Chapter 15

Rolling over, I am not surprised to see I am in bed alone. It doesn't make me less pissy though. The past few days, I have awoken to her out of bed, either in the library on the ledge looking out into the garden, or sitting on the edge of the pool with her legs swinging in the water. Sometimes, I leave her to her thoughts, aware that we all need moments to ourselves to think and reflect. Other times I took control.

Occasionally, I see her staring off into space with a trouble look on her face and I know that she"s once again thinking about what happened to her and everything in me wants to erase those bad memories like they never happened, replace them with only good things, love and pleasure, but I know that"s not possible. The only thing I can do is fill her days with joy and so many orgasms she can barely stay awake.

As I move closer to her, I try not to startle her, so I make sure that my feet hit the ground pretty hard. "Hey," she says, about to turn around, but I have other ideas.

"Stay just like you are, Piccola. Place your hands on the counter," I whisper into her ear. She stays in position and places her hands where I told her to. I can hear the slight intake of breath which is fucking addictive. Watching her do what I command of her, every fucking time, you have no idea how much that feels.

I walk behind her, my chest flush with her back, and wrap my arms around her waist. She"s wearing the dress I picked out for her this morning just like the good girl I know she is. Slowly I lick and bite up her neck right to that sensitive spot she loves right behind her ear.

"How are you doing baby?"

"I"m doing fine," she says, her voice low and heavy.

"I know you"re fine Angel, but that"s not what I asked you. How are you doing?" I dig my fingers in a little harder on her skin, the bruises I gave her before are starting to fade and we can"t have that.

"I"m okay. It"s just that sometimes I go in and out of that dark space you know." I stop for a second to acknowledge what she"s saying and kiss the side of her head.

"I know, baby and I wish that I could take that away from you, but I can"t. The only thing I can do," I stop speaking to slide my hands up under her dress straight through the lips of her sticky cunt because underwear in this house is not allowed, "is keep this greedy pussy and that bratty button satisfied." She moans. Her legs turn into jelly. I dip my finger in and out, rubbing all that honey over her hot button over and over and over again. "I can"t fuck you like I need to because I have somewhere to be, but I can still hear you scream for me."

I"ve been edging her all day so the moment that I pinch her clit and smack her pussy, she screams. Her body shutters and shivers in my arms. I take this moment to grip her chin unapologetically and turn her head towards me. Looking in her glassy eyes I see my future. All the things I never knew that I wanted. I kiss her savagely, sucking and biting on her already swollen lips from everything I did to her today and had her do to me. My cock is pissed that we don"t get to spend the rest of the day inside of her reminding her over and over who she belongs to but alas, Giulia and Quan have allowed us to be uninterrupted for seven glorious days and now it"s time to get back to work.

I slip in my fingers from out of her and pull the top part of her dress down exposing those beautifully caramel nipples. I rub some of her cream all over them before sucking it off my fingers. "Larabee," she whines, rolling her head to the side.

"You taste so good." I continue to lick between my fingers making sure not to miss every last drop. I turn her around so she"s facing me and look at the flush from her face down to those tits I have exposed to me. I smack one then the other, unable to leave this house until my mark is all over her in some way. Over and over again I smack them making them red and hot, watching her whimper, bed, preen and call my name. Finally unable to take it a second longer, I bend down far enough to suck those delicious buds into my mouth and sink my teeth into her skin to mark them.

"Lar, I can"t. I…"

"Yes, you fucking can," I tell her, reminding her she"s not allowed to come unless I say she can.

She begs and whimpers. Her hands are in my hair pulling me to her chest but also trying to push me away. Smack. I pop her ass reprimanding her for attempting to control this when she knows she has none. I wait until that very second her chest begins to move up and down like she"s been working out for hours and her voice gets horse, before I pull back and admire how red they are covered in my bite marks before I kiss each one.

I pull her dress back up, kiss those shocked lips, and grab my keys. "I"ll be back soon angel. Remember you"re welcome to go up to the main house. I don"t know if Aurora"s going to be there but you"re free to roam the entirety of this property but not past all the walls that have been built are we clear?"

"Yes Larabee. I"m not going to go anywhere you told me I couldn"t."

"That"s my good girl." She puts her head down biting her lip. I know there"s something she wants to say but I"m not going to push her. When she"s ready she"ll tell me. Until then, I left her chin and kiss her once more. "Hey, angel. I love you." She smiles and again I feel bathed in warmth. Her smiles are like pure sunshine. She wraps her arms around my neck.

"I love you too. Come home to me."

"Nothing but God himself could keep me from you and even then I"d make a deal with the devil to stay." And with those words I"m out the door.

Getting into my car, I drive up to the house and put my arms on the steering wheel. I didn't realize how hard it would be to walk out that door this morning. Leaving her behind, not in my arms, not where I can see her, smell her and feel her when I want is a pain I didn"t see coming.

"Are you going to sit in the car whining, or are you going to come in so we can get to business?" I look up at her cousin and my jaw begins to grind. He is a swiftly sliding small cliff. If he is not careful, both of us are going to be six feet under.

"Screw you," I tell him, walking past him and into the house. I walk into the meeting room, and I see Aurora is seated already.

"Good to see you, Cain. I take you enjoyed your makeshift honeymoon?" She asks, teasing me. I smile slightly and nod my head without saying anything. Quan walks in the room and she gives me the look telling me to keep it cool. "You are all here because we have an issue as you all know, and his name is Popov." We all grumble in agreement and nod our heads.

"Giulia has a new assignment, and this one is close to home. Seems Blaine Maggiano has been raping his girlfriend's two daughters." What a piece of shit.

"How do we know this?" I ask, opening up the file.

"The mom is one of the dancers at Santi." My head whips up.

"One of the girls at our club? Is he fucking suicidal or something?" Rocco says beside her.

"He is definitely some type of dumb. Seems he is reckless and believes himself untouchable on account of all the other charges that have been dropped."

"He has someone on the inside," I say, my mind ticking off the number of people I am going to end to get to the target. I can't help but smile when I think about it. This is what I know how to do. This is what I am good at.

"Oh shit, Cain. I see that face. Should we just send a cleanup crew with you?" I don't answer because I don't need to. She knows who I am. I am a retriever. "Well, today is a gathering day. I need everyone with their ear to the ground and pulling all their information. We will give updates tomorrow. Time to get busy everyone." We all pack up and then she stops us. "On a side note, there has been chattering of an attack that seems imminent." My ear begins to pulse on the inside because the panic is building thinking about Satine.

"What kind of attack and from who?" I ask, both my knuckles on the table.

"It's the Popov's. The information about where it will be is still unknown, but we are pretty sure we know who it will be against." She gives a look of pity for a moment before it is replaced with a silent roar.

"We will take them out." She nods and rubs her belly.

We finish up and then all of us head out. I stop short at my car and throw my head back. "Fuck!" I shout slamming my fist against the hood of the car.

"You really love her, don't you?" Turning, I ignore the pain in my hand because it is nothing compared to losing her. Quan is standing in front of me, looking at me like he hasn't been seeing me for years.

"I do. She is the beating part of my heart." I just give him the truth.

"I see. Look, I'm sorry for being an asshole. I just… I guess I didn't believe you."

"What changed your mind?"

"Seeing you out here ready to ignore the life and family you have pledged your allegiance to for her."

"I would give up everything for her. Including my own life." Nodding, he pats me on the shoulder.

"Let"s not have it come to that, cuz. She is going to need you." Not as much as I need her.