Cocking a brow up at him, I held right to him. “You can keep going all night?”
“I guess we’ll see.”
Carrying me through the threshold, he took me directly to the queen-sized bed, covered in a black and white checkered duvet. We both went tumbling onto the bed, his body covering mine as his lips came hurtling down onto mine. His kiss was frenzied as he ground his hips against me, the ridge of his dick rubbing against my groin. With each movement, my skirt hitched up until it was bunched around my waist with only the thin lacy material of my panties and the cotton of his pants separating me from what about going to bring me the type of pleasure I’d been longing for. It was crazy and reckless. I knew this, but it was about more than a stupid hazing stunt. This was me finally being able to break free of the restraints I’d been bound in and be the woman I’d grown to be.
I was free now to indulge in my sexual urges and take pleasure in a man’s body on mine. I was free to indulge in everything life had to offer me and with that realization, something snapped within me unleashing the tigress I was meant to be.
My fingers moved to the button on his pants, quickly undoing it and the zipper. Grasping the waistband, I pushed his pants down over his tight, muscle ass and down his thighs. Sliding my hands back to his ass, I gripped his buttocks, wrapping my legs tight around his waist and grinding tight against him as the heat and yearning swirled through my body consuming every hesitation I may have in what we were about to do.
His lips moved from mine and back onto my neck, moving lower. Each little nibble and flick of his tongue along my neck caused me to moan in response. And my God, he smelled so good. I could wrap myself in the deep, spicy scent of his cologne and bask in it forever. Sliding an arm around my back, he sat back onto his heels and pulled me up with him so I was straddling his waist.
“You’re absolutely stunning.” Palming my cheek, he ran his thumb along my lower lip. “Every inch of you is perfection.” Nipping at his thumb, I sucked it into my mouth making him groan in response. “Damn, you’re driving me mad.”
“Good.” Releasing his thumb, I brushed my lips along the side of his neck. “That’s what I want to do.”
“It’s working.” He inhaled sharply as his hand reached around the back of my dress and grasped the zipper. Giving it a tug, he pulled it down and the bodice of the dress fell away from my now-naked breasts to bunch up with the rest of the dress around my waist. Reaching between us, I slipped my hand beneath the spandex of his boxer briefs and grasped his dick in my hand. Slowly, I began to stroke him, savoring the soft grunts and groans he made each time my hand moved the length of his shaft.
“Fuck, you’re killing me,” he hissed the words between his teeth as he sat up enough to push his boxer briefs down exposing his thick, hard cock to me.
While one hand held me securely to him, the other cupped my breast, his fingers working my nipple into a hardened peak. Each pinch of my nipple sent an electric bolt of pleasure through me leaving me gasping and longing to feel him filling me.
“I want you. God, I want you in me,” I gasped, my thumb swiping at the tip of his dick smearing his pre-cum along the head and down the shaft. Grabbing my ass, he picked me up and tossed me backward onto the bed, leaving me spread-eagled onto the bed. Slipping from the bed, he undressed as I watched, my eyes drinking in every line of his body. I never imagined seeing him from across the room at the bar that he’d be so ripped under his clothes. Turning on the little lamp next to the bed, he turned off the overhead light and came back over to me. As he grabbed something from the night side table, I shimmied out of the little dress and panties snuggling into the softness of his bed which beat the hard single bed I was stuck sleeping on in the dorms by a mile. He rejoined me on the bed, lying down beside me.
As his lips brushed the side of my neck, his hand began to gently stoke my side, slowly moving up and down from my breasts to my hips. As his lips moved lower down my neck, his hand worked its way lower as well, inch by excruciating inch it moved until his hand was cupping my moist mound.
“Zandro,” I gasped spreading my legs and inviting him in to explore.
“Yes, Alessandra,” he answered, his head dipping again this time his lips grazed my nipple. I bit back a yelp when his mouth finally sucked the tightened nub inside.
“You’re torturing me.” Grabbing my hand, he directed it to his dick.
“And what do you think you’re doing to me? I’m trying so hard not to fuck you senseless right now.”
My hand wrapped around his dick again, gently squeezing and feeling a sense of empowerment when I heard his sharp intake of breath and low, feral groan. His tongue swirled around my nipple, then sucked it in deep, making me cry out for him. As his mouth moved from the first nipple to the second, his hand returned to my mound, his fingers spreading me wide, and stroking the length of my slit from my ass to my clit. The movements were slow and excruciating making my insides clench and I groaned out in need. I’d never felt such need and desire before.
