Total pages in book: 99
Estimated words: 96129 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 481(@200wpm)___ 385(@250wpm)___ 320(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 96129 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 481(@200wpm)___ 385(@250wpm)___ 320(@300wpm)
“But you don’t do that anymore,” she said warily.
“Not anymore.”
“You threatened Anthony. And the look you got when I told you about the grocery store? It didn’t look very PG-13.”
“PG-13?” I chuckled, though it sounded forced, because at the thought of Anthony, I felt my entire body stiffen. The asshole had been laying low lately and I didn’t know what to make of it, but I didn’t like it.
“You know what I mean, Dominic.” She pursed her lips, unamused. “I don’t want you doing anything that’ll put you in danger and those people, Tommy, Anthony, and that whole crew, are dangerous.”
“Oh, Rosie.” I felt myself smile as I climbed on top of her, slipping off her panties and ridding myself of my boxer briefs. I put a hand between us, played with her pussy for a moment, until her breathing became ragged, and her eyes clouded the way they did right before she came. I took my hand away and she made a noise. I was sure she was about to complain, but I just wanted her wet enough that I wouldn’t hurt her when I sank into her, because that was exactly what I was going to do to rid myself of the tension building up inside me. This wasn’t going to be a sweet fuck. I positioned myself between her legs and thrust into her hard, deep. She yelped, bowing off the bed, her eyes rolling.
“Damn it, Dominic,” she breathed, her fiery gaze meeting mine.
I pulled out slowly and thrust in hard again.
“Fuck.” She threw her head back, fingers clutching my biceps. “Do it again.”
I did. Again, and again, and again, until she was screaming my name at the top of her lungs.
“This isn’t,” she gasped, “going to make me,” another gasp, “forget what we were talking about.”
I stopped moving. Her fingernails dug deeper. She wanted me to move. She wanted me to fuck her hard and fast. “What were we talking about? I forgot.” I thrust hard.
“Oh God,” she moaned. “That they’re dangerous.”
“Hm.” I ignored her and kept fucking her, bringing her legs up and stretching them across my chest. Fuck. My cock hit her deeper at this angle. I brought my hand down to her nipple, then spread her legs a little and slowed my thrusts so I could toy with her clit again. She started shaking the moment my thumb hit it, coming all over my cock. She felt so fucking good. So fucking wet. I started fucking her fast again until she was screaming so loud, I was sure she wouldn’t have a voice tomorrow. My orgasm hit me hard, my come spilling inside her in spurts, saying her name as I came.
“Dominic.” She was still breathing heavily as I brought her legs back down. There was a small frown on her face that I hated so fucking much. “They’re really dangerous. I’m serious.”
“I know you are.” I chuckled at her concern and leaned in to kiss her. When I pulled back, I looked at her. “Don’t you know who you’re sharing a bed with, baby?”
She looked at me, and even though she didn’t look scared or surprised, I regretted saying it. She’d already told me she had reservations about this, and it seemed like every time we took three steps forward and she seemed convinced that she could do this, something happened that made her hesitate again. I knew that until she committed to us one hundred percent, I’d always be on the cusp of losing her and that realization hit me right in the gut. I couldn’t lose her. I wanted to shake her and tell her that she was brave and strong and belonged with me. Whether she wanted to see it or not, she was one of us. Her father may not be going around taking lives, but he was just as involved as the rest of us. She studied me for so long that I started to get nervous under her scrutiny.
“I know exactly who I’m in bed with, Dominic De Luca.” She reached up and set a hand over my heart.
I didn’t want to push my luck and ask her how she meant that, but when she threw her arms around my neck and pulled me in for a kiss, my nerves disappeared.
31
ROSIE
Dominic massaged my legs and feet for half an hour before he told Marco to go get me bags of ice from the gas station. He’d kissed me and headed downstairs to make a phone call while I sat with my feet submerged in the icy water of the guest bathroom. I shut my eyes, forcing myself to keep my feet in the water, when my phone vibrated on the floor beside me. I reached for it, turning it over to look at the screen and nearly dropping it in the tub of ice when I saw my father’s name and assigned picture on my screen. I pulled my legs out of the water and set them on the towel, standing shakily.