She carried her bowl of soup in the direction of the room when she caught sight of Viviana coming down the stairs flanked by her mother and sister. “Where’s Rin?” “Sonny’s room.” She turned back in the direction of the kitchen. She did not need the drama. She’d rather eat alone. Surely Sonny wouldn’t get annoyed with her for avoiding them. “What smells so good?” Viviana questioned her eyes peering towards the bowl in Sasha’s hands “Soup. I made a huge pot. It’s in the kitchen. Help yourself.” She stood now frozen unsure of which direction she should go. Frick. She felt like she could handle Viviana, but Angie and Concetta were a pain in the ass. “Don’t you have to get ready for work?” Angie looked her over. “Where’s your costume?” Sasha tried desperately not to make a face at Angie. “Most girls don’t arrive to work in costume. They dress up when they’re there.” “What is your favorite costume?” “Executive CEO,” she bit out smartly. “Mafia princess is my other one.” She shifted t
Without missing a beat, Rin ripped the bowl out of her hand, shoved it next to his dessert on the tray and hauled her out of the bedroom. He dragged her down the hall towards Sonny’s office. She didn’t miss the smirks on the faces of the three women being accompanied by Gian as they were making their way out of the house. She winked back at them and blew them a kiss, further enraging the man who had his hand wrapped so tightly around her bicep it was likely to leave a bruise as he shoved her into the dark room and slammed the door behind her. “What the fuck is your problem?” she yanked her arm out of his grasp in a move which surprised him. He’d underestimated her strength and her ability. She fought the feeling of smug satisfaction.“You disrespect me in front my family, in front of my grandfather, in my family home?” he backed her against the door, slamming his hand against the wall beside it striking a light switch. It caused one lamp near a sofa to light up, but th
He was walking purposefully toward her now with the whip dangling over his fingers and he flicked his wrist making it effortlessly coil around her middle, stinging her flesh but not intensely. He was letting her know he had excellent skills in wielding the weapon. “Did you know I have a cattle ranch?” He tugged the leather and pulled her towards him. She stumbled over her feet at his trickery. “No,” Sasha swallowed at the intensity of his stare as he looked down at her. Her fingers gripped the leather as he pulled them closer together. She noted for the first time his nose was a little offset and had a small bump as if it had been broken once. She found herself wondering if it was work-related or from playing sports or something which happened on his ranch. “Mm. I’m an avid horseback rider. I have five hundred head of cattle. I am very good with a riding crop, a bullwhip and of course, the sexy ones like floggers and little braided hand-whips.” She licked her lips at his words. “Yo
Before she could register what exactly he was doing, he had a handcuff around her wrist and was dragging her to the wall and had attached her to the cabinetry on a decorative spindle by securing her other wrist in the cuff. “What are you doing?” she asked while he exerted his strength over her. This was not what she thought he would do. Was he going to torture her like she’d suggested? “Your mouth needs taming and I could just shove my cock in it and keep you quiet that way, but my tiramisu is waiting in the other room. You want to act like a petulant teenager and to be punished by daddy?” he smacked her on the ass one more time. “Then you’re grounded to this room until you can apologize. I’ll remind you; you can scream all you want but nobody will hear you and my grandfather wouldn’t dare come let you out. He knows who runs this family, my little mouse.” He turned her head with a fistful of her hair, and she gasped at the harsh movement. He pressed his lips to hers a
Chastity was waiting for her when she got the club. She’d been late because she’d had to avoid Rin and racing through the house to the safety of her locked bedroom had been more difficult than she’d expected. “Is Orion okay there? I can’t lie. I was terrified to refuse Rin Allegretti.” “Orion used to spend time with Sonny there before during the afternoons when Ruthie was alive. Sonny has spent many evenings with Orion up in the apartment. He knows Sonny really well and I know he’s safe there. Any word from your sister?” “No. I half expected to hear she was picked up again by the cops, but it’s been quiet. She’ll likely be gone a few days at least.” She groaned following Sasha into her office and throwing herself onto the sofa. “I wish she’d just relinquish custody to me and let me have him and stop fucking his life up so bad.” “Yes, but then she’d have zero control over you and what fun would it be for her?” Sasha rolled her eyes sarcastically. “The woman is a v
