ALESSANDRO
I was feeling rage since we left the Calvino boardroom not accomplishing anything the contract was not signed at all. Guilo has been pacing in my office. “ Gulio sit down,you are making me dizzy,” I said. “papa we were humiliated by the Calvinos today we can't let it stand,” he countered “ Don't get pissy with me, I was there,” I muttered. “ I wouldn't have let them leave the room if I didn't know you wanted the other Calvino girl.” Manuel Calvino was the type to stir up drama for the thrill of it; he spends money faster than he makes it. It is obvious his daughters are pawns in this silly game he wants to play. I nodded my mind drifting to her, the dark haired girl I had in bed last night. From the look on her face she didn't know I was to be her father in law. She looked so surprised, I wondered if I could get her to make that expression again but in my bed. The room suddenly became silent then I heard “ I'm I the only one seeing this but papa is smiling,” Gulio said to no one in particular.I caught myself quickly and furrowed my brows “ Well I didn't think many people could surprise me, leave the room I need to make a few calls,” I said to Guilo and the rest of the men. Manuel has done it, it has been way too quiet around here.Only weeks ago Gulio wanted to go arrange his marriage with a ballerina he fell in love with. Finding out she was the daughter of Manuel Calvino didn't make me happy but it was Manuel, a man with too many enemies, he would have turned up dead somewhere eventually. Gulio would take over Calvino territories with Calvino having no sons But he went ahead to double-cross me, for the alliance between us my informants passed information on him that he was in a sexual trafficking ring. The only condition I gave for this marriage to occur was he stopped trading girls considering he had daughters. He looked shocked when I said that but he blatantly lied that he had no affiliation with them.Well he will learn not to toy with me. I'm going to collect both daughters and run his foolish empire into the ground. Last night with her was so good,so perfect thinking I was going to wake up between the thighs of a dark-haired goddess. I couldn't feel myself getting hard again, one night was not enough. I needed her in my bed. The point of the alliance was to join families so no one would dare turn on another family if our children were involved. Calvino seemed to be at the bottom of the barrel he had to be gotten rid of. My little one might cry but it doesn't look like she would miss him too much. Just as the door to my office opened my right hand came in with a file. “ here is what we could find on the Calvino girl,” Cesare dumped it on my table “ She was the girl last night right,” he asked. Nothing gets past this man. “ Yes, she was nothing gets past you does it, I want her thats all I can say for now,” I told him. For as long as I could remember Cesare has been my right- hand man. He was also in the army but the information part of that,He's loyal, reliable and tenacious. He sold information for a while before I recruited him to come work for me. I couldn’t keep away from her. It made me angry inside me without even trying. I didn’t know what it was. Either way, I got a sense that challenges were as much her weakness as they were mine. And I was up for uncovering hers. Hence the reason I wasn’t fucking done with her. I couldn’t handle the distance at all. And the thought of never seeing her again sent a hollow ache through my chest. It was no wonder though. I liked everything about her. Cesare laughed as he was talking“ look at you fallen for her already, She intrigues you, but apparently you don’t intrigue her, because she slipped out of the house without so much as a phone number or a love note.” “ Well see you tomorrow,” as he left my office, shutting the door behind him. “Well let's see your file” I said scanning through her profile learning she is a ballet dancer, “ well that's why she could fit in some position I put her last night” I mused. I pick up the phone to text Cesare to set a tail on her. Something tells me she might try to run away. Ales: set a tail on Lorena Calvino. Cesare: its called stalking now. Ales: and also blow up two of the Calvino warehouses in his district let him know no one double crosses me Cesare: Done. “ just do as I ask.” I mutter to myself Why the hell did I have sex with her? Should have passed her at the club well it’s too late for regret. “Fuck,” I groan, my cock already growing stiff remembering the way she trembled beneath my stare, her delicate throat constricting. I stroke myself through my pants, then stop