Tash felt her heart swell with love,‘Of course, he can, we have not been together for almost two years’She whispered and Franco smiled at her,‘Natasha, he has never stopped loving you and hating himself for what he did to you. He never stopped believing that one day he could explain and beg your forgiveness and you would be together again.’Tash turned away hiding her tears,‘Hey’Franco reached out his hand and caught hers,‘You can’t hide it girl, we all know you love him too so for God's sake if you get out of this together stop being so stubborn. Please’He let her go and closed his eyes and then gasped painfully,‘Dear God, how could I forget, your Twins, Ricardo and Roberto, they are safe, Romero sent them to Sicily to his family over there.’She had pushed the memory of her Twins so deep she had managed to forget them for days and weeks at a time but every now and then a pain would hit her heart. She had never seen them, they would be three years old now, boys not babies an
‘Richiamo all'ordine questa riunione straordinaria’ [I call this extraordinary meeting to order.]The new Leader said banging his gavel on the table and the room hushed instantly,‘Vi ho chiamati qui oggi per annunciare la promozione di un nuovo Gran Don. Noi, il Consiglio degli Anziani, abbiamo deciso di conferire questo onore per portare la pace a tutte le nostre Famiglie. Dopotutto, questo è ciò che è la mafia: una famiglia che lavora insieme per sostenere tutti noi. Questo onore è il primo del suo genere e speriamo che non sia l’ultimo, è tempo per noi di abbracciare il futuro, dare il benvenuto al Gran Don Natasha.’[I have called you here today to announce the promotion of a new Grand Don. We, the Council of Elders, have decided to bestow this honor to bring peace to all our Families. After all, that is what the Mafia, is, one family working together to support all of us. This honor is the first of its kind and we hope it is not the last, it is time for us to embrace the future
She walked across the deck and stood by the rail it was a warm sultry night and the breeze created by the yacht movement lifted her hair. Romero watched her from his room, she looked so beautiful it took his breath away. Quietly he opened his door and stepped behind her gently placing his arms on either side of her and to his delight she leaned back against him.‘This is perfect’She sighed softly and he moved his arms to hold her against his body,‘You are perfect, Tash’He whispered nuzzling her neck and his cock hardened when she moved to give him more access to her silky creamy skin, he kissed along her shoulder and up to the soft spot below her ear,‘Tash’He groaned nipping her earlobe and then the base of her neck, she pressed back against him with a soft sigh,‘Baby girl please’He was so hard he thought he was going to burst and then she turned to face him and lifted her head to kiss his lips and he devoured her his arms snaking around her waist pressing her against his hardn
Romero sat for a long time after she had left not knowing what to do, he had no right to expect anything from her he knew that but knowing she loved him tore out his heart.Tash went back to work and for the next month she saw no one but Luca knew she cried herself to sleep every night,‘Why are you putting yourself through this?’He asked when he came down one morning to find her red-eyed and exhausted yet again.‘You love the man and he loves you, for God's sake Tash go to him.’She shook her head,‘I can’t’She said tortured,‘I just can’t give him that power over me again Luca.’He saw the pain in her eyes,‘Surely had learned his lesson?’Tash shook her head,‘The first time I disagree with him it will all begin again.’Luca pulled her into his arms and held her close,‘I’m sorry’Romero knew he had to prove himself, knew he had to show he would never treat her like that again he just needed a chance and it fell into his lap quite by chance.The Columbian Cartel tried to muscle i
He was tall, well over six feet, and his body was toned and muscled, he was also younger than she had thought he would be. She did not think he was much older than her twenty-four years, ‘Who are you’She demanded although she knew who he was she was just standing her ground his eyes narrowed,‘Don’t play games with me, pretty girl, you know who I am.’ ‘What do you want with me?’He moved quickly clearing the ground between them and pinning her against the wall,‘What do I want?’He breathed in the scent of her freshly washed hair,‘I want you in my bed naked and wet screaming my name as I fuck your tight little pussy.’He growled then grabbed her head and kissed her savagely it took her breath away it was so raw and brutal but when he let her go she shoved him in the chest making him stumble back. She moved out of his reach trembling and wiping her mouth,‘Keep your fucking hands off me’She snarled at him and he leaned against the windowsill folding his arms, grinning,‘Oh no pr
Tash had not seen Miguel since he had tried to rape her, she had searched the room and now had two weapons, a jagged piece of glass that had fallen between two of the wooden floor slats probably from a broken mirror. It was about six inches long and very sharp, her fingers had taken almost an hour to stop bleeding from the cut she had incurred prizing it from the floor. She also had a piece of wood, or rather half of one of the floor slats, it had been left under a cupboard and was about three feet long and more than an inch thick. It was heavy but if she got the chance to hit someone with it, hard enough, she thought it would knock them out or at least stun them while she made her escape. Tash was also very careful about what she ate and drank, after his attempt to rape her she had eaten the food and drank the juice they sent and within minutes she had felt drowsy. It knocked her out for the rest of the night and when she came around in the morning she was violently sick again, only
