Reunited

[Massimo’s POV]

I sit alone in a small booth at the back of De Amore, one of the best strip clubs that exist in the city, and one of the most secured ones at that. Given my background, this was the only place I could truly go to be alone without worrying about my old man sending his men to stalk me.

Sighing, I lean back further in my seat while a waitress with hooded eyes and a seductive look on her face pours some more liquor into my cup.

"Thanks," I murmur, leaning forward and grabbing it. "You can go now."

A look of disappointment flashes across her face as I turn my gaze back to the stage in front of me, where women are dancing around poles, rubbing their bodies along them, and then dropping low while all those seated around throw dollars at them.

I didn’t know why I continued to come here when I knew that it wouldn’t do any good to get her off my mind, but I hoped that one day something would change.

I lift my drink, take a sip, and snap my fingers so the waitress appears again.

"Her," I announce, nodding toward a particularly curvy redhead who I assumed looked like she would now. "I want her."

"Yes, sir," the waitress responds, though she doesn’t seem the slightest bit happy about it. "I’ll go fetch her."

"Good girl."

Nodding, the waitress hurries off and only stops at the side of the stage, where she motions for the woman I wanted and then points in my direction.

An expectant pair of dark eyes come to meet mine, and I’m once again reminded that though this woman’s body was most likely the same as hers and so was her hair, the rest of her wasn’t.

Fuck, this was frustrating. I always expected that time would make the hole in my heart fade, but to this day, she was the only one I could even think about.

Downing the rest of my drink, I wait until the busty redhead appears in front of me and then climbs onto my lap.

Once she is in place, she rests her hands on my shoulders and then begins to move her large breasts against me.

"Thank you for picking me," she purrs, leaning down so that her breath brushes against my ear. "Please let me know if there’s anything you want from me, and I do mean anything."

Frowning, I stare up into the woman’s eyes and find hunger there—the same fucking hunger I saw in all women’s eyes.

"This is enough," I announce, drawing a clear line between us. "Just do your job and let me enjoy it."

For a moment, hurt flashes in her eyes, but she soon composes herself and continues to move, rubbing herself against me while her core, which is radiating heat from her desire, rubs against my dick.

Even with this woman doing all of this, I feel nothing, just like every other time. Even when I fucked another woman, I didn’t feel shit. They were nothing more than things I used to pass my time and keep me occupied until the day she returned, if she returned, but the chances of that were slim to none.

Trying to accept the fact that my little fairy would never come back, I started focusing on the woman in front of me once more until my phone began to ring.

Pulling it out, I look at the screen and feel something in my shift as I read the name again and again.

"Giovani?" I ask, answering it.

"Massimo!" He announces from the other end, his voice filled with excitement. "I’ve got some news!"

"Did that trade deal you’ve been working on work out?" I sigh, trying not to get my hopes up. "If so, I believe congratulations are in order."

"No!" He responds instantly. "This is much bigger than that."

Much bigger than a million-dollar deal? What in the world could be more important than that? Unless…

"Make yourself clear, Giovani," I announce, shoving the woman who is still dancing in my lap off of me.

"Hey!" She gasps, fixing her angry gaze on mine. "What do you think…"

"Get," I hiss. "Right this minute."

I wait as the woman considers whether or not she should argue, but when I let a low snarl escape me, she jumps up and rushes off.

"Are you bullying the women again?" Giovani chuckles.

"That isn’t your concern. Now, why in the hell did you call me and what is this news?"

"She’s back."

"She who?" I ask, feeling something shift in me.

"Tatiana," Giovani responds. "I finally found her."

Immediately, I’m up and moving, making my way out of the club and jumping on my motorcycle while I hear Giovani shouting for me from my pocket.

She’s back… My little fairy was back… But how and why? Where the hell was she all this time?

With these thoughts racing in my mind, I zoom forward, heading straight for the Onyx River pack territory, where the one that I constantly dreamed of and thought of was waiting.

When I arrive, I burst into the large mansion to find Giovani waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs with an amused look on his face.

"I figured you were coming due to the sound of your bike," he chuckles. "But I warn you, don’t make any sudden moves; she’s still... adjusting..." he continues. "And it seems that she doesn’t remember anything from before her disappearance."

"Doesn’t remember?" I hiss. "Are you saying that someone wiped her memories?"

"Or something happened that caused them to disappear," he counters. "Anyway, she should be out any time now; we just have to…"

Before he can finish, the sound of soft footfalls reaches me, and my eyes immediately snap to the place that they are coming from to find her, but not the her that I remembered.

Instead, the woman I was looking at was mature and curvy, with sparkling silver eyes and wild crimson hair that traveled down around her shoulders, accenting just how big her breasts were.

The dress that she wore clung to her just right, allowing me to take in her hourglass figure and her thick legs. She was a chubster as a child, but now she was a curvy queen with a body many women would kill for.

Fuck, she was beautiful as a child, but all grown up, she was drop-dead gorgeous, and I couldn’t quite believe that I was looking at her right now.

"Little fairy," I manage. "It really is you."

Not even thinking, I begin to move, taking the stairs two at a time until I’m standing in front of her and my arms are around her, pulling her solid, warm body against me while she tenses.

"You’re finally back."