by Cassie May
“I don’t think I understand, cara. Of course you are holding back. You barely know me, why should you spill your guts so soon?” She closes her eyes and nods before letting me go to return to our booth. Guiding her through the masses of people on the dancefloor I relax a bit when we arrive at our booth again. Domenico is still sitting there, sipping his whiskey and observing the dancefloor.
Raising one eyebrow at us he asks: “Everything okay with you?”
“Yes, everything’s good. Do you see Jess anywhere?” Valerie seems calmer than before, as if something has settled inside her. She sits down on my lap and snuggles closer to my chest.
“Yeah, she’s at the bar, talking to some guys. Do you want me to get her?” Dom seems tense while saying that and I see a vein throbbing in his neck. Making a mental not to ask him about that later I look down at Valerie. She just shakes her head and smiles.
“No, she’s a big girl. She can take care of herself. I don’t really expect her to come home with me tonight, so I’m going to let her have some fun.” Domenico narrows his eyes at Valerie, but before he can ask what she means Jess stumbles in our direction.
Immediately Dom is out of his seat to help her, but she seems completely wasted. How much can this small woman drink in such a short amount of time? Doesn’t alcohol need some time to influence your body? Valerie tenses in my lap and her hands ball to fists.
“Jess, what happened? Are you drunk?”
Her friend tries to focus on Valerie, but fails spectacularly when she almost falls on the table while bending forward. “Val… I… I don’t feel so hot.” Her slurring is almost unintelligible and Valerie jumps up.
Holding Jess’ head with both hands she forces her to look her in the eyes. “Jess, how much did you had to drink? You were gone for only ten minutes. What happened?”
Jess tries to concentrate while swaying forwards and backwards. It seems she is only standing at least half upright because Dom is still holding her steady on her waist. “I don’t know, Val. I only drank one beer with that nice guy. He told me to greet you two guys.” She falls back in Dom’s arms and he swiftly picks her up.
Her words alert me. Nothing good can come from a guy who wants a woman to greet us without coming to us by himself. Even worse when he obviously drugged her. I watch as Valerie fusses over the almost unconscious Jess and send a quick message to my brother. Problems at the club. Call later. When Valerie settles next to Jess and tries to give her some water, Domenico takes the bottle from her hands and pushes a few errand strands from Jess’ face. “Bella, open your eyes. Do you remember how this guy looked like? Did he say anything else?”
Jess struggles to open her eyes and Valerie looks more and more upset. “Don’t we have time for that later? She obviously is not feeling well.”
Dom shoots me a look and I tug Val back to me. “No, she won’t remember anything tomorrow, cara. This guy obviously drugged her because he knew she was with us. With me. This is serious.” Her eyes go wide when she understands what I am saying, but before she can ask me whatever is running through her head now, Jess moans.
“Latino… Spider tattoo… Neck…” After that she slumps down in Dom’s lap and doesn’t react to his probing anymore. It is enough, though. Her words send a shiver of ice down my back. Those damn Mexican bastards. They try to get in our territory for years now, but this is the final straw. Now they went too far. Drugging an innocent woman is just cowardly. I don’t bother looking for him in the club. If he knows what’s good for him he is long gone. However we have to bring the two women home where they hopefully are safe. Nodding to Dom we both stand up and I grab Val’s hand while Dom carries the unconscious Jess.
“We have to leave, cara. Right now. I am sorry to shorten your evening, but I want to be sure nothing else can happen to you two, okay?” She nods, eyes wide open and lips pressed together. I give her a short peck on the lips and whisper. “I’m sure you have a ton of questions and I am going to answer each and every one of them as soon as we are at your house again. I promise.” She nods again, relief clearly visible in her eyes and Dom and I drag and carry the two women to my car. Dom lays Jess on the back seat and I motion for Valerie to climb inside next to her. “Please look after your friend, Dom is going to come after us and make sure no one is following.” She nods again and begins to climb in. After a moment she turns around and hugs me hard.