Sasha made her way back towards her office and met her head of security Achilles waiting for her. “How’s it looking out there?”“Solid. We got a good crowd.” He gave her a look.“What is it?” she frowned at him. She knew the look. Usually, it meant a patron outside was causing trouble.“Four people showed up and wanted in and I turned them away because they clearly didn’t know the process for Gina’s, but they are insisting they are good friends with the owner,” he gave a smirk, “through Sonny Allegretti. They said they were going to file a complaint with him.”She instantly knew who they were. “Three women, one man? The man about the same height as Sonny but without any of his style or personality? A woman his age and two younger blondes who look just like her?”“You do know them?” Achilles lifted an eyebrow as he followed her into the office and f
Rin sat behind his grandfather’s desk and plugged away at the work in front of him on his laptop. His eyes kept flicking to the key on the desk where he had left it after Sasha had slipped it to him. Her movements had been slick and practiced and he chuckled as he realized there was more to the little mouse than he’d imagined. He wondered if she had been a pickpocket at one point in her life. She had taken it from him with ease by distracting him with her beautiful mouth.When he’d arrived the day before to his grandfather’s house, he’d been intent to throw her out on her ass, tell the old man he wasn’t going to make a fool of their family name and put an end to this woman living with his grandfather once and for all. Now, he realized he’d jumped in without assessing the full situation.Her fiery personality telling his parents and sisters off had pissed him off for a split second and then he couldn’t stop watching, waiti
Rin could tell she was considering his request. He wanted her. She wanted him. They were two consenting adults. Why not? He licked a path along her shoulder to her pulse and enjoyed the shudder she gave. “And what exactly, does being the plaything of Rin Allegretti, entail?” she asked curiously, stifling a moan as his hands inched lower down her abdomen to rest just above her pelvis. “Just be mine,” he said with a simple whisper. “No dating anyone else. No fucking anyone else. No hook-ups. No flings in the workplace. Just you and me.” “Sounds tempting,” she exhaled a shaky breath. “Do the same rules apply to you?” “Absolutely.” He grinned at the vibrato of her voice. His little mouse was aroused with only his proximity. He was already imagining the things he wanted to do with her. He slipped his hands lower until he reached the end of her dress and hiked it up her thighs, stroking the inside of her leg. “I think you’re leaving out a lot of details thoug
“This is bullshit,” Chastity complained as she wiped sweat off her forehead. “Who the hell thought it was a good idea to do this?”Sonny laughed at the woman’s misery as he patted the head of the dog who had just returned with the ball, he had tossed for her. “It’s not so bad. Could be worse.”“It’s hotter than the sun here,” Chas lifted a glass of sweet tea to her lips and chugged it like it was a beer. “I literally just took a cold shower and I’m sweaty again. Texas is too hot.”Sasha opened one eye from where she lay in the hammock and stretched, “he’s right. It could be worse. They could have brought you along on their little cattle drive and then the campout last night. Rin made them eat beans and hotdogs off a campfire.”“How do you know? Did he message you?” Chas sat up and glowered at her. “They said they weren’t bringing p
Sasha curled up next to Rin in bed, the excitement of the last forty-eight hours dissipating and exhaustion taking over. He was holding her tight, her head resting on his bare chest and his fingers playing with the silky strands of her hair as they cuddled.“You won my mother over tonight,” he said suddenly.“I did?” she was surprised.“You had dad at manicotti but the minute you put leather on and rocked out to Janet Jackson she was hooked. It seems it was one of her favorite songs as a teenager.” He chuckled, “also, she said something about being terrified of the way you command the attention of every evil person she’s ever seen. She recognized one of the men in the club as a man she and Dad ran across once in Sicily on a vacation. It seems they pissed the man off and he threatened to end them.”“Really? Who?”“Saul –”Before he could finish speaking Sasha
Sasha stood still while Rin helped peel the almost painted on leather from her body. The entire day she had waited for him to call her and demand she come home. Then she expected text messages of the same. Instead, he’d given her radio silence and she had considered maybe he had just become fed up with her wild temper and stomping out on him.Most of her day she had dreaded coming to the floor and him not showing up. Even when his application and the corresponding fee had come through, she had thought perhaps he was doing it because Sonny had asked him to. This was a place where Sonny had conducted a lot of business in his heyday. It only made sense Rin did the same.Now he was here behind her, sliding the garment over her hips and his lips pressed to her shoulder and she closed her eyes at the myriad of feelings she had. “I thought I might have pushed my luck one time too many. You didn’t call even once today and I knew you were angry about me smacking up your guy.”“Are you kidding?
