Flecks of green and gold flicker in his whiskey-colored eyes beneath the baby chandelier. “I fucked us up. Now I have to find out everything about you second-hand. And it’s not like you’ll ever give me a straight answer. Like why you’re not registered at school as Serenity Cichello.”
My heart pounds in my chest. Why is he prying where he shouldn’t?
My eyes go wide. “Nico, we fuck. That’s all. You don’t get to know anything personal about me. You lost that right the moment you destroyed us.”
He grips my chin and leans in clenching my earlobe between his teeth. “The day you walked through those doors at my high school, you belonged to me. Don’t you understand you’re my future? We’ll be miserable together, princess.”
“No, we’ll marry others in the mafia.”
“You think I’ll let another man please you. Fuck no,” he growls.
“I’ll kill every man who thinks he can have you.”
“You sound like a deranged psychopath.”
“Because I am. Not sure why you don’t get it. You’re mine forever, Serenity.”
He steps back. “I promise I’ll find out what happened to you.”
I bang my fists against his chest. “Nico, please drop it.”
His wild eyes search mine for a beat. “I see.”
He says it like he just cracked the code.
“I will find the person or people who made you the coldest bitch alive.”
“Shut the fuck up,” I roar at the top of my lungs.
“Serenity,” Fitz's voice sounds from the front door.
I exhale. “I’m fine.”
“Serenity, I need to see that you’re okay,” I hear him say outside the open door.
He peeks around the corner. Luckily, I’m wearing Nico’s shirt.
Nico, on the other hand, is naked. But doesn’t seem to care.
“I wouldn’t ever hurt her physically. However, mentally…” he chuckles. “That’s a different story.”
Fitz shakes his head and walks away.
Nico pulls me toward the side of the bed. He chugs the whiskey and places it back on the nightstand.
“I will never be yours, Nico.”
He laughs again. “You’ll never love me again, but you’ll still be mine, princess.”
Nico lies on the bed and pulls my hand until I’m straddling his chest.
“You don’t want other guys pleasing you.”
I scowl down at him. “I do.”
“Yeah, sure. Now suffocate me with your wet pussy.”
Nico grips my hips until I’m sitting on his face. “Hold on,” he mutters.