My times with the driver, Anton Rivera had been quick and while pleasurable enough, were meant to get off and be done with it. Perhaps it had been part of me just wanting to rebel. There was no foreplay or tenderness like I was experiencing now. There was no amount of time preparing me until my entire body was humming, ripe with anticipation.
“Please,” I begged. I didn’t even care that there was desperation in my voice.
“I’m not rushing this. I want to worship every inch of your body baby,” he murmured as his finger slipped into me. As I cried out, my barely used pussy unused to being invaded by anything other than my own fingers, a second finger joined the first.
I bucked up against his hand. Wanting more. Needing more. I needed the sweet, thickness that was in my hand right now. Releasing my breast from his mouth he came to kneel between my legs. After a moment of him fumbling with the condom wrapper he tossed the wrapper aside, knelt down, and lifted me up and onto his lap. Sitting up on my knees, my lips sought out his as he ran the head of his dick, back and forth along my pussy entrance preparing me for his beautiful shaft.
“Fuck, I don’t think I’ve wanted a woman so bad in my life,” he whispered the words into my ear sending a shimmy of need through me.
“Then take me, take me please.”
“You’re in control.”
Damn, I loved how he said that. I loved the feeling of power that coursed through me. Lining myself up to him, I waited until the head of his dick was poised at my entrance before slowly sinking down onto him. I cried out as I took him in. He was big, bigger than anything I’d ever experienced in my life. He filled me so full and completely that I had tears in the corners of my eyes by the time I had sunk down on him, completely taking him in. With my arms over his shoulders and around his neck, I began to move on him, setting the pace of our lovemaking. And he moved with me, not pushing me to move faster or to slow me down, but allowing me full control. While I wanted to take my time, to spend the entire night just basking in the feel of his dick and our bodies unified as one, I couldn’t restrain the hunger raging deep within me.
I began moving faster on him, pulling up and then slamming back down onto his lap, swirling my hips in a circular motion with each up-and-down movement. His hands gripped my ass, as I began to move quicker on him, up and down, slamming down hard onto his lap, taking him balls deep within me. With each downward thrust, the head of his dick stroked the inner wall of my pussy increasing my need.
The coil in the pit of my stomach tightened the desire within me demanding to be unleashed. Gripping tight to his shoulders, I arched my back, my hair cascading down my back as I rode him with a vengeance now. There was no more savoring the moment, I needed to get off, I needed to feel the wave of pleasure overtake me and I needed it now!
“Holy fuck baby!”
I began to ride him as if possessed. Grinding onto his lap and quickly bringing myself to the peak of my desire. I was so close, I was teetering on the edge just barely hanging on.
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With one forceful thrust up, Zandro groaned loudly, as he pulled my body tight to his and unleashed within me. The force of his cum slammed against the walls of my pussy and the feel of his rigid body tight against mine was my undoing. I screamed out loud, not giving a damn if the neighbors heard me, as every muscle in my body tightened almost painfully then just like that a wave of pleasure rushed over me that left me light-headed and slumped against him as my pussy clenched and then released as I came to his torturous dick.“Oh my God. That was…” I gasped, clinging to him as if my life depended on it. “Incredible,” he supplied, pulling away from me just enough so that his gorgeous blue eyes could look into mine. I smiled down at him and nodded.“Incredible.”We stared into each other’s eyes for what felt like an eternity. “So, what now?” I finally asked with his depleted, yet still surprisingly thick, dick still within me. A mischievous gleam flashed in his eyes before he grabbed my
My eyes narrowed at him not sure if I should trust him or not. “Do I know you?” This time I gave him a thorough look up and down. He looked innocent enough, kind of like a boy scout with his short-cut red hair and green eyes and freckles. At least what Boy Scouts were portrayed to look like on American television – right down to the beige khaki pants and green button-down shirt.“No, not really. I noticed you in line at the registrar’s office the other day talking to some frat douche. You probably didn’t notice me, but you’re so beautiful that I’d have been blind not to notice you.” Cocking my head to the side, I gave him another good look up and down. He was a little scrawny. Certainly not the type of man my father would hire. I certainly doubted he was a plant, if he was then my father was really scraping the bottom of the barrel for security. He’s probably just some horny guy hoping to score with a girl hobbling her walk of shame back home.“I think I’ll pass on the piggy-back, th
