Page 17 of A Vendetta That Ruins

Leandro heads to the door and places one hand on the knob. “When we meet again, the women should visit while we discuss a plan for the man who caused all this, no?”

Nicolo nods. “Now you’re talking.” Massimo, Vincenzo and Nicolo all grin in agreement.

Massimo takes Sophia’s hand as he guides her across the room. “On that good note, let’s plan to get together again but soon. Gallini’s men hit one of my supply trucks. You would have thought the fuckers would have learned the last time,” Massimo says.

Nicolo’s eyebrow goes up. I don’t miss the gesture. “It’s not like Vincenzo didn’t fill me in on the reason he got indebted to the Rosellis for his brother’s part in a supply issue gone wrong. I’m just fortunate that because of it Vincenzo was in the right place at the right time to save me from certain death.”

Nicolo looks surprised that I know as much as I do but it doesn’t seem to bother him at all.

Vincenzo places a comforting hand to my back. He may feel comfortable now that everyone has broken the ice, but the fingers around my waist make it clear he doesn’t want me to get anywhere near that door with the Roselli brothers. I know all about the last-minute plays after everyone’s guard has been let down. I honestly don’t think Massimo and Leandro would make a grab for me, but I also feel my husband’s tension and slow my pace, just in case.

One good conversation that didn’t turn into a bloodbath between the Rosellis and the DeLuca

s is probably not enough to put my new husband at ease, which becomes even more clear as Nicolo positions himself closer to the door.

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Vincenzo

My jaw doesn’t untighten until everyone is out the door and Anna is safely in my arms. I snake a hand beneath her nape and tilt her head so I can kiss her beautiful and warm lips. This is heaven, worth going to war for a hundred times over. “You were magnificent today,” I murmur, scooping her into my arms and carrying her to the sofa to settle her in my lap.

Never in a thousand years did I ever think that just holding a woman would be as satisfying as this. She lays her head on my chest, content in the silence and comfort of knowing how the other feels. Love is a word that was only for my family before, never for women who came and went in my life. This is something deeper, something my parents had that I never for one moment thought I would have for myself.

Her hair floats over my arm as she falls into a restful sleep. I pull a blanket from the backside of the couch and drape it over our bodies, because as much work as there is to do, lying beside Anna, just listening to her softly breathe is exactly where I want to be.

Anna is excited over dinner, animated as she talks about getting together with her sister. I don’t have the heart to dampen her spirits, but we’re not getting together with them again until I know for certain that whatever location we pick is going to be as safeguarded as here.

I doubt for a minute Massimo’s going to want to make the drive back to Atlantic City again instead of having us come to Jersey City, but I guess we’ll cross that bridge when we get there. After Nicolo and I have laid out a plan I’m comfortable with and only then will everyone meet together.

I dip my spoon into a piece of the chocolate cake that Anna baked earlier in the day. “It’s delicious, try a bite,” I tell her, offering her the decadent dessert from my spoon. Her hazy eyes tell me that she more than remembers the way I spoon fed her that night and then took her to bed. I push my chair outward making space for Anna. “Come.”

She doesn’t hesitate, folding herself into my lap as my arms protect her as she nuzzles in. I dip the spoon back into the dessert and this time when I place it to Anna’s lips she moans, making my dick hard in an instant. That pretty pink flowery dress, and her little moans, it’s only going to end one way tonight.

I move our dishes with a hand, making room for the only dessert that I have on my mind now. I lift her onto the table, unzipping the back of her dress before laying her before me. “I’ve been thinking about what’s under this pretty little dress all day, princessa.” I place the sexy heels of her sandals flat on my thighs while I lift her skirt to expose her bare skin and pretty little pussy.

With a hand on either thigh, I push her legs apart and nuzzle her mound with my nose, inhaling her fresh scent. “You drive me crazy with desire.” I run my tongue along her slit and her moan causes my dick to throb. I lick at her growing wetness, tasting the sweetness of my princessa. “You are the best dessert I’ve ever had, and it’s all mine.”

I suck her clit. Anna moans louder and when I reposition so that I can play with her nipples at the same time, giving them the attention they deserve as she squirms beneath my mouth, she and I both know I’m not letting her get away until I make her come at least twice on the end of my tongue.

She wiggles and squirms as I lick her, making her come once and then twice, begging so sweetly for me to stop. When I’m deep inside of her, and she’s panting my name again, moaning so pretty, right on the edge for the third time tonight, only then do I thrust deep, hitting that little bullseye over and over, making her eyes roll back with desire and her mouth go slack. “Come for me, one more time, princessa.”

It’s not a question, it a command and I fucking love it that she obeys as I send rope after rope of seed into her lovely little cunt until we’re completely spent again.

It feels like we’ve barely gotten to sleep for the night when the emergency ring tone of my cell blares loudly, pulling me quickly from sleep a couple hours later. I hit the button to connect with Nicolo, already out of bed and pulling on my pants. Immediately I’m sure it has something to do with Dad finally showing up but surely he would have gotten ahold of me first? “What?”

“Ma had a complication. Papillary muscle rupture. The blocked artery was successfully opened with the stents. She was doing real good, Vincenzo. Woke up and talked to me and Lanah. I mean she was a little groggy and looped up on drugs, but she was doing well. Doc, the nurses, they all said so.”

“What happened,” I growl.

“She was talking and all of a sudden became short of breath, her blood pressure dropped and doc said they had to keep her from going into cardiogenic shock whatever the fuck that is.”

I’m already dressed, listening to him as I slip into my shoes and pull on my tie. “Is she going back into surgery?”

“They’re prepping her now. They have to do a mitral valve repair or replacement.”

“You call the others, I’m on my way. You tell Doc don’t fucking let her die, you got me?”

“Already on it, Vincenzo. Get here.”