Amy POVI don't know how much time passed, but when I woke back up, I felt like myself again, thankfully. I was still hugging Zander's chest, and he was still typing away on his computer."Have you moved at all?" I asked, sitting up and stretching. My muscles a little stiff."Nope, trying to get this just right.""What are you doing?""Un-canceling our lives." He said with a bit too much anger. "I don't know what that means." I giggled, standing and heading to the bathroom. I caught my reflection in the mirror and widened my eyes. I needed to brush my hair and my teeth. I looked like a train wreck, but at least I didn't feel like one."Zander?" I crawled back into the bed, annoyed he was still zoned out with whatever he was doing."Amy, go to sleep." He said, annoyed."I just woke up?""It's two am. Go to sleep." He ordered me like I was annoying him.I laid back down, playing with his shirt in my fingertips. Then I sat back up. "I'm bored.""You had plenty of excitement yesterday.
Michael POVThe car ride home was quiet. Paul and Vinnie didn't dare say a word to me. They knew one wrong move and I could completely lose control. "You did the right thing, even if it doesn't feel that way right now." Paul's hand tapped my shoulder as we walked back inside. "I don't need your approval." I shrugged him off of me."I know, but you need to hear it, Michael." Paul nodded to me and left me standing in the middle of the entryway feeling like some twelve year old boy again."He is kind of like a dad. Never really knew what that felt like." Vinnie smiled at him. "Make sure everything is prepared for tomorrow." I walked away, not wanting to talk about whatever was going on between all of us. I walked out back, needing time to think, plan. I didn't know where I was headed. I thought I was aimlessly wandering in Viv's gardens she so meticulously created. But then I was standing in front of his tombstone again. My hands in pocket and eyes glued to the name carved in stone;
Michael POV"Are you sure this is the right move?" Vinnie watched me stare into that piece of shit's hospital room. "It has to be done. He should be killed, but..." He should be dead. It would be easy, one shot, one mess cleaned. My hands fisted at my sides. I had so much rage inside me.The fact he touched her, not just hit her, but felt her... it was too much."Michael you're too twisted right now. We should come back, maybe with Lucy." Vinnie pushed. If she were here, she'd stop me. If she were here, I wouldn't be able to breathe at all. This had to be done today. I had a mess with the families and this would clear a path I needed to keep Lucy by my side. I was losing her. I knew I was and every move I made kept pushing her further away. I needed to start making the right moves. "If you kill him, then it's all for nothing," Paul added, sounding just as exhausted as he always did. I didn't want to hear reason though. I wanted blood. I wanted quiet. I wanted Lucy back and I did
Amy POV"Ow, ow, ow." I blinked my eyes awake, my head pounding. "Take this." Zander's voice was too loud."Shh." I took the pills and bottle of water from his hand. Then rolled over and went right back to sleep."You should try to eat something." He whispered beside me. My one eye opened, catching him laying beside me, ankles crossed and laptop on his lap. "What time is it?" I muttered. God, everything hurt."Almost six." He checked his watch."Way too early." I groaned."PM, Amy, six pm." His tone was nothing but annoyed."Argh! It's feels like six am.""It feels like you're hungover.""Yeah, that too.""Want me to get you some food while you wash up? You reek like vodka." I looked under the covers and thankfully I had clothes on. I knew Zander would never take advantage of me, but god knows what I did before he found me. The last thing I remembered was hiding in the pantry, chugging a bottle a vodka. "I'll be right back. Try to at least drink some water." He kissed the top of m