suddenly, reminding myself that this isn’t some random woman that I can take home and never speak to again. Not only is she far too young for me, I’m pretty sure i am the last man on earth she would think twice about letting into her bed. I stand up, walking over to the wet bar to pour myself a few fingers of whiskey before walking to my bedroom, taking the stairs two at a time and retreating to my bathroom to turn on my shower. I strip out of my clothes, another image of her popping into my head from when she ran into me at the club. The shock on her face was priceless, I shake my head as if that will dislodge the memory from my brain. I’m used to people looking at me with fear, but seeing terror in Lorena's eyes had my cock hardening at the speed of light, which was an unusual reaction for me. I wonder what it would be like to bend her to my will. I have a healthy sex drive, but lately, all the women seem to blur together. Then, the scared little fawn appeared in front of me, and her doe eyes had my pulse racing faster. I don’t waste time with the liquor, and I down it in two mouthfuls, the burn rushing down my throat and settling into my chest. “Get it together,” I remind myself as I walk into the large marble shower. As I get out of the shower, I spy her file on my table. I'm supposed to be getting into bed but I can't stop thinking about her but I find myself watching the pictures Cesare got instead. Her posture is erect, translating the clear discipline she's been maintaining for years. In some pictures she looks innocent,some she looks sexy. I've never been this fixated on a woman before. My phone busses a message from,Cesare Cesare:your little bird is on the move A grin skates across my lips, life won't be too boring with her around, I get dressed to teach my little one a lesson.LORENAPapa pounds his fist against my bedroom door, making me startle.I quickly end the chat with the girls,and prepare to face my family.I hear him stomp away, and pulling myself up, I unlock the door and open it. I peek down the hallway and see if anyone is out except me.“Lorena,” he yells out my nameLaura tries to talk him down out of his anger; he pushes her aside,I knew it was coming. “ I'm the one you are angry at don't attack Laura” I declaredHe thought I was being disrespectful, and when I mentioned it to him, he slapped me so hard it felt like my teeth rattled. He continuously kicks me in the back as I curve into myself a desperate attempt to hide by face or any part of me that might show I'm wearing bruises. “ you couldn't have made the Moravia kid like you at first glance, you are useless to me,” he yelled angrily.I looked at mama who was at the corner whimpering like she couldn't see what was happening.After the first time papa hit me, I cried my eyes out. I could
ALESSANDROAlthough she doesn't know that I've been tailing her and she won't find out.As I ask again, “Where are you off to little one? I'm not a fan of repeating myself.” I added.I see her cute little eyes widen in recognition; I rush forward toward her and ask her, “Where are you off to?” “Nowhere” she replied quietlyI could not believe my ears, “I have things to do.” she Continued “What things?”“Things! All right? Now back off.”She put her hands on my chest and gave me a shove.I didn’t move.She put her hands on her hips and glared at me.“I have to go .” She whisperedI didn’t move, didn’t speak, didn't do anything, I just stared down at her with a set look.I closed my eyes and took a mental breath. I caught a glimpse of her flight ticket in her back pocket and snatched it right out of there. She was running away.I put the ticket away in the inner pocket of the suit, “ give that back,” she snapped as she tried to jump and snatch the ticket from me. Immediately I bend do
LORENAWe’re taken through a set of glass doors at the back of the mansion, and stepping onto a veranda, my gaze keeps going over all the beauty, which I can’t help but notice.The backyard is very big, and the lawn looks freshly cut. There are lounge chairs situated on either side of a rectangular pool, and the water looks as blue as the sky.Potted flowers add color to the garden, and there are four large ones at every corner of the pool. The house and compound are bigger than Papa's own by a mile.I noticed an older woman coming to greet him; he hugged her and led her to me.“ Zia, this is Lorena, the younger Calvino daughter,” he conveyed.“ Oh, you're so pretty. It's so sad you're not the one my Gulio wanted.” She argued.“ This is Simona Svevo of La familia SvevoShe has been with me Since your Zio passed. May his soul rest in peace, "she said as she introduced her.She is a stunning young woman Tall and slim, she’s wearing a red dress that could’ve come straight from a runway i
