Chapter 125 Chichat
I woke up to the sight of Isabella wrapped around me and her slender leg was tucked between mine, her arm was draped over my hard stomach. Her hair was a mess across the pillow they were tangled from the way I fisted it last night.
Her plump lips were slightly parted as she breathed during sleep, and I could see her small teeth behind her lips. She hugged me like I was her favorite teddy bear and the only comfort that kept her asleep all night long.
I turned over and rolled her to her back before I got out of bed. I pulled on a new pair of boxers and sweatpants before I glanced at her one more time.
She was so tiny in my king-size bed, drowning in the sheets due to her small size. She hugged the pillow like it was me and kept sleeping, her olive skin contrasting against the crisp white sheets.
I walked down the hall and into the kitchen, my bare feet tapping against the hardwood floors. My place in Rome had large, floor-to-ceiling windows that let the natural light into the house. It had a great view of the enormous city, of the ancient cathedrals and old buildings. The windows were tinted on the outside so no one could see in and they were bulletproof.
I put on a pot of coffee then opened my laptop and one thing I liked about my job was the freedom like I didn’t have to work all the time, and I had weeks in between hits to recuperate from my travels. The money was directly deposited into my account, out of sight from the feds who were unable to monitor it.
Once I told Isabella the hit list was never innocent people, she seemed a lot more accepting of it. The man she loved was a stone-cold killer, and I respected her for not trying to change me because I wouldn’t change for anyone.
I drank my coffee and looked through emails. Michael gave me updates on the property in Lake and Rex sent emails about business but nothing too confidential just in case someone took over our servers.
I got a text from Rex and he asked me to call him when my lazy ass is out of bed.
I just got Isabella back, so I wasn’t interested in leaving for a few days. It has been so long since I’d had her beautiful pussy that I was making up for lost time and it didn’t matter how well the job paid, I would pass so I called him back. “You’re awake?” he asked in surprise. “It’s Ten in the morning, dumbass.”
“But I know how lazy you are so, what happened to that woman you met the other night?”
“You owe me five hundred euros, by the way.”
He sighed into the phone. “I’ll pay you, asshole.”
“When?” I pressed. “Like you even need the money.”
“It’s not about the money and you know it, asshole.”
He chuckled. “I’ll wire it to you. Happy?”
“A little happier than I was before.”
“So, what happened to you and that sexy lady?”
“Nothing.”
“Don’t be coy,” he said with a laugh. “I have never known you as a gentleman before, so don’t start now.”
“I’m being serious. I walked her to my truck, and then Isabella caught up with me.”
“isabella…?” His grin was obvious in his voice. “Jealous?”
“Extremely.”
He laughed. “This is getting good so what happened next?”
“Isabella said she wanted me back.” I remembered the way she looked in that short cute dress with her heels held in her hand and tears burned in her eyes, it had ruined her makeup and she was hurting so much…in agony as she watched me touch another woman.
I enjoyed watching her suffering because I had been in so much pain myself and every time she pushed me away, it was like a blade right in my heart and I wanted to watch her suffer, to know I wasn’t alone.
She hated loving me, but I hated loving her just as much, her family had ruined my life and I should have been a man and killed her but dhe dropped her heels on the ground and kissed me. The shoes remained on the sidewalk after we left, and I don’t know what happened to the woman I met at the bar and I couldn’t even remember her name now.
“Then what happened?” he asked.
“What do you think? I took her home.”
“What about the other woman?”
I shrugged even though he couldn’t see me. “No idea what happened to her.”
“So where does that leave you two?
She’s still a Conti and she’ll always be a Conti.”
I sipped my coffee and looked out the window.
“When did we start having these girls chichat sessions?”
“Come on, we’re brothers.”
“Doesn’t mean we need to talk about this shit.”
“This is your first serious woman so we’ve gotta talk about it.”
I didn’t think Isabella and I had any kind of serious future, but I wasn’t thinking about that right now. I was just enjoying her right loving her. “We’re living in the moment and her family doesn’t need to know about me.”
“Could you imagine if they did know?” he asked with a chuckle.
The entire Conti family would hunt me down with all their enemy, her father would pierce me in the neck with a knife even if I were already on the ground. I was his worst enemy and the worst man in the world for his only daughter. “isabella would never tell them, so I don’t need to worry about that.”
“Does that mean you’re happy?”
I’d finally been able to sleep through the night, and my heart wasn’t aching in my chest anymore been happy was difficult for me to grasp because I didn’t really understand it even now, I wasn’t sure if that was what I was feeling. “Yes.”
“Good for you then let’s go out tonight and celebrate then you get the chance to introduce her to the guys.”
“I don’t want to share.”
“You know what I mean, Dante. I’ve talked to her a few times, but I’ve never really gotten to know her. If she’s your girlfriend, we should get
acquainted.”
“She’s not my girlfriend,” I said firmly. “Men like me don’t have girlfriends.”
“Are you exclusive?”
Like I’d let another man go near her. “Yes.”
“Then she’s your girlfriend man up and just accept it.” He told me where to meet him before he finally hung up.
I set my cell phone down then finished looking through my emails. In the distance, I could hear the sound of little feet tapping against the hardwood floor and my constant alertness forced me to pay attention to the details people didn’t think were relevant.
So I knew when she was coming without even looking over my shoulder