Alessio
"To our Capo," Carlos fixes his gaze on mine, "and to the alliance with the Seven."
"The Seven?" Alessandro turns to me, "That’s who your new bride is related to?"
I tilt my head, "Is that a problem?"
He scratches his chin, "Amongst them all, they own most of the UK and parts of Silicon Valley too, I hear." He fixes his gaze on me, "Ambitious, are we?"
"Well as long as it is not my life ,there is not a problem." He raises a shoulder. "And I assume this has to do with getting access to enough connections to consolidate your position with the other families?"
Alessandro really is smart. He got this all figure without me saying a word.
"So," Fabien glances between us, "when do we get to meet your new bride?"
"At the wedding," I murmur
"What?" Alessandro blinks. "We don’t get to meet her before?"
"No."
"Don’t you trust us with her?" Carlos drawls.
"Never." I fold my arms across my chest.
"Aww that is sad ." Alessandro smirks. "The way you’re acting, you’d think you have her hidden away here and want us to get the hell away so you can spend time with her."
I glare at him and a look of understanding dawns on his features, "So you do have her here with you?"
Of course, Alessandro would have to figure it out. Not that I am hiding anything from them or anything. "And if I do?"
"Why, you lion , you kidnapped her and brought her here, eh?"
"Fuck off," I growl.
"You did, didn’t you?"
I glare at him. This dude is seriously getting on my nerves.
He places his elbows on the bar, and leans forward, "Was it love at first sight?" He smirks, "You saw her and it was the romeo and juliet kind of love ?"
I snort. "Next you’ll be telling me that you’ve experienced it yourself, the way you talk passionately about it."
"Me?" He laughs, the sound without mirth, "Would I be standing here if I had?"
I peer into his features, take in the tightness of the skin around his eyes, the slight slump to his shoulders, which is a surprise. I’ve never seen Alessandro anything but the annoying .Apparently, He have some secrets which I tend to lure out someday .
He is accurate about on thing is the devastation of meeting my new bride to be but not for the reasons that he thinks.Fucking her is out of the question, at least, until the wedding. On that much, I am clear. There, however, remains the task of breaking the news to her.Something I need to mull over. I need to figure out a way to get her to willingly agree. This entire plan which I had hatched on the spur of the moment is, clearly, more complicated than I expected.I place the glass back on the bar counter, then step back, "I am sure you can see yourselves out."
I shut down the camera, then turn to leave.
Alessandro chuckles. "So anxious to see your lady huh ?" he calls after me.
“Vaffanculo," I hold up a middle finger above my shoulder, "I don’t think that is concern any of your business."
"Everything you do is our business," he retorts. "Considering you’re the Capo."
I pause, turn to glare at him over my shoulder, "It’s because I am Capo, I am asking you for the first and last time to never talk about her,capisci?"
I hold his gaze, and he finally lowers it. Good. Alessandro may be my annoying little brother , but he knows I am the one in charge. And I intend to be for a long time. If he thinks he can displace me from my hard-won position, he has another thing coming. No doubt, one day, he is going to challenge me, too. I know that as well as I know my name… It’s why the next move I make is going to be very important, one on which hinges the future of me and my famiglia.
"I am leaving, and when I return, I don’t want to see none of you here." I glance around the faces of my siblings, "Capito?"
Violet
I looked at the domed ceiling far above the bed .How old is this building? From the outside, it had a baroque architecture. The kind I’ve seen in magazines. It was beautiful. Does he own it? He must. Just like he owns the private jet we’d flown in that had landed on the private airstrip on the other side of the island.
He’d stalked off the flight and driven off in a car. His men had directed us to the second car. There had been two more following us as our little procession had made its way here.
I don’t where we was but I figure we were on a island due to the landscapes and water surrounding us in the center .I also figure we should be in Italy given the language that he and his men have been speaking.Alessio himself, though, spoke with an odd accent, something between American and Italian.
