I smile slightly, feeling completely smitten in his presence as usual, but I shake my head once.
“You know I can’t.”
“Fuck that, Charley. You’re so fucking strong and capable, you don’t realize how powerful you are. You could bend every rule if you wanted to just to make them yours; the way you want them. You could rewrite history.”
My brows pinch, confused by his words as he continues.
“I never got a chance to tell you because of everything that happened, and I didn’t want to overwhelm you, but you are above me in the bloodlines, beautiful. You’re above absolutely everyone now that my father is dead. Do you not understand what the fuck that means?”
I pull my chin from his hold and face aside.
“My father's leadership didn’t stop him from being killed.”
My eyes flash to him as I stare deep into his eyes seriously.
“It didn’t stop my entire family being slaughtered, Reign.”
He shakes his head and smiles gently, his dark eyes scanning my features.
“You’re not your fucking father, and I am not mine; we’re the new gen of Mafia leaders, starting fresh without all that hate and feud.”
His words make me realize what he is saying, and I feel my heart pick up speed.
“Things don’t have to be like they were, Char. Our children do not have to be raised in the same way; filled with so much hatred. It’s our fucking decision what we do, as long as we stick to our Mafia values.”
“Mafia values?”
He sighs, pondering before he begins to explain.
“There are a few rules, but the main ones are to marry within the Mafia, tying bloodlines and loyalty over your family at all costs. Which my family definitely failed.”
I inhale deeply and glance away, taking everything in, but I know it is not that simple in my position. How can I marry Reign when I have given birth to his best friend's child?
“You are supposed to be with me, Swan. You know it’s what Chaos would have wanted, don’t you? And I am not being an asshole by saying that to make you stay with me, but it’s the fucking truth because I knew my brother.”
He takes my hands in his, brings them to his lips and kissing each of them.
“Every time I am around you; I fucking feel him. I feel close to him through you because you were ours. Someone we bonded over for years. Someone we both fell madly in love with despite all the shit that was supposed to tear us apart.”
As my heart grows heavy, I close my eyes and bow my head, feeling the weight of the world on my shoulders. Deep down, I feel that way whenever I am around Reign as well because all three of us were connected through love and I know that Chaos would have wanted me to be with him, but he would have also understood the lengths I went through to protect his daughter.
With a sigh, I stand, sliding my hands from his and turn away, making my way back toward the towering windows, hoping to find calm in the view of the city below.
“It’s not that simple anymore, Reign.”
I come to a stop in front of them, hugging the tops of my arms, but when I sense his dark, overwhelming presence behind me, I turn my head to side-eye him. He clasps his big hands around the small of my waist, and dips his head, placing a delicate kiss to my shoulder.
“Then let me make it fucking simple for you.”
When he starts smothering the side of my neck with his warm, thick tongue and lips, my eyes flutter closed, and a shiver runs down my spine.
“Let me remind you of what we are together.”
His hand reaches up, grasping a handful of the back of my hair, and he roughly tilts my head back, eliciting a wince from me while he snatches my face with the other. When I look at him, hisfierce eyes are already on mine, his pupils expanded with filthy desire, and I can already feel my panties are moist from arousal.
“I am going to make you come so many fucking times on my cock and tongue tonight that you won’t be walking out of my apartment willingly tomorrow. You’re going to take everything I give like a good girl, aren’t you, Charley?”
With my own need for him building inside of me, completely crumbling to his dominance, I whisper in response.