“Thank you for looking out for us.” With that she gets in the car and leaves me completely stunned. After all it is my fault that they are here like this. And she thanks me. Shaking my head to gather my thoughts I get in the car and drive carefully in the direction where the girls live. I notice Dom behind us most of the time and exhale in relief when he flashes his lights at me to show me that nobody has followed us. Parking the car I get out and help Valerie out of the car while pulling Jess in my arms.
I see Dom coming up behind us. His gun strategically hidden in the shadow of his suit jacket he secures our way inside the house. Inside he picks the still unconscious Jess from my arms and looks at Valerie. “Where’s her bedroom?” Valerie points upstairs with a shaky finger and I step next to her and wrap an arm around her shoulders. Without another word Dom carries Jess upstairs and I am alone with my woman.
Steering her toward the living room I try to come up with the right thing to say, but I fail. Nothing is right in this moment. I have endangered Val and Jess with my pursuit of Valerie and now their life is going to change forever. They are now with us, part of La Famiglia, if they want it or not. No matter what people say, we are not heartless and if someone innocent is in danger because of us, we do our hardest to keep them safe.
“What happens now, Matteo?” The quiet, timid question from Val pulls me out of my thoughts and I turn to her. She is pale, paler than ever before and I want to find this Mexican asshole and kill him for putting that frightened look on her face. I will. Soon.
“I am going to keep you safe, cara. I promise. Nothing is going to happen to you or Jess. This guy wasn’t someone I know, but I suspect he has something to do with the Mexican mafia. They try to get into our territory for a while now and obviously are not above using innocent people to bring their message over. I am sorry that you two got caught in the middle, but I am going to do my best to keep you safe. You’ll get someone watching over you from now on, till I can guarantee your safety again. I’ll stay here tonight to make sure no one gets in here, even though I don’t think they followed us.” Stroking her hair behind her ear I press a kiss on the tip of her nose and a small smile spreads over her face again.
“So you don’t think they know where we live?”
Shaking my head I pull her in my lap. “No, cara. I am sure that no one was following us. They targeted you and Jess in the club, because you were with me and because it was easy. I would have noticed if someone has followed us to the club or back here.”
She begins to play with the buttons of my shirt. “So you want to sleep here tonight? On the couch?”
“No, cara. My intention for this evening was to end up in your bed, but if you are not up for it, I’ll sleep on the couch.”
She shakes her head and opens all buttons she can reach. “I don’t want you to sleep on the couch, Matteo. Come to bed with me.”
That’s all I need to hear and I pull her closer to me before standing up. She wraps her arms around my neck and giggles while pressing hot kisses on my bare chest. “I never had a man that could carry me upstairs.”
Valerie
Oh shut up! Blushing I hide my face in his muscular chest. Why? Why does my mouth have to remind him now that I am not some skinny size zero model? Obviously he has no problems with carrying me and I absolutely don’t want him to think about my less than perfect figure right now. I don’t understand why what happened to Jess doesn’t scare me, but the moment he promised me to keep us safe I was calm. I know he won’t let anything happen to me. When he lays me carefully on my bed and starts to turn on the light I hold him back. I really don’
t need him to see me in the harsh light of the ceiling light. Instead I turn on the small reading light next to my bed and pull him closer. “I like it better like this.”
He hesitates, his eyes dark and unreadable. “Cara, you don’t have to hide from me. I love it that you have curves like a real woman should have, you know that, do you?”
Fighting the blush that spreads over my face I shrug. “Doesn’t mean I have to like full on light right now.”
He nods and finally, finally shrugs out of his shirt. Immediately I regret turning on the reading light. I want to see everything. I need to see him and all of his glorious muscles and tattoos, but I have to do with the dim light I have. He sits down next to me on the bed and I can’t resist to follow the script over his heart with my finger. It is Italian, I think. Il mio sangue, la mia vita e la mia anima per la famiglia. It is a cursive script and on another man I would say it is almost feminine, but Matteo is nothing but male and it works perfectly. His pecs twitch when I press a soft kiss on the script before looking up in his eyes.
“What does it mean?”