Alessandra Russo POV Sociology 1001. My second class of the day. I’d been so nervous about my first day of college I’d skipped breakfast which I now realized had been a terrible mistake. Now my stomach was beginning to grumble, luckily lunchtime was quickly approaching. Entering the massive theatre room classroom with a few hundred seats inside, I made my way to the front of the class. I was going to make the most of this experience and was aiming for the Dean’s list so that meant being front row center for every class. Luckily, most people weren’t so anxious to be in the line of fire. Finding the perfect seat right in the center in front of the podium that that professor would presumably use, I set up my laptop and waited as the rest of the class filled the room. I’d read and taken notes of the first two chapters of the textbook already so was confident I’d have an answer to any question on the contents.The quiet of the room quickly turned to a loud rumble as students chattered amo
Zandro Bernardino POV I watched her as she raced down the hallway as if hell hounds were nipping at her heels. Damn, she had a fine ass. She had the kind of ass that made you want to grab it as you’re… I groaned to myself feeling my dick begin to rise in my pants. I should have made her take a different course, she needed electives, and she could have taken this course with someone else next semester, at worst. But I didn’t want her to. I’d been thinking about her since I woke up the previous morning and she’d been running rampant through my mind ever since. But it could be dangerous to my career.Although, all it had been was a one-night stand before I even knew she was a student of mine. Nothing would happen between us again, regardless of how much my dick wanted it to. She disappeared around the corner. If she’d given me a moment before bolting, I would have told her that she needed to turn in the opposite direction to make it to the main lobby of the building, but she’d figure it
Two months later Zandro Bernardino POV Almost done. Grabbing my coffee cup, I took a long drink of the black coffee inside and then grimaced. God, it was disgusting, but I was burning the midnight oil on campus trying to finish work for the day so I could free up the weekend. Marking the tests was such a tedious chore, especially when there were nearly two hundred to go through. Luckily the card reader did most of the marking, but I still needed to verify the results and input them. Did anyone even pay attention to my classes?The grades on many of the tests were disheartening. This was Intro Sociology; it should be a simple class to do well in. Maybe I was a shitty teacher this term? Who the fuck knew for sure? In previous years the grades hadn’t been this bad. Maybe it was a fluke. I really hoped it was a coincidence otherwise I’d have to figure out what was different; as if I didn’t already know.There were a few students who shone brightly over the others. One in particular had
Alessandra Russo POV I felt like such an asshole. His cheek was already starting to swell up and I could only imagine what his balls were feeling like right now. I’d nailed him with every bit of strength that I had in me. I hope this didn’t affect my grade…. At the last thought, I couldn’t help but giggle. That was such an inconsiderate and asshole thing to think when the poor man before me was in pain due to my paranoia. I’d been trained to sense being watched and take note of my surroundings and I’d been getting some eerie feelings that I just couldn’t shake lately. I didn’t think it was a coincidence, although I knew Zandro wasn’t the one who’d been following me lately. I could call the family, but then what? Either they’d send my brother and his goons here to deal with it or force me to return to Italy. I was enjoying it too much here to risk Papa sending me home. Chances are if there was someone following me then it was one of Papa’s men anyhow.I should have known better than t
Alessandra Russo POV I tossed and turned all night barely getting a moment of sleep, my mind wouldn’t turn off and it was all because of Zandro. It shouldn’t be like this. I shouldn’t be this obsessed after all this time. We should have slid into a normal teacher and student routine by now and I had thought that we had – until last night. Maybe I’d been fooling myself. If anything, the past couple of months seemed to solidify the bond we were both trying to convince ourselves didn’t exist.Throwing the blankets from my body, I slid out of bed and took a quick, cold shower hoping to wake myself up while hoping the shower wouldn’t wake Editha. At least it was the weekend and I didn’t have classes today or I’d have been a walking zombie. Toweling myself off, I got dressed in the bathroom and then went back into the bedroom where my roommate was still loudly snoring. She’d come home shortly after I had, stumbling into the room and knocking over the lamp next to her bed before falling alm
