Total pages in book: 260
Estimated words: 245483 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1227(@200wpm)___ 982(@250wpm)___ 818(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 245483 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1227(@200wpm)___ 982(@250wpm)___ 818(@300wpm)
“Don’t leave me,” I plead with him. Breaking the kiss only to help him strip his shirt off.
“Once more,” he says, letting the shirt fall to the floor. His chest is bloodied and bruised, and it makes my heart clench with pain. I close my eyes and listen to his words as he adds, “And then never again.”
He slowly lowers me to the bed, kicking his jeans off. When I open my eyes, I see his piercing gaze, full of devotion and so much more. Love. I know he does. But I need to hear him say it.
He pushes my legs wider, his hips butting against mine as he lines the head of his dick up at my entrance.
He eases himself slowly into me, moving back and forth, inching his way in. My neck arches, and my nails dig into his back.
I gasp, only then realizing that I’d been holding my breath as he slams deep inside of me, buried to the hilt.
Yes!
I need to feel all of him. Every inch of my skin comes to life as he moves in and out of me with a relentless pace. The headboard knocks against the wall as my head thrashes.
Gio grabs my chin and molds my lips to his, kissing me with the passion I have for him.
My heels dig into his ass, wanting more. I want the beast that’s taken me, I need him now.
“No,” Gio says, pulling away from me, but not stopping his merciless pace. “I need you like this. Raw and vulnerable and with me,” he kisses me hard and with a desire that I can’t deny. “Just like this.” He pushes himself all the way in and pulls out slowly, taking his time and driving my release further and further up.
“Gio,” I whisper as he kisses along my neck. My body heats and sweet desire stirs low in my belly, threatening to shove me over the cliff.
“I love you,” I whisper the words as my back arches and my hardened nipples rub against his chest. The sensitive skin is directly connected to my throbbing clit and it brings me that much closer.
“I love you, Grace,” Gio says, sucking in a breath and pounding harder and faster into me. His blue gaze pierces into me. “I love you so fucking much.”
His blunt fingernails dig into my hips as he thrusts his thick cock into me over and over. A cry of pleasure tears through my throat as every nerve ending in my body blazes with a pleasure so intense I can barely stand it.
His eyes never leave mine as he rides through my orgasm, once, twice, a third time, before slamming into me and cumming with me.
We both lay in bed, panting and sated, clinging to each other. I hold onto him, every inch of my skin that I can manage touching his, not wanting to let go. I don’t want him to leave me.
I’m afraid he’ll never come back.
Chapter 29
Gio
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I drive slowly up my father’s winding driveway, my mind completely focused on the task at hand. I know Grace is safe back at my safe house and nobody is going to come for her. Not a soul knows where it is. I don’t know why I trust the Rossis to keep their end of the bargain, but Toni doesn’t have any reason to go back on his word. And I know his niece has to mean something to him. She better. He’d be a fool not to want what’s best for her.
He’s the Don now, and as the Don he has to live up to some level of respect. If he goes back on the very first deal he made as Don, it would set a bad fucking precedent for the rest of his time in control.
I take a deep breath, getting my mind right. My father lives in a trailer at the end of a long dirt road. He bought several acres of land a few years ago and set up his trailer there, mirroring what I did on the opposite side of town. Except where I built a gorgeous house, he just kept his old shitty trailer and hoarded his cash.
Anger rules me, but I have to keep it at bay. My father betrayed me, went behind my back and nearly got me killed. Worse than that, he put Grace in danger. He gave her back to the man who made her life hell for all those years. Grace was forced to murder her own father and could have been put into an even worse position if she hadn’t. All because my father was stupid enough to think the Rossis would have him. His greed. He’s going to die because of it.
His time is over. He was strong for so long, and kept his shit together well. He built our business from the ground up all on his own. But now he’s finished.