ALESSANDRO “So, tell me, son… Did you acquire her for Gulio or yourself?”I pause in the middle of taking my cufflinks off and turn around to meet my aunt coolly mocking gaze. “Does it matter?” I have no idea how she sniffed out my interest in her , but I’m not surprised.My aunt has always been able to read me better than anyone.She leans against the doorframe of my room where I’m changing for dinner. “I guess I should’ve expected it. She’s pretty, isn’t she?”“Very.” I deliberately turn my back to her. My aunt lives to get a rise out of me, but she’s not going to succeed tonight. Nor is she going to shame me into staying away from Lorena.The girl intrigues me too much for that.“I know she spent the entire night with you at the club.” she confirms and strolls deeper into my room and picks up my gun , the one I was just about to put on myself,Resisting the impulse to reach for another one just to spite her, I take the gun from her and put it on with practiced motions. “Yes, I kno
LORENAI had lost my mind.The moment Ales kissed my folds, I lost my ability to think or talk. When the tip of his tongue touched my pussy, I just about orgasmed. My hips bucked, arching into his mouth.His dark chuckle vibrated down to my core. “Fuck, you’re so eager. Have you missed me, too, my bellissima dolcezza?”God, hearing that Italian accent in that low tone, vibrating with sex, didn’t help me to control my desire. This man was the definition of sex.“I didn’t miss you,” I croaked, grinding my pussy against his face. “Just your mouth and your dick.”Another chuckle filled the space, the air brushing against my wet folds. “I’m going to fill that mouth with something more useful than lies, Lorena.” Holy fucking shit! Why did I like the sound of that? “Now touch your breasts,” he ordered.I cupped my breast, heavy and aching, and squeezed my nipple while I ran my other hand through his hair. As he licked me from my entrance to my clit, pleasure shot through me, my panting breat
LORENA If someone had told me this morning that I’d be ending the day wearing Alessandro Moravia’s shirt, I’d have told them they were high. If they’d told me I would have chosen to keep the damn thing on after he forced me to wear it, then I’d have told them they were batshit crazy.Staring at the ceiling, I press my cheek against the soft collar and remembered slipping it on a short while earlier, and how easily the expensive material glided over my skin. A shiver runs along my spine as I recall the cotton still infused with his body heat and how the warmth and the scent of him blanketing my bare skin sent unexpected shivers of comfort and pleasure rippling through my body.It smells of him still, of fresh air and cool mint and his cologne. I can’t believe he took my t-shirt after last night's bout of sex. Forced me to take it off in front of him too. It should have been embarrassing, so why did it feel empowering? I saw the way his eyes drifted over my body and the steely look
LORENAAs I get my bearings back it keeps ringing in my head “can I give up everything to be with him”I take off his shirt feeling sad.I wear my own clothes and leave the room to go get breakfast in the kitchen and from the way Simona was dressed I guess the house already had breakfast .I make my way downstairs and into the kitchen, I saw Gulio sitting with Zia making him some pancakes “you want some pancakes and egg Lorena” she asks.“ Yes please if you don't mind” I answerI walk over to the coffee machine and make a cup for myself.I take the seat opposite then I could feel his eyes on my face as he proceeds to stare at me like I’m an exhibit in a museum.“Can I help you?” I ask.“No.” He wrinkles her nose and shakes his head.I pick up my coffee and take a gulp.“Ack! We are out of flour,” Zia groans. “Let me go check the spare pantry.” She walks out of the room, leaving Gulio and me alone.“So, you sure landed a sweet deal getting to live here with my father,” He says with an
ALLESANDROCesare frowns as he reads whatever message just came through on his cell.“Something wrong?” I ask him.“The guy from the other night, the one we assigned at Calvino house says something is going on in there?”“Yeah?”“that was about a half hour ago.”“Fuck,” I sigh, running a hand through my hair. I knew Calvino would try to rally other Don’s to support his claim that I kidnapped his daughter.Cesare nods.“Then it has to be a power grab. Someone must know something,and Calvino is stupid to fall for it, Cesare.”“I have turned this city upside down, Ales. I even tracked down his right hand Parisi Rizzo.”That name is a blast from the past. “Fuck, Cesare. I didn’t even know he was still breathing.”“Alive and barely kicking, but yes, he’s still around.”“And you went to see him, why?”“Leave no stone unturned, you said.”“Who knows? Calvino did wipe out his son-in-law and his grandchildren.” He laughs.“Yeah, but he hated them even more than we did.”Maximo nods his agreeme
