LuckyAll of a sudden, I am wide awake. “Are you serious right now?” I stare at him as if he’s grown two heads and has devil horns out of the top. His eyes narrow and he moves his head slightly like he is assessing me.“Deadly serious, Lucky. I need to know if it was you.”“But why would I do that? You’re out of your mind, Nico. That is the most insane thing I’ve ever heard.” He raises his eyebrows.“Somehow, I don’t think it is. Think about it, Princess. You didn’t want to marry me; an arranged marriage is not your idea of love and romance. I threatened your father’s life. Perhaps you thought by ordering a hit that if I was out of the way, you and your father would be saved.” He leans towards me and tilts my chin up with his thumb and forefinger.Even with him accusing me, this gentle gesture makes my pulse race and my heart hammer in my chest. Insane, right? “Nico, I wouldn’t dream of having you killed. I am not a murderer; I may be many things but that is not one of them and why on
Nico I was too exhausted to even do anything with Lucky, by the time I nodded off for a couple of hours, it must have been hitting three in the morning. Quietly and with slow movements I ease myself out of the bed, my body wakes naturally at five and I can see it is still dark outside. In fact, it’s pitch black in the bedroom, shame because I’d love to see Lucky’s sleeping, peaceful face. Easily, I make my way to the dressing room and dig out my grey run shorts, an old Uni top and slip into my sneakers. As I open the door one of the guards turns to me and nods. “Your aide is waiting downstairs for you, Nico.” “Thanks, just getting some water before I start.” He nods back and I make my way down the stairs into the kitchen. It’s always eerie when the house sleeps but I like the peace and quiet. My life, our lives are chaotic, always running from one business to the next, always having someone to sort out or read the riot act to or worse, torture. What this house needs is a family, lo
NicoWe stare at each other for what seems an eternity. His eyes are blazing, the anger showing all over his face as his face goes red. Dario clenches his fists by his side. “So, help me God I want to smash your face in right now, Nico. I am your fucking brother. What the fuck do you take me for?”I am raging internally too; everything is coming to a head. I need to know who is behind the shooting, I want to protect my family and now I have no idea if I can even trust my own flesh and blood. “You are jealous of me, Dario that’s why and we already know you had something to do with the three million leaving my casino. What do you have to say about that?”I take a seat at the table in the room, not daring myself to stand. My own legs feel weak at the mere thought of Dario having stolen from me, from us our own family. The money isn’t just for me, it feeds our family, it reinvests. The casino is clean money.“Okay, I hold my hands up to that. I had debts,” he lowers his head and bites his
LuckyI check myself out in the standing mirror, wearing some smart black jodhpurs, a cream polo neck jumper and a riding jacket over, I wonder should I go down and intrude on the meeting Nico has with Aurora. I am itching to know if she has more information and as far as Nico is concerned, he is being a closed book about it. I mean, I have the right to know after all. However, I must be patient. Nico will tell me more when he knows more.I hope his chat with Dario has gone well. I slip into brand new riding boots, they feel good. It’s been a while since I have been out on a horse and although I miss my own horses at my father’s grounds, I know that Nico will have equally as stunning horses in his stables here.As I open the door, I see two bodyguards standing there, they are different ones, I am guessing it is a shift change, although I do wonder just how many people Nico has guarding us all the time.“Miss Gianluca,” the tallest of the two greets me, he has an earring in one ear, a d
LuckyWhat is happening? There are more sounds like shots being fired, then I feel a body on top of me. “Do not move, Miss Gianluca, stay down.” Villessey commands me. His voice stern, I realize I am holding my breath.“Oh my God, what is going on?” My voice quavers, a lump is in my throat at the sight of a motionless Phillip laying in front of me.“We are under attack, stay still help is on the way. We have the place surrounded. I can’t move you just yet we are in the open.”“Obviously we are not protected enough if someone has managed to shoot Phillip. Is he, is he dead?”“Yes, he is cold.” Great that doesn’t sound nice, does it? I mean he is, was a person a living person who had a mother and a father. And who would be attacking us? I thought this place was like Fort Knox with all the security, the eyes in the sky and just about anything else that Nico could surround us with in terms of security.“On the count of three, I want you to get up and follow closely behind me, I will shield
Nico“So, what you are saying,” I say as I sit directly in front of Aurora in my office. She leans forward with her elbows resting on her knees. “Is that somehow this Yelena woman is the daughter of a Russian woman, was given up for adoption and taken in by a Russian family. That the Sokolova family are Mafia related? Is this for real? I thought there was no mafia connection?”She rubs one of her perfect arched brows with her forefinger. I can see the pulse going in her neck. “That would be correct, Boss.”“And the mother, where is she? I thought you were on this Aurora.”“Boss, we are on it. She is nowhere to be found. It seems she went dark after the birth of the baby. Last to have been registered in a small town outside of Chicago.”My butler comes in with a tray on top of which sits a coffee pot, two cups and saucers, cream jug and sugar bowl. I nod my thanks as he sets it down and leaves us to it. “Continue. What about other relatives?”“There are no other children born to this w
