10. Paolo
Chapter 10
Paolo
Sonali had every opportunity to tell me what the hell was going on. Except she decided to sneak out of our bungalow in the middle of the night. After Master B had shown me the security they had in place and around the island, Brandon and I came back to the bungalow to call CJ and Antonio.
I’d told CJ to try and figure out who Master B was and what was his connection to Sonali. I knew it was something. Playing with her in the club was probably a wrong decision on my side. Even if she was lying, I couldn’t deny the fact I was attracted to her. When we had got back to the room CJ called me when I was in the bathroom.
Her phone had received a message which meant CJ got it too. I remembered Kat telling her CJ planned to clone her phone. Well, the message was from Ninja Ned. CJ lined up all the dots. Sawyer Ledger was both Master B and Ninja Ned. Sonali had agreed to meet him alone.
When I came back into the room after my shower, I knew she was faking sleeping. I thought we had shared something and connected, but obviously it wasn’t enough. She planned to go behind my back and possibly put herself in danger. No matter how much the client pissed us off, we still had to protect them. I planned to do my job.
I waited for the door to click shut before I climbed out of bed. Instead of following her through the front door. I went out the back and shimmied along the side of the bungalow and jumped down to the sand. Sonali walked down the trail toward the right side of the island. She was meeting Sawyer in a section of the island that wasn’t covered by cameras.
Not wanting to be seen, I snuck through the bushes keeping myself hidden. In the distance I saw Sawyer standing near a fire pit. He was alone and Sonali walked right up to him. I was too far to hear what they were saying. To get closer I dropped to my knees and crawled along a row of shrubs until I heard Sonali’s voice.
“I want the research,” Sonali demanded.
Sawyer shook his head. “That is one request I will never be able to give you.”
“Why?” She threw her hands up. “Nobody has the right to it, but me.”
“That is where you are wrong.”
“Really? There would be no research if it wasn’t for my blood. Whoever gets their hands on it and finds me, then all I will be is a blood bank.”
“Except you are wrong. It isn’t only your blood.” Sawyer glanced at his watch and sighed. “I can tell you now. The shipment has moved, but what I am going to say is turn everything you know upside down.”
“Shipment?” Sonali stepped back. “I need to go tell Paolo the CIA was right. How could Devon be involved with someone who ships guns and drugs.”
Sonali turned to leave, and Sawyer leapt forward grabbing her wrist. I jumped up from the ground ready to run to her defense only to stop. Sonali swiped her leg out causing Sawyer to fall to the ground. She took a step away when the next word out of Sawyer’s mouth had me stunned.
“I’m your brother. Sonali stop.”
She turned back, “Brother?”
He slowly stood dusting the sand off his pants. “Yes, brother.”
“I don’t understand. I was a medical experiment, and Mom never had any other kids. Does this mean you know who my dad is?”
Sawyer motioned to a set of chairs. “Have a seat and let’s talk.”
Sonali shook her head. “I must get back to my room. I should have never left or lied to Paolo. I don’t understand why you would send me to AA Security only to lie to Paolo.”
Hearing her wanting to come back to me made her sneaking around not sting as much, but that didn’t mean I still wasn’t pissed.
“Paolo, I know you are out there. Just come out so we can get this all settled.”
I pushed my way through the foliage. Sonali’s eyes widened, “But you were asleep.”
“My guess is the moment you saw me give Sonali a slight shake of my head at dinner you knew something was up. Your bringing her to dinner did throw off my plans. I never intended for her to lie to you.”
I pulled the pack of cigarettes from my pocket and lit one. “But she chose too anyway.”
“Let me explain.” Sonali pleaded.
“Doesn’t matter Sonali. This is just a job.” I heard the hitch of her breath, but ignored her and kept my focus on Sawyer. “Who did you sell the guns to?”
“Let’s all sit and I can explain. The most important thing was to get what was in the container out of the country undetected. With that threat gone I can explain.”
Sawyer and Sonali both sat on the beach chairs. I leaned against the tiki pole.
“I’m listening.”
“Mom had twins, a boy and girl. When she gave birth, she gave me to our dad. Sid Ledger is our father.”
Sid Ledger was the owner of a bio medical company. It supplied most of the medications for the entire country.
“Dad and mom met in college. He fell for her the day he laid eyes on her, but mom only cared about her experiments. Dad thought if she had his kid she would love him. Instead, when she figured out what she could do with your blood, it tore them farther apart.”
Sonali scrunched her nose. “Wait, you are really my brother?”
Sawyer nodded his head.
“I think I am going to be sick. This means earlier I watched you do sexual acts with a woman.”
“And my sister opened her legs showing me what I never wanted to see. That is why I ended the scene and snuck out.”
“Why even bring us here?”
