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“No, you can’t,” she says quietly. Silence falls between us for a couple of moments before she speaks again. “I can only imagine how hard it must be for you and your family to have lost your brother like you did. I’m so sorry,” she says softly, reaching out and touching my hand. Instantly, I pull it away from her, hating the pity that is in her eyes as she stares at me. I’m not good with my emotions, none of us are.
“My family was a mess before Dario’s passing.”
Silence falls between us again as we continue to finish our meal.
“Guess we should make some ground rules if you’re intending on staying because neither one of us is going to give in.” Natalia nods. “Since you announced to the world we are in love, flirtation with other men won’t be tolerated.”
Natalia crosses her arms. “Nothing happened with Marco.”
“And my cousin?”
Natalia rolls her eyes. “He made it easy to get under your skin.” She smirks.
“Val’s a good guy. After all this is over, if you want to pursue something then that’s fine, but with my ring on your finger, no,” I tell her.
“I see no ring on my finger,” she says, waving her naked hand in front of me.
“Guess we better change that. I’ll arrange for a jeweler to come to the house, and you can pick whatever you want.”
“I have my own jeweler,” she states.
“Fine, send me the details and I’ll get Martina to pay for it.”
“Who’s Martina?” she asks.
“My assistant, my everything.” Her brows raise high.
“If I can’t sleep with other people that means you can’t either, especially your assistant,” she adds.
I almost choke on my wine. Why the hell would she think I would want to sleep with Martina? Then I realize she’s only met Paola. “That girl you met was a temp, she’s not my real assistant. Martina has worked for the family for twenty years,” I explain to her. She looks slightly relieved. “Jealous?” I tease.
“No, as if,” she quips as her brows pull together, which makes me laugh. “I don’t have your number to text you,” she adds.
Grabbing my phone from the table, I ask her for her number and send her a text. Her phone lights up, and she sends back a flipping me off emoji which makes me smile.
“Right, so we agree no seeing other people while this standoff is going on,” I ask her.
“What happens if this thing goes on for months?” She’s right. It’s already been weeks since Vegas and we are no closer to this deal being finalized. “One of us is going to crack and neither one of us wants a public scandal.” True.
“I keep offering my dick.” I grin. She doesn’t look happy with that answer. I’m going to regret this but … “If you aren’t willing to sleep with me, then I know somewhere we can go that no one knows about, that the press will never find us, where we can discreetly have fun.”
Natalia’s eyes widen. “Where?”
Don’t seem so excited. I shake my head. “I’ve signed an NDA. Let me sort something out this week and then I’ll let you know.”
“Mysterious.” She grins.
“Trust me, it’s even better than you could ever imagine.” I grin.
“I’m intrigued.”
“Good.” I smirk as I take another sip of my wine.
“It’s a sex thing, that’s what we’re talking about, right?” she pushes, which has me bursting out laughing.
“Yeah, Natalia, it’s a sex thing.”
“Now I’m really intrigued,” she says, leaning forward.
