I blessed her. She didn’t deserve to be made a widow. Unfortunately, that seemed the only way to deal with her husband.
Following their lead, the guests began to trickle to the door.
“I’ll get them out, but you need to go make him go to bed,” I whispered hoarsely to my grandmother.
“He won’t listen.” She clasped her hands.
Pursing my lips, I looked up and found Arabella’s eyes. Jerking my chin, I summoned her.
“Take Arabella,” I told Nonna.
“Hewon’t,” she pleaded.
Damn, I never wanted my spouse to hold that same fear of me.
Rae never will.
I almost smiled at that thought. I could see this situation play out different decades from now. Rae would march into the office, shake me soundly, and order me to bed—where I’d drag her with me.
Heart attack or no, nothing was stopping me once she was mine.
“Either you make him go to bed, Nonna, or he will get worse.” The tone of my voice sent my grandmother jerking back. “I don’t mean to scare you, but I must be blunt. He’s not doing well. Tonight was too much.”
Arabella caught the tail end of the conversation and nodded. “I feared as much.” She took my grandmother’s hand. “Come on, Mama. Let’s go. I’ll help.”
I studied the young woman. There wasn’t the same fear of the don in her face. She might be a quieter soul, but she had an inner strength that had been sorely misjudged.
Whenever she did find someone, they’d better be fucking worthy of her. Or their death would be slow and excruciating.
A few guests lingered, chatting in small groups. Plainly ignoring the signal that the party was over. I shifted on my heels. They weren’t from the famiglia, which meant I couldn’t pull my handgun out and shoot the ceiling.
I was saved from making a scene when Theo and AJ brought the valet keys to the first group.
“Oh, we weren’t quite ready,” the woman sneered.
“It’s time to leave, ma’am,” the butler clipped out. “The staff is coming in to clean, and then we’re all going to bed. So unless you want me to prepare a room upstairs, I suggest you head.”
The second group made their way to the door while casting sideways glances at the others.
“Lovely evening, Dominic.” A blonde smiled and pressed her big tits against me as she hugged me.
I nearly choked on her perfume. “Good to see you, Camron.”
“It’s Carmen,” she gasped, instantly offended.
“Right, but I’m not Dominic.” I made a shooing sign with my hand. “Bye-bye, now. Take care.”Get the fuck out of my house.
Her friend was giggling hard. “That was wicked fun. Have a good night, Dominico. Glad your paps is doing better.”
I gave her a tight smile. Theo had a handle on the remaining trio, so I retreated, marching down the hall to assist my grandmother.
I pushed open the office door without knocking.
Rae’s scream pierced the air.
Dio mio!The pipes on that girl. My dick was instantly hard, and I swore to myself she would scream like that for me again.
Chapter 23 – Rae