“I needed Sonali protected and I knew AA Security could handle it until I got what I needed out of the country. I planned to reach out to her tomorrow. Everything derailed when the CIA came to AA Security for their proposed mission. You were supposed to protect her for a few days. But then word got back that you planned to bring her to Houston. I couldn’t have her connect me back to the op. So, I paid the Russo family to get you back to New York.”
Sonali jumped up from the chair. “You are the reason I was drugged?”
The more Sawyer talked the closer I was to killing the fucker.
“No, Vincenzo was supposed to incentivize you to go to New York. I figured you would put Sonali in a safe house. Instead shit blew up and when Antonio called Jared, I figured we could get you to this island. At dinner I wanted to figure out what the CIA knew. I didn’t think you would bring my sister into the actual club, because of the way she would need to dress.”
“I still want the research,” Sonali admitted and sighed.
“What if I told you I had a way to counteract your blood making it, so you never had to worry.”
Before Sonali could comment I cut in. “But wouldn’t she be vulnerable like the rest of us.”
“Yes.”
“Are you going to tell us what was in the container?” I pressed again.
Sawyer sighed. “It was our mom.”
“My mom died years ago,” Sonali whispered.
“The government had wanted her to create a way to make every baby like us. It’s not a simple drug. Mom had certain antibodies in her system from the research she’d done on herself over the years. The only way to protect her and you was for her to fake her own death. Mom and Devon thought you needed a fresh start away from everything if possible.”
“I can’t listen to this anymore. For years, I lived alone looking over my shoulder only to find out my family was back in the United States celebrating holidays together. Being there for each other’s accomplishments.” Sonali turned and headed back toward the bungalow.
Sawyer reached out and grabbed my arm. “We did it to protect Sonali. If the government gets their hands on her, they won’t stop doing tests. She needs to go back to Paris.”
“Except Benson put a call out for her on the Dark Web. She isn’t safe anywhere now. And you just added even more to making her feel like the world is after her.” I turned and jogged down the trail, but Sonali wasn’t in sight. When I saw the lights on in our room, I pushed the door open to find her leaning against the railing overlooking the water.
I walked up behind her and gingerly wrapped my arms around her. She turned and rested her head on my chest. Wet tears soaked my shirt. “My mom didn’t want me.”
“To me it sounded like she wanted to protect you.”
“How mad at me are you?” she asked.
That one simple question was so loaded. Before I’d followed her, I was extremely angry, hearing her crying made me slightly less. “My job is to protect you. Hiding things from me, especially when we were unsure of Sawyer’s motives have me unsettled. His actions were more about protecting your mother rather than making sure you were okay. I’m still not convinced she was the only thing he was transporting.”
Callie and Thomas had both covered for him. If it was just about one shipment, why would they need an elaborate plan? I planned to have CJ run his facial recognition software on Houston to see if he could trace down Sonali’s mom.
“Can you make me forget?” Sonali whispered.
My fingers trailed along her side. “How might I make that happen?”
“By taking me to bed.”
The line between needing her and my job were blurring. I had no future with her especially if my diagnosis came back worse, which I anticipated it would based on the amount of blood I kept coughing up. Even if I took the medicine Quinton gave me it probably wouldn’t help, plus she would be heading back to Pairs.
“You just received upsetting information. I am not sure you are making a good judgement call.”
Sonali growled, “I wanted to sleep with you earlier. Nothing has changed.”
“If we do this you have a punishment coming for not listening.”
“I don’t think I deserve a punishment.”
She gasped when I took a step back. “You didn’t listen. Option one we go to bed to sleep and figure out a plan tomorrow. Option two is you take your punishment, and it will be followed with multiple orgasms.”
Her lip stuck out for a moment before she relented and said, “Fine, option two.”
Without waiting another moment, I slid my hand up her back, holding it around the back of her neck. I moved her toward the railing of the deck. My lips brushed hers softly and she let out a tiny squeak as if I had surprised her. But there were no surprises here.
She rested her hand against my chest between us as I began to kiss her the way I’d been wanting to since she came apart on my lap. My lips moved against hers in small, wet kisses. I traced the curve of her mouth with my tongue which got her to open for me. That was the entire reason I’d done it.
Finally, I was able to take the kiss deeper, pushing my tongue against hers. She tasted like strawberries, and I knew right away that this was going to be a core memory of mine. Anytime I smelled or tasted strawberry in the future, I’d think of her.
Her body melted into mine as she made these little moaning sounds that shot right to my cock. I was already hard as granite for her but there were so many things I wanted to do first.
“Are you still wet for me?” I asked against her lips.
Her mouth parted as her chest rose and fell rapidly. She nodded quickly, bringing a grin to my face.
“Good,” I told her.
After pulling away from her, I spun her around. Her back pressed against my chest and her hands gripped the wood railing in front of us.
“You see the row of bungalows along the water.” I waited for her to nod. “Any of those guests can see you out here with your see-through dress and your ass pointed at me. But I think we should give them a better view. What do you think?”
