A Sinner's Promise (De Bellis Crime Family, #1)

by Kylie Kent

If I want something, I’m going to have it, and the thing I want more than my next breath right now is her.

“Now that, that’s out of the way. This whole being professional bullshit? Yeah, I don’t agree with it. I want you.”

“Okay, well, tell me something about you that no one else knows.” Gio appears to consider the question. “I met someone I can’t stop thinking about, and I’m torn between dragging her kicking and screaming into my world… and letting her go.”

What about girlfriends?” “What about them?” “Do you have one?” “That depends.” I chuckle. “On what?” she asks, and I feel her head shift towards me. I don’t turn around. “On you. Wanna be my girlfriend, Ellie?”

“You’ve never been in a relationship?” “Never wanted to be… before now,” I admit. “What’s changed?” “I like you, and when I think about you being with anyone else, I want to rip heads off. I don’t want to share you, which means you and I are exclusive.” It’s simple as that.

I wrap my arms around her waist and press her up against me. “I meant what I said. I won’t ever let anything hurt you, Ellie. I will never hurt you either.” “I believe you,” she whispers before melting into my embrace.

“The part of my body I love the most is my heart.” “Your heart? Why?” Her eyebrows draw together in confusion. She’s much more animated when she’s drunk. “Because it belongs to you, and I love anything that’s you,” I tell her honestly.

“Damn, El, if you change your mind and decide you want the smarter brother, you know where to find me,” Gabe’s voice calls out from the foyer, at the bottom of the stairs. “Fuck off before I stab you,” Gio grunts.