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Ava stopped and looked at him. 

“Why do you ask something like that?”

“Because you know that my childhood wasn’t exactly perfect and you know what kind of man I am.”

“Okay, come with me,” she told him, took his hand and walked him into their bedroom. This wasn’t a conversation she wanted to have standing in the corridor. She made him sit down on the bed and sat next to him. “First, you need to stop thinking of yourself as a bad man without redeeming qualities. I have told you before, that isn’t the case. Yes, you may do things outside the law and some of those things involve hurting people. But I have never heard of you doit it to someone that hasn’t been deserving of it. And you have never, ever even made me fearful of you. Maybe with the exception of our first meeting, but that was just a high adrenalin night,” she told him. He huffed.

“It’s different with you,” he said. 

“Why?”

“Because I love you.” Ava smiled at him and kissed his cheek. 

“Just like you love our child, right?” she asked. 

“Of course,” he agreed and placed his hand over her belly, as if to protect what was inside. 

“I have no fears about you and our child. I know you will love them unconditionally, just like you love me. You will protect them, maybe a little too much sometimes, but I’ll be here to remind you of it. You will be there to listen to them and give them advice and teach them how to be good human beings. And I’m sure you will teach them how to defend themselves and how to be confident. I’m not worried,” she told him. Zane looked at her, searching for any sign that she wasen’t honest with him. 

“I haven’t had the best role model,” he said. 

“Your father might not have been a good parent, but your mother was. Just do what she did and avoid the things you father did. Do you think I will be a bad parent?” she asked. 

“Of course not! You are a natural. Just look at how you bond with Luka,” he told her.

“Well, I my role models aren’t any better than yours. The people who raise me sold me twice. So let’s just make sure we don’t end up like the people that raised us,” she said. He smiled at her.

“I can do that,” he agreed. 

“And don’t think for one second I missed how quick you have warmed up to Luka. I know you need to play the role of cruel and tough mafia boss to keep us safe. But that role slips off just as easy when you are around people you care about,” she said. Zane reached for her and pulled her onto his lap. 

“I don’t know what I would do without you. You see me like no one else does, and it’s addictive.” He caressed her cheek. 

“I see you, Zane, and I love every part of you,” she said and kissed him. His hand fisted in her hair, keeping her in place and letting him deepen the kiss. Ava desperately needed to feel Zane’s naked skin against her hands. She started unbuttoning his shirt, praying no one would interrupt them this time. Zane’s free hand found its way inside her blouse and her skin prickled at his light touch as he explored her naked skin. Ava managed to unbutton his shirt and splayed her hands over his abdomen. And enjoyed the feeling of his muscles moving under his heated skin. He tugged on her hair to break their kiss. 

“Clothes off, now!” he demanded. Ava didn’t object. She gave him a quick kiss and stood up and started to strip. Zane followed her lead and in no time, they were both naked. Like a magnet to metal, they collided, kissing while their hands explored each other’s bodies. Ava loved the way Zane’s touch made her feel. He knew what ignited her desire. His fingers skimmed over her naked skin down her back. He massaged her ass, pulling her closer to him, making her grind against him. Her hands skimmed his nipples, and she ran her fingers down the valleys formed by his muscles. She bent her head and placed a kiss on the tattoo of her symbol over his heart, and dragged her lips across to his nipple. Ava’s tongue played with it and when it was swollen, she tugged on it using her teeth. Zane hissed in pleasure and pulled her closer. His hard cock was pressed against her stomach and Ava could feel the wet trail of pre-cum. “Enough of this,” Zane said, kissing her and then lifting her onto the bed. He placed her in the middle of it and climbed in after her. Ava willingly opened her legs for him, displaying herself to him. “Fuck. You are perfect, angel,” he told her as he took her in. He kissed the inside of her knee and continued up her leg at an excruciatingly slow pace, as if to flavour every little piece of skin. Ava didn’t demand him to move faster. She focused on the pleasure. Zane didn’t pause when he reached her pussy, but licked a long taste through her folds. Ava sucked in a breath at the sensation. “Delicious,” he hummed and lapped her excitement up straight from the source. Ava’s hands found Zane’s hair and she made sure he was kept in place as her pleasure grew. As always, Zane was in control and just before her final rise to the peak, he stopped and started to kiss his way up her body. He kept low, letting their bodies drag against each other, keeping skin contact as much as possible until he reached her lips and gave her a scorching hot kiss. They stayed kissing, entwined in each other. Zane’s arms were on each side of Ava’s head, holding enough of his weight not to crush her, but just barely. Ava wrapped her legs around Zane’s, enjoying the kiss and the sensual feeling of his body pressing down on her. Zane drew back from the kiss. “Spread wide for me, angel, and guide me inside you,” he said. Ava opened her legs and planted her feet on the bed. She reached down between them and found Zane’s rock hard cock. A couple of pumps and she felt it throb. Her thumb played with his piercing and he grunted. Zane shifted his hips forward and Ava guided the head of his cock to her opening and lifted her hips towards him, needing to feel him inside her just as much as he needed to sink into her.

“I need you inside me,” she moaned, closed her eyes and tilted her head back into the pillow. 

“Eyes on me, angel. I need to see your pleasure,” he told her. She opened her eyes and locked them to his. Slowly he sank into her. It was like sweet torture. When he was sheeted to the hilt, he drew back and then plunged back in. He moved slowly but with determination and Ava met his movements with her own. Her hands gripping his ass and rocking herself up. This wasn’t sex, it was lovemaking and the pleasure came just as much from the deep bond between her and Zane, the worshiping look in his eyes, as it did from the way he ground his pelvis in that way that always sent electrical jolts through her clit. 

“I’m so close, Zane,” she moaned. 

“Eyes on me. Come for me, Ava, let me see you come undone on my cock,” he told her. His words were enough to send her over the edge. Her eyes never left his and when he followed her into the bliss, he lowered his head and rested his forehead against hers. Their breaths were shared and Ave felt their hearts sync. It was a moment of both physical and emotional bliss. Then they kissed again. The fire had burnt down to embers, but the love was still as strong as ever in the kiss. Zane rolled over onto his back and took Ava with him. She smiled and got comfortable in her usual sleeping position, half way sprawled on top of him. 

“I see you too, angel,” he told her quietly as he played with her hair. 

“Yes, you do,” she agreed.