Massimo
Ishould have put my foot down and told Leandro to keep her at the estate and retain some distance between Sophia and I while Dad deals with Desiree’s father, but I’m not letting an Amorte dictate my rules.Besides, if Sophia weren’t coming to me, I’d be going home to where I left her in my bed.Three fucking days without her is about as deprived as I intend to be, fucking Amorte or not.
He’s learning the hard way that you don’t pull a power play with a Roselli, especially our father, and one as tough as ours.My father may be a hard-ass, and we may not ever agree, but if he’s in your corner it’s all the way.But I also know the old man’s temper and any talk my father may have had with the head of the Amorte crime family was liable to have been like throwing a bucket of kerosene on the entire situation and lighting a fucking match after Amorte put a hit out on me.
Desiree’s text two hours ago, thanking me for setting her free is all the thanks I need from her.At least now she can live her life the way she wants and so can I.For that, I’ll take the fucking heat from Amorte knowing that our soldiers are more equipped and better prepared.
Besides, now that I have things in place, my soldiers are watching the Amortes like a hawk.My men will rain a shower of terror on them that they’ve only had nightmares about in the past.I just wish they weren’t so spread thin watching both the Amortes and Gallinis at the very same time.
Now, it’s safe to have Sophia here, outside of the perimeters of the estate.A necessary precaution that took careful planning and timing to get in place, whether she realized it or not.And I much prefer that she not have to deal with any more shit than the fucking mess her father, and it appears Barcelo Gallini, Sophia’s sister’s future fiancée, have thrown her into the middle of.I’m going to have to learn a hell of a lot more before I can figure out what’s going on there.
The sliding glass door shifts my attention.Sophia stands just inside the door with Leandro at her back.She doesn’t say a word, but those eyes see right into my dark-hearted soul, giving it the only light it’s ever known.
I close the distance between us in three quick strides, drawing her to me.Leandro raises his eyebrows with a smirk on his face, discreetly closes the door, and flips me a wave of goodbye as he heads across the deck to the boat he and his men have moored.
“You left me,” she says.
My finger caresses the moistness of her lips.“Never.I was protecting you.”
Her lip quivers.“You should have told me.I thought you got what you wanted and then left me.”
My hand snakes around her nape to draw her even closer, my hard cock lying against her belly as I capture her lips, exploring her sweetness and claiming what’s mine.
I lift her slight frame, taking her to my bedroom and undressing her in seconds, tossing her clothes on the floor in our haste.I caress a finger over the moistness of her lips and rub it over the tips of her nipples, sending a shiver snaking down the length of her spine before unbuckling my belt.She couldn’t be more perfect.The jangling sound of my belt should scare the hell out of her knowing just who I am, but instead she likes the sound and purrs for me in the sexiest of ways.
I make her wait, building the anticipation, knowing I’ll find her wet and needy before I’ve barely touched her at all.There will be no forced little moans from Sophia, because I can fucking feel the energy between us, something real, that only comes along once in a lifetime, and I swear on everything holy she is going to be mine.
The moment I place her on my lap, her hands wind in my hair as my hands wrap around her hips, seating her on my rod and giving her no fucking time at all to breathe before driving right to the end of her.
Sophia’s eyes roll back with pleasure, and her hips swivel in time with mine as I caress her tips with a gentle finger and then a firmer touch.She purrs for me already right on the edge, turning my cock to stone deep inside of her.So fucking wet and soft like velvet as she glides up and down my rod.My balls tighten up with desire so strong it almost blinds me with its force.“Come for me, Sophia,” I growl, driving in deep, raising and lowering her with hands around her waist as I pummel upward, grinding against that little spot in the front of her that makes her crazy with desire until we’re both spilling our need for the other, and chasing the euphoria to the very end.
I hold her tightly to me, kissing her lips as our breathing calms.I don’t fucking care about the money, my dad’s wrath, or our bet.Win or not, Sophia is mine.
The minute she agreed to the deal, her destiny was sealed.It should have been sealed with that kiss, yet still I gave her another chance.Maybe I didn’t tell Sophia, but I gave her a chance to let the idea resonate, and for her to run the other way.Any sign at all that she didn’t want to play, didn’t want to be part of our sick little game.But my little kitten has claws of her own, and no matter the rationale, two people drawn to each other in this way were meant to be together.
Sophia kisses my lips, and this time I go slow, taking my time, exploring every delicious inch of her skin with my lips, tasting her with my tongue while making her squirm.She is fucking perfect, delirious with need and so fucking responsive that she keeps my dick hard throughout the day, only stopping my exploration to make us a late lunch before holding her in my arms again while we sleep well into the late evening.
I stroke the dark-haired beauty before I get out of bed, contemplating everything light and beautiful about her and everything dark and ugly in this world, the world I’m about to tie her to for an eternity.She has a chance to get out, if my father will forgive the debt, and I’ll make damn sure he does because I’ll pay it, if her father will allow it.She could finish school and be allowed to disappear from the drudgery of this world, at least as the younger sister.
Anna though, as the oldest daughter of the Cassones, Sophia’s sister, will be used as a bargaining chip to secure the position of the family for years to come, just as Desiree Amorte’s father is using Desiree.Our world is not for the faint of heart.Someday, I will be in charge, and someday if I have a daughter, instead of a son, I will face the very same thing.
Even in the shower, all I can think of is the plan.The one that has to work in order for me to keep Sophia protected in my arms, with my ring on her finger, while protecting Desiree from the wrath of her father and an all-out war to start between the Amortes and the Rosellis because while Desiree may think this thing is over, she couldn’t be more wrong.
Being at odds with the Cassones is proving troubling enough, but this, the involvement of several families, is something no one anticipated, not even me.I step out of the shower and towel dry myself before heading into the bedroom and pulling on a pair of jeans and T-shirt.
I smile at the little kitten curled on my bed, exactly where I want her to be.
I exhale a breath and pad up to the upper level to get a drink and get some work done.I’d put money on it, and that’s exactly what I did.Millions of dollars of my own personal savings will need to be paid to my father in order to make this debt go away, money that I’ll gladly pay, but nothing is ever that easy.I settle in at a table and flip open the laptop to glance at the latest stock numbers, the revenue streams coming in, and the turmoil that these hijacks have caused.Fucking chaos in the criminal underground.
The money is nothing, but reputation, respect, and not allowing anyone to step on our family or diminish our power, that’s what this debt is really about.Yeah, my father will take the money, but the Cassones will learn a horribly hard lesson too, of that, I have no doubt.
The sound of a loud motor disrupts the quiet of the evening.
Instinct causes me to roll behind the couch and grab the spare gun from underneath it before I even answer my cell.“Get out, Amorte soldiers are heading your way.”
Too late, they’re here.
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