She swallowed hard. “Y-yeah, I think that is a good idea.”
I gathered the bottom of her dress in my hands and dragged it up over her chest. Sonali leaned back and raised her arms in the air allowing me to pull the dress over her head. I tossed it to the side.
My mouth watered, but I reminded myself that I was taking my time, and she still had a punishment. Over to the left I saw movement on the deck and a couple sat in a chair facing our direction. “Are you ready to put on a show? We have someone watching.”
“Yes.”
I reached out and took a breast in each hand, running my thumbs over her nipples. They had hardened as soon as I exposed them to the night air, but when I touched them, they really perked up.
Sonali moaned quietly and I wished she’d be a little louder for the couple close to us to hear. I trailed kisses along her neck and nipped the bottom of her ear. “If at any time something is too much, just say stop and I will. Spread your legs a little more. My original plan was to have you lay over my knee.”
I stroked my hand over her cheeks, and dropped to my knees and kissed her ass. “Angle your hips forward a little more. I want to taste you.”
Her hips tilted and I leaned toward her running my tongue through her folds. Moving my head back enough to enjoy the view, my hands grabbed her cheeks and pulled them slightly apart. I dove back in taking long licks and when I was almost done, I continued upward running my tongue over her rose and she jumped. I held her firmly in place with my hands enjoying her taste a second longer.
She was dripping even more than when we were at the club. I trailed kisses back up her curves. “Your body was meant to be played with. One day I will have you every way possible,” I vowed and to push my point further I ran my thumb along the seam of her ass.
“Yes,” she whispered, so faint I almost missed it.
Her skin glowed in the moonlight as I brought my hand down with a firm smack. Sonali let out a cry, but I didn’t give her time to gather herself before I brought my hand down two more times. The skin under my hand had heated. I paused for a moment before kicking her legs a little farther apart.
“How are you doing?” I asked massaging the silky globe I’d just hit.
She didn’t answer instead she pushed her ass out. I took that as a sign to continue, and I rained five more smacks on her ass. The crack of my palm against her skin echoed into the night air. A light shine of sweat sparkled on her back.
I stepped back to admire her perfect ass and she wiggled it enticing me. When I didn’t continue, she glanced over her shoulder. “Please,” she begged.
“Remember, I need directions.”
Sonali huffed, “But … I need you to touch me.”
With my eyes trained on her sex. I brought my hand back and instead of smacking her cheeks I brought it down on her clit. She tried to escape the pain, but hit it two more times. I leaned against her back. “Is that what you meant?”
“No,” she panted. “Please, I wanted you to press inside me.”
She would learn to be more descriptive in time. My lips twitched as I ran my fingers through her sex. Sonali tried to push my fingers inside of her, but I pulled back and brought my index finger to her other hole she tensed as I pushed it in to my knuckle. “Is this where you wanted me inside.”
“No,” but she didn’t flinch or move away instead she pushed against my finger taking it deeper. I slid my other finger into her hot sex and slowly worked them both in and out of her.
Her body started to shake under my touch, but when she came, I wanted it on my tongue.
"What a lovely sight!" I said. “But I think we should take this into the bedroom, so I can spread you across the bed.
“Your fingers feel so good.”
Wanting to test the water I pulled my finger from her sex and added it with the other one deep inside her. “You’re tight back here. Has anyone every touched you like this?”
“No, please don’t stop I am so close,” she panted.
“Not yet.” I removed my hand and spun Sonali around.
I led her back inside and when we reached the bed I gave her my demands. “On your knees,” I whispered with enough authority that her breath caught in her chest and her eyes widened. Maybe she’d never been told what to do like this before, I didn’t know. Honestly, I didn’t need to know. Right now, I wanted her mouth.
Without questioning me, Sonali dropped to her knees. Seeing her eyes look up at me, all the hunger I had for her almost made me lose control.
As she watched, I slowly popped the button on my pants and painstakingly slid the zipper down. From there, I yanked the pants down and flung them off me. Then I did the same thing with my boxers, releasing my cock and bringing myself a little relief from the pressure of being contained.
Sonali swallowed hard again, and her eyes widened. Maybe it was anticipation, or she wanted this as much as I did. Who knows? It could’ve been my size.
“Touch me,” I demanded.
She didn’t hesitate to take me in her firm grip. She pumped me slowly twice. It took everything I had to stay on my feet. No other woman had affected me this way. She ran her hand over the tip and licked her lips at the same time. She used her other hand to cup my balls and gave a quick squeeze.
“Lick it.”
It was hard to get the words out, but I did it. She waited for my direction, so I had to give it.
She licked me from the bottom to the tip, but then she didn’t wait for further instruction. She wrapped her lips around my girth, and I struggled not to buckle right there. The feel of her wet mouth on me had me dizzy.