Lucky“Get in,” I hear Villessey say in a gruff tone.“How the fuck do I know you’re not leading me into a trap?” I am anxious my heart rate is so high right now I feel as if I am going to pass out as I teeter on the first rung of the long iron ladder fixed to what appears to be some kind of wall.“You don’t, however, I’m not. I am trying to save us from being shot at. Now get down and hurry up. I do not want to be out here any longer than necessary. It’s my job to keep you safe.”“And who the hell shot Phillip?” I start to move down the rungs, the coldness apparent on my hands. I grip with my life because it looks a long way down as I look down to the stone floor beneath me. It’s a good job I work out and have strong arms and not too afraid of heights.“It would appear that Andrewkov took the shot.” Villessey says as I see him closing the trap door and twisting a lock on it to secure it.“He was supposed to be of one Nico’s trusted ones,” I am shocked to hear that he had to anything
Nico“Tony get our parents and Lucky’s we are heading down to the tunnels. We may be there a couple of days until I can figure out the next move. And I want a new team in. Aurora is working on her team; you will liaise with her.” I directly speak to Tony as he stands in front of me with a confused look on his face.“What has happened? Why this sudden under siege tactic? What aren’t you telling me, Brother?” He places his hands on his hips.“Lucky was shot at by Andrewkov, he is somewhere on the grounds, Aurora is out there, our control unit is trying to get eyes on him from above. Chances are since they can’t readily locate him, that he is already in the woodland area where he is covered by the density of the trees.”“Fuck, are you serious?” He rakes his long fingers through his dishevelled hair. “Andrewkov, why would he do that? He has been with us a few years now.” He seems utterly confused by this latest snipped of information.I glare at him, time is of the essence here and beside
NicoI call my brother, Tony and wait for him to pick up. My heart rate is so high, I just know that something has happened. Having tried Lucky’s number several times I now know her battery must have died. Now I have no way of contacting her.“What’s up? Everything okay, did he talk?” Tony fires questions at me.“Where is Lucky?” My tone is abrupt as my driver speeds as fast as he can to the private airfield without being stopped and pulled over. Dammit.“About her,” he starts. “She went out, apparently to meet with a friend.”“Which friend? Where? Why did you let her out of your fucking sight? You were under specific instructions to keep an eye on her!”“Listen, Nico I am not Lucky’s keeper and when that woman wants to be she is pretty persuasive. She told us she wouldn’t be long and took one of the guards with her. And her driver. She will be fine; you need to stop panicking. Tell me about Andrewkov.”I want to scream and hurl insults at him, but it will get me nowhere. What damn fri
Lucky – a few hours earlier I have no reason to doubt that Nico is still in New York. I on the other hand have managed to get out. Nobody battered an eye lid when I got dressed into my black faux leather pants, black knee high boots and my favorite Chanel black jumper. Too much black? Maybe but you know I am the fiancée of a mafia Don, and it is appropriate.The guards tried to argue with me that I shouldn’t leave the property. That they had strict instructions for not letting me off the grounds, however, I did remind them that it is not long until I am the Queen and not just the Mafia’s Arranged Princess Bride. There wasn’t a whole lot they could say to that. There was a lot of mumbling, and my mother was almost in hysterics.My father gave me that look, the one he has often given me as I grew up when I was about to do something I knew I should not have been doing. As for Nico’s parents, they tried to convince me how disobedient I was being to Nico by dismissing everything he had to
NicoI take one look at Andrewkov and wonder why I even bothered hiring this piece of shit. Once someone has betrayed me, they are like shit on the bottom of my shoe. He knows it. And from the look of his swollen and bruised face, the way one eye is closed with bruising, I can see that Aurora’s team have made a start on him.I take a seat in front of him, a steel cold table between us. His hands are cuffed to a central metal loop in the middle of the table. His ankles tied with a zip tie.With one leg crossed over the other, I examine my nails. Not that I need to, they are manicured every couple of weeks, so I know they are immaculate. He looks at me with his one normal eye and spits on the table. I arch an eyebrow not expecting anything less.Aurora stands behind me to my right, in each corner of the stark room painted plain white, are four armed detail from her team. “So, you worthless piece of shit, was it worth the money they paid you?”“Fuck you, Santangelo.” His accent now thick