Alessandra Russo POV My heart was thumping rapidly in my chest as I waited for him to respond. Admitting that I had been thinking of him was a gamble. I didn’t want to be rejected, but what else could I do? I had to be true to myself and my feelings. If I didn’t take that chance, then I’d never know. Branching out and trying to make it on my own was all about taking chances and finding out who I was. That wasn’t going to happen if I didn’t go and get what I wanted. God knew my father and brothers went after what they wanted with everything they had in them. That’s why they were all so successful. I was a Russo while that may be bad in many ways, it also meant I had balls. I needed to take chances to achieve my goals and right now my goal was the man sitting across from me. No one had to know, at least not for a while. Not until it was safe. “Alessandra…” “Look. You can’t tell me you didn’t feel what I felt last night. There was a spark left over from when we had that night together
Cassandra Russo Gallardo POV I never wanted a big wedding. Growing up, I wasn’t the type of girl who dreamed about flowing white dresses, enough flowers to open a florist shop, or exorbitantly expensive multi-tier cakes. I’m perfectly content with what I have—my family in attendance and my man standing proudly at the altar. We’re in a small chapel, tucked away in one of the quieter, more peaceful corners of the city. I’m dressed in the same wedding dress Mom wore when she married Dad, the very same veil on my head. There are no words to describe how honored I am to wear it. I hope one day, I get to pass it on to my own daughter to wear at her wedding, and perhaps even my granddaughter after her. Little things like these, full of sentiment and love, are how traditions are born. Dad and I stand just in front of the main entrance to the chapel. Everyone’s taken their seats, and the music is beginning to swell. I know he had his reservations when I first agreed to marry Thorton, but inst
Thorton Gallardo POV One Month Later Separately, the Russo and Gallardo Mafias are capable of incredible things. They both rule with iron fists and awe-inspiring efficiency. Where the Russo commands the respect of their peers, my brothers and I are tenaciously ambitious. Combined—we’re a force to be reckoned with. We’re only a month into our merger, but all of Italy works like a well-oiled machine. With the Russos’ connections and my transportation network, we’re virtually unstoppable. I don’t think the criminal underworld has ever seen a more impressive organization. With Leo running the numbers, Samuel enforcing our laws, Roman negotiating our deals, and Damien keeping his ear to the ground for any whispers of dissent, we have the entire city under our thumbs.But right now, the last thing I want to think about is work. Zandra, unfortunately, has other plans. “Remind me to ask Samuel to pay the Southern Administrative District a visit. A couple of businesses haven’t been paying ki
Zandra Russo POV I only have so much time. Before long, my baby bump will begin to show, and then the jig is up. I need to figure out how to break the news to Dad without sending him into full-on cardiac arrest. My decision is final, though, no matter what he or the rest of my family has to say. I’m keeping this baby, and I’m going to protect him or her with every fiber of my being. Do I think Dad might disown me when he learns the truth? Probably not. He’s always been a level-headed guy. I doubt he’d do anything so drastic… But that doesn’t stop me from coming up with a Plan B, C, and D—just in case. I’m just about to pull out my phone to look up some rudimentary information on what mothers should expect when I hear a strange sound coming from outside. The screech of car tires, angry shouting. My heart automatically leaps into my throat and lodges there. Oh, God. Are we under attack? All this excitement and paranoia can’t possibly be good for the baby. My little brother comes hobbli
Thorton Gallardo POV Half of Italy belongs to the Gallardo Mafia. I should be over the moon. I’m anything but. “We’re seeing staggering profits,” Leo tells me from the other side of my desk. One of his detailed spreadsheets is pulled up on his tablet.“We’ve had next to no resistance from the remaining Russo in the area. They’ve all but fled to the north of the city. The raid left them scrambled, but I don’t think now is the time to keep pushing. There’s still a heavy police presence in the area.” “Sure,” I mumble. I’m only half listening, partially because I know Leo’s got everything under control, and partially because I can’t bring myself to care. It’s almost cruel how we have everything we want, yet I have nothing I need. “The taxi business practically runs itself at this point,” Leo goes on. “Since Detective Rossi, uh, passed, there’s been no reason for the police to keep sniffing around. He was the only one who could link us to our criminal interests, and it doesn’t look like
