Chapter Sixteen
Will
Waking up in Gianna’s arms sends a feeling of peace over me. It’s a sensation I haven’t felt since I was a kid. I can barely remember the last time I felt this happy.
Gazing down at her sleeping form, all I can think is how lucky I am to have found her. She has brought out the good in me I thought I had long lost. If my mom saw how much I was fighting for Gianna, she’d be proud of me. I know I shamed my mother’s memory when I became a hitman.
I still am a hitman and I’m not sure if that will ever change. It’s how I make my money and yet… I’m considering giving it all up to be with Gianna. I can find another way to make money. I don’t have to take more lives to live myself.
But the only question is: can Gianna and I both survive this and be together at the end? Because right now… I’m not sure of anything.
She stirs awake. When her eyes find mine, a blush crosses her face.
“It’s amazing you can still blush after everything we did last night,” I comment, running the backs of my fingers down her cheek.
“I’m still me. That hasn’t changed.”
“How are you feeling this morning?”
“Sore,” she admits. “But good. Really good.”
“I’m glad.” I give her a soft kiss on the lips. Just the feeling of pure contentment is unlike anything I’ve experienced before.
“I want to stay in this bed with you forever,” she whispers. “I don’t want to leave this room because I know once we do, we’ll have to deal with everything out there.”
“So let’s not leave this room. Let’s be together longer.” I kiss her deeply and roll her onto her back. Gianna eagerly kisses me in return, arching her body into mine. I could sink into Gianna’s arms forever.
“I need you again,” she gasps.
I let out a low sound before I roll her onto her side and lay behind her. “I want to show you all the different ways you can experience pleasure.” My cock grows hard at the idea of being with Gianna again. I’ll never want to stop being with her. I’m not sure I can ever give her up.
I know I should grab a condom to use with her. Getting Gianna pregnant is not something either one of us needs right now. But I’m too caught up in the moment to care.
I line my cock up to her entrance and grab her thigh, bringing it around my hip.
My lips find her neck and suckle on her skin right before I thrust into her.
Her moan fills the room. God, it’s the hottest thing I’ve ever heard.
Knowing Gianna is letting herself go and not being as shy as she once was turns me on like nothing ever has. She has found freedom… with me.
I don’t take that lightly.
I sink deeper into her body until I’m fully inside of her. Gianna arches her back, bringing our bodies closer. I grip her thigh tighter.
“You feel so good around my cock,” I whisper into her ear. She whimpers and fuck, the sound goes straight to my length. I rock my hips against her ass. Every thrust of my hips brings my cock deeper into her.
My other hand goes around her body to touch her clit. She cries out when my finger presses down on her nub.
“Will,” she moans, moving her body to match my pace. She’s a quick learner I’m glad to see. It makes being with her even more perfect.
Gianna drops her head back onto my shoulder, giving me access to her lips so I can kiss her deeply. My cock continues to thrust into her and she continues to moan, even as I consume her lips with my own. Now that she’s let herself go, there’s no holding her back.
I flick her nub. Her hips arch back and forth. I can tell from the sounds she’s making that she feels as desperate as I do. We both need this.
I fuck her harder and harder. I need Gianna to know she’s mine. I need her to never leave my arms again. I need this as much as I need to breathe.
“Will,” she cries out. “I need… I need…”
“I know what you need,” I say against her ear. “Come for me, baby. Come for me.” I grind my hips against hers, bringing my cock even deeper into her body. Her inner walls clench down, making me groan. God, she is perfect around me.
The sound of our bodies moving together fills the air. It spurs me on more.
“Come for me,” I repeat, pressing down on her clit. “Come for me now.”
Her hips jerk forward right before a look of pure pleasure crosses her features. She cries out my name as she comes and I quickly follow.
My release fills her up. I groan and shake and tremble. That’s how much Gianna impacts me. I was never one to let myself be vulnerable with anyone before. Not until her. Not until this beautiful, quiet woman changed my life.
I sigh, letting my cock stay inside of her a moment longer, as I kiss along her neck. Nothing and no one can pull me from Gianna’s arms.
She gently grabs my face and brings her lips to mine. We’re both breathing heavy.
“I don’t want to leave you,” she admits. “I don’t want to go back to my old life.”
“What about your brother?”
“I miss him and I want him to know I’m safe. But I don’t want to be controlled any longer. I want to be free and I have found that with you.”
“What do you want to do?” I ask.
“I don’t know.” She sighs, pulling away from me.
I slip out of her and pull her back into my arms. She rests her head on my chest, right above my heart.
Right where she belongs. “I just know I want to be happy and you make me happy. I don’t want to marry Nico.