LORENA As I open my eyes, I look at my surroundings. I'm in Ales room, it's such a man room, everything is monochrome.immediately i remember everything that happened. I check the time it's already the next day, the room opens and Zia strolls in with a tray of food.“ My dear, you fainted yesterday. I've never seen Alessandro in such a state since my husband died. May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace. He let me know that you need to eat something in order to get better so I made my famous grilled cheese and tomato soup. I'm sure you'll feel better after this meal.” She remarks as the does the sign of the cross.My mouth wobbles as I know I'm robbing her of a grandchild that's not fair to her at all. She would have been such a sweet grandmother.I start eating as she leaves the room and the doctor comes in to fix up the drip, and sits down beside me telling me “ do you know you are 3 weeks pregnant I have not said anything to him because of the doctor - patient confidentiality” s
ALESSANDRO A touch of a hand on my chest, and my eyes snap open. Lorena’s breath brushes my side as she snuggles closer, and one of her legs comes over mine.It took us forty minutes more than I had to spare to arrive at the cafe when Simona called me to let me know she fainted, and we only got here in that time because Cesare drove at supersonic speed, narrowly avoiding a few accidents.It was still not fast enough.I spent the way here calling Simona and getting her voicemail. I really should’ve inserted a fucking tracker in her flesh. I was fooled by the false sense of security of having her by my side for weeks, so I overlooked this angle.If—when— she wakes up, I’ll put that tracker in her skin. Personally, if I have to.We got there and the ambulance already took her to the hospital. I told them to move her to my room at home, I hate feeling this way it's not an emotion I was used to feeling.“Lorena?”“Yeah?” she mumbles into my chest.“You need to get back in bed, baby.”“No. G
LORENAWalking to the garage with Simona felt like I was walking on eggshells, I heard my heart beating so fast.As she walked closer to the car“ Don't worry,” she said without look back at me, “ he knows we went out together” As we left the gate of the castello, I was feeling weary about going with her.“ I'm so sorry I tried my best to leave, he just wouldn't let me” I tried to reason with her.“ It's okay she replied he would get tired of you eventually, after the stunt you pulled I'm sure he wouldn't want to be holding a woman hostage that's not who he is” she said to me sounding like a woman infatuated with the image of a man she built in her head.As we got the the coffee shop down the street called Oscar's Oscar’s is small and unassuming. Its walls are dark timber paneling with big green–glass pendant lights hanging low over oversized chocolate leather lounges that have coloured scatter cushions all over them. Big wooden coffee tables adorn the center of each setting. The c
LORENAWalking to the garage with Simona felt like I was walking on eggshells, I heard my heart beating so fast.As she walked closer to the car“ Don't worry,” she said without look back at me, “ he knows we went out together” As we left the gate of the castello, I was feeling weary about going with her.“ I'm so sorry I tried my best to leave, he just wouldn't let me” I tried to reason with her.“ It's okay she replied he would get tired of you eventually, after the stunt you pulled I'm sure he wouldn't want to be holding a woman hostage that's not who he is” she said to me sounding like a woman infatuated with the image of a man she built in her head.As we got the the coffee shop down the street called Oscar's Oscar’s is small and unassuming. Its walls are dark timber paneling with big green–glass pendant lights hanging low over oversized chocolate leather lounges that have coloured scatter cushions all over them. Big wooden coffee tables adorn the center of each setting. The c
