10. Trey
10
TREY
I woke up and blinked, momentarily forgetting where I was. Warm weight was pressed behind me, and a huge smile spread over my face as I remembered the night before. I pulled on his arm that was draped over my side and snuggled in closer, feeling his strong arm tightening around me as we spooned. I'd found my new happy place.
As much as I wanted to wake him up with my mouth or my ass, I decided to let him sleep a little longer. He was so peaceful. I slipped out of bed, found a robe hanging in his closet, and made my way to the kitchen.
Walt and I had the same model espresso machine, so I made myself a cappuccino. The view from the back was breathtaking. There was a dusting of snow on all the trees and the river rocks, creating a beautiful scene.
“Trey?” Walt called me from his room so I poured a cup for him and went back up.
“Good morning.” I sat down on the bed and smiled. "I made some coffee."
He pawed for a saucer, still groggy from our late night. Walt propped himself up on one elbow and took a few sips of my cappuccino. "Mmmm, that's perfect."
Smiling, I laid back down beside my alpha. "It's Sunday. Can we just snuggle right here and do nothing all day?" Even though I needed to finish my book, I couldn’t bring myself to care enough to leave his side.
“Nothing.” He palmed his dick and gave it a token stroke. “That seems like a wasted opportunity.”
“Oh, I don’t waste anything.” I kissed down his chest and drew his cock into my mouth, sucking it to the back of my throat and moaning around his shaft.
“Fuck, Trey. Give a guy some warning.” Walt curled his fingers into my hair but didn’t tug. He just held me as I moved up and down his dick. “You’re gonna spoil me.”
That was fine with me. I planned to have his cock inside me as often as possible, so getting him used to that seemed harmless enough. After just a few more minutes of sliding my tongue along his velvety skin and gently teasing his glans with my teeth, Walt bucked up into me and shot his load right down my throat. I had to pull back just to get some on my tongue so I could fully savor the taste.
He was delicious, and as soon as the unique cream hit my tastebuds, I was coming in my hand, making a mess of the bed.
After a while of just enjoying each other, we showered and Walt made us delicious omelets.
He studied my face while we ate. "I'm trying to decide what to do with you."
"I thought we already decided that. I’m staying. You’re stuck with me." I said it playfully even as a spike of insecurity shot through me. What if he’d changed his mind?
Walt just shook his head and grinned. "No. I mean, we have to be careful. There have been some threats to me and the family. You watched one of them burn, but if any of our enemies find out that I care about you, it could get dangerous."
"I’m sure you care about lots of people." Just because I was in love with him didn’t mean he loved me back. Not yet anyway.
Walt cocked his head and sighed before he put his fork down. "I do care about a lot of people, but you’re not just people, Trey. You’re mine. My omega. My lover. My…everything.” He swallowed hard as if it was difficult for him to open up in this way. “I think I’m falling in love with you, and I’m not sure I could ever survive losing you.”
“I love you too, Walt. I have since the first time I met you.” Tears burned behind my eyes before they spilled over my lids. “I promise to be as discreet as you need me to be. I just want you in my life. In my bed.”
Walt interrupted me by covering my hand with his. “In my house?”
My jaw dropped as I considered his words. “You want me to move in?”
He grinned. “Only at night. During the day, you can use your room at the resort as an office. That way, you’ll always be close and I won’t worry about you so much.”
“That sounds amazing.” Better than amazing. “But you don’t have to worry about me. Unless someone has read my books, I blend into the background pretty easily.”
Walt shook his head as he leaned back. “You definitely don’t blend into any background, but it’s not just about being seen. My family still has lots of enemies, and I don't want someone to even think about hurting you to get to me."
"Okay, I guess so.” I shrugged as scenes and characters were already making demands in my mind. “It actually sounds exciting to me. Maybe my next book will be about a mob boss getting caught with an enemy lover."
A shadow passed over Walt's face. "It's not exciting, sweetheart. And you’re not my enemy."
“I know I’m not.” I moved around the table and lowered myself onto his lap. “How could I be when we’re so perfectly right together?”
After spending the rest of the day lounging around with Walt between sweaty sex sessions, he took me back to the hotel to get my things. I didn’t cancel the room because having it as a private office was a dream come true.
And it meant I’d always be close to my alpha.
“I just got a text from Luca. He invited me to Allegra’s for dinner.”
I froze just as I was zipping up my suitcase. “Oh, okay. Do you want me to just stay here tonight then?”
He frowned as if I’d hurt his feelings. “Fuck no, I don’t. I want you to put on something nice and come with me to dinner. My cousins already love you as an author. Now they can love you as family.”
I almost burst into tears when he said that. A family who loved and appreciated me for me was something I desperately wanted. And something that drew me to the Francescos in the first place. “Give me two minutes to change.”
When we walked into Allegra’s, Luca and Knox stood up from a table and waved us over. Despite Walt’s big lecture about how scary and dangerous his family was, no one seemed the least bit surprised to see me with him.
My shoulders relaxed and a smile broke out across my face. “Hi, guys.”
Walt put his arm around my waist. "Luca, Knox, I think you both know my Trey."
Knox reached out and warmly grasped my hand. "Of course we do. Wow! This is…amazing. Right, Luca? Isn't it amazing?"
Luca shook his head and smiled, then looked at Walt. “I knew it.”
Walt just laughed. “You didn’t know shit.” He pulled me closer and kissed the top of my head. “Thank god Trey did. He came back for me.”
It was time to come clean with the guys. "Look, when I met you in Sardinia, I was there because of Walt."
Knox gasped like he'd reached the juicy part of a steamy book. "No way!"
I explained everything to them but left out the night of the crematorium.
Walt squeezed my leg underneath the table when I skipped over that part.
Then I told Knox and Luca about seeing Walt ten months ago and having not just an instant attraction but a near-fatal attraction that I had to resolve.
The server came over and poured each of us a glass of red wine as I kept going.
"I know it sounds crazy, but I can't explain it." I looked into Walt's eyes and melted. "Walt just got to me in a way no one else ever has."
Knox seemed ready to jump right out of his chair in excitement for us. “We know.” He leaned over and kissed Luca. "I think we understand better than you think. And this makes meeting you in Italy so much more special."
I nodded. "Yeah, it is. And I promise I’m not some kind of stalker."
Luca cleared his throat and raised his glass. "This actually sounds romantic to me. And it's about time Walt got some action." He grinned at Walt as we all clinked our glasses.
We fell into an easy conversation about my next book, and that led me to telling them about my idea for my next series. No one was surprised when I said it would be mafia based.
Walt shifted in his chair and exchanged a glance with Luca.
"I mean, if that’s okay with you guys. It wouldn't be based on the family or anything real. I mean, you've read my books, or at least one of them. They're fantasy."
Luca winked at me. "I’m sure we can figure something out."
Allegra brought our food over to us. She set the plates down and then gave Luca and Knox each a kiss on the head. "My boys! Where's the baby? You know I like to see him."
"He's with a sitter. Have you met Walt’s omega, Trey?" Luca gestured to me at the same time that Walt groaned in his chair.
Allegra came over and gave me a playful smack. "Know him? Are you kidding, this is my new trainer!"
Walt raised his eyebrows at me, and I blushed. "It's true. I'm taking her out running."
Allegra flexed her bicep. "And stretching, and push-ups, and all kinds of stuff. Just wait, I'm gonna get my hourglass figure back."
Everyone joked around, teasing each other and laughing with abandon. I realized that it felt so natural to be included in Walt's family like this.
And maybe someday, we’d make that family even bigger.