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“Jesus Christ,” I hear Angelo mutter behind us somewhere.
“What the fuck?” Marco asks incredulously.
We ignore them all, even Fynn slapping Dante on the back as he pushes past, since we’re blocking the walkway now.
He sets me on my feet, and I look up at him, tears clouding my eyes.
He smiles, wiping my tears with his thumbs. “I don’t want you to cry,little bird,”he says, cupping my face. “Everything is going to be okay from now on.”
I bury myself in his chest as he pulls me to him and kisses the top of my hair.
“I was so worried about you.”
“It’s barely a flesh wound,” he replies, though I know it’s more than that. He’s just trying to be brave.
“Please tell me this is over.” I look up at him. “Is it Dante?”
The look in his eyes tells me it’s not. “Baby, we’ve taken care of someone from Fynn’s past. I can’t go into the details because it isn’t my story to tell, but it’s to do with Sage…Fynn’s friend. He was also the man who was one of your guards.”
“Oh my god.”
He brushes my hair back from my face. “But none of that matters now. He’ll never hurt anyone ever again.”
“What about the rest of them?”
“We’re working on it.”
I nod. I know that he has to do what he has to do. I get that. And I know that I can’t be mad at him for being mafia when he’s never hidden that from me, and I can’t ask him not to.
If I want to be part of this family and be with him, I must embrace it. I have to accept that being with Dante means that there will always be elements of danger. That I may not be worrying all the time when he leaves the house, but at least some of the time. Can I really live with that?
Can I honestly and truly be okay knowing that? I know that deep in my heart, I have to be.
There is nobody on earth that I can feel this way about. He’s my everything.
“I want you so much,” I whisper. “I love you, Dante…I love you.”
He cups my face as we kiss again, and he moves his hands down my body to cup my ass.
“I love you too,little bird.I couldn’t stop thinking about you. It was driving me out of my mind that I couldn’t call you…”
“Does it hurt?” I press, looking down at his shoulder.
“It did, but Sage gave me some painkillers and numbed it, cleaned the wound, and made sure nothing was in there. Trust me. The other guy is worse.”
I wince. He’s right, I don’t want to know.
Whatever happens at the warehouse can stay right there. The less I know, the better. At least we can agree on that.
“I want to take care of you,” I tell him.
“That’s it, brother. Let her nurse you back to health.” Fynn tosses over his shoulder with a sly wink.
Dante mouthsfuck offto his brother as he looks back down at me. “Can’t wait for that, always had this nurse fetish.”
I kiss him softly. “Is your mind always on the prize?”
He grins. “Yup.”
