CHAPTER 16
ANGELO
I pull my woman back into the bathroom as she lets out a strangled sound from the back of her throat. Fuck, I’m so damn proud of her. Her hands are shaking as I pull the blade from her and clean it in the sink before sliding it back into the empty sheath in her hair.
My large hands cup her cheeks and tilt her head until she’s looking into my eyes. The fear that was always lurking there is gone. It’s been replaced by something else, something ancient and deadly.
It’s sexy as fuck.
“I’m so proud of you,” I tell her, my words dripping with sincerity.
“But I just killed your brother,” she rasps the words, her eyes going wide with the realization of what she just did.
“He was going to die,” I promise her. “The only question was whether he died by my hand or yours, along with when and where it happened.”
“You’re not mad?”
The vulnerability written all over her face guts me. I kiss her softly. At first.
But it doesn’t stay soft. It never does when my woman is involved.
“I’m not mad,” I assure her. “What happened was inevitable.”
“What about the party?” She nervously looks back at the door, and I have no doubt she’s thinking about Romeo’s body being just on the other side of it.
But I know it’s being taken care of. There’s a reason I foster the loyalty I do amongst my men. None of them will balk at needing to get my brother’s body cleaned up. I’m sure more than one of them will be relieved.
What Dove hasn’t figured out yet is how my men’s loyalty now extends to her. They would die protecting her. And they sure as fuck will clean up her kill.
Telling her is pointless. She’ll see soon enough.
“Don’t worry about the party,” my voice deepens as my cock throbs in my pants.
I can’t help it, all of my woman’s delicious curves are molded against my body.
“You are so far above all those people out there; they just don’t realize it yet.
” I tilt my head to the side and amend my words, “Well, you’re an equal to Oaklynn, but that’s it. ”
As I stare down into Dove’s blue eyes, I can almost see her mind working and going over my words. I have the pleasure of seeing the moment everything clicks into place in her mind.
She transforms right in front of my eyes.
The fear is gone and confidence floods in.
The vulnerability is replaced with armor.
Her spine straightens and the trembles fall away from her body.
“There she is,” I whisper, while awe fills me and threatens to take me to my knees.
She narrows her eyes at me and then asks, as if she can’t help herself, “You’re sure you’re not mad?”
“I love you too much to be mad at you for doing what you needed to do. Now you know what you’re capable of.”
Dove jolts and her jaw drops open. “You love me?”
My head tips back and I bark out a laugh. When I look back at her, I can’t keep the grin off my face even if I wanted to. She’s fucking adorable.
“I fell in love with you the moment I saw you for the first time, la mia pace.”
“Holy shit,” she breathes out. She shakes her head before her cheeks turn a pretty shade of pink, and she looks up at me from underneath her eyelashes.
“I love you too, Angelo. So much.” Her hands slide up my chest until she wraps her arms around my neck.
Her voice is soft and sweet, “You saved me. I’ll spend the rest of my life building a future with you and showing you how my loyalty will only grow stronger. ”
“Fuck,” I groan as my hips buck into her.
When Dove goes down to her knees this time, she does it all on her own. I grunt out a warning, “Dove.”
She only grins up at me and then has my belt and pants open and sliding down my legs right along with my boxer briefs. My cock is so hard it fucking hurts.
The way she eyes the crown of my cock which is angry, red, and begging for her mouth, is sexy as fuck. When her lips part, I eagerly push my length into her mouth and right to the back of her throat.
When she moans around my dick, my eyes fucking cross as I hold the sides of her head in my hands. Her delicate fingers wrap around the base of my cock, and she gives a squeeze as she starts bobbing up and down my length.
“You have no idea how fucking sexy you look on your knees for me,” I growl the words.
I can’t look away as she takes me deeper into her mouth while the tip of her tongue slides along the underside of my length and toys with me. It’s too fucking much. And not nearly enough.
The way she sucks harder when only the tip of my dick is in her mouth has stars dancing across my vision. I slam my hand against the wall to try and keep myself standing. It works but fucking barely.
“Yes,” I hiss. “Don’t stop, la mia pace. Show me how much you want to taste my cum.”
I swear, she moves faster, her hand stroking me in time with her mouth.
The feeling of her warm mouth sliding up and down my cock has my head tipping back on my shoulders while air saws in and out of my lungs.
My heart is racing faster and faster in my chest as a tingle runs up my spine, and my balls pull up closer to my body.
Even though I filled her with my cum before we came to the party, it wasn’t nearly enough.
I’ll never get enough of my woman. Fucking never.
“Fuck,” I grit out through my teeth when she swallows around the tip which is lodged in her throat. “So fucking good.”
It takes a lot of fucking effort, but I want to see the show and force my gaze back down to take her in. Her blue eyes are so fucking expressive. Right now, she’s begging for my cum.
And I desperately want to fill her belly with it.
“You’re going to swallow my cum and then we’ll go out there and do a lap around the party. The moment we get home, though,” I growl the words, the warning clear even though I leave it unfinished.
