if she’d have much more than grunts from her.
“What about my cousin, Lucca? If you were hired to kill him, then won’t there be some repercussions from that?” She was getting herself all worked up about this, but it didn’t seem like he worried at all. The man had been hired to kill her cousin… her freaking favorite cousin, and here she lay in the bed with him. Her father would call it sleeping with the enemy, but she had to believe that Aiden was going to make sure everything was going to be okay.
“I’m working on it and hoping that we can be out of here within the week.” He gathered her into his arms and rolled onto his back pulling her on top of him. Warm and fragrant, she was filled with the beauty of being in the bed with a man who filled her spirit as well as her sexual needs.
She knew that he was having lots of conversations with people off and on throughout the day. The talks he’d been having were quiet and personal. Growing up with a mafia father had taught her not to ask many questions, but she wasn’t a kid anymore, and Aiden wasn’t her father so her need to have answers grew with each phone call. They had bought throw away phones since she’d had to ditch hers while she was trying to save his life when her father found out that her new boyfriend was trying to kill his first in command who was also his nephew.
“Lucca won’t be killed. Right?” She picked her head off his chest to see his face when he answered that question. It had been difficult listening to the real reason he’d fallen into her life, and it was something she was still working through. Her father could order someone’s death as easily as people ordered a pepperoni pizza, heavy on the sauce and light on the mozzarella. Lorna didn’t like violence and had tried her whole life to stay away from it, but she’d practically fallen for this beautiful man within days, and after listen to him tell her his life story, it appeared she’d been vigilant for nothing. This man was as dangerous as they came.
“I’m trying to get that whole deal resolved.” He looked her in the eye when he said those words so she wanted to believe that he was telling her the truth, but did she really know? When working with criminals, no one knows 100%.
“I don’t know what I would do if someone killed Lucca. He’s more like a brother to me than my brothers are. He was one of the only ones who ever tried to understand that I was different from most of the people the family who just went along with the mob lifestyle. He stood up for me and helped me get the life I wanted.” She looked over to see if Aiden could hear what she was trying to say about her cousin Lucca and was relieved when she watched the remorse fill his eyes. It would have to be enough that he understood what was going on with her and how important Lucca and his survival was to her. That man had fought tooth and nail to get permission for her to move out of her family’s home and for her father to set up that boutique for her. Lucca was the second in command, but her father looked up to him more than anyone else, so when she had Lucca’s ear, she knew she also had her fathers.
The room was filled with regrets and tension that the conversation and their situation had brought about. After spilling so much of her guts before breakfast, she felt like she was wilted. There was nothing else to say to express how important it was to her that her life remain Lucca-filled, but she wondered how much a man like Aiden could actually do. He didn’t seem to be in a management position but more of a person who fills the contractual agreement.
“I hate to see you like this, Lorna. The thing is… I don’t know what the future holds. It’s new for me to even worry that far. I’ve always been in it for myself and partially for my brothers in the club, but having someone like you involved is putting an unfamiliar spin on something I’m usually
“What about my cousin, Lucca? If you were hired to kill him, then won’t there be some repercussions from that?” She was getting herself all worked up about this, but it didn’t seem like he worried at all. The man had been hired to kill her cousin… her freaking favorite cousin, and here she lay in the bed with him. Her father would call it sleeping with the enemy, but she had to believe that Aiden was going to make sure everything was going to be okay.
“I’m working on it and hoping that we can be out of here within the week.” He gathered her into his arms and rolled onto his back pulling her on top of him. Warm and fragrant, she was filled with the beauty of being in the bed with a man who filled her spirit as well as her sexual needs.
She knew that he was having lots of conversations with people off and on throughout the day. The talks he’d been having were quiet and personal. Growing up with a mafia father had taught her not to ask many questions, but she wasn’t a kid anymore, and Aiden wasn’t her father so her need to have answers grew with each phone call. They had bought throw away phones since she’d had to ditch hers while she was trying to save his life when her father found out that her new boyfriend was trying to kill his first in command who was also his nephew.
“Lucca won’t be killed. Right?” She picked her head off his chest to see his face when he answered that question. It had been difficult listening to the real reason he’d fallen into her life, and it was something she was still working through. Her father could order someone’s death as easily as people ordered a pepperoni pizza, heavy on the sauce and light on the mozzarella. Lorna didn’t like violence and had tried her whole life to stay away from it, but she’d practically fallen for this beautiful man within days, and after listen to him tell her his life story, it appeared she’d been vigilant for nothing. This man was as dangerous as they came.
“I’m trying to get that whole deal resolved.” He looked her in the eye when he said those words so she wanted to believe that he was telling her the truth, but did she really know? When working with criminals, no one knows 100%.
“I don’t know what I would do if someone killed Lucca. He’s more like a brother to me than my brothers are. He was one of the only ones who ever tried to understand that I was different from most of the people the family who just went along with the mob lifestyle. He stood up for me and helped me get the life I wanted.” She looked over to see if Aiden could hear what she was trying to say about her cousin Lucca and was relieved when she watched the remorse fill his eyes. It would have to be enough that he understood what was going on with her and how important Lucca and his survival was to her. That man had fought tooth and nail to get permission for her to move out of her family’s home and for her father to set up that boutique for her. Lucca was the second in command, but her father looked up to him more than anyone else, so when she had Lucca’s ear, she knew she also had her fathers.
The room was filled with regrets and tension that the conversation and their situation had brought about. After spilling so much of her guts before breakfast, she felt like she was wilted. There was nothing else to say to express how important it was to her that her life remain Lucca-filled, but she wondered how much a man like Aiden could actually do. He didn’t seem to be in a management position but more of a person who fills the contractual agreement.
“I hate to see you like this, Lorna. The thing is… I don’t know what the future holds. It’s new for me to even worry that far. I’ve always been in it for myself and partially for my brothers in the club, but having someone like you involved is putting an unfamiliar spin on something I’m usually
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