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“Oh yeah. You forget our tenth wedding anniversary, and I’ll remind you of all the times I saved your ass.”
“The thought of ten years with you makes me hard.”
“Everything makes you hard?—”
“No, Nova.” He cuts me off before I can say anything else. “Only you. Anytime you’re near me, I’m hard as rock.”
I shake my head and move to climb off his lap, but he yanks my hips closer. And I can feel just how hard he is. His hand cups my jaw as he kisses me again, soft and coaxing as he explores my mouth.
By the time he pulls back, I’m breathless and grinding down on him. Dammit, I don’t like how easily he evokes this response from my body. Instead of sharing that, I keep my mouth shut. If he knew, he’d use it against me.
“Once we get there, I want you to stay outside in the car. Isaacand Conner are meeting us there. Isaac will bring you to me if I need you.”
“Why would you need me?”
“I might not, but stranger things have happened. What you need to remember is that everything that happens in there is all a show.”
I pull back a little and study his face. “Okay, again, what does this have to do with me?”
He licks his lips. “How we act in private or around my crew might differ from how I am around the other dons.”
Something in me deflates. It’s not like I didn’t know I was going to be used at some point along the way. I just hoped that Vice might be different. How stupid of me.
I climb off his lap, and this time, he lets me go. I tug my dress down and go back to looking out of the window.
“Nova.”
“It’s fine. I get it. I know the role I have to play. I might not like it, but I know how to act like I do.”
He sighs but says nothing else.
I feel the driver’s eyes on me. I’ll be damned if I can remember his name, though. I should be embarrassed that I forgot about him when I was grinding all over Vice, but something tells me he’s seen worse.
We ride the rest of the way in silence. I’m just drifting off to sleep when the car comes to a stop, jolting me awake.
Vice slides his hand over my thigh and squeezes it. “I’ll be back.”
“Okay,” I answer, looking at him with a nod. I’m not about to throw a hissy fit. This is neither the time nor the place.Plus, it’s not Vice’s fault that I thought things might be different between us.
“Guard her with your life until the guys get here, George. If anything happens to her, I’ll make you pay in ways you can’t even imagine.”
“Yes, sir,” he answers, and I swear I hear him gulp.
Vice climbs out of the car, giving me one last lingering look before closing the door and heading inside.
I blow out a breath and lean back. I reach for my phone and curse when I remember Vice has it. “Perfect.”
“Everything okay, miss?”
“Peachy.” I sigh, not wanting to sound bitchy. “And please, call me Nova.”
“Alright, Miss Nova.” I bite back a grin, deciding to just go with it.
Another car pulls up, and I watch as the don of the Esposito family climbs out with a guard in tow. I slide down in my seat.
“The windows are tinted, Miss Nova. He can’t see inside.”
“Oh, good. I feel like a sitting duck here without my gun.”
