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My legs were trembling. I’d never had an orgasm strip me of all my energy before. I felt gutted and bare to the bone.
It left me speechless. A rare occurrence.
After Big helped me dress, then righted himself, he took my hand and led me out of the closet. The air felt cooler and fresher, even with the crowded room filled with bodies. The heat between Big’s body and mine could create a sauna.
“Grab your things.” He nodded toward the row of lockers where he’d gotten my ring out of my bag.
He waited for me while I moved in a post-glow haze. It had been…a long time since the last time I had sex, and even then, it had never been that powerful. I wasn’t sure what to do with the feelings because they were something other than…that sucked.
Not that the guys I’d been with were terrible in bed, but none of them had ever felt that way. And that was closet sex!
Georgia leaned against the locker as I set the strap of my bag over my arm and shut the door.
“Are you okay, my ferocious Leo?”
What could I say? I’d just taken off like a rocket and landed on Venus for a while? “I’m okay.”
“What are you going to do now?”
“Take one breath at a time.” I smiled at her.
She squeezed my arm. “I know the entire city of Vegas is going to sound like it’s cracking in two tonight when all those pining women find out Mr. Big is in love.”
“In love?” I scoffed. “He’s not in love with me, George.”
“If he’s not, he will be. There’s no way he can’t fall in love with you.”
“I love when you get all uplifting on me.” I leaned in and kissed her cheek. “Call you soon.”
Big placed his hand on my lower back as we entered the front of the house. The music was still going, and the place was buzzing with energy. This was a good night for Vinny, and I felt bad about leaving.
Vinny stood and held out his hand when Big stopped at his table.
Big shook it. “Salemi. Here’s what’s going to happen. Leonora is going to be my wife soon. That means she’ll have eyes on her that weren’t before because of her last name. I understand you have an arrangement with Joe Fedele. It’ll be the same for my wife. She can still manage for you, but she doesn’t do anything but manage, and she stays behind the scenes with Georgia.”
Vinny nodded.
“I hear my wife dances like she did tonight, or our arrangement is broken in any way…” Big let the sentence linger, and the threat was there even without the words.
“Understood, Mr. Bigatti.”
Big nodded to his guy at the table, who came over and handed Vinny an envelope out his suit jacket.
“Open it.”
It seemed like Vinny didn’t want to, but he did.
“That covers the money you fronted for bail and interest. There’s also some extra for your trouble.”
“Leo’s no trouble.” Vinny looked at me. “You want this?”
I could feel Big harden at Vinny’s blunt question. I wasn’t sure what he was going to do if I didn’t, but I had a new respect for Vinny. He had balls. I could see it in Big’s eyes too. He wasn’t expecting Vinny to ask me.
“Yeah. I’m good.”
If I said anything other than that, and Vinny stood against Big, he would lose everything he loved. Including his life. And I’d done this to myself. I’d acted impulsively, just like I did when I flung the drink on that chick’s car.
Well, at least no one could fault me when it came to trying to keep my brothers safe, or ever accuse me of not loving them enough.
