Chapter 17 

~Valeria ~ “Raphael?” I complain. When we’re in his room, he throws me on his bed. The book falls to the floor. Watching me as I maneuver myself to sit up, he takes his shirt off and then begins unbuckling his pants. His eyes stare at me as if I were his prey. There’s something raw about him right now, and I like it. When his pants are undone, he pulls me by the legs all the way until I’m at the edge of the bed. “Come here.” His voice is so low and gruff. Picking me up, he hooks my legs around him and kisses me, stealing the air from my lungs until neither of us has any breath left. When we part, he throws me on the bed again, but this time he rips the button of my pants when he forcefully opens them. He holds my hips, and I ready myself for him to take my pants off, but instead, he turns me around and bends me over the edge of the bed. I try to get up, but he holds my hair in his fist and pins me in place with my cheek pressed against the mattress. He’s rough, and I love it. I’ve neve