15. Gabriella
This is crazy. I can’t believe I’m about to run away with Dante to avoid my brothers finding me. I should want to be found. Dante kidnapped me.
And yet, I don’t feel like a prisoner.
I feel free to do whatever I want, and what I want is to be with Dante.
He nods at my dress. “You have to change first. You stand out too much.” He tosses a bag full of clothes in my direction.
I pull out a simple cotton shirt and jeans and slip them on right before Dante. He eyes me over as I take off my wedding dress and throw it across the room. There’s no need for it anymore. I quickly change into my new clothes, and then we head off.
I stop in the driveway when I see the dead body of a man. “Who’s that?”
“Someone your brothers sent to look for you. He knows you were here. I’m betting he told your brothers before I could kill him.” He reaches down and grabs a phone out of the dead man’s pocket, then smashes it onto the ground. “There. Hopefully, they won’t be able to track that.”
I know I should be disturbed by the sight of the dead man, but I’ve seen my fair share of death. It’s nothing new to me.
“Where are we going to go?” I ask once we’re in the van and leaving the cabin behind.
“Well, first, I need to find a new car for us. Your brothers will be looking for a van.”
“And then what? Where will we go after that?”
“I have another safe house we can go to. It’s just a matter of getting to it before your brothers find us.”
My heart skips a beat. “So, we’re really doing this. We’re on the run.”
“I can’t believe you’re coming with me willingly and not kicking and screaming.”
“That’s because I don’t want to be a doll locked away forever. That’s what will happen if Rocco finds me. He’ll never let me out of his sight again, and all I want is freedom. Freedom to do whatever I want.” I pause. “Whoever I want.”
Dante flashes me a smile. “You mean me?”
“I mean you.”
“You’re lucky we’re in a hurry, or I’d stop this van and fuck you right now.”
His words send a heat coursing through my body. “I’m holding you to that.”
The growl that escapes him makes my body tingle at the memory of him growling in my ear as he fucked me the first time. “Just you wait. Once we get a chance to stop, I’m taking you right away.”
I hope so.
Dante takes us to a car dealership full of older, run-down-looking cars. “Come on. We need to hurry and buy a new car.”
“Why not just steal one?”
“Because I know your brothers are looking for stolen cars. But if we pay for a car in cash, they can’t trace that.”
We leave the van and approach a salesman who’s outside, wiping down a car. He smiles a sleazy smile as he sees us. “What can I do for you today?”
“What can I get for twenty thousand dollars in cash?” Dante asks.
The salesman’s jaw drops open. “Uh … any car here. Your choice.”
“Great. Give me that one.” He points to a nondescript simple white car that would blend in anywhere.
“I’ll get the paperwork.”
Dante stops the salesman. “No, I’ll give you the money, and you’ll give me the key. Simple as that.” When the salesman hesitates, Dante asks, “You got a problem with that?”
“No,” he says hurriedly. “I’ll get you the keys.” He heads into the building.
“He’s going to think you killed someone,” I tell Dante.
“Probably. But that’s not my concern. We just need a car, and money usually makes people not ask any questions.”
The salesman comes back outside and hands Dante the key. Dante pulls an envelope from his pocket and hands it to the salesman. “The money is clean,” Dante says. “Keep your mouth shut if anyone comes asking.”
“Of course.”
Dante and I get in the car, and then we’re off again.
“I can’t believe that worked,” I say. “He really won’t say anything?”
“I doubt it. You saw what he was wearing. A jacket with a hole in the sleeve and baggy pants. He doesn’t have a lot of money, and he just came into twenty grand in cash in a matter of seconds. He’s not telling anyone about that.”
“You’re smarter than my brothers give you credit for.”
Dante snorts. “That’s because they think they’re gods on earth, and everyone else is a mere mortal. I took you, didn’t I? They’re not smarter than me, and they’re definitely not gods.”
“What are they, then?”
“Just men. Flawed, human men.”
Dante keeps driving until we reach a small ranch house in some tiny town I’ve never even heard of. “Here we are.”
Neither of us gets out of the car.
“So, this is my new home?”
“Just until things calm down, and we can move into my main house back in the city.”
“I’d like that,” I say softly.
Dante smiles. “I’d like that, too.”
We continue to smile at each other until the next thing I know, I’m in his lap, and we’re making out. Dante growls again, which sends shivers through me. God, I’m crazy about him. I’m also just crazy, so there’s that.
He unzips my jeans and pushes them down my thighs, taking my underwear with it. I moan when he begins to rub my bundle of nerves.
“I told you I was going to fuck you,” he murmurs into my ear.
I’m already aroused and ready to go. My body may be a little sore from yesterday, but I’m not holding back. I unzip his pants and pull his cock out, and he groans as I begin to stroke him.
“I need you,” I whisper into his ear.
Dante pushes my hand away and grabs my hips, lining his erection up with my entrance. And then, as soon as we started, he’s inside me. The moan that escapes me is partly choked. This new position allows him to get even deeper within me. It’s overwhelming in the best way possible.
As I grind my hips down, rolling them around, we moan softly together. Our hands grapple, trying to bring each other closer. He kisses me hard, almost sucking the life out of me. I love it.
Dante holds my hips tightly and thrusts up into me. It’s hard and rough and fast and hot. I want Dante to consume my soul. I don’t want to be without him.
With that thought in my mind, I quickly come.
Dante continues to fuck me as I shudder and tremble in his arms before he soon follows me. I can feel him filling me up, making me even wilder.
He holds me in his arms, both of us catching our breaths as our bodies calm down.
“That was …” He trails off.
“You kept your promise,” I say, making him laugh.
“I guess I did.”
I snuggle into his arms and stay like that for a while before we decide to part and head into our new house.
My brothers are looking for me; the last thing I want is to be found.