The house lights lowered around the booths and seating areas and tables surrounding the main stage. They must be nearing show time, Rin considered as the crowd were making their way to tables or inching up to the bar.Rin noted the stage was massive, the big black curtains likely made of velvet were shut. While there were absolutely poles which ran from fixtures, the set-up was definitely more of a Vegas show than what he expected. It was high-end and now he understood where his million-dollar membership fee was going. When he’d balked at the fee, Sonny had laughed at him telling him it was a one-time fee and the best money he’d ever spend.He felt Marcello’s hand on his shoulder warningly and he looked up and then followed the man’s gaze. Edik Volkov was heading straight in his direction. He got off the bar stool and accepted the man’s hand but the older man pulled him into a tight hug.“Rin, I just left Sasha backstage. What
Rin was working in his office and struggling to get through the day. Sleep had been near impossible for him without Sasha laying next to him. He considered sending her a message or calling her but he wasn’t sure what he would say. He missed her but something about Regal’s warning the night before had him pausing. Give her space. She’ll come to him when she’s ready.“What are you doing?” his grandfather asked as he entered the office without knocking. “You should be getting dressed!”“We have lots of time,” he looked up and then raised an eyebrow at his grandfather’s appearance. The man was dressed to the nines. “You’re going to a strip club.”“You can’t wear jeans and a t-shirt in Gina’s, Rin.” Sonny scoffed at him. “Even your father and mother are dressed up and your sister is wearing something scandalous, or it’s how she described it.”
Rin wiped his hands off on a towel and exited the cell and grimaced at Marcello. “What kind of fool believes he can come into my house, my house,” he repeated angrily, “and try to steal from me using the little devices in his pockets.”“He’s not going to use those little devices anymore,” Marcello said smugly.They both looked up as one of their security agents came down the stairs in a rush.“Now what?”“It’s Miss Smith, sir,” Eddie said scraping his finger over his forehead. “She got upset when Tiny tried to take her out of the lounge and away from Regal.”“Did she now?” Rin exchanged an annoyed look with Marcello. “Let me guess. She threw a fit, stomped her feet, and demanded you leave her alone?”“Um, well no.” Eddie appeared embarrassed. “She said she was going to leave and was going to call her security to come
Dinner was over and Sasha and Rin were sharing a quiet moment before heading back to the suite when Marcello poked his head into the room.“Aw, don’t you two look cute and cozy.”Rin held her hand up, “she said yes.”“She had no choice,” Marcello mocked him. “She’s making the best of a bad situation in being saddled with your cranky ass.” He winked at Sasha with a grin.Sasha gave a snort of laughter at his teasing.“Can I steal your fiancé away from you for a minute?” Marcello asked her curiously. “We have a situation I know you will want to weigh in on, Rin.”Rin frowned at him, “you cannot deal with it yourself?”“Our friend you personally banned is sitting at the blackjack table. I believe he thinks you were still out of the casino this week.” Marcello met his gaze directly.Sasha noted Rin’s posture imme
“You are like a cat with a canary,” Rin laughed at her as he sat down. “You knew it would nettle him to know he had to have permission to come in with me to the club.”“I did and he does.”“You can just grant the permission or did Sonny put his name on the application?”“No. I don’t think Sonny even considered him to be truthful. I can grant the permission. I am the one who processes the applications and completes the vetting process.” She met his surprised glance with a cocky smirk.“Are you suggesting you could have let me in all along?”“Yes, but I know Sonny has been the one who wants to show off Gina’s to you and I wasn’t taking it from him. As I’ve said before, it’s not your run of the mill strip club, not that it matters. However, I know he wants to be the one to introduce you. Chas finally gave him permission to return so when he come
Sasha ground her hips against Rin’s as she straddled him on the sofa and dug her fingers into his thick hair. He tasted of alcohol and smelled undeniably of his signature body wash she had become accustomed to. He was getting hard under her movements and his moan of approval as she took the kiss from him was exhilarating.This was a make-up kiss and she knew it. He had actually apologized for his behavior and said she was his world. She felt as if she were wielding power over the raw masculine energy of the man who was kissing her back as if she were the most precious thing in the universe.His hands were kneading her ass beneath the hemline of her skirt and he was grinding her on him roughly.“Topolina, if we don’t stop,” he broke the kiss, “I fear we will be even later to dinner.”“It’s not like they’ll cancel the reservation,” she whispered against his lips, “you do own the entire place