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“Sure, baby. Whatever you say.” Even if she didn’t put on this dress for me, I’m the one who gets to look at her all night. I’m the one who gets to touch her, too. I trace the thin strap of her dress with my forefinger, from her shoulder and down over her collarbone.
Chiara breathes in, her eyes landing on my mouth and growing unfocused.
Mayor Romano appears with a necklace laid over his hand. The diamond necklace I gave Chiara for her seventeenth birthday. “This was in the safe. Salvatore would want you to wear it.”
“Allow me.” I reach for it, but Chiara takes it quickly from her father and moves inside to a mirror. “It’s fine. I’ll do it.”
I catch Chiara’s eyes in the mirror as she closes the clasp at the nape of her neck. She doesn’t trust me with my hands anywhere near her throat. I saunter over to her and run a forefinger down the back of her neck.
“If you’re a good girl, then there’s no reason for me not to be nice.”
“I won’t risk it, thank you.” She shakes out her hair and looks at herself in the mirror. Then at me.
“We look good together. Come on,” I say, reaching for her hand and drawing her toward the front door.
“Bring my daughter back by eleven, Fiore. It’s a school night. And keep your hands to yourself.”
“Of course, Mayor. Goodnight.”
A car is waiting by the curb; not my car, but a black Bentley with a driver, and I get into the back seat with Chiara. She adjusts the straps of her satin dress and straightens her skirt, and I gaze at her, drinking her in.
All mine tonight.
Already she’s surprised me with how strong she’s been since her mother’s murder right in front of her eyes. Let’s find out what this girl is made of.
As the car pulls away from the curb, I slide closer and palm her waist. “You look beautiful. Good enough to eat.”
Her eyes flick up to mine. “I’m not on the menu.”
Always reaching for defiance first. Silly girl should know better by now and try to charm me. Or just give in. I trail my forefinger up the middle of her chest, across the diamonds at her throat and down her arm. “Did you like Ginevra’s diamond ring? I’ll be getting you one just like it.”
“No, thank you,” she says, her voice breathy. As my fingers slide up her leg beneath her skirt, she grabs my hand. “Stop that. You heard what my father said.”
“Diamonds look good on you, baby.” I nip her throat with my teeth. “I’ll get you something big and sparkly to wear on your finger when we’re engaged, so that everyone knows your mine.”
Chiara’s breath hitches and her eyes flutter closed. I inhale sharply through my nostrils at the sight. Fuck, she’s so turned on already. Lorenzo said her panties were soaking when he cut them off her.
“I don’t know if I can wait a whole year to get my hands on you. You won’t tell Daddy if I make you come, will you?” I slide my hand from the outside of her thigh to the inside.
Chiara’s eyes fly open. She puts both palms against my chest and shoves. “Don’t even think about it. Keep your hands to yourself.”
I laugh and let her push me back on the leather seat. “It’s you who’s going to be squirming until you get home.”
Her cheeks are stained red and her lips are parted. “I’m not squirming.”
“Do you use your fingers to make yourself come, or have you got a vibe?”
“Is that all you can think about?”
“There are a hundred things on my mind, most of them unpleasant. Some of them downright vicious. When I’m with you, I want to forget about every single one.”
Her lower lip softens as I move closer to claim her mouth. From our first kiss, I could taste something special about this girl. She’ll be downright dirty in bed by the time I get her into mine.
“Tell—tell me about the casino you’re taking me to.”
I pause, my mouth an inch from hers. “You really want to know about my work, or you’re trying to distract me from kissing you?”
Chiara sucks the pillow of her lower lip into her mouth, nibbles it briefly and then releases it. She doesn’t mean it as a come-on. She’s gathering her thoughts, but my balls tighten and I groan deep in my chest. She shouldn’t do that when I’m this close to her, she’s wearing that ridiculously hot dress and her curls are tumbling around her shoulders.