LuckyAs Nico leaves and follows behind me, he grabs my elbow. His grip tight, “what are you doing? Let go of me!” My voice dangerously low. I will not be pushed around by him or anyone. How dare he tell me to stay put like some old-fashioned Hausfrau? Not happening. This is my life too.“I am warning you, Lucky. You will not be coming back to New York with me. It is dirty, bloody business. It will churn your guts and make you have bad dreams for the rest of your life.” His voice is low, warning.“I don’t give a fuck how bad it is, I want to see him. He deserves what he has coming in any case. He tried to kill me, Nico. Am I supposed to just let that happen and leave everything up to you?”“You are a woman, Lucky, remember that and my arranged bride. That is it.” What the hell did he just say to me?“That’s sexist and don’t ever refer to me as being just a woman, you have a trained killer on your team with a cunt between her legs. What is so different between me and her?” My eyes are
NicoAurora looks like shit, I bet she hasn’t slept. “We found Andrewkov,” she seems out of breath like she has been running a marathon. I raise my eyebrows.“Where is the fucker?”“He’s at the cell in New York,” she steps further into the house appraising myself and taking a glance over to Lucky. “Shall we talk more privately?” She runs a hand over her chest. Her hair is tied back tightly into a ponytail. I nod and guide her towards a door leading off the entrance.“I want to be present,” Lucky says and follows behind.“You can go to dinner with the family, I will handle this. My mother is waiting,” I tell her in no uncertain terms. She glares at me, yet only a few moments ago her mouth was all over my cock. I’ve never known a woman blow so hot and cold.“I want to hear what she has to say, I have the right. It was me that was under attack, Nico.” Lucky stands firm with her hands on her hips. My brother Tony comes out of the kitchen.“What the hell is going on out here? Why are there
Lucky His startling blue eyes gaze down at me, I can see the darkening as desire begins to flood him. My own breath is catching in my throat and my heart is racing. Being this close to Nico always does something to me and it still surprises me that not that long ago, I would have felt like clawing his eyes out.“We should go down for dinner, mother has everything ready,” he says as he presses his hips further into me, allowing me to feel the rigidity of his large cock in his pants.“But this would be so much more fun,” I say as I remove my hands from his chest and slide them down to the belt on his pant. He groans, it’s low like a growl almost.“Woman, what are you doing to me?” His hand pushes the base of my back into him, and longing fills my body and core. My panties are wet, and my clit is aching for his tongue to slide along it. Slowly, I move my fingers to his cock feeling it hard under my touch through the fabric of his pants. Rubbing it, he groans again, “let me do this for yo
Nico“So, what is the plan?” Tony asks as we sit in the kitchen over a black coffee whilst our mother cooks us our favorite spaghetti and meatballs, trust me nobody can make them like our mother. She loves being in the kitchen and the aroma is making my stomach growl.Father sits in the lounge with a crossword puzzle book, he has taken to these a lot since he is not so heavily involved in the business and actually, it’s good to see him not with his nose in everything we are doing.Lucky is on a call with Mia, it was difficult to leave her after our love making but I do have business to discuss with my brother and I do have a whole fucking shit load of mess that needs resolving.“I have no idea, Bro. I’m waiting for Aurora and her team to get her ass over here, the crew we have around this property is skeleton at best.”“Did you not call ahead?” He takes a sip of the full-bodied red wine.“Of course I called her what do you take me for? Fucking idiot, she needed to see if she could fin
LuckyGod the way his tongue moves along my slit is too much, I swear I am going to pass out with longing as he laps me up, nips at my clit and continues to slide two fingers in and out of my wet pussy. “Take me, please,” I beg him.“I want to take my time with you, Princess we have all night, and I want to savour and enjoy you. I want to make love to you, not just fuck you.” He licks me more as my whole being tingles from my head to my toes, the sensations vibrating through my entire body. My hips buck every time he presses his fingers inside me, one finger curls and finds my G-spot. I am a goner as he easily brings me to climax, feeling myself pulsating around his thick fingers.Nico licks me up and sucks on my lips murmuring and groaning. “Please, Nico don’t make me wait any longer, I can’t. I want you now.” My eyes feel hooded as I look down at him, he raises his face and gently slides his two fingers out of me.“You taste so fucking good, Lucky, sweet as honey. You are my new fav
NicoFinally, we arrive at my place in Atlanta. Lucky was distant during the flight and it wasn’t the ideal time to talk with her but my heart has been in my mouth it feels like, since her last words.In our suite I take her and bring her into my chest, she rests her head on me, her arms wrapped around my waist. “I can’t do this anymore, Nico. You have to let me go.” My stomach clenches.“I can’t Princess you are mine now. I can’t live without you; it is too far gone. I am in love with you, Lucky Gianluca. I didn’t want to be, it was never my intention but I am. What can I say?” I feel her taking a deep breath in. Releasing her herself from around me, Lucky pulls back and looks deep into my eyes.“I am in love with you too, Nico but I cannot live like this. I cannot have a family with you. What kind of life is this for children?”Her words make me feel dizzy and sick, what is she saying? I know what she is saying yet I don’t want to hear the words. “I promised to protect you, Lucky an