Alessio is clearly a Mafia and he represents a leader because he had many men abiding his orders . If he hadn’t given himself away when I had mentioned my father,the proceedings after that had given away his identity. I stand up and stretch.The hair on the back of my neck prickles. I glance around the room, but there’s no one. A shiver runs down my spine. I wrap my arms around my waist, take stock of my surroundings. There’s a closet in the corner, an old-fashioned dressing table pushed up against one wall. Beyond that, a door. I walk to it, push it, and step inside a bathroom that’s spacious enough to have a clawed bathtub in the center. Beyond that, a large window allows light inside. On the other side is a sink. I walk over, catch my reflection and flinch.Dirt streaks my face and my hair has bits of… I pull at it—dried leaves? There are towels on a chair nearby. I strip out of my clothes, ignore the bath and walk over to the shower stall at the far corner. The shampoo and the shower gel smell of moon flowers. Whoa! How did he know that this is my preferred scent? I step under the water, which is hot and just perfect.I let it flow over me, sink into my tired muscles, allow my muscles to unwind. When the hot water runs out. I step out, dry myself, survey my clothes. My sports bra has flecks of blood,his blood. Hmm. I wrap the towel around my torso, cinching it in under my arms. I step out of the bathroom and my breath leaves me.
“What are you doing here ?”
He turns from the window ,and for a second ,the lights lowers to his ocean blue eyes which burns into mine.I flinch.He examines me from head to toe then he lowers his eyelashes and then jerks his chin towards the bed .A new set of clothes were perfectly folded on the bed .
“Your welcome “ he smirks.
Fuck you, very much.I snarl low in my throat. "How did you…?" I frown, then turn on him. "Did you watch me ?"
He tilts his head.
"You…you creep."
"You really do need to get more inventive with your insults, Pretty face "
"Stop calling me that."
"Stop trying to resist every step of the way, it’s…annoying."
"What’s annoying is you haunting me, turning up at every corner, insinuating yourself into my life, making it a living hell, taking me away from everything and everyone that—"
"Made you unhappy."
“What are you talking about ?”
“You were very unhappy in your life pretty face,you hated it “
How did he know ?
“You know nothing about me to say such silly things”
“Actually on the contrary." He stroke his fingers on his chin "Birth name: Violet Spencer . Born to Elizabeth and Michael Spencer . Mother died when you were a young, leaving you in the care of your father. Who promptly threw himself into his work, then fell into debt. He then abandoned you and your sister to the foster care system, and left the UK to escape the wrath of the Mafia. Your sister made it out of the foster care system when she came of age, then took you on as your legal guardian. Just a few weeks ago, she married Adam West , one of the richest men in the UK. You attended their sham wedding. Then drank the night away with your two friends at the pub two streets down from their residence in Primrose Hill. Wanted to go home with a man…but didn’t. Along the way, you also dropped out of a graduate course in fine arts at Goldsmiths, where you had received a full scholarship, instead preferring to spend the days at your pop-up shop in Camden Market where you hawk your wares."
"I don’t hawk. I share my designs," I snap.
"You mean the clothes you sew?"
"They are dress creations that I fashion," I sniff, "and sell under my independent clothing brand."
"What-fucking-ever." He smirks. "That’s…when you are not haunting your local pub or dancing to electronic with fellow goths who pretend to understand you. But really, no one does."
“Oh and you think you do?”
“Well you have to admit ,I know more about you than anyone else “H e tilt his eyebrows at me and it quickly give me a shiver down there.
No, he doesn't. He has no idea that I have a heart problem or that I'd been seeing a specialist about it before he took me captive... Or that...in a way, I am glad that he took me away from my life because, while my sister Nina means well, she is stifling me with all of that attention. In a way, he set me free. Does he know that? Now, all I have to do is take back the ability to make my own choices. I tilt up my chin, "You've barely scratched the surface of who I am."
"Hmm." He draws his gaze down my features, over my chest, "And what a thing of beauty that is, too."
My nipples grow erect. "Leave .Now ."
