looked from man to man to ensure they were all having fun. When he was certain his men were settled and happy, he rose to his feet and walked out, the night already paid for.
Once he was in the parking lot, Gregorio had the overwhelming urge to see his fiancé, to see Alessandra. With that in mind, he turned on his heels and left the area. He wanted to go home to her, plain and simple.
Chapter Seventeen
Alessandra heard the garage door opening and looked up at the clock. She hadn’t expected him home so soon, but there he was pulling into the garage. She looked at the women who were all around her and laughed. “Can one of you please tell him he can’t come in here?” When all of the women looked at her with fear in their eyes, she shook her head. “Just explain to him I’m in my wedding gown and he can’t see me.” She heard him in the kitchen then. When none of the women moved, Alessandra sighed and then shouted out to Gregorio. “I’m in my wedding gown for the final fitting. I’m sorry, but we commandeered your office so please don’t come in here.”
“You took my office over?” She heard his muttered words on the other side of his door.
“You bet your cute butt we did. It was the only room that had enough large space with doors that locked. Now go and do something else for like a half hour, please? I will be out and they will leave with the dress.”
She heard him grumbling and just smiled. “I love that man. He doesn’t know it yet, but I love that man and I’m going to make it my life’s mission to ensure he knows it every day for the rest of his life.”
She heard their laughter, their giggles and saw their shocked looks but didn’t care. All that mattered was that she saw the real Gregorio under all the gruffness and the armor he wore easily. Oh she wasn’t stupid enough to think he wasn’t deadly, because she knew he was, but she also knew he would never, ever harm her.
****
Half an hour later, Gregorio turned and watched the women leaving his office and bit back the growl. He hated having people he didn’t know in his office, but he couldn’t deny Alessandra anything. He would, however, talk to her about it, tell her why he disliked it. Their lives were lived on the edge. If anyone got anything on him, he would go to jail for the rest of time, as would much of her family. She would be left penniless and that was something he refused to allow to happen.
When he saw her approaching him, he couldn’t stop his smile. He had a shitty day, but just seeing her made it all better. He wasn’t surprised when she simply wrapped her arms around him and held him. She had been doing things like that for the last three and a half weeks. Just small things like reaching out to hold his hand or hugging him when he needed it and didn’t even realize it.
He was thankful she was no longer hurting from her short time in Vasily’s hold. In fact, the burns on her side were now just small pink scars that would forever remind him he hadn’t protected her as well as he should have.
Rubbing his large hands up and down her back, he pressed a kiss to her cheek and whispered against her ear, “Did you miss me today?”
“You know I did. I always seem to miss you. Did you miss me?”
“I did. Is your gown almost ready?”
“Today was the last fitting. Tomorrow I will go back to Daddy’s home so you can get yourself ready and so I can get ready as well. We will have our full twenty-four hours away from each other before the wedding.”
“I don’t like that.” He bristled at the idea of being without her for even a night, not now that he had her sleeping with him and enjoying it as much as he was.
“I know, but the wedding is being done in the backyard. Besides, from what you and Daddy have told me, there has been a huge increase in the guards around his place too. I take it that is your doing?”
“Yes, I knew you wanted to be married in the rose gardens there, so I ensured the grounds
Once he was in the parking lot, Gregorio had the overwhelming urge to see his fiancé, to see Alessandra. With that in mind, he turned on his heels and left the area. He wanted to go home to her, plain and simple.
Chapter Seventeen
Alessandra heard the garage door opening and looked up at the clock. She hadn’t expected him home so soon, but there he was pulling into the garage. She looked at the women who were all around her and laughed. “Can one of you please tell him he can’t come in here?” When all of the women looked at her with fear in their eyes, she shook her head. “Just explain to him I’m in my wedding gown and he can’t see me.” She heard him in the kitchen then. When none of the women moved, Alessandra sighed and then shouted out to Gregorio. “I’m in my wedding gown for the final fitting. I’m sorry, but we commandeered your office so please don’t come in here.”
“You took my office over?” She heard his muttered words on the other side of his door.
“You bet your cute butt we did. It was the only room that had enough large space with doors that locked. Now go and do something else for like a half hour, please? I will be out and they will leave with the dress.”
She heard him grumbling and just smiled. “I love that man. He doesn’t know it yet, but I love that man and I’m going to make it my life’s mission to ensure he knows it every day for the rest of his life.”
She heard their laughter, their giggles and saw their shocked looks but didn’t care. All that mattered was that she saw the real Gregorio under all the gruffness and the armor he wore easily. Oh she wasn’t stupid enough to think he wasn’t deadly, because she knew he was, but she also knew he would never, ever harm her.
****
Half an hour later, Gregorio turned and watched the women leaving his office and bit back the growl. He hated having people he didn’t know in his office, but he couldn’t deny Alessandra anything. He would, however, talk to her about it, tell her why he disliked it. Their lives were lived on the edge. If anyone got anything on him, he would go to jail for the rest of time, as would much of her family. She would be left penniless and that was something he refused to allow to happen.
When he saw her approaching him, he couldn’t stop his smile. He had a shitty day, but just seeing her made it all better. He wasn’t surprised when she simply wrapped her arms around him and held him. She had been doing things like that for the last three and a half weeks. Just small things like reaching out to hold his hand or hugging him when he needed it and didn’t even realize it.
He was thankful she was no longer hurting from her short time in Vasily’s hold. In fact, the burns on her side were now just small pink scars that would forever remind him he hadn’t protected her as well as he should have.
Rubbing his large hands up and down her back, he pressed a kiss to her cheek and whispered against her ear, “Did you miss me today?”
“You know I did. I always seem to miss you. Did you miss me?”
“I did. Is your gown almost ready?”
“Today was the last fitting. Tomorrow I will go back to Daddy’s home so you can get yourself ready and so I can get ready as well. We will have our full twenty-four hours away from each other before the wedding.”
“I don’t like that.” He bristled at the idea of being without her for even a night, not now that he had her sleeping with him and enjoying it as much as he was.
“I know, but the wedding is being done in the backyard. Besides, from what you and Daddy have told me, there has been a huge increase in the guards around his place too. I take it that is your doing?”
“Yes, I knew you wanted to be married in the rose gardens there, so I ensured the grounds
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