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I watched her forget where she was, forget everything but the pure pleasure I coaxed with my fingertips. Then I forgot everything as her tight pussy clenched around my shaft, and her scream filled my ears. With another thrust I was spent, filling her with my seed. I collapsed against her, our sweat mingling. She said something unintelligible, and I answered something just as inane. We both laughed, and she buried her face in my neck.
“Best day ever.”
I was in complete agreement, surprised she transported me so easily from my own problems and glad I’d made her forget hers. “My little queen, it’s only just begun,” I promised.
***
I woke up to the sun shining brightly through the blinds. I was too busy to close them the night before, with all my attention on Reina. Pesky reality threatened to take over my thoughts with this new day, urging me to get up and face it. Not yet. I didn’t bother reaching for the remote to close them, reaching for my queen instead. I should have been sated from our passionate night, and should have been drained dry. But I couldn’t seem to get enough of her, and my cock was ready for round… I’d lost count. This was a new day. We could start a fresh count.
My hand slid across cool, empty sheets. Only her scent lingered on the pillows. The bathroom door was wide open and my apartment was as quiet as a tomb. She was gone, sneaking away while I slept. Disappointment washed over me, stronger than the fierce morning sun. I told myself it was only because I wanted to fuck her again, but there was something else there, something I didn’t much care for.
My phone buzzed from across the room, and I got up to see who was bothering me at this ungodly hour. It had to be one of my brothers. No one else would dare. Sure enough, it was Aleksei.
“What?” I answered harshly.
“I’m sorry if you’re not alone,” he said, grinding my disappointment in further. “But we’ve got problems.”
“I am alone, and we’ve always got problems.” Despite my flippant tone, I sat down for whatever he had to tell me.
Being the most powerful crime family in Miami came with its share of annoyances as well as all the perks. Someone always wanted one of us dead, with me being the main target. I’d been dodging threats since I was sixteen, after our father died and left me in charge. He himself had been fearless in the face of any foe, and he’d left me well-trained. I finished bringing up my younger brothers to be just as tough, so when one of them told me there was a problem, I took them seriously.
“It’s the bartender.”
“I thought he was taken care of,” I said. “Maksim told me himself that it was handled.” I trusted no one completely, but our cousins, Maksim and Dmitri, got as close to my total confidence as anyone in our organization.
“The bartender was taken care of, but it’s deeper than that, Ivan.” He let out a long breath, as if dreading what he had to say next.
“Spit it out,” I ordered.
“He wasn’t acting on his own.”
Damn it. I hadn’t thought so, especially after I saw the size of the stash in his locker. “Tell me it was some low-level nobody.” I already knew the answer. Aleksei wouldn’t be calling me, his voice full of worry, if that was the case. His silence spoke volumes. “Tell me it isn’t the Balakins.”
“We believe it’s the Balakins,” he finally said.
I held away the phone and swore viciously. “Will they never learn?”
“Apparently not.”
I ordered him to round up our brothers and meet me as soon as they returned. It was time to put a stop to these upstarts, trying to take what was mine. What I’d earned, and I meant to keep. Even if it meant war.
Chapter 5 - Reina
When insatiable Ivan finally fell asleep, I was tempted to stay tucked against his chest and join him in dreamland. Still tingling and giddy from the hours of ecstasy he treated me to, it took all my willpower to get out of his bed. As I tiptoed through his lux penthouse apartment and took in one last look at the stunning ocean view with the sun just peeking over the horizon, I knew his life and mine were utterly incompatible. He was a rich club owner who probably had a different woman over every night. I was an out-of-work, small-town girl who didn’t have time to get her heart broken by a sexy Russian player. It was for the best to keep this a perfect one-night stand.
I gave up trying to find my panties and with a final look at the sleeping golden god, I crept out the door and down the elevator. The minute I was back in my own modest apartment, I chugged a huge glass of water and fell into bed, drifting off to sleep with Ivan’s spicy scent still on my skin along with the lingering feel of his hands.
When I woke up, I called Lynn to tell her everything. It showed how out of character my little tryst was when she hollered for Andrew to come hear the details with her.
“So Reina finally got laid in Miami,” he said while she laughed.
“Are we still in high school?” I asked, thinking back to when the three of us were in a race to lose our virginity. Lynn and Andrew won it in a tie during senior year when they realized they were madly in love with one another. At the time I’d been terrified they’d have a nasty breakup, and I’d have to choose sides, but they were every bit as crazy about each other now as they were then.
I stuffed down my embarrassment and spilled almost all of the details, not having to exaggerate Ivan’s good looks or impressive wealth one bit.
“Our girl’s all grown up,” Andrew said with a mock sniffle.
“Reina, he sounds amazing,” Lynn said. I heard her shooing Andrew away so we could speak more seriously, and she asked when I was going to see him again.