Tash was a bit of a computer geek, and she had no trouble accessing the permissions she needed, one by one the gates and doors unlocked themselves. Then she cut the phone lines and blocked the mobile signal so they could not call for help, she disabled the lock on the arms room so the deadbolts could not be opened and did the same to the garage so they could not reach their transport. It only took a couple of minutes but by the time she had done as much as she could her hand was throbbing so badly that tears streamed down her face. Her makeshift bandage was deep red with a mixture of her blood and blood from Miguel she pushed herself to her feet and headed for the main doors using the last of her strength to pull back the deadbolts and open the locks. She stepped back waiting for them to enter and jumped when it slammed open so hard it bounced off the wall and guns were pointed at her,‘No stop it Tash’Luca shouted quickly holstering his gun and rushing forward but he was beaten to h
There was another round of applause and lots of cheering and whistling, when the commotion died down Tash had blushed a pretty shade of pink and was clinging to him hiding her face against his shoulder. He grinned and kissed her gently,‘The second thing is to tell you we will be amalgamating both our ‘families’ and together, equally, supporting each other and working as one unit. We hope that you will all want to stay and join us in this new venture.’He stopped talking and the two of them held their breath but almost instantly wild cheering and whistles began as both sets of Capos jumped up and down celebrating. They had worked together many times and friendships and loyalties had been formed and they all knew Romero and Natasha were meant to be together. He made her rest for the rest of the day but early next morning he led her up to the nursery, Tash was pale and nervous but he hugged her close.‘it will work out I promise.’He led her into the brightly lit room and she gasped the
Lifting his head he locked his eyes onto hers, ‘No, Tash, no, you are wrong, you are the most important thing in my life, you are the very air I breathe. Baby girl you are my everything. I love you with every cell in my body.’ He kissed her again more savagely pressing her to him determined to break the ice she had built around her heart and she could feel his arousal. She wanted to give in to him, her body screamed for him to ravish her right there in front of his Capos she did not care but she pushed him away, ‘How many times have you said that to me Romero and how many times have you broken my heart?’ He growled then did what her body had been craving he picked her up and slung her over his shoulder taking the stairs two at a time he demanded, ‘Your bedroom’ With a squeak of alarm, she pointed and he pushed open the door and tossed her onto the huge four-poster bed then slammed and locked her door. Leaning against it he growled again, ‘Take off your clothes’ He ordered and s
He hiked up her skirt and pushed her legs apart,‘Good girl’He said and thrust his hard cock into her, Tash cried out, she was so wet and aroused she almost came as he thrust harder slamming into her so deeply he hit her g-spot and she shattered around him squeezing him until he followed her into orgasm. He picked her up and carried her over to the bed tugging off her dress he lay her down and trailed kisses down her body. He moved over her breasts and down her belly spreading her legs he licked and sucked and nipped and bit until she was writhing beneath him.‘Please, oh God please,’She begged as he raked his teeth over her clit,‘Do you want to come little Duchess?’He teased as she arched her back and gripped his biceps,‘Yes, please yes yes’She bucked and raked her nails down his back,‘Come for me now Natasha’Her scream of pleasure could be heard by his guards and they smiled at one another, they had been under no illusions as to why the hot little Duchess had turned up at th
Slipping into the cubicle she hitched up her dress and removed her sodden panties, leaning against the door she gave herself the relief she craved coming hard against her fingers. Half an hour later she opened the door and rejoined the royal party cool and composed with not a hair out of place she made her way to the Royal Couple and made her excuses relieved when they gave her their permission to leave early. She allowed the footman to show her out to her car just as Havard came back into the room and spotted her. Getting into the chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce she told him to leave immediately and there was nothing Harvard could do as the car slid silently away into the night.‘You can run little English Rose but tomorrow I will take what is mine.’This is what Romero saw as the handsome Norwegian Prince helped the beautiful English Duchess into the royal carriage and then climbed in to sit beside her. The British crowds cheered as the carriages passed them and Romero flipped open his