I don’t want to marry Marco. I don’t want to throw up any more.
I don’t want my life picked and prodded at by the people around me.
I just want to be… me. And I want to be with you. ”
“It’s dangerous. What you’re saying.”
“I know. I know realistically that we can’t be together. I know that if my brother finds me, he’ll tear us apart. I know that if Nico finds us, he’ll kill you and take me back. And I know if Marco finds us, he’ll do the same thing. Why can’t I have my own life? Why is that impossible?”
I cup her face, gazing down into her eyes. “You can have your own life. We can run away together.” The moment those words leave my mouth, it shocks me how true they are. How much I want them to be real.
“What do you mean?”
“I have enough money saved up. We can get out of New York. Get new identities. Go somewhere else. We could start anew.”
“You wouldn’t be a hitman any longer?”
“I could find a new job,” I answer. “I’m tired of being a hitman, if I’m being honest. It’s exhausting. I’m tired of deciding who deserves to die and who deserves to live. We could be free. Together.”
“I want that,” she whispers right before tears hit her eyes.
“What’s wrong?”
“I just don’t know if that’s possible. It’s a beautiful dream but… can it be real?”
I hold her tighter, not able to give her an answer since I’m not sure myself. “We can stay here all day.”
“But then what? Someone will find us eventually. I know it. You know it. We can’t hide forever.
Nico already found you once. Maybe you should return me to Enzo.
You can take me to my house and then quickly leave before Enzo can find you.
I can then explain everything to my brother.
It’s the best option. It’s our only option. ”
“But what happens when he forces you to marry Nico?”
“If I tell Enzo that I don’t want to marry Nico, he won’t make me. I know it. My brother loves me. If I tell him how bad Nico is, he’ll believe it.”
“Are you sure? Your brother is a mafia man and I’ve known lot of mafia men. They tend to be stubborn.”
“Enzo is stubborn,” she admits. “But… if I can just talk to him, I can make him see reason. I know it. You have to trust me to handle this, Will. It’s the only way we can get a chance to be together.
If we run away, we’ll always be hunted. But this way, we can have a chance.
I know it’s hard for you to trust. But you have to trust me. ”
I gaze into her eyes for a long moment, thinking of my past. How I had to fight to survive. How I couldn’t rely on anyone but myself.
And yet, here’s this innocent woman, without any fighting experience, willing to put herself in the line of fire to save me. To give us a chance to be together.
Fuck. I think I’m falling in love with her. That thought hits me hard. I’ve never let myself fully love another person. It’s too messy and complicated. But with Gianna, it’s what I’m feeling. It’s what I need.
And I need to trust her.
“Ok,” I finally answer. “I’ll take you back to your brother. And I’m trusting you to help me.”
“I haven’t been lying to you. I care for you, Will. This isn’t some ploy to get you to let me go. I’ll make my brother see reason. I promise. I’ll do everything in my power.”
“Ok then. Let’s do it.” It makes a heavy weight settle over the room. This changes everything. Once I let Gianna go, there’s no going back.
We share another kiss.
And it’s at that very moment the door bursts open and in storms Nico. He runs into the room too fast for me to reach for my gun. He pulls Gianna away from me and yanks her out of the bed by the hair. She cries out as she lands on the ground.
“You fucker,” I snarl, reaching for my gun but Nico already has his out and pointed right at me.
“You defiled her,” he snarls back. “You took what was mine.”
“She wasn’t yours. Let her go.”
“I am taking my fiancé back with me. And you’re not going to follow.” That’s when he fires off his gun. I roll out of bed and fall onto the floor before I can get hit.
“Nico!” Gianna screams. “Don’t! Just take me back to my brother. Let’s go.”
“This fucker needs to die for kidnapping you. For raping you.”
“Just take me back to my brother,” she sobs. “I just want to go home. I don’t want any death on your hands. Please.”
Nico hesitates, looking between me and Gianna, before he nods. “Fine. Put your clothes on. I can’t stand the sight of you naked knowing that fucker put his hands on you.”
With shaky hands, Gianna gets dressed. Her eyes lock with mine as I remain on the floor. She gives me a small nod before she turns to Nico.
“Take me back to my brother.”
Nico shoves her out of the motel room but instead of following her, he turns back to me and fires.
The bullet lands in my arm as I scramble away.
I reach for my gun and fire at him but Nico runs out of the room.
I run after them but Nico gets Gianna into his car before I can stop him.
My arm is bleeding like fucking crazy and that’s when a wooziness hits me and I stumble to the ground.
I watch in horror as Gianna is taken away from me.