Twenty Six

Damian

Something is going on. Alexandr has been giddy since returning to the car, and I cannot figure out why. Sofia just smirks, and she has a glint in her eye. I furrow my brow, trying to rack my brain, but then it clicks.

Shit.

I sigh and look at her. She must realize I've figured it out, and as I'm about to ask if she wants to meet her father elsewhere, she shakes her head, reading my expression. I sigh again. Another test. Fuck, I really do not want to have to kill Candice, but if she hurts my wife, then I will. I don't give a shit if her father works under mine, or that he’s a brigadier. I sigh again and grab her hand in mine, lacing our fingers and giving hers a tight squeeze. I can't stop touching her.

We arrive at the office within twenty minutes. Volkov her father was ecstatic, hoping I'd make her my bride, while my father was unimpressed. I just liked having the easy pussy outside of my office door. Dick move, I know, and it's biting me in the ass now.

"Damian, baby, you are finally home. I've missed you so much. Where have you been?" she says seductively. Alexandr starts to shake beside me with a silent laugh, and she looks at him, her eyes showing confusion at his odd behavior.

"Mindy's been asking for you, sweetie," she states with a smirk and he stops laughing and scowls at her. She knows he wants nothing to do with her after she tried to stake a claim in front of our business representatives, especially when she knew he was engaged to Phoebe. Al has some fucked up idea that he can keep his affairs quiet from Phoebe—out of respect. I tried to tell him it'd end badly—I mean, look at me, but he just shakes his head. I dread the day she discovers what he's been doing behind her back.

Candice turns back to me and grabs my arm, and just as I'm about to knock her away, a small hand with dark blue nails grabs hold of her wrist, making Candice gasp in shock. She still doesn’t see who grabbed her until she steps around me, and she pales instantly at my wife's voice.

"Do you mind not touching my husband?" she says it with a sneer, and I trade glances with my brother. He smirks while my eyes widen. I don't know whether to jump for fucking joy or fear for my balls. What happened to my quiet and na?ve wife? Oh yeah, I changed her by being a dick and cheating on her. Fuck, I'm screwed, especially when she continues to talk.

"I mean, I know you got your tits out for him a lot over the years, and you're a home-wrecking slut, but the least you could do is have some respect with me standing right here!"

Candice snaps out of her shock and brings her hand back. Just when I think she'll back down, she turns out to be a stupid idiot, looks down on my wife, and sneers.

"No offense, Sofia, but he wouldn't have strayed if he got it at home. Did you know we thought we were pregnant?" She smirks while speaking, and I start to shake with rage. She's going to make me lose my fucking wife again.

Alexandr can see how I'm barely hanging on and grabs my arm, whispering, "Calm brother, let's see what our girl is made of, shall we?"

I turn and glare at him for “our girl” comment, and he smirks at me. I look back at Sofia, expecting her to have tears in her eyes, instead, she starts to laugh, which startles Candice. My wife straightens her back and gets in Candice's face, which is no easy feat considering Candice is at least four inches taller.

"Is that so? I didn't realize you could get knocked up by the ass or mouth, Candice. But do you know who did get knocked up by him?" Candice pales. "Yeah, bitch, me! We have a two-year-old daughter together, did you know that? The day I found out and went to tell my husband…." I now start to pale, hating she saw what we were doing in the home I shared with Sofia. Watching the video proof of what she saw was bad, but hearing her say it kills me. "You were on your knees, like the slut you are, sucking him off, but the thing about me, Candice, is that I also know a lot more where you're concerned." My wife gives an evil sneer that has me and my brother backing away a little. She's scary…and extremely hot.

Candice looks at my wife triumphantly, happy that she caught us together, liking that she's one of the reasons my wife left. But the woman is also an idiot for not noticing the scary-ass sneer on Sofia's face. I've faced plenty of men over the years, but my wife, right now, beats them all.

Candice realizes her fuckup when my wife says, "How's my father, by the way?" Both I and my brother whipped our heads at Sofia in shock, not realizing she knew about the time her father fucked Candice at a club. Sofia doesn't care, though, because she continues, "And my cousin Luna… you had a menage together, remember? You ate her out while my father fucked you in the ass. Such a good little whore, aren't you? Do Mommy and Daddy know? I mean, if not, I have a lot of proof for you." Candice looks like she's about to be sick while I feel the vomit in my throat, threatening to come up. Stefano had a three-way with his niece? What the fuck?

