Chapter 70
Leonârilo De Lura
“You know,” I started. “That wasn’t the worst thing my father made me do. He practically forced this life on me.”
She blinks once and then twice, her lips parting. “How so? Not like he would’ve killed you if you didn’t become a mafia boss.”
“Oh, he would and would’ve enjoyed it too,” I grumble.
Her expression falls and her shoulder brushes against mine again. “Did you ever try to say no?”
“Once” I nodded, pinning my eyes on her wardrobe. “I learned the hard way
Alessia stays silent until she says. “Im sorry” “For what?”
“For what you had to go through. I guess that explains why you have such a formidable reputation.”
I find those warm brown eyes again, lighting up the room. “I’m sorry for what you had to go through. For thinking that running away from the only life you knew is better than ending up with a terrifying monster like me.”
To my relief, she chuckled.
“So bow did you become the boss of this empire after your father?”
“At first I didn’t want to become the boss, I didn’t want anything to do with it. Not when I saw the sheer violence and brutality that came along with it. But then I realized that I don’t have to follow in the same footsteps as my father. I could lead a successful empire without as much bloodshed as my father caused. I honestly don’t know why he didn’t pick Matteo instead since he was fascinated by the bloodshed and always wanted to impress him and I’m not even surprised he turned out this evil. I know I kill people like you’ve seen a couple of times but I only do it because I have to not because I want to.”
Alessia watches me carefully and then she nods. “Does this make you happy?”
“Does what make me happy?”
“Being the boss. Owning this.” Her hands waved around the room and she gestured around the house.
I glance to the window as if I could see my life in the distance. “Sometimes,” I admit. “It gets lonely though.”
Her brows creased in my direction as if she couldn’t believe I just said that our loud. But everyone should know that no amount of money and power can make you happy
She purses her lips and I draw my eyes down to the action. “Life sucks.” “Agreed,” I say and she offers me a sad little smile.
I stare back at her for a few moments, admiring her natural beauty. Seeing her bare and real like this always sparks something in my chest. I love the makeup and the ridiculous tiny dresses and heels but this, this is something else.
“So if you could be anywhere right now, where would you be?”
She drew back at my question and tilted her head slowly. “Anywhere?” “Anywhere.”
Mmmmm,” She ponders. “Hawaii” My eyes crinkle at the sides. “Yeah?”
She nods eagerly. “Td love to be on the beach reading a book with a cocktail by my side and pretending that my life wasn’t surrounded by violence.”
I find myself smiling back at her, watching the light in her eyes build while imagining this scenario. “That does sound good.”
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Hlean forward and whisper against her lips. “It does.”
She blinks, startled by my sudden closeness but she doesn’t move away. I watch her eyes as they move from my eyes to my lips and then back again.
“I need to get back to studying.” She murmurs. “There’s a test coming up
“Okay,” I whispered agam and pulled back. “Im sure you’d do great.”
I watched her smile and for some reason. I’m still smiling. I just can’t stop myself.
How have we gone from always bickering at each other and now listening to our life stories? I can’t fucking get her off my damn mind.
We make our way back to my office where Alessia falls into the chair, picking up her laptop.
“So this Saturday,” I call out to her and she looks up at me. “An old friend, Alfonso, is opening his brand new club and we’re all invited as his VIPs for the night. I already told Russo about it and I’m sure he’d be coming along with Isabella as his date. I thought it would be a good chance to get you out of the house, to bond with your friend, and take your mind off things
She shuffles her ass in the chair excitedly. “Really?”
“Although I have things to talk about with Alfonso so I don’t think you’ll get to see me much but the three of you are free to go check the club out, and enjoy your night. I know Russo also deserves some downtime.”
“I would love that.” She nods eagerly. “Oh. I’m so excited to see Isabella!”
Yeah With everything that has happened, I think it’s only fair you get to take some time off.”
She flashes me a big grin, one that has my stomach clenching in a knot. I forget that I fucked her merely an hour ago as I want to touch her and lick her and devour her all over again
Because I just can’t seem to get enough of her. I wasn’t a superstitious fellow but right now, I feel like I’ve been bewitched by her.
“I think so too.” She pushes her back into the chair again, glancing at her laptop with that smile still glued to her face.
I find myself just staring at her, longer than I should be but this woman has just waltzed into my life and turned my world. upside down. She’s created her world in my head, one that she now dictates and I know there’s nothing I wouldn’t fucking do for her to keep her smiling
Alessia Guzman
It’s been a while since I last went out. The day of my birthday and that felt like a lifetime ago.
Leonardo inviting us to Alfonso’s new club opening was a little ta of a shock but now I trust him because I know he wouldn’t say I could go unless it was safe. Especially after the last few weeks, we’ve had together.
A knock at my bedroom door stirs me away from the mirror as am doing my makeup. I turn to find Leonardo leaning against the doorway. I try not to ogle him but I can’t help it. He looks too fucking sexy dressed down in a white shirt with buttons hanging low to expose his tattooed shirt along with a navy blazer and pants that grip him in all the mouth–watering
Fuck
He looked like a hot piece of cake and I wouldn’t mind having a bite.
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