His smile widens ,
“I have to change”
“Go ahead “
This bastard. I march up to the clothes folded on the bed. There’s a pale yellow dress, and next to it, underwear—a matching bra and panties set. My cheeks flush. Did he choose my underwear? Nah, he probably had it ordered or something for me, not that I am going to ask him. That will simply reveal just how nervous I am. I take in the comfortable ballet pumps next to the bed on the floor. Not my style, but at least they look comfortable.His gaze bores into mine and the skin around his eyes tightens. A strange nervousness seems to roll off of him as he flexes his shoulders. He can’t be nervous. Can he? Nah, it’s my imagination. This loser here isn’t be afraid of anything…or anyone. All of this is just a ruse to get me naked. If he thinks I am going to shrink away from it…he’s…mistaken. I tip up my chin, drop the towel.His entire body stiffens. A breeze blows in from the window and I shiver.Get the clothes and put them on. Do it. Cover yourself.I grip my fingers at my side, try to glance away from his perusal, but I can’t. He walks over, until he’s right in front of me. So big, and tall. I have to tilt my head back, and then further back, to meet his gaze.His blue eyes gazed on my features and deepened as he stares sharply on my lips down to my nipples which instantly pebble, across my trembling belly, to the slippery core between my thighs.
“Get on the bed and spread your legs for me now”
“No !” I exclaimed
“Yes” he said .He quickly threw me on the bed and my heart beat faster to his manly rage.
“Wait a minute ,Is that what I think it is “
“What?”
“When did you get a piercing down there “
“None of your bloody business ,creep!”
He bit his lower lip.”You are wrong pretty face,everything about you is my business from now because I own you ,you’re my property now ,do you understand?”
“Hell no ,I am a free woman not a object you can possess as your own”
"Wrong." He yawns. "When you left your life behind, you gave up all rights. Now you’ll do everything I tell you to, when I tell you to, how I…" he leans forward on his heels, "tell you to."
“I didn’t leave my life behind. You took me,” I object.
“Tomayto, tomahto; potayto, potahto.”
“Let’s call the whole thing off,” I retort.
He raises his eyebrow. “As I was saying, you’re mine now, and you’ll do as I say...”
"No."
"Yes." He nods, "Starting with that." He jerks his chin toward my core.
"What the hell do you mean?" I scowl.
"You need to shave."
I blink. "Excuse me?"
"I’ll send someone to help you clean up the hair." He pivots, then begins to walk toward the door. "I prefer it completely bare."
Anger explodes in my chest. All of my senses seem to pop. I never felt so humiliated in my entire life .Who does this guy thinks he is .I close the distance between us and strike myself at him.
AlessioThe hair on my forearms rises. All of senses was being alerted. I swivel around and catch her around the waist, lift her off of the ground."You are a such a coward. I bloody hate you," she snarls, then swings her fists. I duck. I must be losing my touch, for her knuckles graze my jaw, My groin tightens and my balls ache. I tighten my grip around her. "Stop.""How dare you take the advantage of insulting me …you…Loser?"A chuckle trembles up my throat and I swallow it. "Calm down.""Let go of me.""No."She goes still."No?""Not until your blood pressure drops back to normal.""The only person I see having a bloody cardiac is you." She brings up her knee. I twist my body to the side, she catches me in the thigh, and damn it, but my cock instantly lengthens. The hell is wrong with my reactions, that I can’t control myself around her?"Back off, Pretty face or you’ll regret it."She makes that noise deep in her throat, that sound of anger and frustration that sends sparks down
Violet I can’t believe that he spanked me .After he left ,I ignore the clothes on the bed just as he has ignored me earlier ,Yeah we both can play hat game,If he thinks I am going to obey him like a pet after what he did to me ,he sure don’t know who I am.I don’t care if he decided to spank me again ,might as well do it then follow his orders . I had marched over to the closet, then pulled on the first dress I had come across—this knee-length dress in red, which I absolutely hate, but whatever. It’s something to cover myself up with. There had been enough clothes in the walk-in closet… Most of them seemed new, along with underclothes that were made of the finest laces…and decadently cut. And all the clothes fit me... no doubt about it, they were to my measurements, how the hell had he managed that? How had he gotten them delivered here so quickly? I'd run my fingers over the fabric of the dresses in the closet. Everything is exquisite. Even if they have been bought off the shelf th
