“I made your life harder,” I manage to get out. “However, you can’t hide behind your father forever.”
“Like you did Wallace?”
I give him a half-cocked glower. “I wasn’t supposed to be here.”
“We can’t always plan shit, Little T. Andthatshouldn’t have happened. However…whatever you need, I got you. When isyourcoronation?”
My nose wrinkles. “This is so stupid.”
“I’m notnotgoing to yours,” he retorts. “So?—”
“I wouldn’t want younotto be. However, we need to look like we have our heads on straight and you’re not obsessed with me just yet.”
Cairo looks heavenward. “Right…because I’m over here drooling over the prospect of?—”
“You just said you’d come over and fuck me whenever I wanted. Sounds pretty enamored to me.”
“Mhm.” He leans forward and steals a chastise kiss, then another, before his tongue parts my lips, and he mutters, “Maybe you’re right.”
I pull back a bit to look at him. “Wha— Say thatagain.”
“Number one pet peeve, Little T,” he replies flatly, chasing my lips. “I hate repeating myself.”
I smile when he kisses me again. “Awww, and here I thought you’d like it when I repeat how much I love your cock, Sinatra. However, if we’re going to play that game?—”
“Stop fucking with me,” he lightly chides, sliding his tongue once in my mouth. “I was going to give you a surprise.”
My face skews up again. “I hate surprises. Unless it’s cheeseburgers and car parts.”
“I think you’ll like this one.”
“What is it?”
“Kiss me, and I’ll give it to you.”
I don’t do what he says. Apparently, I’m on a limit of how many orders I’ll take from this man.
“Unless you’d like to wait…”
I press my lips into his firmly, biting down gently on his bottom one before pulling away and looking into his dark eyes that now look a bit foggy from lust.
“I won’t bitch about how fake that was to get what you want,” he emits softly. “But I won’t let it slide again.”
“C’mon, old man,” I press impatiently, gripping tightly onto his shirt. “What’s my surprise? Do you have Matteo on that silver platter for me like you promised?”
“Not yet. But I did get you something else.”
“What?”
“Reeve.” My stomach instantly drops to my ass. “Ozzy found him. He’s back.”
THIRTY-THREE
reeve
I couldn’t do it.
At Lorenzo’s second invitation to drive me over to see my father, I couldn’t bring myself to jump into his Rover and go visit the man I accepted was dead.