Her eyes flash with desire and I reach into the pocket of my jacket and flick her panties on. The way she jolts and her teeth scrape against my length pulls a moan from my chest. The way mischief sparkles in her eyes should scare me.
But it doesn’t.
It excites me.
My fingers tighten against the sides of her head, and I can’t hold off any longer. I take over fucking her face and pushing in as deep as I can go. It only takes a few thrusts before my cum fills her mouth and I roar out the pleasure of my release.
My woman swallows every drop as my hands gently push back the strands of her hair that have come loose around her face. “You swallowed my cum like the good girl you are,” I rasp.
After she pulls her mouth from my shaft, cleaning me as she goes, I get myself dressed again. The smile she gives me while looking up at me is something memories are made of. Fuck, her smiles are like nothing I’ve ever seen before.
I can’t help but whisper softly, “I love you so much, la mia pace.”
When I offer her my hand, she accepts it while shivering and letting out a small moan. It’s only when I turn off her panties that her smile turns into a frown and the look in her eyes turns accusatory.
My arm wraps around her waist to pull her flush against my chest. “I promise that when we get home, I’ll fuck you so good that you fall asleep with a smile on your face and a womb full of cum.”
“You have a dirty mouth,” she teases me while her eyes sparkle with joy.
I slam my mouth against hers, not caring that I can taste myself on her tongue. I kiss her until she’s clinging to me while moaning into my mouth. It’s so fucking good.
Her lipstick is smudged when I pull back from her, and I use my thumb to wipe it away. I’m sure the evidence of our kiss is all over my lips, but I don’t care. I’ll never care when it comes to my woman.
After taking a moment to clean up a little bit, I lead Dove out of the bathroom. She glances down at the floor, but all the evidence of what happened earlier is gone. As I expected.
No body.
No blood.
No evidence to speak of at all.
Dove glances up at me, but she doesn’t say anything and doesn’t ask any questions. Yeah, she’s perfect for me and this life.
When we step into the party, Oaklynn is surrounded by her men while looking slightly worried. When she spots us walking in their direction, the relief she’s feeling is clear to see on her face. She glances at me, looking me over, but then she locks onto Dove.
I’m not sure what she sees, but Oaklynn smirks.
Maybe she sees just how close my woman is to cutting off my dick because I’ve kept her balancing on the edge of bliss for hours now. Maybe she sees a little cum painting the corner of her mouth.
I don’t know and I don’t particularly care.
I’m tempted to turn her panties back on, but I think better of it. Better to play it safe.
For now.
In the car? That’s a different story.
“Everything okay?” Oaklynn asks while smiling slyly the moment we’re close enough to not make a scene.
Dove clears her throat and nods. “Everything is great.”
My woman’s arm slips through mine and her body melts into my side. I swear I grow a few fucking feet taller with the action. My woman is constantly impressing me, and I have a feeling it won’t be changing any time soon.
Oaklynn arches an eyebrow but doesn’t push. “We’ll have to do lunch. Soon,” there’s a finality in her words, but it’s not a threat.
I don’t mind and my woman doesn’t either since she nods eagerly. I hope these women become friends. There aren’t many people in this city who live the same kind of life they do. They need each other and I think they’ll only be stronger for it.
And strengthening my alliance with Kirill and his men wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world.
When I look at the men circled around Oaklynn like a protective shield, Maxim smirks. “You’ll need to get a ring on her finger soon. It’ll help with those possessive feelings.”
Oaklynn slaps Maxim’s chest with the back of her hand and shakes her head admonishingly. “Don’t lie to the man. It’s only made the lot of you worse.”
Maxim’s grin turns devilish as he looks down at Oaklynn. “And you like it that way.”
Oaklynn shrugs and fires back, “I never said I didn’t.”
“Well,” I begin, “I could try and come up with a reason to lead my woman out of here, but I’m not going to. I’m taking my woman home and right to bed.”
Dove looks up at me in shock while Maxim barks out a laugh. The other men chuckle, and Oaklynn giggles while trying to hide it behind her hand and failing epically.
When I look down at my woman, I tilt my head and innocently ask, “What?”
“Angelo,” she sounds disappointed in me, but I can see the fire and need in her eyes.
“I’m not sorry,” I tell her honestly. “Now, I’m more than willing to carry you out of here, but if you want to walk then now is your chance.”
Dove huffs, but it doesn’t sound nearly as annoyed as she wants it to. With a quick goodbye directed at the Volkov clan, she waves her hand toward the exit, and I don’t waste time leading her through the party.
“No,” I hear Oaklynn tell her men behind me, “I’m going to get some more of those delicious brie pie things and then we can go. But not before,” the stern note in her voice has me chuckling under my breath.
When my eyes meet Dove’s, we both laugh as I lead her out into the night.
Meeting me might have given my woman the power she never imagined she’d have, but she’s given me her heart, body, and soul as a gift. There’s not a single doubt in my mind who got the better end of the deal.
I’ll cherish her until I take my last breath.