Alessio“Please forgive my smallest stepbrother ,he can be very annoying at times”Alessandro grabs her palms and brings it up to his lips.I can’t believe he is strictly y defying my orders ,I strictly warned all of my brothers not to touch her ,next to him Fabien shuffles his feet.“Sandro, we should leave “"What’s the hurry?" He drawls in a tone that ensures that I can hear it.Clearly, he is testing me. I roll my shoulders, take a step forward. Then stop. It won’t do to give away what I feel…which is…a confusing set of emotions that sits heavy in my gut.I take in her face, her gaze alight as she glances up at him. No doubt, her attention is captured by the bastard’s beautiful countenance. It’s what makes people trust him, that is, until he pulls the rug out from under them.Alessandro’s smile widens. His gaze dips to her lips, down the slope of her breasts—and I snarl low in my throat.He laughs."Why,principesa, it’s going to be delightful to get to know you.""Didn’t I tell you
VioletAfter Alessio and I ate dinner ,there was a quick knock on the door and Mauricio came to clear the table ,He remove Alessio’s plate and sets a white coffee cup next to him ,then walks over to me and collected my plate .“Grazie ,Maurico” ,I said with a smile"Prego, signorina." He walks out just another women enters the dining room.She’s wearing a chef’s apron and a scarf around her neck. Her black dress reaches to just above her knees, and on her feet are six-inch heels. Hangona second. Who cooks wearing stilettos? I sit up, stalk her as she walks to the far end of the table. She glances from me to Alessio.Her eyes flare up and her lips churn when she saw me.Alessio jerks his chin toward the woman, who nods. She takes off her scarf, places it on the table. Then unties the apron and lets it drop on the floor.Umm, what?She flips around a chair, steps onto it, then onto the table.I scowl, "What the hell is she doing?"Alessio ignore me. I glance toward him and find that he’s
Alessio She disappears over the edge and my heart slams against my rib cage. I see sparks behind my eyes. No, this can’t be happening. I propel my body through the undergrowth, thrust out my arm. My fingers graze her skin and I grab at her wrist. Hold. She screams, and the sound is torn away by the wind. "I’ve got you." Her body dangles, sways. One of her pumps slips off her foot. She screams again, and the blood thuds at my temples, at my wrists. The weight of her body drags me forward.No, no, no, I am not going to let her die. No way, am I ready to go over the edge either.I dig the toes of my shoes into the ground, hook them around a protuberance and come to a halt. Stay there for a beat, another. Sweat streams down my forehead, down my nose. She glances up at me as the moisture trails down to splash onto her cheek. She blinks, her green eyes dilated with terror, her pupils so large, I can see myself reflected in them. "I am not letting you go. "P…promise?" Her chin quivers a
Violet "Son of a bitch ,I almost died because of what pause your evening and your rubbing it in my face?You are a pathetic piece of work ,Do you know that ? “ I struggle in his arms and he tightens his grasp. "Stay still," he orders, "or I might drop you." “Don’t you dare ,you coward “ I slap at his shoulder and my palm encounters the hard muscles of his body. Goosebumps rise on my skin. Shit, why does he draw such a primal response from me? He continues walking and I glance up at the jut of his chin. For a second there, when he’d kissed me, I was sure I’d been wrong about him. That he isn’t the kind of monster I’d thought him to be. He saved my life, didn’t he? He’d come after me after that…that show that he’d put on for me. Why did he do that? “Why wouldn’t I?” "You are scared about how I make you feel?" His jaw tenses. "You are worried that you are attracted to me?" "You?" His lip curls. He stares straight ahead, lengthens his stride. "Is that what you think?" "Why else wo
Alessio"What the hell do you think you are doing ?" She said in a shrill voice. "Why did you get into bed with me?"Good question. Something that I’m also questioning to myself, since I swore that I wouldn’t bed her until we are married. Not something I am going to let her know. Especially since I haven’t told her what my plans are for her yet, either. Why am I so hesitant? Since when have I needed a woman, or anyone else for that matter, to be willing before deciding to go through with a plan. Nothing stops me from marrying her without her consent. Hell, nothing stops me from sleeping with her without her consent, either. And ultimately, I am going to marry her, whether she agrees to it or not. So why does it feel so important that she submit to her fate willingly?I don’t know why I crave her so much and really want her to marry me .Why do I need her to feel something more than the resentment she so clearly bears for me?Her body feels like a submission to me, her will in subjugat
