Thirty-four:Luca Capaldi When I brought Audrina home on the night of her birthday, Augusta was in the kitchen. She was preparing the weeks meals for us. She never knew if we would be home or not when she was and she liked to have freshly prepared food for when she wasn’t available to cook. Augusta was playing Frank Sinatra on the radio and singing to herself as she made fresh pasta. I told Audrina to wait out in the hall. “Augusta?” I called. Augusta looked up and smiled at me. “Luca, nino, what are you doing home early? I thought that you were supposed to be out with that girl you have a crush on. Dani said something about a birthday party for her?” I blushed fiercely. “Daniela talks too much.” The older woman smiled at me. “She is my daughter. Of course, she does. So, did something bad happen?” I shook my head. “Actually, uh. I brought her home with me.” Augusta wagged a finger at me. “You better not get that girl pregnant. She seems like an ambitious young woman. She
Thirty-five: Audrina Bianchi I had never been happier. I had met my aunt. She knew who I was finally. And she was going to get me out of the Barretta family grasp. I would get to marry Luca. The boy that I loved. And everything would be fine. I let Luca take my hand and lead me to his room. The second I was out of Augusta’s eyesight, Luca started kissing me. “You’re going to be my wife,” he growled, as he bit down on my lower lip. Wife. When Andre had talked about it, being married felt like a death sentence. When Luca talked about it, the idea of being married to him felt like heaven. I giggled nervously. He was pressed up against me, and I could feel his cock in between my legs. “Are you going to fuck me finally, then?” He laughed. “Not until I make an honest woman out of you, Beauty Queen. But Augusta did tell us to go to my room. Of course, there’s all kinds of things that we can get up to in there. I can still give you what you need, huh?” “Good.” I kissed his neck, and
Thirty-six: Luca Capaldi Here’s the thing about being a Capaldi. It comes with a lot of wealth and a lot of privilege and a lot of power. And a lot of secrets. There are things that you have to do to protect the ones that you love even if they don’t like it. On the morning after Audrina’s birthday, there was a knock on my door. It woke me up. I got up carefully and went to the door to answer it. My father stood there. “We’ve got a problem,” he told me. “What happened?” I asked. “There’s a man that owes us money. He refuses to give it to us. I am going to take it. And you are going to help me.” I glanced back at the room where Audrina was sleeping. She was curled up in my bed wearing one of my t-shirts. It was the sexiest that she had ever looked. Then I looked at my father. “Pop, I’ve got a girl here…. not just any girl. Didn’t Augusta tell you what was going on?” Giuseppe nodded. “Augusta told me everything. You think that you are ready to be a man, to be married, then you ar
Thirty-seven: Audrina Bianchi The night of my birthday had been one of the best nights of my life and one of the worst. I had walked away from the people I had called family. And then the boy that I was in love with had told me that he was going to marry me. All we had to do was get Giuseppe to agree then we could go to Vegas and get married. Andre wouldn’t ever be able to touch me ever again. Augusta knew the truth about me, and Daniela would know soon. I would have an aunt. I would have a sister. When I woke up in the morning, I expected that I would find Luca there. That we would fly off to Vegas and get married quickly. Then I could move in with the Capaldi’s and I would never have to worry about the Barretta’s or Andre Antonov ever again. Except when I woke up in Luca’s bed, I went to reach for him and he was gone. Frowning, I got up and I grabbed my cell phone from the night stand. There was no text telling me where Luca had gone. There was, however, one from Andre. I con
Thirty-eight: Luca Capaldi Audrina and me had both killed people. Niccolo wouldn’t tell me what had happened the day after Audrina’s birthday but I knew that someone had died. I also knew that The Fixer was in the hospital. We stayed there for a while, waiting to see if he would wake up. When he didn’t, I asked, “What do you want to do?” She looked up at me from the chair that she was sitting right next to me in. “I don’t know. I mean, it’s not like we can get married now. There’s no way that Marie would sign off on me getting married.” “I took care of that.” I raised an eyebrow. “Pop, what did you do?” “I had an…. encounter with the Ramono’s. I told Alessandro about my plan. That was why we took care of that thief, Luca. Because I did a favor for Ramono and he agreed to do a favor for me. He signed the marriage certificate.” Audrina’s eyes widened. “But he’s not on the birth certificate.” “Oh that?” Giuseppe said. “I fixed that too. It was part of the agreement.” “Yo
Thirty-nine Audrina Bianchi You know those days where everything is going right for a change? And you have that moment where you are so, blissfully happy that you can’t even remember all of it because it seems like a dream? That’s what my wedding was like to Luca. We were both young. And it was impromptu. And it was at one of those quickie wedding chapel places. And there was definitely an Elvis impersonator serenading us. But I didn’t care. Giuseppe got us a luxury suite at one of the hotels on the strip. And Luca carried me across the threshold of the hotel room bridal style. I laughed as he put me down then he closed the door behind him. “This is it,” he said, “you and me, forever, Beauty Queen.” I smirked. “You know Beauty Queen was never the correct term, right? That’s for girls who do pageants. I’m a Super Model. Totally different thing.” “You’re a beauty, and you’re my Queen.” He wrapped his arms around my shoulders, and pulled me into a kiss. “Ergo, Beauty Queen?”
FortyLuca Capaldi It was time to meet our daughter. As we stood there staring at the house, Audrina had a strange look on her face. “Are you okay?” I asked her. She shook her head. “I was just thinking about when we got married.” “Yeah?” I raised an eyebrow. “What part in particular?” “The part where I had the happiest moment of my life, and it still managed to get ruined by Andre. Vale said that he’s checked in on her but she doesn’t know about me. But if we bring her into our world Luca, she’s never going to be able to escape it. She’s eight years-old now and all she has known is this comfortable, safe, life.” My face fell. I had an idea of where she was going with this. And part of me knew that she was right. But the other part of me had had an image in my head of the two of us running back to Italy with our daughter and living a quiet, peaceful life there. I took Audrina’s hand in mine. “So, you d
EPILOGUE Audrina Capaldi “You are going to kill me.” This came from Luca, whose cock I was currently riding. I let out a laugh and then, before I knew what was happening, I found myself pulled off him and pinned by Luca’s strong arms. I let out a laugh. “I can’t kill you. I like the way that you fuck me too much.” Luca grinned wickedly. “I suppose that’s good to know.” “You know I think that we made a baby that time.” He reached out and grabbed my breast in his hand, playing with my nipple in between his fingers, hard enough that I cried out. “I think so too.” He was cupping my pussy now. “I like feeling how wet I’ve made you. I like knowing that I’ve made you a drippy, little mess. Do you like it when I make you feel this way?” he stroked my clit, and my whole body tensed from the touch as I cried out again. Even the simplest of movements that he made could make me lose control. I could only manage to whine in response as he was rubbing in between my folds. Luca chuckl