CHAPTER 42
"I'm moving on to something better, better, better.
No more tryin' to make it work."
—Deuces by Chris Brown
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Third Person's POV:
"Yes, Dad. I am happy. He really takes good care of me." Kaylee smiled while talking to Mr. Salvatore on a call. "Yes, yes. I will make sure to bring him back with me. I will introduce him to you soon."
"I will put red chili powder in his undergarments if he even tries to hurt my girl."
She laughed out as she heard her dad threatening to hurt Massimo while he wasn't even aware that Mr. Salvatore existed. 'If only you knew how scary he looks, Dad,' Kaylee thought.
"Okay, okay. Deal." She laughed again, imagining Massimo screaming like a girl once the powder started its work on his skin.
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Massimo and Marco were discussing business when Fiona knocked on the door and entered. "Boss, there are invitation letters for you and Marco separately, and there's another invitation card with BLACK SCORPIONS written on it," she told Massimo.
"He gave us invitations separately." Marco smirked and pulled the card out of Fiona's hand.
She bit her tongue because she didn't want to say something in front of their boss.
"Hmm. When is it?"
"Tomorrow," Fiona answered.
"Get everyone ready. I will take Kaylee as my date," Massimo said and left the office.
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"Kaylee, he was so damn hot. I couldn't even stop my eyes from taking glances at him," Stassi said dreamily.
"I agree. He really is handsome," Kaylee agreed.
"But that oh-so-emotionless man didn't even give me a single glance."
"But he's handsome, so it's okay?" Kaylee suggested, winking.
"Who was handsome?" a very, very stern and angry voice asked from behind the two women, who were both sitting on the sofa in the living room.
Kaylee gulped because she knew who this voice belonged to. Stassi quietly stood up and left as Massimo rounded the sofa and came face-to-face with Kaylee, who had been sitting beside her.
"Who was handsome?" he asked again, jealousy and anger laced through his voice.
But Kaylee being Kaylee wanted to play with fire. "Domenico Marcello." She wore a smirk on her face as she neared Massimo and said that name to his face.
She hadn't even remembered his name until just a few minutes ago, and she only knew it now thanks to Stassi, who had been ranting about him.
Massimo was fuming in anger. How could she find anyone else handsome besides him? 'Doesn't she know she's mine?' he thought. He had never felt jealous before, but today, he wanted to put acid on Domenico's face.
But when he saw Kaylee's smirk upon noticing his reaction, he understood she was playing with him. Still, he didn't feel any better. "You do know you are playing with fire, and it could burn you?"
"If your anger is fire, consider me like water," Kaylee said seductively.
Massimo's heart melted at her words. God, he loved this woman to death. Not waiting for anything, Massimo took her lips with his and kissed her slowly and sensually.
This kiss was different from all the other kisses they had shared. It was soft and passionate and full of love. Breaking the kiss, Massimo moved back and held both of their heads together. "There's going to be a party held by my business partner tomorrow." He stopped to take a few steady breaths. "And you will be attending the party as my date," he told her.
Kaylee bit her lip, thinking about how handsome this man was. Moreover, she could call him hers—and she was his. "Who else would be? Of course I will be your date," she told him.
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The next day, everyone was getting ready for the party. They went shopping to buy some dresses. Kaylee tried some on a few revealing outfits while Massimo sat on a sofa. She changed and came out to show off her clothes. He looked up from his phone, Ray-Bans perched on his nose.
Kaylee twirled around to show him the mini-dress, but Massimo just sat there with an emotionless face, wagging his finger to say, "No."
This happened over and over and over again until Kaylee finally found the perfect dress, and they were able to go home.
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Kaylee was getting ready in Massimo's room. When she went into the bathroom to wash her hands, she found Massimo taking a shower, but she couldn't see much because of the steam fogging up the glass.
Wearing just her bathrobe, Kaylee washed her hands and tried to peep around the foggy door when it suddenly opened and Massimo came out wearing only a towel on his waist, unaware of her presence. When he caught her staring at him with wide eyes, he smirked.
Before he could get a hold of her, she sprinted out of the room like her ass was on fire. At this, Massimo laughed wholeheartedly and came out as well. "If you want to look, you can, babe. It's all yours," he said, smirking as he went to his wardrobe.
Kaylee blushed hard as she changed into her dress.
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Massimo and Kaylee were going to the party in the Rolls-Royce while Stassi and Fiona were in one of the SUVs with the rest of the group following them. Marco didn’t come along with them because he had some business to take care of first.