodded. Maybe he was happy hearing me acknowledge all the effort he had made over the years.

“Enough talking now. I need to show my girl how much I missed her.”

His body covered mine, his hands caressed me in a demanding manner. We were kissing like there was no tomorrow. The tension was palpable. I had missed him so much that my body desired everything coming from him. I had lost the battle against the passion between us.

“God, Teo, I love you.” I wanted to keep telling him for all the times I should have said it and I didn’t.

“I know you do, baby. I always knew but hearing it is the most arousing thing ever.” He laughed shamelessly while my cheeks flushed bright red.

This moment meant so much for us, I didn’t want to ruin it, but all I wanted was him. I wanted him now.

“Fuck the preliminaries, Teo.” I circled my legs around his waist and clutched his hair with my hand.

Our breathing accelerated while our kisses deepened. Teo's body slowly fell into place, and the tension built inside of me. My eyes opened, only to see the amusement in his face.

“Are you sure about this?”

Of course I was. My body claimed him as it was ready to combust. I nodded and a second later, the feeling of him pushing into me sent me to seventh heaven. Our eyes stayed connected. I had this inexplicable need to watch him. Pure lust and desire reflected in his light brown eyes. His movements were slow and passionate as I expected him to be. He was loving me the best way he could. I drew my gaze to his full lips and he understood my demand. We met halfway, our kisses were intensifying and so was his thrust.

Every possible part of our body touched, but yet it wasn't enough. My hands were holding his strong biceps tightly as I felt the pull in my lower belly. Our bodies in synch, I met him at every thrust.

He had been with me not even ten minutes before we ended up in bed. That fact made me chuckle under my breath as he quickened his movements.

“Anything you want to say?” He mumbled, out of breath.

“Welcome home, baby.”

“Wherever you are is home, babe. But I’d rather have you home, in San Diego.”

“I know,” I whispered breathlessly.

His lips found their way down my collarbone, nibbling and kissing me. Teo's touches tickled my sensitive skin and teased me relentlessly. As he pounded faster and harder into me, every muscle inside me tightened feeling the apex coming strong.

“I don't think I’m going to be able to hold it much longer, baby.”

“Don't go easy, I'm almost there.”

Taking my words as orders, he filled me putting force into each thrust. His movements sent me over the edge faster than I thought possible. My legs were shaking around his waist and a tickling sensation covered my whole body. My eyes closed, unable to contain myself. We came undone simultaneously. Teo's full weight fell onto me. We both needed time to catch up our breath. We stayed in that position for a long time. Both of us were quiet, absorbing everything we'd just felt.

My eyes grew heavy and from the look on Teo's face, I knew he was tired too. He’d had a long flight and quite a bit of time change to adapt to. He rolled off on his side and smiled at me.

“Why are you smiling?”

“Because I feel like I’m falling in love with you all over again. You are all mine. I want the world to know we’re together.”

Joy had the power to make me tear up sometimes, and that was one of these moments. All my life, I had tried to fix the void I felt inside me. Our lovemaking and finding each other again changed that, and now I felt complete. Giving him the place he owned in my heart, allowing him to be by my side officially, it made me emotional.

“You are my king, baby. You are my other half.”

We kissed until we passed out.  My arms were holding him prisoner and my head was leaning on his chest, listening to the rhythmic drumbeat of his heart.

***

His smile inspires my soul.

His energy nourishes my life.

When one becomes the reason of each breath.

***

“W
ake up, sleepy head. It’s a beautiful day outside and I decided that you are going to play tourist with me.” I couldn’t hide the excitement in my voice.

Teo opened his eyes one at a time and closed them again, groaning. Time difference is a pain in the ass, I knew that. I sat on the bed next to him and my fingers caressed his bare skin. He had been sleeping for a couple of hours. Enough time for me to shower and get ready. I even had time to prepare a lunch for our outing.

“Babe, what time is it?” His voice rusty as hell and oh so sensual!

I ran my fingers through his dark hair. “It’s almost eleven.”

Again, he tried opening his eyes and when he saw me, he grinned happily. “You are such a sight, so lovely today.” He took my hand and kissed it. “Do you have coffee? I’m gonna need some.”

“Yes, baby, I got you covered.” I leaned over him and kissed his forehead before taking a moment to breathe him in. “I was thinking, maybe we could go to the zoo.”

“The zoo? As in animals and shit?”

“As in animal and plenty of things to see, yes.”

“Smart ass. Do I have time to shower?”

He removed the covers and revealed is naked body nonchalantly. I knew he did that on purpose just to see me blush and make me unsteady. My eyes focused on his god-like body. I was a lucky girl, there was no doubt. We walked slowly to the small bathroom and he looked at me before entering.

“Why don’t you come with me? I need your help to wash my back.” He winked arrogantly. I knew what he wanted, his desire to seduce me. Teo was well aware of my weaknesses and he had no problem using them against me.

