로그인Lorenzo's POVMy life was falling apart and I was being pulled in so many directions with nowhere to go. Jovan was mad at me, Jovani was lying to my sister and she had no fucking clue. Jovani and Elena were still working to ruin both Jovan and I.What was I supposed to do?Marcus and Dante were supposed to come in with more information about Elena. She was using Jovani as a front for her crimes.The door opened and Marcus and Dante walked in. They looked at me and exchanged looks."Are you good, boss?""Do I look good?" I snapped, then immediately regretted it. "Sorry. Just...tell me you have something."Marcus set a thick folder on my desk. "We have more than something. We have everything."I opened it and started reading. Financial records, surveillance photos, witness statements. It was all there."Elena," Dante said, leaning against the wall. "Age thirty-two. Originally from Moscow not Naples like you said. She came to the States ten years ago on a student visa that she overstayed
Jovani's POV"Who was on the phone?" I turned immediately to find Donatella atop the stairs."Jovan," The smile on her face disappeared and she frowned."Why is he calling me?" She came down the stairs. I handed the phone to her. She scrolled through her call logs and blocked his number then tossed the phone into her tote bag."What did he want?""Does it matter?" I shrugged. "Probably wanted to cry about his relationship problems with your brother."She made a disgusted sound. "I don't want to hear it. Whatever's going on between them is their business. I'm done being involved in that mess."I studied her face, looking for any sign that she was hurt or still cared. But there was nothing."You ready to go?" she asked, grabbing her keys."Go where?""The farmer's market. I told you about it last night, remember?"I didn't. I'd been too busy thinking about other things while she was talking. But I nodded anyway. "Right. The farmer's market.""Don't sound so enthusiastic," she teased, bu
Jovan's POV"Good morning," I greeted him as I rubbed my eyes. He was leaning against the headboard just staring into space.Silence.Of course, that's all I'd been getting from him for the past few days. Either silence or sharp words that cut deeper than any knife."Lorenzo," I tried again."What?" His voice was flat."Are we going to talk about this or are you just going to keep giving me the cold shoulder?""There's nothing to talk about.""Bullshit." I sat up, pulling the covers around me. "You've been acting like I don't exist ever since Donatella found out what really happened. So yeah, there's plenty to talk about."He finally looked at me, and the coldness in his eyes made my chest ache. "What do you want me to say, Jovan?""I want you to say anything, something. Instead of freezing me out like I'm the one who did something wrong.""You want me to talk?" He laughed, but there was no humor in it. "Fine. Let's talk about how my sister hates me now. How she looks at me like I'm a
Jovani's POVDonatella and I showered together and with her body in close proximity, I couldn't keep my hands to myself for a second.What was wrong with me? Was the one question that ran through my mind. I kept telling myself that any man in my shoes wouldn't hesitate to fuck a beautiful lady like Tella but what was the feeling in my chest?“Julian,” Donatella tapped me on the shoulder, jolting me back to the present.“Are you okay?” She asked, worried.“Y.yes.” I stammered. “I was just thinking about work, that's all.” yeah, the perfect lie to tell.“And you were lost in thought that you didn't hear me call you repeatedly?”“Tella,” I took hold of her arms, gently squeezing them. “Don't worry, I'm not thinking about another woman.”“I never said you were,” she rolled her eyes at me. “I'm just worried about the fact that you're zoned out so early in the morning.”“Worry not my love,” I kissed her hand and the worry on her face was gone, in it's place was a bright smile that made my h
Donatella's POVHis lips found mine for the third time and I melted into his kiss. All I wanted was to feel something else aside from the hurt in my heart and Julian was doing just that.He picked up in his arms while my arms were wrapped around his neck and we went upstairs to the bedroom.“Wait,” I said to him as his hands reached for his button. I got up from the bed, slowly taking off the hoodie while his hungry eyes travelled down my body.“What is it Milady?” he asked, stroking my face gently with his finger.“There's no fun,” I wrapped his loosened tie around my fingers, pulled him closer and whispered. “ill take off your own clothes.”“Your wish is my command.” He turned the other way and sat down on the bed then I leaned closer, our lips away from each other and I began undressing him.Within seconds, his upper body was bare and I ran my fingers down his toned chest. Damn this man was a fine piece of shit.Julian wrapped his arm around my neck and a sound of pleasure escaped
Jovani's POVI opened the door slowly because I thought she was still asleep. But I caught the smell of vanilla ice cream and…….I sniffed the air, catching a whiff of chocolate donuts.When I turned, Donatella was on my couch in what appeared to be my university hoodie which I hadn't seen in three years with a bowl the size of a small satellite dish and tears running down her face.She looked up when I came in, chocolates at the side of her mouth which she wiped clean with a serviette."Don't," she warned, pointing her spoon at me."I didn't say anything." I rubbed my nose as the smile crept up my lips."You had a face and stop rubbing your nose because I know you want to laugh.""I just walked in.""I'm warning you Julian Voss." She scooped up an enormous amount of ice cream and put it in her mouth and looked at the television, which was playing something she clearly wasn't watching because it was a cooking show.I put my keys down, loosened my tie and sat on the other end of the co
JOVAN'S POVI woke up in Lorenzo's bed for the second time. The first time had been last night—passing out after sex, too exhausted to move. The second time was now, morning light streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows, Lorenzo's arm heavy across my waist.Maybe I should have panicked a lit
ETHAN'S POVThe wound in my side was still bleeding not too much but it still made the bandage warm and wet under my shirt.It was a reminder that I'd barely survived the warehouse, that the trap I'd set for Lorenzo had backfired spectacularly, that I should be in a hospital instead of standing out
Jovan's POVThis kiss was slower and deeper. He walked me backward until my spine hit the wall, his body pinning me there, all that controlled strength pressed against me.I bit his bottom lip. He groaned, deep and rough, the sound going straight to my cock."Bedroom," he muttered against my mouth.
JOVAN'S POVThe Meridian Q3 file had been open on my screen for forty minutes and I’d read exactly one page of it. One page forty minutes. I used to get through an entire quarterly review before my first coffee went cold and now I was sitting here reading the same paragraph about projected yield o