“It means my blood, my life and my soul for the Family. Every member gets this tattoo when he is old enough and has proven himself a part of the mafia.” His voice is rough and I see the hunger blazing in his eyes. “I don’t know if I can hold back any longer, cara.” Now his voice is barely a whisper and it sends a shiver down my spine.
“Without thinking about my less than perfect body I open the zipper on my dress and let it slide on the floor. Wearing nothing but a matching set of blood red bra and panties I look at Matteo. “Then don’t, I don’t think you would hurt me, Matteo. I want it. I want you.”
That’s enough for him and he pulls me closer for a scorching hot kiss. “You don’t know how long I have waited for you, cara.” He whispers between feather light kisses over my neck and breasts. He hesitates one moment before opening my bra and staring at my now fully exposed breaths. “I knew it. I knew your nipples would have this color. Like a dark cherry.” With that he sucks one in his mouth and flicks the other with his finger.
I can’t hide the gasp coming out of my mouth. This man is an expert between the sheets. No one has ever made me so hot this fast. I can feel the wetness pooling between my legs and tangle my fingers through his hair to have something to hold on while he torments my body even more. He wanders down my stomach with his lips while his hands caress my breasts. When he reaches my panties he looks up and I see his eyes shine with happiness. “How much do you like those panties?”
It takes my brain ridiculously long to understand this question and even longer to respond. “Not much, I mean. I have others in the same color that match the…” I trail off when he rips the panties from my body. This shouldn’t be so hot, but it is. He throws my destroyed panties behind us and now looks at the most intimate part of my body. Thank god Jess makes me go waxing with her on a regular basis, so I have only a nicely trimmed landing strip leading to the place where I want any part of him right now. Preferably his cock or his tongue and fingers. As soon as I have finished this thought he bends forward and licks me. I hear an animalistic growl and realize that this is me. It is me and I need more than his tongue.
“Matteo, please. I need more.” Almost choking on the words I feel him smiling against my skin.
“What do you need, cara? Tell me and you get it.” I feel a new blush spreading all over my body. I have never been a dirty talker. I don’t know if I can pull this off. This sexy confident woman Matteo makes me be.
“You… Your fingers… Please…” He chuckles again and then I feel his fingers barely grazing my dripping wet entrance. He draws circles all around the place where I need him most and I hear myself whimpering. I try to lift my bottom to force his fingers inside me, but he pins me with his other arm over my hip to the bed.
“Not enough, cara? Do you want more? Do you want me to fuck you with my fingers till you scream?” His voice is deeper and oh so sexy that it makes new shivers run down my spine.
“Yes, Matteo, please… Please fuck me with your fingers.” I can’t believe the words that come out of my mouth. I had sex before, but I have always been timid about it. No way would I have ever worded what I want like this. Thankfully I am rewarded when he plunks two fingers deep inside me. Moaning like a porn star I grab Matteo’s hair and try to pull him closer. I need to feel his whole body on me. He crawls over my body while drawing small circles around my clit and pushing his fingers in and out of me. He stops at my breasts and sucks one hard nipple in his mouth. This is too much. This man knows my body better than any longterm boyfriend I had and he only knows me for a few weeks. I. Can’t. Stand. It. Anymore. I feel as if I am standing on a cliff and could be pushed over with one small move. Matteo seems to notice that I am too close to stop and when he pinches my clit I sail over the edge with one strange mewling shout. Shivers rack my body and it feels as if fireworks detonate inside me leaving me limp and exhausted.
Matteo’s chuckle forces me to open my eyes again and I find him staring at me with utter fascination. “I have never seen a woman come more beautiful than you did right now, cara. You are truly magnificent.” His dark eyes twinkle and it is just then that I feel the hot hard outline of his penis on my leg and even though I had the best orgasm of my life right now I feel the heat rising in me again. I want, no need to feel him inside me.
“Do you have a condom?” I barely recognize my voice. It is hoarse and yet so sexy.
“Are you sure, cara? I don’t want to force you to something you don’t want.”
