RUSSO EL MASSIMO
LOVE
The word repeated in my head over and over again. That word that I had considered stupid all my life. A concept that was only useful when I could use it against others, to get them to do my bidding, to manipulate and to threaten.
Now, that word had been said to me. That concept... No, it was no longer a concept right now. That feeling was in front of me. Facing me and confronting me. And what I wanted to do the most? I wanted to spread my arms and fucking welcome that feeling.
This Love.
Caramia had driven me crazy. And every single second that passed made it more obvious to me than this craziness wasn't one I would get over with. The last six years have been a proof to that. The way I NEEDED her was proof.
Did I want another man touching or loving her? NO
Did I ever want to be touched by another woman? NO
Did I ever want to lose her again and watch her drift far away from me? Fucking NO!
This feeling that I had been too cowardly to put a tag on was one I knew fairly well. I was fucking in love with Caramia.
"It's... It's fine if you don't feel the same" Caramia sounded down and was about to pull her hands off my shoulders when I grabbed her right hand and kept it on my shoulder.
"Who says I don't feel the same for you?"
Her face lit up and a bright beam of smiles appeared on her face.
"You feel the same?" She asked and I shrugged slightly.
"Take a guess"
"Oh no!" She tapped my shoulders with an hysterical excitement.
"Tell me! Tell me! Say the words!" She demanded excitedly.
"What words? That you are the only one I want? Or that you make me feel so much emotions that the surge of it scares me? Or that you make me want to do crazy things just to see you smile? Or..." There was a small pause as I looked into her bright eyes.
"That I love you?"
Her eyes turned glassy, her cheeks bright red as well as the tip of her ears. Caramia had always been fucking beautiful but tonight? She looked fucking extraordinary!
"Russo" her voice was so soft and then the smiled widely and before I could even admire the smile fully, she had jumped on me, hugging me tightly.
I chuckled, hugging her back when wrapping my arms around her tightly.
I closed my eyes and breathed in her scent. She smelled so sweet.
"I love you so much. I will never try leaving you again. I will never" she tightened her grip around me and I did the same.
I kissed her shoulders before pulling away from the tight hug and dropping her gently back to the floor.
We stared into each other's eyes and I felt the greatest I had felt for the past few days. Hell! I now understood why people fell in love, this feeling was like perfection. It felt as if a part of me that had always been incomplete was now complete.
I had thought I was always complete but Caramia standing in front of me right now with love in her eyes made it obvious that I had never been complete until this moment.
A hand went to her face and my other hand around her waist as we pressed our lower bodies close.
"I love you, Cara" I leaned my head close to hers.
"I love you too, a lot"
"I love you way more and you know that."
"The painting....I saw it" she whispered.
"Ah, fuck... I would have wanted to complete that before letting you see it."
"It's so beautiful, Russo"
"I still can't capture how beautiful you look. I doubt anyone can ever explain how beautiful you are, not in words and not in the strokes of a brush. And right now, nothing can describe the feelings I am fucking seeking for you right now... Ah" I groaned softly, feeling the surge of those emotions again.
"I am fucking addicted to loving you" I pulled her face close to mine and our lips met in a slow kiss. I let my tongue trail her lips ever so slowly, relearning what her lips felt like.
I picked her up from the floor and she gasped softly against my lips as she wrapped her legs around me.
I pulled my fingers through her hair, sucking on her lips before pressing her back against the car and taking over the kiss, dominating it as that primal part of me started taking over.
I broke the kiss and leaned my forehead against hers.
"Your... What about your date?" She asked and I chuckled.
"There's an event I should be at tonight and she should be working the assassination when we get there but right now? I am going to have to get her another partner."
"And your date?" The words left my lips with a small grit.
"He will find his way home when he doesn't see me around. I don't want to leave you for even a second" she breathed and those words messed with my head a bit more.
"We can get home in thirty minutes. We can get to my private suite in five minutes. Which do you want? " I questioned, clearly impatient.
"Definitely your suite. I can't wait so long anymore" her breath was heavy and ragged.
AUTHOR'S POV
Rick watched, his jaws clenched and his hands clenched. After everything he had done to bring Rosa out of the trap Russo had lured her into, Rosa was back in the trap.
He had done everything. He stood by her, loved her, tried to cheer her up and tonight, he even took her out on a luxury dinner. Where had it gone wrong exactly? Hadn't he done his best?
"After everything I did, Rosa. After keeping this scandal a secret and not despising you for it, you still went back to him! To your uncle!"
Rick's chest heaved with heavy breaths as he watched the two kissing against Rosaline's car. They were shameless, not even minding the fact that they were out in the open where anyone could walk by at anytime.
Well, to everyone else, they would be a normal couple kissing but Rick knew better.
"I hate you, Russo!" He spat angrily.
"And you, Rosa. I tried hard, I tried everything but it's obvious that letting you go too easily made you think that everything will forever be fine."
Rick brought his phone out of his pocket and started capturing the moment. Having this video evidence would make things much more better.
There was no point in hiding the scandal anymore. He had lost Rosaline to Russo but he wasn't going to lose his uncle's favour.
"Uncle was right. Love is a fucking bastard and I almost lost my focus because of it. Not anymore, Rosa. I will do exactly what I have to do."