Amy POVI tried going back to sleep, but I spent all day in bed. I needed a little help. "I'm not tired yet." My eyes moved to Zander. We laid in bed for at least an hour, not moving or talking. The look he gave me I knew he was pissed again. I could feel how tense his body was under my fingertips. He needed a little release. I could see it in his eyes. I always saw it in his eyes. The way he wanted me, how badly he wanted to kiss me. He just needed a little nudge."You really like pissing me off?" Zander's voice dropped, and my eyes widened a little. I think I did like pissing him off. It was kind of sexy when he got all high and mighty, sitting on that horse as he looked down at all of us and our lifestyle."Sometimes." I pushed the laptop off his lap and replace it with my body. "I think you like it too." My hands rested on his chest. He didn't react, just let me take control."Now that... you have completely wrong." His jaw set, hands moving behind his head to show he had no i
Paul POVI hadn't even reached the stairs before I pulled out my phone. My gut was already telling me something was slipping, and fast.The second I left Lucy's room, I called back home, "We should start making plans to pull everyone out. " We were in trouble."He is a young man. We have all made mistakes in the matter of love. I was certainly no different." The gruff voice on the other end of the phone was laced with amusement.I can't wait to get out of here and have my own life, hopefully with the one stubborn fool I chose to love."V miscalculated Michael. You were right, she is too blinded by her love for him.""Excuse me!" V screamed through the receiver.Shit! Why the fuck was she there?"V, come on. Don't pretend it wasn't a possibility."I sighed, knowing I was in trouble now. "Michael isn't the same boy you thought you knew ten years ago. It's absurd how much confidence you have in him." I kept pushing anyway, it was my job to point out the obvious, make others see where they
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