Bella (A Sagatori family saga-A Mafia Romance Book 6) by Kimberly Blalock Page B

hurt you— us. I can’t let that happen.” Sweat continued to bead along his brow while his hand shook the gun pressed into the flesh of her forehead. If I didn’t do something she would die.
    I pressed my hand to his shoulder nudging him toward me. “Baby, look at me.” If I didn’t know Jax as well as I did I’d say he was… terrified, but why? “No one is going to hurt us, baby. She’s no one. She’s weak and you’re strong—we’re strong.” I raised my hand to his cheek gently forcing him to look at me. “I know you’ll take care of us, but I need to hear her out, do you understand?”
    “Bella,” Rebecca cried shaking in her chair.
    Why didn’t she cry to him, why me?
    “Please, Jax, let me hear her out and then we can move on.” I smoothed my fingers across his cheek.
    He turned watching me for a moment and then drew a deep breath. “I can’t, Bella, back away,” he growled before taking his attention toward Rebecca once more.
    My heart pounded in my ears seeing the fear in her eyes with the knowledge of how she would die.
    Seconds passed with the pounding of my heart against my chest while she shook in her chair. “Jax, if you do this I’ll walk out of this room and never look back.”
    His breath hitched and his eyes closed tight. “Don’t be stupid, Bella, you have no say in this matter.”
    Fuck! He would pull the trigger any second. “Fine! Do it and see how stupid I am. You’re not the bad guy, Jax, but killing an innocent woman is bad.”
    Jax finally turned toward me with sweat falling from his brow. “We are the bad guys, Bella. The very worst of them all.”
    “I will leave; do you understand?”
    His body stiffened just before he turned toward me again. “You’ll never leave, Bella! NEVER! I’ll never let you go.” His eyes were feral; an animalistic growl in the back of his throat forced his words to be agonizing to my ears. Why was he doing this?
    “Boss, let go of, Bella! With all due respect, sir.” Tony stepped to my right. Jax had been gripping my arms so tightly I wanted to scream.
    His eyes moved rapidly across my body seeing that his fingers pressed violently into my flesh as if he hadn’t known he’d done it.
    “Who are you?” I choked.
    He reached for my face. “Bella?”
    I didn’t now who this man was. “Don’t touch me!”
    “Don’t be—”
    “Stupid?” I raised a brow. “You may be the boss of this so called crime family, but I’m the boss of this family! You touch one hair on her head, and you’ll regret it. Am I making myself clear? I’m not afraid of you, Jax Moretti. Tony?”
    “Yes?”
    Without letting my eyes fall from Jax, I spoke to Tony. “We are leaving. Get her together, she’s coming with me.”
    “Where are you going?” Jax spit.
    I watched him for a few seconds then answered. “Home, Jax.”
    “You’re taking her to Chicago?”
    I shook my head. “No, I won’t be going back there. I’m gonna go to Papa’s.”
    “Bella, I think you should listen to your husband here.”
    Sam had never spoken to me with respect before today. I turned my head over my shoulder. “Sam, since when have I ever listened? I do what I think is right! I don’t follow orders now or ever. If you don’t like it, Jax, I’m sure you know where you can stick it.”
    Dominic fidgeted bumping into the table he stood next to. “Sorry,” he offered when the entire room turned his way.
    “You’re taking her home with you?” Jax ignored Dominic.
    “Yes, I can’t leave her here.”
    “You have no idea what she really is, Bella,” he pleaded, and I could practically see the blood in his eyes.
    My heart felt strange. “I know exactly what she is, Jax. Do you trust me?” I reached for his hand.
    His eyes moved rapidly across my face. “No.”
    “Then it’s you whom I don’t know.” I dropped his hand.
    I leaned down to Rebecca. “We are going to leave the room. If you give me any trouble, I’ll kill you myself, understood?”
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