My wife continues despite noticing mine and Alexandr's green faces.

"You literally let my father fuck you in the ass and come all over you while you ate Luna out, then let my husband fuck you two hours later. Did you even shower? Because by what I saw on the home surveillance, video I took with me as collateral, by the way, you didn't shower at my father's home. Which means my husband basically fucked my father, which is ew." She wrinkles her nose while my right-hand grabs hold of my brother's arm, squeezing the fuck out of it while he just gapes.

"You're a whore who can't keep her legs closed. Poor Mindy went around telling everyone that she gave you all chlamydia, but it wasn't her, was it? You and Luna fucked a kingpin in Brooklyn and decided to spread it." Shit, my wife knows more than she lets on. I look at Alexandr; he's now pale, too. We both thought it was Mindy too, but how the fuck does Sofia know this?

"How is your father, Candy? Sorry, Candice, is he still sneaking those pills to my mamma? I wonder how my father-in-law would feel about his brigadier trying to sabotage his alliance with the Italians. Guess when you didn't grab Damian like you both wanted, so he could be the top dog, you thought you'd try through my mamma—the wrong choice, darling. My mother may have a few screws loose lately, but her heart still belongs to my father."

No fucking way! My jaw hangs loose. How the fuck did Sofia know this and we didn't? What the actual fuck?

Candice lets out a scream and goes for Sofia. I go to grab her before she can hurt my wife, but Sofia snaps her right hand up, breaking Candice's nose, then dropkicks her to the floor and kicks her hard in the stomach.

Shit!

My semi has turned rock solid now while Alexandr just stands there in shock as Sofia kneels down and gets in Candice's face. She grabs Candice’s teary and bloody face hard, making Candice cry out more.

"That was for trying to break up my parents' marriage, trying to take over our famiglia, for drugging my father so he didn't know he saw his niece naked, and for destroying my marriage, bitch. Come near me or my family again and I will kill you. Ask my husband; I've become quite the pro at handling a gun."

She lets go of Candice’s face and punches it again, knocking her out. Sofia stands up, looking me in the eye, and says, "Next time you cheat, I won't run, I'll do worse to you than I just did to her, got it?"

Fuck, I'm so hard it hurts.

I smirk and walk over to her. I don't give a fuck if she smacks me for this, I need a taste. I grab the back of her neck, pulling her toward me, and kiss her hard. She gasps, and I take advantage and shove my tongue in her mouth, kissing her deeply. She kisses me back until she realizes she is pissed at me and pushes me away, glaring. I smirk deeper, knowing she's turned on. Her breathing has gotten quicker, her chest is rising faster, and her nipples are hard. Some things are still easy to read.

I lean in and kiss her forehead, then grab the water from Candice's desk before I pour it over her head. She jerks awake, gasps, and looks up at me like I'm her savior.

I bend down and state, "You're fired, get your shit and get out. I'll be sending the footage to my father later." She pales and starts to cry, but when I look at Alexandr, he nods and gets his phone out, calling one of our men to take her to the basement, as well as calling our father to get his brigadier in the same basement. Fucking traitors. We head to my office, where Stefano waits by the door, looking shocked and extremely pale, having heard everything Sofia said. I look him in the eye and nod so he understands they're both going to the basement, and we can go down there later. He bounces back, acknowledging it, and we head into my office and sit, except for Sofia, who is standing near the wall, arms crossed against her chest. I heave a sigh.

Alexandr returns a few minutes later. “All sorted," he states, eyes full of fury at what was said.

I turn to my wife and ask, "How did you know that?"

She shrugs, then states, "After what you all did, I needed collateral, so I went and got all the footage from the businesses and the home estates as well as the Hamptons house, which I was happy to see was clean. If it wasn't, I would have skinned you alive for ruining that house." My brother and her father laugh at that, while I glare at them. I don't think they understand that she fucking means it. When I look back at Sofia, I see she's smirking at me, and I glare at her, too, causing her to chuckle. I have to try and keep my face from breaking into a smile at her laughter.

She looks at her father. "What is it that you wanted to see me about, Father?"