Page 74 of Taking His Heart

“Okay, I’ll see what I can do. Besides, I’ve got a hunky husband to use to muscle my way through shit now.” I wag my eyebrows up and down.

“I still don’t understand how Dad is just okay with you being married.”

“He likes CJ.” I shrug.

“Dad doesn’t like anyone who doesn’t bear the De Bellis name.” Rosie laughs.

“Well, he likes that CJ loves me, maybe. I don’t know, but I’m not questioning it.”

Rosie’s phone rings out with a shrill tone. She picks it up. “It’s Willow,” she explains before answering. “Hey.”

Willow is our cousin, our Uncle Gabriel and Aunt Daisy’s youngest child. They also have Luciano, who is a little older than Aurelio, and Christian, who is the same age as me.

“You’re coming here, all of you?” Rosie repeats. I don’t hear what Willow says, but when Rosie puts the phone down, she seems a little happier. “Family reunion time, sissy. They’re all coming here, which means something bad has happened or is about to happen—wait! You don’t think it has to do with the creep who’s after you, do you?”

“Probably not. He’s not even in the country,” I assure her. I’m not a hundred percent sure where the creeper is, but I know we’re safe in this house. “Okay, well, if they’re all coming, we should go and warn the others.”

Don’t get me wrong… I love my family. They’re just loud and there are a lot of them. I have four uncles and aunts. There is my Uncle Santo and Aunt Aria. They have two kids, Roman and Kirra. Although I guess none of us are really kids anymore. Then there is my Uncle Marcel and Aunt Zoe. They don’t have any children. And my Uncle Vin and Aunt Cammi are the parents of Ares and his sister Cara. And if they’re all coming here, this house is about to become really full. And really loud.

“Okay, this will be fun. Or entertaining, at least. All the cousins here. What could go wrong?” Rosie laughs.

“A lot.” I sigh.

Opening Rosie’s bedroom door, I find CJ leaning against the wall right outside.

“Hey, so all my family is about to arrive. As in, everyone: all the uncles, aunts, and cousins,” I tell him.

“I know.”

“How do you know?”

“Your father called me.”

“Since when did you become best mates with my dad?” I ask him.

“Since he gave me his blessing to marry you.” CJ smiles. “I’d much rather be on his good side than bad.”

“I would have married you anyway, you know,” I tell him.

“I know.”

“Okay, well, while you lovesick fools get all mushy, I’m going down to find Aurelio.” Rosie walks past us.

“How much time do you think we have before your family turns up?” CJ asks.

“I don’t know, why?”

“Guess we’ll find out.” He tugs on my arm and pulls me back into my bedroom before reaching for the button on my shorts. “I need to be inside you, now.”

“Okay.” That is an idea I can get onboard with. I help him pull my shorts and panties down my legs. Then my fingers find his belt buckle, undoing it as I step out of my shorts. “But you’re going to have to be quick.”

“I’m not finishing until I feel your pussy clamping around my cock, Dani. You want me to be quick, you best be coming fast and hard,” he tells me.

“Well, you best be making me come fast and hard then,” I fire back as I jump and wrap my legs around his waist.

“Are you ready for me?” He lines the tip of his cock up with my entrance.

“Always.”