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Instead of joining me on the bed, he began walking around the room. He studied the art, the lamps. Behind the bed.
“Che cosa?” I asked.
He tapped his ear and pointed to his eyes. Ah. He was trying to find listening devices and cameras. Would Nic bother? A rich businessman might be paranoid, but Nic couldn’t be that paranoid.
I just watched, fully expecting Alessio to give up after a few seconds. I was wrong. He investigated every nook and cranny of our stateroom. There was a fire alarm on the ceiling and he climbed up on a chair to take it apart.
His shoulders immediately tensed. With the cover removed it was easy to see the tiny camera positioned inside the fire alarm. My eyes went wide as I sat up. “Porca puttana!”
Alessio grabbed the device and pulled, yanking it clean out of the base. He tossed it onto the bed and resumed his search. Nothing else was discovered, thankfully.
I studied the camera. It was the kind my father sometimes used. Expensive. Fairly undetectable. How had Alessio known to—
“I am not letting you out of my sight while we are on this ship.”
I blinked at his declaration. “Does this have something to do with this camera?”
Coming over, he crawled in behind me and pulled the blankets over us. His arm fell over my waist. “Yes, but let’s talk about it later.”
A rush of contentment filled me and I closed my eyes. I never wanted to move. “Are we safe?”
“For the moment.”
“What does that mean?”
“I don’t like being without weapons. I can’t protect you.”
“I grew up a mafioso. I can take care of myself.”
He shifted closer, putting his face in my hair. “If not for me, you would be lying dead in that farmhouse.”
“If not for me, you would be lying dead in those woods.”
“Next time they will send more.”
“There won’t be a next time,” I said. “They won’t find us, not on the open water.”
“I hope you are right. Sleep, principe.”
“You are bossy today.”
Exhaling, he kissed my head. “Don’t worry. You will be back to ordering me around soon.”
“You like when I order you around.”
I could hear the smile in his voice as he said, “Maybe.”
His proximity, the simmering attraction between us all night and this morning . . . I suddenly wasn’t tired anymore. I pressed back against him, rubbing my ass into his crotch.
Alessio chuckled until I yawned again. He held me still. “Go to bed. We will fuck when we get up. I want you well rested so you can make good on your promise.”
To take him apart.
I couldn’t hold my eyelids open any longer. “You had better rest up, too. Because I won’t go easy on you.”
The last thing I remembered was Alessio’s deep voice saying, “I can’t wait.”
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