Chapter 34
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
THEA
His cock is still stuffed inside me, but he’s rolled us so he’s on his back, and I have my leg draped over his torso. One hand is banded around my waist, and the other is resting on my ass cheek.
He clears his throat. “You asked me if I loved her.”
I close my eyes, unable to comprehend his words.
“Open your eyes and look at me, Little Brat.” He slaps my ass, and my eyes snap open to give him my attention.
“I thought I did. But I was a seventeen-year-old kid with dumb notions and even dumber ways of expressing how I felt.” He shifts slightly but holds me in place.
“The best thing she ever did was ask for that divorce. At the time, I was angry, hurt, and humiliated, but what I felt for her was not what I thought it was.”
I furrow my brow, unsure what he means. He rubs a hand over his jaw.
“I had this idea in my head of creating a perfect family, of not needing the Mafia life. After all, it’s what killed my parents, my family.
But when we divorced, I threw myself into La Familia, and I realized it was born in me.
I wanted that life, the one I lead now. I craved the danger.
I wanted it more than ever, but the need for a family was always inside me. ”
I rest my palm over his beating heart.
“I want that family with you, Thea. You’re my forever. My only.”
“How can you be sure?” I whisper, hating to ask, because let’s face it, he might not have the answer.
“I’m a man now. I don’t need or want for anything but your love, and once I have that, then I know I can create the family I was destined to have.”
I place a kiss on his lips. “You have that already.” When I pull back, his eyes are full of an indescribable emotion, so strong it steals the air from my lungs.
“You telling me you love me, Little Brat?” His lips curl into a growing smile, but I don’t miss the flash of vulnerability in his eyes.
“Yes.”
He delivers a sharp slap to my ass. “Say it,” he growls.
“I love you.” I place another kiss on his lips.
“Guess your daddy best show you how much he loves you back, huh?” He rolls us over, and I giggle, then he spends the night showing me just how much he loves me.