LUCAI sat impatiently, waiting for Elena to arrive at the restaurant I had booked, a scowl on my face. Anyone who looked at me would think I was in a badmood, and I was. Things were not going according to plan, and it was pissing me off. Badly.The moment she entered though, I didn't need to look to feel her presence. I just knew.The hairs on my arm stood and I turned in the direction of the entrance to see her being guided by the waitress to my table.I instantly felt my insides grow tight. She was dressed so simply, but yet stood out. God, she was beautiful.To my chagrin, she had tied her hair in a bun that was half sleek and half messy. I wanted to pull that hair tie, and toss it away. Even throw all her hair ties away if I could.Her lips were painted a blood red, while the rest of her face barely had any make up on it."Hey.." she said, stopping in front of the table, as I got up to pull out a chair for her."Hey." I swallowed, managing a smile as I sat back in my seat once sh
LUCA"She seems to be getting under your skin a little bit now, doesn't she?" Alessandro said, immediately I stepped into the club. I was supposed to be picking Elena up in less than an hour, but I was stalling. I wasn't in the mood to go to the opera, but I had to be there. Including the man in front of me who for some reason, wanted to be in his club even if it was early.He owned a series of them, on our own side of town, and they were the best, if I could say so myself. It never lacked club goers, no matter the time of the day, and Alessandro always delivered.My brother walked behind the bar to get us some drinks."What the fuck are you on about now?" I hissed, wringling my hands together and observing the club, just for the sake of distraction.I knew what he was talking about. Who he was talking about."Elena. You know....your wife?" his eyes twinkled as he set down the cup of watever mixture he had come up with, in front of me."I don't know what you are talking about. No one
LUCA"You killed one of us." Muscle mass spoke, immediately we went into the room.I said nothing, walking around the huge desk in the middle of the room, so I was facing all of them while keeping a much needed space between us.I could tell it wasn't a wise decision, going in alone with them, but well...call me confident. And I was."One of you?" I asked dumbly, trying to decide between Luke and the ken doll. Although my best bet was Ken doll.We had dumped both bodies in a place Dante referred to as the dumpsite. It was a place for sending very... well... gruesome messages. And only used it when we really needed to. Like now, when we weren't sure who sent those men.It was a tactic to draw out whoever was behind this. And it looked like it had worked."Don't play dumb!" Another one shouted, his voice deeper, but rough. He walked from behind, to stand in front of muscle mass, making me begin to question who really was the leader. "The man you killed and dumped in the dredge!"I cocke
ELENAValeria ended up not going with us.Well she did go to the opera, but earlier, because as it turns out, she had a date, and none of her brothers knew she did. Dante had looked like he was about to wring both the neck of his sister, and the man she had brought as her date, but had held on to a very slim string of control when Valeria had threatened him with something in italian. And spanish.I barely understood any, but there they were, speaking and switching between those, fluently."That damn girl." Dante hissed, twenty minutes into the drive from house, to the location the opera was being held. He had been seething in silence since we left, and only spoke a few words.My consolation was, he was the one driving, and we didn't have any of the bodyguards chokig me up. I wasn't sure I could survive Samuel walking up and down with me in the damn opera!"You haven't said a word since."I had been too in my thougths, that when I almost didn't hear him.I turned, confused. "You haven'
LUCAThe opera house was too posh for my liking. I hated that they had chosen this specific location. Everything seemed too delicate and eligant. Like they were trying too damn hard."Seems like someone overdid them selves." Alessandro remarked, rubbing under his nose and spotting the most unimpressed expression I had ever seen on him. 'I really wish you would have just left me alone.""And enjoy all this on my own? Hell no." I mocked, not paying a glance to anyone, and instead focused on getting to our sky boxes. I could already imagine Elena waiting for me, with Dante.The thought of seeing her brought a strange shiver of excitement to my stomach."Oh... there it is.." Alessandro walked towards the private elevators that led to each box. "I will be next door." He winked, and walked into his, while I pressed the button for mine and waited. "Boss." Samuel's voice came from behind, and I frowned as I hadn't even noticed him before. "Shouldn't you be up there, waiting with her?" I ask
ELENA A few minutes in and the whole house opera house was quiet, and only the sound of the most angelic voice I had ever heard, and instruments, could be heard. She was singing about long lost love and pain. And for the first time since I got married, I actually thought about my relationship with Donavan, and how it had ended. Every pitch, struck a painful cord in my heart, and I felt myself shift a bit from Luca, feeling my throat get clogged. I had experienced heartbreak in the most embarrassing way possible. Yet, here I was, lusting after a man I had sworn to hate. But maybe lust and hate could go together. The woman raised a hand up, her pitch going in the same direction, and the song suddenly took a dark turn. It turned into something really... sensual.. I looked at the hand that had been on my thigh all through, and watched as it squeezed my flesh a bit tighter. "Why did you move?" Luca suddenly asked, his eyes still trained ahead at the performance. I swallowed. "N