LORENA As I came downstairs from the east wing of the house to get something to eat. Still not telling Alessandro that I'm pregnant, I heard him make a call.“Hello?”“Calvino.” A shiver ran down my spine as I crept closer to the threshold, trying to make sense of what this meant and the familiar voice. “I heard you're running from the Yakuza. Good luck,” Alessandro spoke. My Father on the other side of the phone call, Ales had him on speaker, because I could hear him clearly.“Somehow I have a feeling you didn’t call me to congratulate me on leaving my creditors high and dry, Moravia.”I knew it. It was dad. But how did Alessandro get his number?And I have been in the Calvino mansion not knowing if my family needed help.Glancing around, I ensured none of my Ales’s men lingered around before pressing my ear against the cool wooden door. I didn’t want to miss a single world.“You’re right,” he drawled, his deep voice cold. Indifferent. “Honestly, what do you want?I have no time for
ALESSANDRO “Go and wait in my study. I’ll deal with you later,” I snap, to Gulio never taking my eyes off her. And her stare does not waver either. So, he stands, blinking, looking angry.“And this one?” Cesare asks.“Take her to the guest room. The one in the east wing,” I say furiously through clenched teeth, my rage palpable in every single word I say.“I’m s-sorry,” she mumbles, but I don’t acknowledge her.“Follow me,” Cesare says and begins to walk down the hallway, with her dragging her feet behind him.When I found out she was not in the house through the indoor cameras, I thought she had been taken away and came back and ordered the Guards to search the compound.Calling Cesare to check perimeters of the house not finding them Calling Zia asking if she was with her Zia saying no increased my frustrations only to find out she tried to escape with Gulio. Now to deal with Gulio.The door to my study almost comes off its hinges with the force as I burst inside to confront my
LORENA I can’t remember a time in my life when those two words were said and the outcome was good. But that’s what Gulio asked me to do, and with limited other options, that’s exactly what I did. And that is why at almost midnight, I am following him to God knows where.I’d just dealt with a particularly nasty period of morning sickness.Although why they call it that when it lasts all goddamn freaking day, I don’t know — when he knocked on Alessandro’s bedroom door where I was staying and told me it was time.“How the hell do you expect to get us out of here without anyone noticing, Gulio?” I snap, fueled by irritation and fear as he leads me down a hallway I’ve never seen before. This house is like a goddamn maze.“My dad and Cesare are out tonight. Now is the perfect time.”“But there are guards everywhere,” I remind him.“Not down here though,” he says with a mischievous grin. “I used to sneak out this way all the time when I was younger and in highschool It’s a secret entrance.
LORENA I rifle through the cupboards of the medical room as quickly as I can before someone catches me. When I open the cupboard above my head, a roll of bandages falls out, bouncing off my head onto the floor.Dammit. I’m sure I saw some in here. I know I did because I wondered why the hell Alest even had them in his house. Chasing after the errant bandage, I wrack my brain to recall which cupboard they were in.I’ve hardly been in this room lately. I don’t know if that’s because Alessandro’s men are no longer her and the resident doctor is not around at the moment or whether it has anything to do with Gulio’s return. I spend my days reading or walking the grounds — and mostly avoiding Gulio. But I spend every night in Ales’s bed and occasional afternoons in his office where he fucks me over and over again, no longer giving me any of the warmth or affection that I was becoming used to. Currently that seems to be the only service I provide and whenever that fact starts to make me
ALLESANDROCesare frowns as he reads whatever message just came through on his cell.“Something wrong?” I ask him.“The guy from the other night, the one we assigned at Calvino house says something is going on in there?”“Yeah?”“that was about a half hour ago.”“Fuck,” I sigh, running a hand through my hair. I knew Calvino would try to rally other Don’s to support his claim that I kidnapped his daughter.Cesare nods.“Then it has to be a power grab. Someone must know something,and Calvino is stupid to fall for it, Cesare.”“I have turned this city upside down, Ales. I even tracked down his right hand Parisi Rizzo.”That name is a blast from the past. “Fuck, Cesare. I didn’t even know he was still breathing.”“Alive and barely kicking, but yes, he’s still around.”“And you went to see him, why?”“Leave no stone unturned, you said.”“Who knows? Calvino did wipe out his son-in-law and his grandchildren.” He laughs.“Yeah, but he hated them even more than we did.”Maximo nods his agreeme