ProserpinaSomething about the men who had been brought in to guard us and Schwartz, made me uneasy. They were respectful enough, avoiding my eyes when I happened to run into them, but I could feel their eyes boring into my back when I walked down the corridor or met one of them in the large house as they patrolled.The men are dangerous; stay away from them. Lucien had cautioned me, and his warning echoed in my mind as I went about my work with that thought. Dom and Lou had been sent back, as had Tara. While the boys had returned to their elite school in the Alps, she would be enrolled in a school in Europe close to her siblings in the summer, but till then, she was to be under the watchful eye of Brain Gaulle and his organization in the Far East.I sighed as I set my reading glasses down.My children, I thought.Seven of them, and another one is on the way.I loved my Mafia Don, body and soul, but was I doing the right thing by bringing another little life into this world?So much v
Paddy was able to walk with some support now. And I knew that I had my big, beefy Claude to thank for that. He had unhesitatingly hefted the slighter man up in his arms, striding onto our lush green lawns. There he proceeded to work with the physiotherapist, a bemused-looking young girl whom I suspected had been in Claude’s bed already.They made progress, at any rate, and soon, Paddy was walking, leaning heavily on his brother, but with a look of joy on his face as he finally managed to get his limbs moving. Claude, as always, was over the moon. He threw his arms around the young physiotherapist and kissed her soundly. The girl, her spectacles askew, blushed beet red, her dark skin and neatly braided cornrows looked askance. Nahla Kennedy was shy and could barely look into my son’s eyes when he was around, but I had seen on more than one occasion, how her lovely doe eyes trailed him when he walked into a room.I sighed. Claude had his father’s legendary prowess in bed, but Piers saw
ProserpinaAfter Lucien Delano left, the house seemed to be a hollow shell. I was pining for him, I thought in amazement when I found that I had been staring at the same page on the screen for an hour and had not made a single annotation, not a single new word typed in.Wretched, I stood up and stretched. The happy gurgle of Rudy’s chuckles floated up from the lawn and I smiled. The boy was a charmer, and all the people who came in contact with him were eating out of his hand in no time.My baby bump was negligible but I smiled as I placed my hand over my stomach and sighed.I wanted my big lover to dominate me in bed again. The enormous bed in our suite seemed empty and when I went to bed, I curled up in the middle and I felt as though I was alone in the middle of an island.*I watched as the bright red Beetle, Aiyana’s car, drove up to the door and I sighed. She visited him every day, standing at the window, staring out, her face hard and grey with worry. The woman truly loved him
ProserpinaI waited expectantly for Lucien had told me that he was due back this evening. Just a clipped message, that was all but it had made me blush. God knows my body longed for him to return and claim me. Pregnancy always turned me into a roaring sex maniac, I thought drily and I marvelled in that mix of pain and pleasure my lover put me through, his savage lovemaking leaving me breathless and panting for more.Ria was standing in the hallway, speaking urgently in a low voice and I saw from the pinched expression on my son’s face that it was something that did not make him happy.I moved forward and they turned as one, their faces taut.‘What is it?’ I demanded but Piers moved to me, taking my shoulders. He was taller than me, this firstborn of mine and he said with a shake of his head,’ Nothing, Mumma.’But Ria moved forward, eyes flashing.‘No, we need to tell Mumma, Piers.’And turning to me, she snapped,‘Philippe sent me a message.’ I felt a familiar churning in my stomach.
ProserpinaI had prepared Lucien’s favorite dishes, knowing that my Mafia Don relished a hearty meal when he returned from any trip.This evening, I had put together for dinner a massive spread: strawberry balsamic chicken thighs that my lover thoroughly enjoyed, crown roast of pork with mushroom dressing which was another of his favorites, and of course, slowly simmered Burgundy beef stew, which he swore was his comfort food.For dessert, I had prepared Chiffon pie and a Lady Baltimore cake that I knew Philippe loved. But to my dismay, poor Rudy came down with a fever by mid-morning and was cranky and quite unlike his usual robust and cheerful self; he kept hankering for me to carry him, and I was in the nursery when I heard the sound of Lucien returning.“Woman!,’ he bellowed as was his wont as he entered the hall, and I left the room, aware that I looked flushed and messy in my worn old yoga pants and the Indian blouse that had seen better days. But I had changed into the first clo
ProserpinaWe entered the room where Schwartz was lying still and unmoving. The young doctor, who was in attendance, stood up hastily, swallowing as he looked at Lucien. My Mafia Don had that effect on people, I mused.We had arranged for two doctors to be beside Schwartz all day and night. Lucien was prepared to spend as much as was needed and more for his friend. Not that anyone would grudge it; we all loved the Handsome man who now lay, breathing deeply.Lucien barked at the Asian doctor who gave him the details; James Schwartz was doing well. The major part of his burns were on his thighs and legs. And they had healed to a large extent, with all the expensive treatment and medication that he was receiving. I smiled softly as I looked at the features of the sleeping man.Lucien shifted beside me, and I turned to look up at him, surprising him the strange look on his craggy features before the expression disappeared.Smiling, I stepped towards him but the phone in his hand began to
Dante Vasquez was intrigued as he watched them go.Something about the woman had gotten under his skin and he liked it. He had a wide choice of women and men to pick from and his sexual life was always active. But the little woman with that tantalizing body and the wide, frightened eyes, had piqued his interest. And that of his body, he thought with a grin as his hand shifted to the stiffness of his c*ck.The chase was what he enjoyed, the ultimate subjugation of his prey as well, of course, but this promised to be exciting. He smiled. The coke he had sniffed earlier was still in his bloodstream, giving him an excited high.He would thoroughly enjoy stalking her, and that would be ideal for Ramona, who had set her sights on the great Don himself. Who knows, he thought with a grin, who knows what other erotic games they could play? Foursomes? Or threesomes, maybe?But one thing was clear; he knew that he had the hots for the woman, who was small and so perfectly rounded, a natural sens
ProserpinaI had dozed off, lying on the huge bed in our spacious bedroom. When I came awake twice, it was to find that I was alone; Lucien was still at work and now that Schwartz was not with him, he had to depend upon the other Capos, particularly on Philippe and of course, our eldest son, Piers. They were all at work in the study, I discovered when I went down once at around 3 a.m., bleary with sleep, to find the valet, Gustav, silent and as alert as ever, preparing a huge canister of coffee for everyone in the study. He inclined his bald head politely and I left with a sigh. Lucien never welcomed my presence in his study when he was at work and I respected the wishes of my Mafia Don.To my relief, I saw a couple of Philippe’s burly men guarding the corridors leading to the wing where Claude and Pies had their suites; which meant in effect that Ramona and her obnoxious brother were not allowed to roam around as they pleased, for the rooms they had were adjacent to those of my sons.