VioletI didn’t know what this man was trying to do to me ,One minute he kissing me and leaving me to feel unwanted and the next he’s teasing ,he was suck a kill joy and a freak for that matter but one thing I wouldn’t let him see is my weakness .“Of course not ,Why should I be scared?“"You should be." He bends his elbow behind his back, and when he straightens his arm the light catches a flash of silver in his hand. "Wh…what’s that?"He swoops out his arm and the front of my dress loosens. I glance down to find he’s cut through the straps holding up the dress. "What did you do?""What does it look like?""Do you have to answer every question with a question?"He arches his eyebrow, then swoops out his hand again. His movements are so fast, they seem like a blur. I blink. He retreats, then surveys his handiwork. I glance down as the dress falls apart. Oh. He cut enough slashes in the front of the dress for it to literally deflate in on itself. Whoa. I glance up at his face, "Was th
VioletAt least, last night, he had come to bed at midnight, and I had woken up enough to wrap myself around my husband and fall asleep. He’d kissed me tenderly, had run his hands down my body, aroused me to fever pitch, only to slip my nightgown and my panties aside and slide his fingers into me. He’d slid down my body, eaten me out, then he’d risen over me and pinched my clit as he’d commanded me to come. And I had. I had shattered right there, and then, promptly fallen asleep, sated.It was almost noon when I woke up to find a letter on his pillow, asking me to peek out of the window. I had, and had cried out when I had seen a car… Not just any car, a Maserati. A twin of his…but in black, with a red line running across its side, and wrapped up in a bow. It’s my car. My car! OMG! I had showered, changed, eaten a late breakfast, then rushed down to examine my new toy.It is beautiful, with sleek lines that remind me of him, a color dark enough to hint at his growly personality, and a
Violet It’s six days to the Christmas party, and I am almost done with the projects I have undertaken. My dress is done. So is the other outfit I have been working on. My morning sickness is also almost gone. And if I have to stay another day cooped up in here, I am going to go stark, raving mad. Clearly, the lack of sex is getting to him. Since our tryst on the terrace, I have not seen him at all. If he does sleep at night… It, clearly, isn’t in the bed next to me, as his side of the bed remains untouched when I awake in the mornings. He hasn’t been in the room, as far as I can tell. Which means he is sleeping somewhere else. Likely, in his office atV enom. Is he also sleeping withsomeone else there? But he said that he wasn't screwing anyone else. He wouldn't lie to me, would he? I tighten my fingers and Andy yowls in protest.He flicks out his baby claws and I yelp as he scratches me. I release him and he jumps down to the floor, then walks away with his tail high in the air. I
AlessioI draw in a sharp breath, glance at him. "What are you trying to say, Alessandro?" I say in a soft voice."Just that you are no longer Alessio, the Capo of the Cosa Nostra.""I’m not?" I frown.He nods, "You are a husband and a father-to-be, too… Roles which you, clearly, place a lot more importance on than just being the leader of our clan."I blink, "If you mean I am neglecting my duties as the head of the clan—""I mean that you are taking a bigger picture into view. You are looking to the future, and for the first time, you are planning with peace in mind, rather than a short-sighed chance to gain the upper hand."I rub the back of my neck, "Is that a backhanded compliment? If so—""It’s not a compliment. It’s a fact." He folds his arms across his chest. "You want to ensure that you neutralize any possible threats against your family. It’s understandable. It’s why you went ahead and met with two of our fiercest rivals. It’s why you didn’t breathe a word about it to anyone
Alessio "I hear your wife’s throwing a Christmas party?" JJ Kane, the head ofThe Kane Company, tilts his head, "That’s the thing with women. They have to make their presence felt, don’t they?"I curl my fingers into fists at my sides. How dare he talk about her? And how the hell does he know about the Christmas Party? Invitations had only been extended to my brothers, my father and my Nonna. And yeah, Beauty had insisted that Isabelle and Aurora be included.Initially, I had refused her and she had pleaded with me. She had batted those big, green eyes at me and I had been a goner. Of course, I had agreed. Isabelle is loyal, no question. And Aurora? She knows better than to open her mouth about anything she sees and hears. There’s no way either of them would have spoken to anyone about the event. My brothers wouldn’t have breathed a word to anyone… Nor would Nonna. As for the Don... Well, much as I don’t trust him, given he knows that Violet is pregnant with his grandchild, not even