They settled into a routine, the children had their private tutor and a huge castle as their playground instead of Capos they had servants and it was only a matter of weeks until their American accents were replaced by the cut glass accents of the Royal family. Lady Natasha became a recluse, she caught up with everything that was required of her regarding the castle and then just stopped. They would find her sitting in the library an open book untouched on her knee gazing outside at nothing, she never smiled and rarely spoke to anyone it was clear she was suffering. Her eyes were red-rimmed and her skin was grey, she did not eat much and she never went outside. Danilo and Reuben were worried she was fading away before their eyes and they could not understand why Romero did not come for her and their children,‘What is fucking wrong with him?’Reuben exploded as they watched Lady Natasha drift from one room to another like a little lost soul.Romero did not come for her because he had
Romero was on his feet,‘Nothing, nothing is more important than her, she knows that she knows she is my life, I love her so much.’‘Do you?’John-Joe countered,‘Then why have you ignored her for six months? Why have you kept her away from her children, again? That’s not how you treat someone you love Romero especially someone as fragile as Natasha, after all she has been through for you.’Romero, Franco, and Luca stared at the old man before he could tell them more one of the Capos came running into the office dragging the Nanny with him, Danilo and Reuben had taken the children, and she was dumped a couple of miles away.’He indicated the Nanny was crying,‘What the fuck?’Romero grabbed her and shook her,‘Tell me exactly what happened,‘She started to cry harder and Franco peeled his hands off the terrified girl,‘It’s okay, Louisa, we know it’s not your fault, please take a breath and try to explain.’She looked at the second and then at Romero,‘We were at the park, we go most
It also meant she was not seeing her children again, after all the problems she had struggled past she had built a wonderful relationship with them. She loved them and was fiercely protective spending all her free time playing with them. She taught the boys to swim and then bought ponies so she could take them out riding with her. She had worked hard to become a good Mama and in return her children adored her because she was not afraid to get down to their level and play. It seemed that Romero had ripped that all away from her again but when she returned from riding out with the ranch's cowboys she had come to a decision.‘I’m not going to let him do that to me again.’She said determinedly her emerald eyes flashing,‘If he doesn’t want me, well that’s up to him but he is not keeping my children this time. I have done nothing wrong and I am their Mother.’Marianne tried to intervene,‘Tash doesn’t do anything you might regret, you don’t know why Romero hasn’t come to the ranch, he may
He whispered to the older man,‘Let her stay with my Marianne, she’s a strong girl, she won’t be a victim, I promise she just needs a little time.’He gave her the space to recover but the nightmares did not stop they got worse and everyone's sleep was broken when her screaming started. It was exhausting for all his staff, the servants were tired before they started work and his Capos could barely concentrate, the only ones who slept through it were the children. Thankfully, all the children slept through peacefully undisturbed and carried on their days without a care playing nosily in the park he had created for them to enjoy in safety. Christmas was a subdued affair, they all put on a front for the children and the house looked like Santa’s workshop they had so many gifts but the adults were tired and their tempers frayed a little at times. It wasn’t what any of them had wanted and it was Kelly who approached him on the second of January, they were all beyond tired with huge gray
Almost leaping out of his arms she ran into Marianne and John-Joe's eager hugs,‘You stayed, you stayed’She cried happily before turning to Kelly and Luigi,‘OMG, this is going to be the best Christmas ever.’She was laughing and crying and hugging them until Romero stepped in and scooped her up again,‘That’s enough baby girl, you still need to rest. Come on, we’ll see these guys at dinner tonight.’He carried her up to their room ignoring her pleas to stay a little longer and placed her on their bed,‘Rest’He commanded and chuckled when she pouted at him,‘You are lucky you just got out of the hospital or I would put you across my knee for that.’She looked up at him through her golden lashes then bit her bottom lip teasingly,‘Oh, I don’t think you should be making promises you can’t keep Romero, hospital or no hospital.’Tash squealed in alarm as he crawled up the bed over her body his eyes locked onto hers,‘I always keep my promises.’He growled and kissed her hungrily,‘Now g
She managed softly frowning at him and he rewarded her with his gorgeous sexy smile,‘I thought I’d lost you, baby girl.’He kissed her again and she smiled up at him,‘No, you will never lose me.’She said her eyes drooping and he stroked a finger along her bottom lip,‘Rest now beautiful, I’ll be here when you wake up again.’She drifted back to sleep and he stood up turning to find Kelly and Luca crying in each other arms,‘Go home, let them all know the good news, and in the morning send Franco back with the children.’ Romero did not leave her, he was so scared of losing her again that he could not bear to let her out of his sight, she would open her eyes and smile at him.‘Hello again’He grinned at her,‘I’m not leaving you alone’He told her,‘When I leave you alone you get into far to much trouble so from now on you are staying by my side.’She reached up her hand and stroked his face,‘I love you.’She whispered resting her cheek into his palm, she could only stay