ELENA Two weeks after the opera, and the images were still on my mind. I looked out the office window in my new office and sighed. The view was spectacular, given the sight if the city below. Below, but it was nothing compared to the view I had from the De Santis estate. Luca had been so busy the past week, that I barely ever saw him, except when he crept into my bed at night. He never stayed though. He held me in his arms, but I always heard the door open and close, just as I was falling asleep. I couldn't deny the fact that I liked him. Despite it all, I liked him. But the man was keeping to his boundaries. There was a knock on my door, and I sighed again, then took a seat just before Samuel opened the door for Theo Hayed. The man already had a smile plastered on his face as he walked in. Like he had the best news to share. "Elena De Santis." Theo said, plopping down on the seat opposite from him, even before I told him to. I hadn't seen Theo since after the very f
ELENAI looked at my empty plate with both embarrasment and utter satisfaction.The moment the food had arrived, I had known I had lost our bet because the aroma, the look, the taste.. oh dear heavens. It felt like I had missed my calling bacause I was certainly supposed to be a food blogger or something.Thank goodness there was nothing on my own side of the bet because I was a sore looser.The waiter cleared out plates and asked if we wanted dessert to which I declined for obvious reasons. Theo asked for some wine, and waited till the waiter left, before turning to me. His eyes sparkling. "Don't bother rubbing it in my face. I am a sore looser. I admit that. And... yes, you have good taste." I told him, before he could say anything. Theo Hayes definitely looked like the type that won't let things slide easily, but I was taking my chances.He pouted slightly. "I wanted to say it's been long I saw a woman so comfortable in her skin she literally enjoyed her food so much that she finis
ELENAI walked out of the bathroom, feeling a bit uneasy.Hakeem stood just a few feet away from the door and frowned in concern on seeing me. "Are you okay? You look a little bit pale." He said, meeting me halfway.I looked on the two sides of the hallway, hoping to see any of the girls from hearlier, but the few woman I saw looked slightly older than the voices I heard in that bathroom. "I'm fine. Just feeling a bit hot." It wasn't a lie.He looked like he didn't believe a word that was coming out of my mouth. "We should get going. I'll be taking you and Miss Valeria home." He walked just a few inches behind me. I frowned. "I and Valeria? Where is Luca?" It was weird. We had come together. We should have been going home the same way we came. And he hadn't even mentioned it to me."Don Luca is in the exchange room, ma'am, He said to take you home, and he will come much later." we entered the auditorium which was now well lit, unlike some minutes ago when the place was almost pitch b
ELENAI ran to the bathroom.I didn't care that Hakeem was accopanying me. Or that there were a few women all heading in that direction.My feet could not take me there quick enough, and the moment I got in, I slammed the door shut, rushing into a private stall.Only when I had that locked too, did I breathe fine.Luca was going to be the death of me.I hadn't for one second, imagined that he would pull the move he did, and at that particular moment.How the hell had my orgasm synced with the closing of the auction?I twisted my head, pulling the back of my dress so I could see if I had stained it. For such amount of wetness between my legs, I was surprised the dress was dry, save for on tiny dot that I willed to dry.I pulled out a handkerchief from my bag and wiped between my legs, biting on my bottom lip hard, to keep from moaning like I desperately wanted to.The material slid smoothly, showing just how wet and slippery I was down there.I finished and contemplated for a minute wh
LUCAHe wasn't here.At least he hadn't entered the auditorium yet.I could see the tension as some of the men sat on edge, the hopes, that Ricardo Moretti showed up, and they somehow got on his good side.If only they knew."You ordered this?" I asked, picking up the bottle of wine and noting the label. My eyes widened at what I saw.Elena looked at me, her eyes shining in the almost darkened room. "What? You don't lik it?"What were the odds that she would order my most disliked brand of wine?I turned in Alessandro's direction, and was met by just shadows, and not a good view of my brother. But I could tell he was looking at me. In fact, I could almost see the smirk on his lips."Alessandro ordered these, right?"She looked genuinely worried. "Uhmm..yeah."I shook my head and set it down. "Idiot. We'll wait till those waitresses make another round,and then we would order for something else.""Going for twenty thousand dollars?" the auctioneer continued, and I was almost bored. Even
