Total pages in book: 63
Estimated words: 62569 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 313(@200wpm)___ 250(@250wpm)___ 209(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 62569 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 313(@200wpm)___ 250(@250wpm)___ 209(@300wpm)
“Can I start with you?” I was already tugging off her shorts.
“Yes, yes, please.” She helped kick them off.
We were a flurry of anger, pain, tears, and clothes flying all over the kitchen. Waffles forgotten, windows, cameras, past, present.
It wasn’t normal.
It was spectacular.
Uniquely us.
When she was finally bare to me, I lifted her by the ass and thrust into her. I couldn’t wait. I was desperate. “Your body is mine.”
“Yes.” A tear slid down her cheek. “Yours. Only yours.”
With each movement of my hips her nails dug deeper into my back scarring it the way my pledge to her had scarred my front. “I love you, Raven Alfero.”
Her eyes flew open. “Say it again.”
I was so close, it had been so long. Our bodies slid together again, every muscle strained to make the moment last longer. “I love you. So much.”
She clenched around me, her heels digging into my ass.
I let go.
I was home.
27
RAVEN
The one where love slams into you and all you see is that the darkness was your light the entire time, the nightmare, your dream.
“I’m still mad.” I trailed my fingers down his naked torso. “And then I see the scars you made when you hated me, and I feel like shit.”
“I felt nothing.” He said grabbing my hands. We’d barely made it out of the kitchen and then to the couch before he was all over me again. His hands spread across my chest, his mouth followed kissing small trails between my breasts.
“Liar.”
He laughed and flipped me onto my stomach and took me lazily from behind. I leaned back into him, he pulled me up onto his knees. His mouth found my ear. It was so easy being with him, loving him.
“We’re both a mess.” He thrust into me harder and held himself there.
My legs pulsed around him. “I like the mess.”
“I’m staying inside you forever.”
“I’ll need just short breaks.”
“Deal.”
We both heard a commotion downstairs. I groaned. “Sandra’s back with Lily.”
“I want five more minutes, even three.” Ace pressed a kiss to my shoulder then cupped my breasts. “I want it all.”
“Honeymoon?” I suggested. “Why don’t we see if we can get away?”
“Deal.” He kissed my neck. “Deal.” He nibbled on my ear. “Deal.”
The door jerked open. Ivan looked between us and cursed. “Well that changes things.”
I rushed to cover myself. “What does?”
“This.” He pointed between us. “The fact that you actually are sleeping together and now have to tell people the truth. Wait I’m confused, because according to the guy at your dad’s house, Lily’s his or something like that, and Ace covered for him, which means you’re both in deep shit and that you maybe just gave your husband a death sentence for fucking lying to Dante. I never asked for details about why you’d cover for her because I knew the truth but now people have questions and I have questions because you actually are together it seems and, this isn’t going to end well.”
“You’re my boss.”
“Yes,” Ivan snapped. “You lied to me too, at first, but the minute you married an Alfero you skipped over to their control. If Dante wants to chop off your balls and make you watch while pigs eat them, I can’t do shit.”
I was too busy processing what he just said to think death. “What do you mean Lily’s his? Lily’s ours!”
Ace pulled me into his arms and kissed my head. “We’ll figure it out.” His voice was gentle and then he started yelling. “The fuck do you think you are coming in here seeing my wife naked and threatening us then saying Lily belongs to someone else! She may not be my blood, but she’s mine!”
Ivan lowered his head and winced. “I think you need to see what’s going on, it’s better that way. If I tell you…” He shook his head. “Trust me when I say everyone was very confused at first.”
It didn’t take long for us to get ready.
Ace yelled.
When the nanny, Sandra, back she helped get Lily ready to go out again and agreed to come with just in case we needed her for whatever the hell was going on.
Ivan was quiet.
Too quiet.
And Ace wouldn’t let go of my hand.
One hand had mine, one hand was touching Lily’s while she slept in her car seat.
Once we pulled up to my dad’s house it seemed like the entirety of the five families were gathered as if we were having a commission which was rare during peace.
Ace grabbed Lily and held her close then wrapped his free arm around us while we walked up the marble stairs and inside.
Suits were leaning against walls, talking, discussing in low voices. Junior and Ash were near the kitchen, both of them looked pissed.
Like very, very pissed.
And then they saw us and the anger was gone.
Replaced with—pity.
It was pity.
But not for me, their eyes all went to Ace.