Tiptoe Kisses

Chapter 33

Chapter 33

Warning:  Major gushy romance ahead.

Santo is awaken early Friday morning by a wondering hand that cups his cheek with a sweet caress.  Her finger traces the shape of his lips teasing him and he manages to kiss that finger just before her hand moves on.  That hand is now on his chest, her nails press into his flesh as she snuggles her warm naked body against his in her sleep.   

Shifting her position to lay almost on top of him her head moves from his shoulder to his chest.  Her cheek is pressed against his fine chest hair and she purrs sensuously cuddling against his body like an affectionate cat.

He’s not sure if she is waking up but  her luscious body is enticing him. He sensually slides his hands down her rib cage until he reaches her butt then he gently strokes each cheek.  Her leg slides seductively in between his leg.  She uses her foot to rub against his and her hands are on the move again sliding across his ribs to caress his muscles. 

Santo catches his breath.  His body is already in a state of arousal as she lay so wantonly on him. He wants to taste her but she’s dreaming and he fights the urge to wake her up and make love to her.  A bead of sweat lines his brow as he listens to her moans.  He’s trying to resist the urges he feels when she moans his name in a raspy seductive voice in her sleep.  Santo knows he has to get out of bed with her right now.

Throwing the covers off of them he raises up with her still lying across him.  She’s moaning in her sleep and her hands are still searching, teasing and feeling for what she wants.  She has a pout on her sweet lips and he can’t resist any longer gently he kisses her.

Feeling pained that he can’t give her what they both want this morning he carefully removes her leg laying over his and detaches her hands from his still aroused body to slide out of the bed.  She notices his absence as she feels for him.  He quickly shoves a pillow next to her praying she doesn’t wake.

As she squeezes the pillow and her leg continues to move searching for him she calls out for him.  Bending over her he caresses her cheek then covers her back up. He kisses her one last time on her forehead as she settles down falling back into her dreamland of deep sleep.

He doesn’t want to leave her.  He can only remember some of what he put her through last night but he remembers being sick and how she cared for him.  Dropping to his knees he watches her sleep. While moving her hair from out of her face he finally says the words out loud to her he should have said before today.  “Ti amo Taylor Simon.”  She snuggles into the covers and grabs the pillow hugging it.  Leaving her he goes to his own room to shower then dresses in his fatigues and goes to his weapons room to get ready for his day.

He’s not proud of the way things have been between them the last few days.  He has a room decorated just for her to work on her shoe designs while she is here and he had plans to take her to a fashion show of a famous Italian shoe designer today but what he is about to do can make her hate him.  He’s content knowing that this morning even if she is angry with him when she’s awake, subconsciously she reached out for him, wanting him.

He will carry that feeling with the hope that when this day is over he will have returned her to living a normal safe life.  He won’t fight her leaving him today because of what he has to do.    

He received new information about Nathan’s illegal operations.  One of his men has been working undercover at Cromwell Industries for several months.  Through his undercover work they have been able to find the location of several of Cromwell’s hiding places for the drugs and stolen diamonds. 

Santo and Kyle are on their way to meet with the FBI.  A warrant for Nathan’s arrest has been issued and they are about to raid his company and the hideouts.  It’s going to be more difficult to catch his partner the man is like a ghost and has been one to Taylor for all of her adult years.