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Adriano’s POVI was in my study with, Nik debriefing what happened tonight."It could have been way worse if you didn't have quick reflexes," Nik said.I nodded. “I can’t say the same about, Mateo,” I said.“Mateo has always been fucking slow,” Nik replied. “he could have easily dodged that swing if he’d been paying attention.”He wasn’t wrong. Mateo was fucking slow.When that, Russian fucker took a swing at me with a knife we didn’t know he had on him, my reflexes kicked in almost immediately and I swerved to the side, narrowly missing a blade to my face.Mateo, who was standing beside me did get slashed by the knife before I could disarm the fucker and once I did, the last thing on my mind was extracting any sort of information from him so I slit his throat with his own knife.“You know by killing that fucker, we lost out on finding out the rest of their hideout,” Nik said.“We didn’t really need him. I admit it would have been easier but there are other ways to find that out,” I s
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Melanie’s POVAfter, I took a shower and changed into a pair of pajama shorts and tank top, my stomach growled loudly.I had a huge dinner at, Phoebe’s place so I felt freaking full when I got home but the night took such a strange turn that now I was fresh out of energy and completely starving.I also had tons of missed calls and messages from, Aria whom I hung up the phone abruptly on. Each of her messages were varied versions of what’s wrong and if I was okay. At one point she even threatened to drive over here if I didn’t call or respond to her messages.Sighing, I picked up my phone and replied to her texts with a simple 'I'm fine' but my phone vibrated after a few seconds.I swiped to answer the call and put the phone to my ear. “I already told you that I was fine,” I said into the receiver."You didn't respond to any of my messages for over an hour and you thought a simple 'I'm fine' was going to suffi
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Adriano’s POVThe last thing I wanted was to go searching for an adult male by this time of the night.I’d had a long day and after my briefing with, Nik, I wanted to take a shower and crawl into bed.But no, that fucker had to go wander off. Ralph left him alone for a few minutes to go get the car from where he parked it earlier so he could drive, Mateo home but when he got back in the room where he had been sown up, Mateo was nowhere to be found.“Go tell the guys outside to search the grounds,” I told Nik. “He might have wandered outside but I’ll check the house just in case.”Nik nodded. "You got it, boss."We went separate ways and I started my search from the empty guest rooms, maybe he was looking for a place to sleep and stumble into one of them, but he wasn’t in any one.I even went to the gym and movie room, but still, I came up empty. That was when I took my search downstairs and started he
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Adriano’s POVAfter Melanie left the kitchen, I opened the low-level drawers. I kept a few knives and other tools in there in case it came in handy to, Alice not that she'd ever had any need to use them because she was protected.But the knowledge that she had the tools to protect herself if it ever comes to that allowed her to rest easy and it wasn't a big deal for me to do it for her. Plus, she was great with knives so I pity anyone who makes the gross mistake of underestimating her.Luckily, the drawer had what I needed. I took the secateurs from the drawer and slipped it into my pocket. I won't be able to sleep if I didn't exact retribution. Maybe this would be a warning to anyone who didn't get the message earlier.I left the house and walked towards the driveway where Ralph and Nik were standing watching over Mateo with identical glares on their faces, clearly pissed that he'd sent them on an unnecessary search.Mateo
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Melanie’s POVIf someone had told me that I was going to spend most of my night stitching up a man with a stab wound, I would have laughed in their faces.And it would have been more unbelievable if the person had added that the same person I stitched up would try to harass me.I’d been living here for weeks and even though, Adriano and I had tethered on the edge of our attraction towards each other, he had never done anything inappropriate to me or even made me uncomfortable.I didn't communicate much with the ground guards in the house but I assumed they'd be like, Ralph. Grumpy, quiet, and focused on their jobs. The last thing I expected was for Mateo to come on to me considering I didn't think he was dumb enough to have been oblivious to my conversation with, Adriano in the medical room which would have given him a pretty good guess on the dynamics of my relationship with, Adriano.The look on, Adriano's face when
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Melanie's POV"Hello…. I'm right here," I said, infuriated that they were ignoring me.“We know exactly where you are, little nurse,” Adriano replied.“Then stop talking as if I'm invincible!” I yelled.“No need to yell, dear. We're just looking out for you,” Alice said.“I'm quite capable of taking care of myself,” I replied.“That's why you're trying to skip breakfast?” Adriano asked.“I don't need a lecture from you and neither do you control what I eat,” I huffed.He ignored me and turned to, Alice. “Like I said, she doesn't leave this house unless she's eaten breakfast.”Alice nodded in response, and then he turned to me.“Have a good day, little nurse,” he said. “I'll see you when I get back.”Then he grabbed his suit jacket and walked out of the house while I struggled not to throw the vase on the table at his incredibly fine ass.Alice's chuckling drew m
