To Love A Monster のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 31 - チャプター 40

NicholasI turn onto the driveway of the Russo house and drive up the long incline, parking the rented SUV out of sight. Although the Riccis will already have left for the gala, I don’t want to take a chance anyone might see me. I am breaking and entering, after all.The temperature is freezing. I’m in a tux, but don’t bother to put on my coat. I won’t be here that long. I make my way toward the porch, remembering how cozy it was when the Russos lived here. Now, debris has collected in the corners and the single chair left out here has toppled in the wind. I’d prefer to use the back entrance, but the lockbox containing the key is hanging on the front door, so here I am. I punch in the code Nigella had acquired from the realtor and the box opens. From inside, I retrieve the key and slide it into the lock to open the front door. Once inside, I close it behind me and pocket the key.The house is dark. I’m grateful for the moonlight shining in through the bare windows and off the snow on

ValentinaMr. Bennett is speaking, but I’m only half listening, nodding now and again. I’m lost in my thoughts when his step falters and he turns. Someone is tapping on his shoulder.“May I cut in?”My heart drops to my belly. I look up at the man who stands a head taller than Mr. Bennett, dressed in a tuxedo that barely contains him—that, no matter how elegant, can’t hide the man beneath. The inelegance of him. The raw brutality of him.Nicholas Hendrick.The man I’ve been searching for since walking in here.The devil I want to hate but am drawn to like a moth to the flame.I get the feeling he’s been watching me long before this moment and waiting for his opportunity.“I knew it was a matter of time,” Mr. Bennett says, winking at Nicholas. He doesn’t even get a hint of a smile back. Nicholas’s turquoise eyes are locked on mine. He barely registers Mr. Bennett at all, and I get the feeling it’s not even conscious. A moment later, I am handed from one man to the other, pressed agains

ValentinaNicholas tugs on the zipper at the back of my dress, and a moment later, it slips to the floor and when he stands back to look at me, I push his shirt half off, two buttons popping. I take in his muscled chest, wide shoulders, the dusting of dark hair. I can’t stop looking at him, touching him, almost unsure this is really happening.He dips his head again to kiss me, his mouth wet as he leaves a trail down the center of my chest, my belly, crouching down before me to slide my panties off, eye level with my pussy. He kisses the flat of it and when he draws away, I shudder with the cool air against the space his mouth was. He combs his fingers through the small patch of hair I’ve let grow in, and when his mouth closes over my clit, I’m not sure whether it’s him or me moaning.I weave my fingers into his hair as he bends his head to lick my pussy before rising up, licking each of my nipples before straightening to his full height.“Fuck, Valentina,” he says, his voice a deep r

Valentina"Deal with her," Sly tells Cielo, checking his watch before heading to the exit where a man in a suit stands, hands clasped in front of him. He's looking straight ahead and nothing.Cielo glances at me, hesitates, then looks back to his dad. "Dad."Sly looks back at Cielo, eyebrows raised."I don't think we need to punish Tina.""No?" Sly spins on his heel and stalks back into the room. He advances on Cielo, but I'm the one to take a step backward. "You don't think she needs to be punished? You're fine with another man fucking your fiancée?""No. Of course I'm not.""I thought not. Deal with her, or I will. Just make sure she can walk. I want her back out on the dance floor in ten minutes," Sly says, before giving me a glacial glance and leaving.Cielo turns to the man in plain clothes. He must be security of some kind. "Wait outside the door. No one enters, not you, not anyone, no matter what you hear," he says.The man nods and steps out of the room, closing the door behin

Nicholas"We'll be filing charges," Nigella throws over her shoulder as we walk out of the police station as dusk falls. "You had no right to hold him for three days without a single charge.""Ma'am, we were conducting⁠—""Bullshit." She stops and turns. "Start packing up your desk, detective. I'll have your job for this."I walk quickly out of the station and into the parking lot where Nigella's car is double parked at the front doors."I can't believe what they were able to get away with," Nigella seethes. She's been trying to see me for three days, trying to understand what the hell was going on."Welcome to Sinistral. That's the kind of influence Ricci wields." I'd become complacent over the years. I'd forgotten what he is capable of. That was my fault. But never again. "I need to get her," I say, holding out my hand. "Give me the keys.""No."I look down at her, surprised. "Give me the keys, Nigella.""You're in no state to drive.""I need to fucking get to her."She shakes her h