Nodding I grab his cock through his briefs. “I am more than sure. I need to feel you inside me, Matteo.” His eyes darken even more and he grabs a wrapped condom from the nightstand I haven’t seen there before. Carefully he pushes his briefs down and his fully erect cock flaps against his flat stomach. Damn, he is beautiful. I always thought that a penis can’t look good, but his teaches me wrong. It is perfect. Straight, with a pulsing vein on the underside and an almost purple tip that he sheathes now with the condom. But not before I see the big drop of precum on it that actually makes my mouth water. When he is all set he looks up and a crooked smile curls his lips.
“Come here, cara. I want to see if you are ready for me.” Scrambling I crawl closer to him and his eyes lock with mine while his hands stroke down my neck and breasts, teasing my nipples over my stomach to my already throbbing pussy. “Hmmm, so ready for me.” He rearranges us so that he sits with his back to the wall and lifts me up till the tip of his cock enters me. My pussy clenches almost painfully eagerly waiting to be filled by him. I see sweat beading on his forehead and know that he won’t hold back. He can’t. And I am right. With one hard thrust he is filling me completely and we both cry out. “So good. You feel so fucking good, Valerie. I can’t hold back.”
Shaking my head I grab his arms. “Then don’t. I can take it. Everything you have to give, I can take.” I grit through my teeth. This is enough to snap the final thread of control he tried to remain. I feel myself flipped on my back while he towers over me and begins to pound into me. I try to hold onto him, but he grabs my wrists in his hand and forces them over my head.
“Don’t. Don’t touch me right now, cara. I am too close and I want you to come with me. Hold onto the headboard.” I do as I told, because frankly Matteo out of control is a little bit overwhelming. When he is reassured that I am going to hold on, he bruises my lips with a kiss and begins to snap his hips again. I feel an orgasm coming that makes the previous one look like a small breeze and I know right now that I didn’t stand a chance. I am already falling for this dangerous man and I couldn’t care less about the consequences. A pinch on my nipple snaps me out of my thoughts and I look at Matteo while he circles my clit bringing me closer and closer to the brink. Sweat slicks our bodies and then I feel his cock twitching inside me triggering my orgasm. It hits me like a freight train, making my whole body tighten and shaking while stars explode behind my eyelids and then everything goes black.<
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Soft kisses wake me up and I here Matteo’s voice whisper. “Cara? Wake up again, please. Let me see those beautiful eyes of yours.” I force my eyelids open and look in his worried ones.
“What happened? Did I black out?” His relieved smile makes me feel really bad even though I couldn’t do anything against it.
“You did, cara and for a second you had me worried. How do you feel?”
Before I can think of something better, my mouth opens and I blurt out. “Thoroughly fucked.” Snapping my mouth closed I feel the all too familiar blush rising in my cheeks.
Matteo only throws his head back and laughs. “Then I am glad. Let me clean you up, bellezza.” He disappears in the bathroom and comes back with a wet wash cloth he uses to carefully clean me up before slipping under the covers with me. Wrapping his strong arm around my waist and nuzzling my neck with his nose he whispers. “Sweet dreams, cara.” With that and a smile on my lips I feel sleep overwhelm me.
Chapter 9
Matteo
An annoying buzzing sound wakes me from the best sleep I had for a while. I bask in the warmth from Valerie’s body for a few more seconds, before I slowly disentangle myself from her to get my phone from my jeans. Seeing my brother’s name flash on the screen I answer it immediately. “Give me a second, Rico.” I whisper to not wake Val up and grab my jeans and briefs. I don’t really want to give Dom or Jess a show when they wake up and come downstairs.
When I am almost decent I leave the bedroom and sneak downstairs to avoid being overheard. “Okay, I can talk now. What do you have for me, brother?”
“I am sending Luca and Sandro over to your girlfriend’s house right now to take over for you and Domenico. I need you here to discuss what happened and I know you won’t come if your woman is not protected. Make sure both know what the deal is and come as soon as possible.” His voice is neutral, but I detect a hint of concern most people would miss. I always knew my brother cared for me and this shows again that he really does. He could totally leave those two women alone and just order me back to his condo. As the boss he has the right to order me wherever he wants.