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Melanie’s POV“You didn’t get enough sleep, huh?” she asked.“It’s not what you think,” I said."Oh, it sounds like you were busy with your hot, Italian boyfriend which ended up with you being sleep-deprived," she said. "Now it makes sense why your eyes look so huge."I sighed. When was I going to learn to keep my damn mouth shut?"Okay, I am sleep-deprived and it has something to do with, Adriano but I promise it's not what you think," I repeated. "You need to get your mind out of the gutter."“Girl, my mind lives in the gutter and it’s beyond saving so don’t even bother,” Hayley said. “Now tell me, does Adriano look as bad as you do or is it just you?”“Hayley!”"What?! I'm just trying to find out to what degree he tired you out last night. On a scale of one to ten, with one being not at all and ten being out of this world, which is it."I shook my head. “I don’t know why I even bother
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Melanie’s POVIt didn’t come as a surprise that, Hayley was right.When Aria called and I asked her if it would be possible for us to meet in the hospital instead, her response was, "I didn't expect anything else."I also informed her that we were going to have company and she was totally fine with it. Now, Hayley and I were seated at a table at the cafeteria, five minutes into our lunch hour.“Do you think she’s still coming?” Hayley asked. “She’s five minutes late.”I waved her off. “She’s probably stuck in traffic,” I said. “You know how it gets during rush hour.”Hayley sighed. “Okay, I’ll wait five more minutes and if she doesn’t show, I’m getting something to eat and you look like you need another cup of coffee.”That would be correct. Although the breakfast and coffee helped a lot, I found myself getting tired when I wasn’t even halfway into my shift for the day. Then I had another cup of coffee bef
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Melanie’s POVIt took a while before I left the hospital, my shift ended almost an hour ago which meant I was now working overtime.It also meant I didn't have much time to prepare for tonight's outing but I was definitely going to try.I sent, Adriano a text when I was on my way home telling him I was running a little behind, and then I wondered if he was even home yet.He usually got home later than I did so there was a chance he was still at his office. I could use that to my advantage and blame him for our lateness, I thought with a smile on my face.However, Adriano was already at home when I walked in. He was sitting on one of the couches in the living room, reading something from a tablet in his hand.He raised his head when he saw me though and he smiled.“You’re late, little nurse,” he said and I glared at him.“I am? Maybe that’s because I was busy tending to burn victims all day,” I rep
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Melanie’s POVHayley was eyeing me with a smirk on her face when I got to work the next day.Unfortunately, she wasn’t the only one. I was getting multiple stares from different people as I walked in.“Girl!!! You’re like a hospital celebrity with the way people have been talking about you and your man since you both traipsed out of here yesterday,” she said.“I don’t care, they can stare all they want,” I said.Hayley regarded me with a strange expression. “That’s a first for you,” she said.“What do you mean?” I asked.“The Melanie I know would be looking bothered and trying not to look in people’s eyes because of how embarrassed she is,” Hayley explained."Well, let's just say that I'm no longer that girl," I replied.“Oh, you definitely aren’t and I’m sure I have Adriano to thank for that,” she said. “Plus, you have that freshly fucked glow about you which means it’s going to be hard
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Adriano’s POVTo say I was in a good mood would be an understatement. I was over the fucking moon.Even the thought of what I had to do today did nothing to dim my mood. It turned out that my good mood was plastered on my face for everyone to see.“I can see that your relationship is on the right track,” Nik teased.“Not that you’ll understand since you have no one,” I retorted.“Oh, don’t worry, boss. I have enough fun to keep me happy and I don’t need anyone,” he replied.He was the only fucker that seemed happy at the prospect of torturing someone. That’s why I keep him around. That and the fact he’s good at other things as well.“You also need to stop killing our possible, business associates,” I told him.Nik was in charge of negotiating possible business deals with other groups. We were currently in the middle of negotiating a new arms deal and this morning, I learned that the meeting, Nik was s
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Melanie’s POVI woke up tangled up in Adriano’s arms, feeling deliciously sore.Last night was hands down, the best night of my life. It turned out that, Adriano was an insatiable beast in the sheets judging by the number of times we had sex. At some point, I even stopped counting my orgasms.I wasn’t a virgin, but being with the way, Adriano handled me, I might as well have been one.I felt a kiss on my head.“Good morning, little nurse,” he said in his hoarse morning voice.“Good morning,” I replied. “I’m going to need a lot of coffee to get through this day.”“Why?” he asked.“Because a certain young man couldn’t get his hands off me long enough for me to get a decent amount of sleep,” I said.“I’m not going to apologize for that, little nurse, because you enjoyed every single moment of it,” he said.That’s right. I did.“Do you want to call in sick from work today?”