Michael POV"Oh my god! Michael!" Her hand tightened around my wrist, her legs trembling as I fingered her right through her orgasm and built up a second one. Her head turned to me, eyes wet from how I overwhelmed her. "Say it, baby." My lips teased hers, fingers still pushing her further and further to the edge again."I want you," she whimpered, tangling her lips to mine. I kissed her so fucking hard, my tongue owning every inch of her mouth as my fingers slid out of her warm pussy. "I'm yours," I whispered over her lips, pulling her waist out and she leaned forward, giving me the perfect fucking access to her little hole."Fuck, I hate how I need you so bad." She whined, wiggling her ass against me. She was an impatient little girl."I fucking love it!" I grabbed my base, tip teasing her soaking wet folds, then with a sharp breath, I thrusted so fucking deep inside her. That was fucking everything. She felt so good wrapped around me. I pulled out, and slammed back inside, taki
Amy POV"Ow, ow, ow." I blinked my eyes awake, my head pounding. "Take this." Zander's voice was too loud."Shh." I took the pills and bottle of water from his hand. Then rolled over and went right back to sleep."You should try to eat something." He whispered beside me. My one eye opened, catching him laying beside me, ankles crossed and laptop on his lap. "What time is it?" I muttered. God, everything hurt."Almost six." He checked his watch."Way too early." I groaned."PM, Amy, six pm." His tone was nothing but annoyed."Argh! It's feels like six am.""It feels like you're hungover.""Yeah, that too.""Want me to get you some food while you wash up? You reek like vodka." I looked under the covers and thankfully I had clothes on. I knew Zander would never take advantage of me, but god knows what I did before he found me. The last thing I remembered was hiding in the pantry, chugging a bottle a vodka. "I'll be right back. Try to at least drink some water." He kissed the top of m
Michael POV"Hang back a minute," I told Vinnie and Paul as everyone left my office. We spent two hours going over every possible move, and all we managed to agree on was that my uncles had to die and I had to solidify my position. We were no closer to a real plan than we'd been a week ago."Want me to talk to Lucy?" Vinnie took a seat in front of my desk."I don't think I would ever ask that of you." I crack a half smile at him."I'm pretty smart with the ladies." "Sure you are. I think we can agree that you are Lucy's least favorite person though." "What do you need Michael?" Paul cut our banter short. He looked exhausted and I didn't blame him. He was old and this shit was getting too deep."Intel." I sighed, fingers rubbing my temples. "What do the five families want as a peace offering.""For one, unfreeze their accounts," Paul said like I was an idiot to take their money in the first place."Eventually," I added a cocky smile. It was so easy to piss that man off."They don't
Lucy POV"Meeting in 5, Michael's office." Vinnie tapped my door with an announcement then walked away."I guess I'm going to this meeting." I threw my planner on my bed and headed downstairs. I had a thousand things to get done today, but sure, let's have a meeting."Lucy?" Michael's head popped up to me the second I walked into his office. There was only him in it."There's a lot I need to plan before tomorrow, Michael." "Okay. Do you need help?" His voice was too calm, too low and sweet. Where was the monster? Or was this another game of his?"Help? No, I need to be left alone." I crossed my arms, keeping my body right at the doorframe. I was not getting roped in by his strong body, or sexy blue eyes. I was keeping a distance between us.Michael gave me a strange look as he started slowly walking towards me. I really needed him to keep ten feet between our bodies."You're tensing with every step I take." His eyes scanned over my body."Do you need something?" I snapped at him."Me
Michael POV"She is no good." Nonna whacked the back of my head with her spoon."She's perfect." My lips gave her a sly smile. She liked Lucy and she knew it. "She's trouble. You can't handle a woman like that Michael." Nonna's frail hands kept kneading her dough. "I can't handle? Is that a challenge?" I moved to the table to drink my coffee. Despite everything, I felt... better today. Maybe my heart had finally healed. Or maybe I was just in complete denial about how weak it still was and about that letter Lucy left me. But I refuse to give up on us, to give her up. "I love you, bambino. I always knew you would bring honor back to our family, just like mio marito." Her hands stilled as she paused to think of her late husband. "But?" I sighed, knowing that woman always had a cruel twist to anything sweet she said."But you love like your father." She gave me a look I didn't like. "I would never hurt Lucy." My hand tightened around my coffee mug. How could she all people think th