Violet We didn't get to the dessert, after all. After I came, he'd taken off his shirt and made me wear it over my torn dress. Then he'd scooped me up into his arms and carried me to his bedroom. We hadn't encountered anyone on the way. Not Isabelle, not Pablo. Apparently, his staff knows when to make themselves scarce. And, yep, he broke his own rule for us to have separate bedrooms. I had fallen asleep promptly. When I woke up, he was gone. I had spent the rest of that day working on my dress, with Andy for company. Oh, also I'd moved my things into his room, and he hadn't said anything. It might be because I didn't see Alessio all that day, or for that matter, on any of the days that followed our reconciliation. Isabelle mentioned to me that he has been deep in negotiations with rival clans to restore some semblance of peace in the country. This means that the security around the house has been tripled… Or so she tells me. Not that I can tell the difference. For all practical
AlessioThis woman... The things she says... She never ceases to surprise me. I grip her shoulders to pull her up and she wraps her arms around my neck. "I mean it, Ales," she murmurs, "I want you inside me, one way or the other.""I don’t want to hurt you." I wrap a strand of her gorgeous hair around my fingers, "Right now, your comfort is more important than anything else to me.""And I already told you that I want you."I peer into her face, take in her flushed features, her gaze wide with anticipation; those green eyes stare back at me and in them is a look of feverish need. I wrap my fingers about the back of her nape and bring her forehead to mine, "Any other time, if you weren’t pregnant, I’d not deny this to you, but right now, given your condition, it’s not something I can give you.""Alessio," she pleads, "this is no time for an attack of conscience."I laugh, "Trust me, if it were up to me, I’d be inside you so often you wouldn’t be able to walk straight, but this is not ju
Violet "Dessert?" I blink rapidly. "Is Pablo going to serve us dessert?""He offered to make dolce for us, but I told him to wait. We’ll have it after.""After?" My cheeks heat, "After what?""After..." He lifts me up onto the table, then pushes my legs apart. The dress I’m wearing is pushed up to above my knees. He slides his fingers up my thighs, and I try to squeeze them together."Relax," he murmurs, "I am going to make this so good for you."That’s what I am afraid of.I peer at him from between my eyelashes. "I thought you weren’t going to shag me?""Doesn’t mean I can’t pleasure you," his eyes gleam, "while I feast on you."A pulse flares to life between my legs. It mirrors the beat of my heart, the thud-thud-thud of the blood roaring in my ears as he rises to his feet. Without taking his gaze off of mine, he leans over and shoves the rest of the crockery aside. The dishes and remaining cutlery hit the ground with a crash that sweeps through me. He eases me onto my back, then
Violet "This is where we’re having dinner," he murmurs as he lowers me into a chair. I take in the crisp white table cloth that covers a table that has been set with silverware for two. The alcove is sheltered from the breeze by a screen on one side. The view itself is undisturbed though, and I glance out at the sea that stretches out into the distance. A cool breeze tugs at my hair. I tuck the strands behind my ear, turn back to the table arrangement. There’s a vase in the center of the table with one single perfectly formed black rose, the edges of the petals a blood red. It’s a perfect bloom, unlike anything I have ever seen. He reaches for a blanket that has been placed on a stool by the side. He places it over my lap, then tucks it at the sides. "How does that feel?" "Good," I murmur. "Not too cold? Not too warm?" He nods toward the patio heater, "Should I turn that off?" "No," I pat the edge of the blanket, "I am comfortable, as is." "Good." He reaches for a napkin, shakes
Alessio I walked into the room to find beauty and fabian glancing in my direction, and the expression on her face is laced with guilt. I prowl toward her and she tips up her chin. "Were you talking about me, Beauty?" I murmur and she huffs."My every conversation is not about you.""What were you two talking about, then?""None of your business.""Everything about you is my business," I pause in front of her, "and you’d do best not to forget that."Fabian clears his throat, and I shoot him a sideways glance."We were discussing the Christmas bash," he explains."Is that right?" I turn to her, "That what’s got you tied up in knots, huh?""Exactly," she snickers, "Iam the one tied up in knots." She exchanges a glance with Fabian who chuckles."She’s been worried about finding a DJ for the party. It’s why I offered my services.""You’re going to DJ?" I scowl."Sure," he raises a shoulder, "it’s no biggie. I did it at many of the parties during my university days.""And here I thought y