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Melanie’s POVAdriano’s lips were on mine, warm and commanding, and every time they moved, I felt like I was unraveling piece by piece. His hand slid up my back, strong and steady, pulling me closer until there was no space between us. The soft leather of the couch pressed against my skin, cool and grounding, but it did nothing to calm the storm inside me.I opened my eyes for a moment, catching a glimpse of him. His sharp jawline, the dark stubble brushing against my skin, and the intensity in his gaze always made me feel like I was the only thing in his world.I could barely breathe, but I didn’t care. Every kiss was like a promise, dark, intense, and utterly consuming. His fingers tangled in my hair, tugging gently as he tilted my head back, exposing my neck to him. He trailed kisses along my jawline, slow and deliberate, his breath hot against my skin. I arched into him, my fingers clutching at his shoulders as his lips trailed
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Adriano’s POVThe soft light of the living room barely cut through the weight of the night as I watched her. I blinked thinking I might have imagined the words I heard earlier.Melanie stood a few feet away, still in her jeans and that worn leather jacket she seemed to love so much. I noticed because ever since the cold rolled in, she had been wearing more of that jacket. She looked like trouble and comfort rolled into one, the kind of combination that could destroy a man if he wasn’t careful and I’ve never really been careful around my girl. In fact, I was fast losing the patience I thought I was holding on to and if she was messing with me, I would be pissed.Now, though, something had shifted. Her eyes met mine, and I knew we were past the point of trying to avoid the sexual tension that existed in perpetuity between us.“Kiss me,” she said softly, but there was nothing timid in her tone. It wasn’t a question or even a
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Melanie’s POVAdriano led me into the restaurant and we were led towards a private booth. The servers were very polite and a little too eager to server but it was to be expected.The man booked the whole restaurant to take his girlfriend on a date. It didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out he was influential.The food was amazing!I had a hard time deciding between two dishes but I ended up going for the chicken cacciatore while, Adriano ordered the second dish I was considering for himself.I tried not to swoon at how attentive he was to me because I know for a fact that he ordered that dish because of me but I didn’t want to draw attention to it.And as I suspected, when our food arrived and we began eating, he asked me if I wanted to try a bite of his food and somehow, half of his parmesan ended up on my plate.Thank God he ordered enough servings.The conversation also flowed freely all
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Melanie’s POVI clocked out and ran to change out of my scrubs, ignoring the numerous eyes that were on me. Some were staring at me with approval but most of them had looks of jealousy and envy, like I somehow stole what belonged to them.Well, that was none of my business. The fact was, Adriano is my man and they can look all they want but can't have him. So that was one way to look at it. Besides, I wasn't a stranger to being stared at.I changed out of my regular clothes and when I got out. She was glaring at daggers at me but there was no mistaking the envy in her eyes when she saw, Adriano earlier.I smiled at her. Take that you petty, conniving, bitch. Yes, you can think you're all that and try to take away surgeries from me but you'll never have my man.I got to the nurses’ station, half expecting to meet, Hayley alone but to my surprise, she was engrossed in a conversation with, Adriano and they were laughing.
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Melanie’s POV“Ugh… you guys are so cute it’s disgusting,” Aria said, once again interrupting our moment.“Shut up, Ari!” Adriano barked at her.“Whatever, I’m going to be with, Alice in the kitchen so wrap this up because we’re all having dinner together and I don’t want you making googly eyes at each other at the dinner table,” she said.“You still haven’t said it, Melanie,” Adriano said when we were finally alone. “I need to hear you say it.”“You need to hear me call you, baby?” He nodded. “Yes, I do because you’re mine and I’m yours. Every part of me belongs to you. So I’m your baby and it feels fucking good to hear you admit it.”I would have laughed if he wasn't being incredibly sweet. A grown-ass man was happy I called him, baby. Now that was a first.“Still, you shouldn’t have yelled at your sister that way,” I told him."She can handle it besides how do you expect me to let out
