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Marry Vivian, or my brother dies.
Oh shit.
She’d never laughed that much with me, and I was her goddamned fiancé.
Ooh, someone is getting jelly. Hehe. Lets go!
“Make no mistake, mia cara.” I grasped her chin and tilted it up. I pulled her bottom lip down with my thumb, letting her taste her own arousal. “This is business. And if there’s one thing I take seriously, it’s my investments.”
Should i be turned on or disgusted? Idk.
“The one who held Vivian at gunpoint? Leave him for me.”
Fuck, yes!!!!
“There was an attempted robbery at one of my flagship stores, Vivian.” A muscle worked in his jaw. “Of course I came back right away.”
Bullshit is fresh with this one.
“Is for threatening my wife.”
Oh she's your wife now?
She wasn’t my wife yet, but she was mine. No one threatened what was mine.
Damn.
“So she’s your wife.” Brax coughed, his bravado dented but intact. “I understand why you’re upset. She’s beautiful, though she would’ve been much more beautiful with blood painting that pretty skin of hers.”
Oh you fucked up.
I had no frame of reference for the strange fog clouding my brain, or the twinge in my chest when I looked at her. It wasn’t wrath, like with Brax. It wasn’t hatred, like with Francis. It wasn’t lust or dislike or any of the other emotions that had shaped my previous interactions with Vivian. I didn’t know what it was, but it unsettled the hell out of me.
Because you're in love you twit!
“How does he look at me?” Janis smiled. “Like he never wants to look away.”
<3
“I don’t know why I care. I just know I do, and I hate it.” Self-loathing coated his voice. “I hate the idea of you touching anyone else, or anyone else touching you. I hate that other people can make you laugh in a way I can’t. I hate how I feel around you, like you’re the only person that can make me lose control when I. Don’t. Lose. Control.” Every word, every step brought him closer until my back pressed against the wall and the heat of his body enveloped mine. “But I do.” His voice dropped, turning ragged. “With you.”
“Heath said he still loves you. Enough to go against your parents, and me, to be with you. But you broke up two years ago and he didn’t do a damn thing about it until he found out you were engaged.” The darkness edged out the light. “You want to know the truth, Vivian? If I loved you as much as he claims to love you, nothing would’ve stopped me from keeping you.”
“Se sapessi il potere che hai su di me,” I said, my voice ragged.
<3
“Don’t let your pursuit of wrath ruin the best thing that’s ever happened to you. Yeah, figuring things out with Vivian will be hard, but you’ve always been a fighter. So fucking fight.”
Go, Luca!
It was much easier to rant at my father in my head than in real life.
Aint that the truth.
“I’ve never…” I cleared my throat, wishing I was more eloquent at expressing my emotions. It was one of the few skills my grandfather hadn’t drilled into me since I was young. “I’ve never had to…pursue someone before, so perhaps I’m not doing this right. But I wanted to hear your voice." Without pretty words, all I had was the truth. More silence.
The truth is all you need.
“You and me, sweetheart. That’s the destination. And I’m willing to take as many steps as I need to get there.”
Good man.
“Per te aspetterei per sempre, amore mio.” “Spero non ci vorrà così tanto.“
<3
“I never claimed to be virtuous, sweetheart. Sinning is more fun.” Another wicked grin. “As you’ll find out tonight.”
Fuck yes