ELENAI allowed Luca lead me inside the building. His hand on the small of my back was warm.This time around, I hadn't worn anything excessively provocative. My hair had been let loose, just the way he liked it, and I was wearing a black silk dress that hugged me in all the right places. It had a neckline that was modrately dipped, but the back... the back was completely bare.I had seen Luca's eye grow dark s night when I had stepped out of the room, and he had stammered a bit, telling me we were late."We should have taken a few more minutes." Luca whispered, just as we walked through the entrance. His fingers grazed my bare back, making me jolt as more warmth spread. "You said we were late already." I retorted, not exactly understanding why he needed a few minutes. "Did you forget something?" I had overhead them talk about some items they wanted to display at the auction. Had he forgotten that?"Yes." he shifted closer to my ears. "I wanted to fuck you."My cheeks flamed.At this
LUCA“Are you really okay with me moving into the house? I mean, I could stay with mum and still work fine.” Fabio, for the first time since I met him a few days ago, actually looked scared. The young man whom had faced me with fierceness was gone, and replaced with one who looked unsure.I smiled, reaching for his shoulder and patting it a few times. “Trust me, I’ll be more at ease, knowing you are under my roof, than having you out there. Besides, the less trouble you bring to your mum, the better.” I told him with all honesty, and placed my hand back on the steering wheel.I was still not completely comfortable with bringing him in, but I had agreed with Alessandro and Dante. Fabio was smart. I wasn’t sure about his threat to side with the opposite, but I couldn’t risk it.“Can you shoot a gun, Fabio?” I asked as we slowed down for the traffic light.He smirked arrogantly. “Yes.” There was no hesitation in his tone.I wondered what Martinelli would think if he saw his son now.The
ELENAI knew I shouldn't have been coming out here, but no one had exactly banned me from going to any part of the house.Luca, Dante, and Alessandro had all gone out after lunch, with Luca saying they had somewhere to be. Even Valeria had disappeared as usual. I could not forget the lunch, even if I wanted to.All three siblings of his had taken turns interpretting our every move as something way more than it was. I was thankful though, that they had stopped with the whole me being in love with Luca comment, immediately he entered the kitchen.I didn't even want to know what his reaction to such would have been.I pushed open the gates of that led to the east wing, and frowned at the building that looked back at me.Because my bedroom window wasn't facing this part of the house, I had no view of this place. The only view I would have had, was from the kitchen and library. But the trees covered them, and it was build in a way you couldn't see it anyway.I was shocked at how identical
LUCAThe phone pressed to my ear was hot as fuck, but I couldn't give a shit. It wasn't as hot as I was feeling inside from all the anger inside of me."Alberto, you have absolutely now right to talk to me like that. You were in the middle of that fight and I am yet to know why. So don't come at me with your bloody reverse psychology because it would not work."Fabio, had pulled a copy of the CCTV footage from the casino, and just moments before the chaos happened and the CCTV was trashed, I could see Alberto walk in.The crazy part was, I had been parked right in front with both, and hadn't seen anything.Yet here he was, blaming me for putting his daughter in danger."What I do and where I go is none of your business, son. And I am very well in the right to hold you accountable for my daughter. She is a fucking asset to me, whether she is your wife or not!" his words struck me real deep but I wasn't even. having it right now."No. You have done business with the Spaniards before. Yo
ELENAA small gasp left my lips, my chest rising and falling. The pain from him pinching my nipple caused my whole body to hum.How we had gone from warm to cold, to hot now, was beyond me.And of course my body always responded accordingly.I mean, how could I not? When he literally stood there in nothing but boxer briefs that did nothing to hide the very obvious outline of his cock.Luca spun me around, bringing my bum to press firmly on his hardness. He raised my hands over my head, and guided me to the wall where he laid my palms flat. "Don't bring them down, no matter what." He murmured gruffly."I nodded helplessly, quickly getting overcome by lust. He could command me to lift a car now, and I would have done so. "Okay." I answered.Luca spanked me, hard. "Okay... what?" He asked, lifting up my night wear to expost my bum to the cool air.I racked my brain, trying to understand what he meant, and shuddered when I remembered his words earlier. "Yes, Sir." I quickly offered, and w
ELENAI woke up to sunlight.And the feel of a very warm hard body behind me.I blinked, confused as hell.Where was I? And why did it smell lie delicious spicy male colgne?I jerked as my instincts kicked in, trying to move from the body, but was kept in place by big arms that wrapped around me like a cacoon. Huh?"You are finally awake?" Luca's gruff baritone vibrated down the length of my back. I gasped at the sound, wondering why I was in this position. And it felt so good."What happened? Why am I here?" I was enjoying his warmth too much, and all thoughts of leaving escaped my mind as he pulled me even closer."You passed out." he murmured close to my ears, "We rushed you to the hospital. You woke up on the way, then passed out again. Anyway, I decided to bring you home, since you can get better care here." I shut my eyes tight, remembering what had happened. The man... Samuel... me pulling the trigger, fully intending to kill him. I had never shot at a person before. I had bee