“You and I both know that if we do that, we’ll never leave the cabin and I really want to go out today. With you by my side.” I tried to convince myself I didn’t want to jump into the shower with him, but it was all I wanted. His body against mine with the mixture of the hot water and the smell of my shower gel. Temptations and decisions. This time, I had to keep my word, I had to let him shower alone. I wanted this day to be special.

“How can I say no to you?” His words registered in my mind, he always did everything he could to please me, always placing me first and him second. “Hand in hand?” He asked, always so romantic. One of the many things about him, he loved walking around, holding hands. It was his way of showing off to the world that I was his. With everything being official, I knew his devotion to me would take another step.

“Yes, hand in hand.” My heart was beating faster only looking at him, it was about to explode with love and joy.

Since my arrival in Australia, I hadn’t had time to explore much. A guide showed me the city and told me where to go and what to do, but time seemed to disappear lately. The concerto was taking so much of my free time, and school kept me busy during the day. On my free day, I normally tried to catch up on sleep and errands for the week. With Teo here, I knew things would be different. He hadn’t traveled all the way here just to see me. We had to explore the beautiful country of Australia.

I sat at small piano in the living room and started to play while Teo was showering. One of the things he loved was me playing in the morning. He once said that it calmed him and helped him focus positively on the day.

I played a piece called Sun, which I had written mostly in our apartment in San Diego. We had a breathtaking view and it inspired me to write music. I used to play this piece to Clara when she was a little baby. It’s a soft melody with a relaxing tone to it, and it would calm her right away when she had a tummy ache or had been crying. Sun was scheduled to be the first piece I was going to play at the concert.  Every piece was chosen to tell a story and I had placed them in a specific order.

I had put so many hours into this last-minute project, I was exhausted, but my mind couldn’t let go. The concerto had to be perfect. I hadn’t heard Teo coming out of the bathroom, but I could feel him behind me, getting closer. The vibrations I felt around him were awakening my senses.

“Don’t move. Let me look at you.” His voice screamed eroticism. I didn’t move, I followed his orders, but I was dying to see him. My fingers rested on the keys, not sure if I should’ve kept playing or not.  “Play for me, baby.” I continued with Sun but distraction made it harder to concentrate. The tips of my fingers were numb and my skin laced with shivers. My head was spinning fast, and I urged myself to calm down. I took a deep breath, only to feel his body standing right behind me. My back arched at the touch of his fingers dancing on my skin.

“It’s inhuman how much I missed you in the past few years. I want to spend my life with you, Ophelia. Don’t leave me again. I’m serious. I see us getting old together.” He chuckled. “Isn’t it supposed to be the girl who’s opening up about all her dreams about a happy ever after?”

“It’s what I want too, what I see when I think about the future.”

His lips swept against my neck, soft kisses trailing to my shoulder. My whole body became sensitive and my fingers couldn’t play any more of the piece. The smell of my shampoo danced in the air. I loved the idea of having my scent on him. Shivers licked the skin of my neck as his lips lingered on my flesh. I knew what he was doing, he was distracting me. I could let myself go and spend the day inside with my man or I could do as planned and spend the day visiting and showing him around. I was tempted to follow with the first option, but my head took over and decided on the second.

“Teo, baby, you gotta stop now,” I said with my voice low.

“What if I can’t?” he murmured against my skin.

“You have to, please. I really want to spend the day outside with you.”

He sighed. “I’m so getting a rain check on this one. Tonight, baby... tonight.”

I laughed, embarrassed that I was cutting him short, keeping him from letting him give me what he wanted and needed. When I didn’t hear him laugh, I got up and turned around. He was standing there with a hand on his heart.

“Are you denying me, sweetheart?” He was joking around trying to act like he was emotionally hurt.

“Rain check, love. We’ve got things to do.” I pulled him to me and smacked his behind. “Get ready now.”

He chuckled and hugged me one last time before getting some clothes on.

... O ...

Driving to the Taronga zoo, Teo kept making me laugh as he tried to imitate the Australian accent. I loved accents, but Italian mixed with Australian was a bit too much. I was used to his accent, it was very light, but any new people would notice right away. It gave Teo his charm. Nothing was more adorable than when he spoke Italian to me. Most of the time I didn’t have a clue what he was saying, but it sounded lovely.

His hand rested on my thigh or my shoulder. Some things would never change about him. He liked to touch me at all time. Even when we were younger, he always had to hold my hand or his arm was placed protectively on my shoulders wherever we were out. Almost in a territorial kind of way.

Since his arrival, something had changed between us. How he looked at me, how I looked at him. The tension was always present, I felt different than in the past. Something was growing between us. I enjoyed that feeling. Maybe the walls I had built between us had finally fallen down.