Semua Bab Bend Me Daddy: Bab 51 - Bab 60

LUCATwo weeks had passed since we'd almost fucked. And Veda hadn't once come out of the room she'd taken over without my permission.At Enzo's suggestion, with Tristan backing him up, I’d left her alone and allowed her to grieve, but the waiting was driving me mad. I wasn't a patient man, though I was trying to be. I'd allowed her to move out of my room. I'd given her time to deal with the worst of her grief. But now I needed her to get her shit together.My brother had come home to Austin.I found Lisa in the kitchen just as she was starting to make dinner. "Why don't you go on home," I told her."Are you sure? I don't mind making something for you real quick.""No, really. It's okay. I'll take care of dinner.""What about Veda? Ms. Calbert?" she corrected."I’ll handle Veda tonight."Lisa stilled, looking down at the floor. I watched her, more curious than anything at this reaction from her, but she only raised her chin and said, "She's only been eating what she needs to stay alive

VEDALater that night as I headed back to my room, unescorted for once, I watched him as I climbed the stairs to the second floor.He stood in the main room, talking to the other guy, the one who wore sunglasses all the time. As if he felt my attention on him, Luca suddenly stopped speaking, his head snapping up and his eyes locking on mine. His head tilted slightly to the side, and he slid his hands into the front pockets of his jeans. The other guy took up the conversation, but he may as well have been talking to the wall.I found myself a prisoner of that intense stare. My breath caught in my chest, and I stumbled, catching myself just in time with a hand on the railing. Heat crept up my neck and into my face, and I shot him a dirty look. I caught a smile teasing the corners of his mouth before I looked away."Veda."I stopped where I was at the sound of my name, one hand hanging onto the railing and my eyes on the step in front of me."Tomorrow, I'll take you shopping to get you a

I grunted in response. Enzo was one of the few people allowed to talk to me so casually. And only because we'd been together since school. He knew me well. Probably too well. But he always had my back. And I, his. I trusted him with my life. Hitting the intercom on my desk, I called the kitchen, where I'd seen Lisa bustling around on my way to my office. "Lisa, make sure Veda is showered and dressed and ready to go shopping in three hours, please.""Yes, sir, Mr. Morelli," her pleasant voice responded right away. "Should I bring in your breakfast?""Yes. Thank you. For Enzo, too.""Of course."Logging onto my computer, I checked the business accounts for the strip clubs we owned downtown, making sure the expected deposits had been made. I'd check in with the managers later today and make sure everything was running smooth. We laundered our drug money through them, so it was important they didn't reflect that. Lisa came and went, dropping off our food and coffee. I was halfway through

VEDAThe ride into the city was unusually silent. I sat in the backseat of a blacked-out SUV, as far from Luca as I could get. One of the guys that took me from my sister's condo drove, his eyes constantly scanning the area around us and his gun lying on the seat beside him. It was the first thing I’d noticed when Luca had opened the door for me and I’d climbed into the vehicle."Go ahead and try," he'd told me when I froze halfway into the car. "I dare you."Gauging the time it would take me to reach over the armrest and grab it and my odds of reaching it before either of them stopped me, I sat down in my seat and pulled the seatbelt across my lap. I could try it, but I wouldn't succeed, so why waste the energy. I refused to look at him as he shut the door and climbed in beside me. Lacing my fingers together in my lap, I turned to look out the window.And that was how I’d remained the entire ride.It gave me some time to think, though, now that I'd been forcibly pulled from my cocoon

VEDASomething warm and wet slid across the side of my throat and I shivered, reaching for the blankets even though I wasn't cold. But someone took my wrist and pressed it down into the mattress beside my head before I could cover myself.I rolled over onto my back as I struggled to open my eyes, to lift my other hand, but that one too was held to the bed."Shhh...it's only me, amore."That voice. I knew that voice. The sound of it made chills dance across my skin even as my stomach clenched with both dread and need. "Luca?"He shifted both of my wrists to one hand, and I felt his weight settle beside me on the bed. I smelled whiskey on his breath. One of his legs was thrown over mine, pinning me down. "What are you doing?" I demanded, coming more fully awake now.His answer was to slide his free hand under my shirt, his calloused palm rough against my stomach. "Luca—” My words were cut off as he kissed me, hard, demanding, forcing my mouth to open to him. I moaned as his tongue swept