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I keep my tone soft as I ask, “What shit?”
Eden waves a hand over the TV that covers half the wall and the leather couches.
She stands up again and walks to a life-size marble statue of a ballerina. It’s a recently acquired piece, and I’m having two more made to put on either side of the elevator doors.
She almost touches the statue but shoves her hand behind her as if she’s scared she might break it accidentally.
Turning her head, her eyes only meet mine for a second before she glances away again.
“We live in completely different worlds.”
“It doesn’t matter,” I assure her. “At least not to me.”
Eden walks to where Balla is lying on one of the other couches and avoids me by giving my dog attention.
“Eden,” I murmur.
“Yeah?”
“Look at me.”
She keeps brushing her hand over Bella while she glances at me.
“It doesn’t matter to me,” I say again.
She stares at me for a moment, then admits, “It matters to me.”
Letting out a mixture between a scoff and a chuckle, she looks at Bella again.
“You’re this perfect guy who has this perfect life, and I’m–” She shakes her head, and it makes worry creep into my heart.
“I’m far from perfect.”
I’m a fucking mafia boss who has killed and who will kill again. If anything, Eden is too good for me.
She lifts her head again, and when she meets my eyes, she asks, “Why me?”
I get up, and closing the distance between us, I pull her off the couch and against my chest. I lock my arms around her and wait until she tilts her head back to look at me.
It might be way too soon, but it doesn’t stop me from saying, “I’m starting to fall in love with you because you’re a fighter who dances like an angel. You might not have much, but you’ve worked hard to carve out a little space for yourself in this world. You could’ve given in to your circumstances, but you’re working your ass off to rise above it. That shit takes so much fucking courage and determination, and it demands my respect.”
I can see how much my words are affecting her when her chin starts to quiver.
Lowering my head, I press a tender kiss to her trembling lips.
“I should be the one asking why me,” I murmur while looking deep into her eyes. “What makes me so special that someone as amazing as you will look twice at me?”
Eden’s breaths speed up as she keeps staring at me, then the next moment, her arms wrap around my neck, and her mouth slams into mine.
Grabbing hold of her ass, I lift her body against mine until she hooks her legs around my waist.
We kiss the fuck out of each other as I try to make it to the stairs. Giving up, I stop near a wall, and grabbing hold of her sweater, I yank the fabric over her head.
She lowers her legs, and we keep kissing while tearing each other's clothes off.
When we’re finally naked, I grip her hip and shove her back against the wall. My eyes drift down her body, taking in the sight of her breasts and her pussy.
“Christ,” I whisper. “You’re fucking perfect.”