Not being able to handle it would’ve been embarrassing.
Instead, I let her work her magic on me, sliding up and down my cock as I fisted my hand in her hair. She was doing a great job, but I needed to control her a little more. I tightened my hand, making her squeak again. Those little noises told me that I was handling my job correctly.
But so was she, and if I didn’t pull out soon, I was going to release where I didn’t want to. Still, I pushed it to the last possible moment.
My cock popped out of her mouth with an audible noise. She wiped her hand across her mouth immediately, but I wished she hadn’t. Her eyes were wild and her lips red, driving me insane.
“Climb up on the bed, but I want you on your hands and knees.”
Sonali did as she was told. I joined her and placed kisses down her back and on her reddened cheeks.
Making my way down her body, I watched as her fingers gripped the blankets. I ran my hands up the insides of her thighs, brushed my fingertips over her most sensitive area, and followed them with my tongue. I did the same to her as she had done to me. I licked her from her clit to her bottom. Her groan filled the night air as her back arched pushing her breasts further into the bed. If I could’ve taken a picture of her at that moment, I would have.
Instead, I’d have to be satisfied with the memory we were creating together.
After opening her up wider, I licked her clit and sucked it into my mouth. Once again, her sexy noises urged me on. I couldn’t wait to see her come. I quickly wet a finger and pushed it into her while I worked on her clit. Sonali moved against my mouth with a whimper. I pushed two fingers deep in her sex, curling them to hit her G-spot. Her body thrashed below me.
“Paolo, something doesn’t feel right. I think I have to go use the restroom.”
But I didn’t stop, I leaned forward running my tongue over her clit and when she exploded her sex clamped down on my finger pulling me in as juice ran down my hands. She’d squirted all over my hand and mouth.
Once she relaxed again, I hurried up to grab a condom from the side table and rolled it down my length as I came back to her.
Her eyes were closed, and her skin was covered in goosebumps. I assumed it was from the air and from what I’d just done to her.
When I was back hovering over her, I slid my hand up one of her legs to pull it wide, so that I could plunge into her. She groaned and arched her back again as her finger nails tightened against the sheets.
I ran my hand on her back as I lined up my cock with her slit. “Taking you like this, means I can stare at your fiery red ass.”
With one push I slid deep inside of her. I took a minute once I was all the way in and waited until she looked over her shoulder. Once our gazes locked, I started to move by pulling all the way out and then plunging all the way in again. My hand came down on her ass each time our skin connected she moaned.
As I fucked her hard, Sonali couldn’t keep her noises small and quiet anymore. She wasn’t what I’d call loud, but had definitely got louder. I leaned down and kissed her neck. “I want you to touch your clit.”
Her hand snaked between us. My fingers traced along the seam of her ass and pulled it open. My finger trailed over her other hole and Sonali moved her hips as she took my finger. I’d almost come undone from that single motion.
Where the hell had this woman been all of my life?
My lower back tightened as did my balls. I didn’t have much longer left in me. Still, I didn’t slow down or try to make it last. I pushed my finger in and out of her. Her own fingers pressed to her clit. It didn’t take much time before her sex clamped.
Only then did I let myself go.
Both of us were breathing hard and rapid. I kept my self-deep inside of her until I caught my breath. Then I pulled out and went into the bathroom to dispose of the condom. When I came back into the room, Sonali hadn’t moved. Her ass still pointed up in the air. I slid onto the bed next to her and pulled her against my chest.
“Are you okay?” I asked.
Sonali nestled deeper into my chest. “I think my body is on another plane. That was amazing.”
I swallowed hard trying to stop the cough bubbling inside me. She was leaning on my arm making it hard to move. “Sorry, I have to get up.”
But I wasn’t fast enough I started to cough, and blood covered my hands and my tongue. I rushed toward the bathroom and hung my head over the sink. I turned the faucet on and watched the blood flow down the drain. A soft hand caressed my back, and our eyes met in the mirror. Life was cruel. I’d found the perfect woman, but it wasn’t meant to be.
I brushed my teeth and led Sonali back to bed. I pulled her against my chest. The perfect night was tainted by my illness.
“What are you sick with.”
“Does it matter?”
She twisted in my arms and placed both hands on my cheek. “I know we said in a month we would both walk back to our lives, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have feelings for you.”
“You shouldn’t have feelings for me. I spent my life doing so many bad things. Everything I have coming to me is karma.”
“Then why not tell me?”
“The doctor thinks I have lung cancer.”
“Thinks? Why don’t they run tests?”
I leaned forward and placed a kiss on her nose. “That is enough questions for tonight. Get some rest.”
Her strawberry scent filled my nose as I laid with my arms wrapped around Sonali and questioning if maybe it was time for me to see a doctor. But for now I wanted to stay in the moment and forget everything else.