Zandra Russo POV I’m bedridden for what feels like an eternity. Aunt Natalya keeps telling me it’s frankly a miracle I survived. Very few can take a bullet through the chest and live to tell the tale. It’s nothing short of divine intervention. But even if I did have the energy to get out of bed, I wouldn’t. A heavy fog clouds my mind, and it has nothing to do with the pain meds I’m on. I can’t stop thinking about Thorton. I can barely even think of his name without pins and needles stinging my eyes. No matter what I do, no matter how much time has passed, I can’t bring myself to accept he’s dead. The lives we lead are dangerous ones. Death and injury is an accepted workplace hazard. I just didn’t think it would actually happen.“Come on, Zandy,” Alessandra whispers at my bedside. There’s a bowl of chicken noodle soup on her lap. It’s all I’ve been able to stomach lately. Everything else makes me feel barfy. “You should eat something,” Mom adds softly. She’s seated on the other side o
Thorton Gallardo POV If obsession is a disease, then I’m sick and suffering. My waking thoughts bounce back and forth between Zandra and Rossi, trapping me in a never-ending cycle of cause and effect. I can’t stop thinking about her, about how cold and small she was in my arms as the lights faded from her eyes. My chest tightens at the realization that I’ll never get to kiss her again or speak to her again. Rossi has to pay—he has to. Tracking the man down this time is a whole lot easier. He’s paraded around like a damn war hero, showing up for interviews and public award ceremonies. I lie in wait, watching from the back of the crowd, dressed in an unassuming pair of jeans, a black sweatshirt, and a baseball cap. The hood’s drawn over to obscure my face. A whole line of TV cameras is here, along with nosy reporters and a handful of uniformed cops. I can’t just approach him. I may want vengeance, but I’m not suicidal. This place is too public, too many witnesses. I need to bide my tim
Thorton Gallardo POV Pulling up to the Russo’s private residence is practically begging for immediate execution, but I have no other options. I need to see Zandra, need to know she’s okay—even if it kills me. The place is swarming with armed guards, all of them training their weapons on us as the car screeches to a halt in front of the house.The moment I jump out, at least four of them barrel toward me. I came fully prepared for the beating of my life, but what happens next is so much worse.“Stand down!” Manfred Russo shouts at his men. They do so, snapping to attention as he trudges down the front path, his fists clenched so hard his knuckles are white. I see so much of Zandra in him. And that’s why I don’t react when he winds back and punches me in the jaw. I stumble to the ground, my ear ringing and my face throbbing. I deserved it. I deserve all of it. I will accept it. I see no point in fighting back. Even if I wanted to, Manfred Russo is almost three times my age. There’s no
Zandra Russo POV I awake with a start. There’s a blinding, throbbing pain in my chest, just below my left shoulder. I can’t make sense of my surroundings. Everything’s too loud, too bright. Confusion makes the room spin and fear makes my blood run cold. What just happened? How did I get here?“Easy, Zandy,” Aunt Natalya says as she hooks me up to a blood bag. O-positive, according to the sticker slapped on the front. “It was a high caliber round, so the bullet went right through you. You lost a lot of blood, but you’re lucky it missed all your important organs. Four inches lower and it would have pierced your heart.” Aunt Natalya is speaking perfectly clearly, but I don’t understand a word coming out of her mouth. Is it because of the shock? The pain? Probably both. I groan.“What happened?” “Relax, sweetheart,” Dad says. He’s at my bedside, his brows steepled together in grave concern. My uncles are here. So are Mom Amara, Alessandra, and Jovito. It’s a miracle my room is big enoug
Thorton Gallardo POV I don’t need to be an expert in reading body language to know tensions are running high. This is a public meeting—as is the tradition—hosted in a restaurant that’s been completely booked out. The lighting is dim. Armed men are everywhere. They don’t just belong to the Russo, but to the other families I’ve managed to piss off, as well. Why couldn’t we have done this in the back of some dingy room? Because this is a show of good faith, of honor, an unspoken code of conduct. There is nowhere to hide here, no secrets to be kept…which is exactly how I know everyone in this room hates my guts and they’re itching to reach for their guns and show it. Zandra—gorgeous, beautiful, fierce Zandra—sits at the head of the table. Her father and her uncles stand behind her like silent stone sentries. Around the table, the other Mafia heads sit. Some faces are familiar. Others are not. They all have one thing in common, though, and it’s the way they all stare daggers at me and my