stubborn motherfucker.
I got up and went into the bathroom to take a piss and brush my teeth. I ignored Raquel’s protests and cussing behind the shower curtain while I used the bathroom. She’d have to get used to that shit.
As I contemplated taking a shower with her, my cell went off again. I moved out of the bathroom, toward the desk and snatched it up.
“Did you find out what the fuck he was doing at my apartment?” I answered before Darrell could say a word. I fell on the bed and closed my eyes, awaiting his answer.
“No. He walked up to your door, looked around, then moved to the sides of the building before getting back in his car. He sat in his car for about thirty minutes before he drove away.”
“Yeah, he called me about some dumb shit. I think he was casing my apartment.”
“I already got the guys over there looking around, just in case he left something, but I doubt it,” Darrell told me.
I had to agree. “Yeah, so do I. My dear brother is clever, but he’s not that stupid to leave anything at my place. He was probably checking the place out to see what security I have on premises.”
“Do you want to put a body on him?” Darrell asked, but my head was already shaking my head in the negative before he finished his question.
“No, let him be. I have plans for my brother. Don’t worry about him.”
I heard the shower turn off, so I sat up. “Come pick me up at Raquel’s hotel in about thirty minutes. I need to hit the penthouse to get showered and dressed. I have to meet with my father and Eddie before this meeting today. Then we have the meeting tonight, and we have some shit to do before that meeting too, namely figuring out the aftermath of announcing my brother as Lincoln’s replacement.”
Darrell was quiet on the other line, and I knew what he was thinking. This shit was wrong on so many levels. However, I planned to follow directions and do what my father wanted, up to a point, mind you. It seemed that if I wanted to rid my family of the poison that was my brother, I had to do it myself, and that’s what I planned to do.
Darrell told me that he’d be downstairs across the street in twenty. I hung up just as Raquel emerged from the bathroom.
“Shit, I’m going to be late for work,” she exclaimed, towel snugly covering her body.
I got up from the bed, moved to her quickly, and snatched the towel from her body.
“You will not cover up around me… ever,” I told her as I backed her up against the wall. I brought my body flush up against her hot skin, saying, “ La sua bellezza porta via il mio fiato. ”
She looked up into my eyes. “Stop seducing me with your tongue, Leo.”
My mouth curled up slightly. “You don’t want me to seduce you with my tongue? How shall I do it then?”
She tried to push me away from her, but I grabbed her wrists and pinned them above her head.
“Tell me, Cara Mia ,” I ordered. “How shall I seduce you?”
She shook her head and closed her eyes as her head fell back. “You know what I mean.” She then opened her eyes and said to me, “Tell me what you just said.”
A grin played on my face again, “What? How shall I seduce you?”
“Urgh… Angel, you’re such an asshole. You know what I mean. Tell me what you just said in Italian.”
I laughed and as she tried to move from my grip. I picked her up by her waist, making her legs wrap around my mid-section. I walked back to the bed with her in my arms.
“I just said that I thought you were beautiful,” I told her without moving my eyes from hers.
I didn’t know why I had determination entrenched in me to make her feel everything I felt for her. Again, I shouldn’t care, and if this were any other woman, I wouldn’t have been there. However, she was more to me than I really wanted to admit.
I had driven by her hotel last night, on my way to my penthouse downtown, and decided to call her. I was glad that I had parked and called her from the hotel lobby bar. I would
I got up and went into the bathroom to take a piss and brush my teeth. I ignored Raquel’s protests and cussing behind the shower curtain while I used the bathroom. She’d have to get used to that shit.
As I contemplated taking a shower with her, my cell went off again. I moved out of the bathroom, toward the desk and snatched it up.
“Did you find out what the fuck he was doing at my apartment?” I answered before Darrell could say a word. I fell on the bed and closed my eyes, awaiting his answer.
“No. He walked up to your door, looked around, then moved to the sides of the building before getting back in his car. He sat in his car for about thirty minutes before he drove away.”
“Yeah, he called me about some dumb shit. I think he was casing my apartment.”
“I already got the guys over there looking around, just in case he left something, but I doubt it,” Darrell told me.
I had to agree. “Yeah, so do I. My dear brother is clever, but he’s not that stupid to leave anything at my place. He was probably checking the place out to see what security I have on premises.”
“Do you want to put a body on him?” Darrell asked, but my head was already shaking my head in the negative before he finished his question.
“No, let him be. I have plans for my brother. Don’t worry about him.”
I heard the shower turn off, so I sat up. “Come pick me up at Raquel’s hotel in about thirty minutes. I need to hit the penthouse to get showered and dressed. I have to meet with my father and Eddie before this meeting today. Then we have the meeting tonight, and we have some shit to do before that meeting too, namely figuring out the aftermath of announcing my brother as Lincoln’s replacement.”
Darrell was quiet on the other line, and I knew what he was thinking. This shit was wrong on so many levels. However, I planned to follow directions and do what my father wanted, up to a point, mind you. It seemed that if I wanted to rid my family of the poison that was my brother, I had to do it myself, and that’s what I planned to do.
Darrell told me that he’d be downstairs across the street in twenty. I hung up just as Raquel emerged from the bathroom.
“Shit, I’m going to be late for work,” she exclaimed, towel snugly covering her body.
I got up from the bed, moved to her quickly, and snatched the towel from her body.
“You will not cover up around me… ever,” I told her as I backed her up against the wall. I brought my body flush up against her hot skin, saying, “ La sua bellezza porta via il mio fiato. ”
She looked up into my eyes. “Stop seducing me with your tongue, Leo.”
My mouth curled up slightly. “You don’t want me to seduce you with my tongue? How shall I do it then?”
She tried to push me away from her, but I grabbed her wrists and pinned them above her head.
“Tell me, Cara Mia ,” I ordered. “How shall I seduce you?”
She shook her head and closed her eyes as her head fell back. “You know what I mean.” She then opened her eyes and said to me, “Tell me what you just said.”
A grin played on my face again, “What? How shall I seduce you?”
“Urgh… Angel, you’re such an asshole. You know what I mean. Tell me what you just said in Italian.”
I laughed and as she tried to move from my grip. I picked her up by her waist, making her legs wrap around my mid-section. I walked back to the bed with her in my arms.
“I just said that I thought you were beautiful,” I told her without moving my eyes from hers.
I didn’t know why I had determination entrenched in me to make her feel everything I felt for her. Again, I shouldn’t care, and if this were any other woman, I wouldn’t have been there. However, she was more to me than I really wanted to admit.
I had driven by her hotel last night, on my way to my penthouse downtown, and decided to call her. I was glad that I had parked and called her from the hotel lobby bar. I would
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