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“Then you should have thought about that before that shit you pulled last night,” I snapped.
“How in the hell am I supposed to explain an armed guard following me around?” she snapped back. “He will not be allowed in the courtroom, no matter what I say, and you know it.”
“You’ll be surprisedat what people will allow when they hear the last name Sartori,” I pointed out. “Plus, it’ll be no less than what people will expect once it comes out who you are.”
“Whydoes anyone need to know that I married you?” she challenged. “I sure as hell don’t plan on advertising it.” My back straightened at that. “Plus, since I have no plans on changing my last name, no one needs to know that-”
I had my hand wrapped around herthroat before she knew it. Squeezing as her hands came up to twist around my wrist, I said, “Let’s get something straight between us,il mio cuore. After last night, the first and most important thing that you are in this life is mywife. You are Kasen Sartori, and you will be known as such, both personally and professionally.” My brown eyes locked with her hazel ones. “Are we clear? Because if we’re not, I can fix that.”
Her lip curled in a snarl, and fuckif she wasn’t the most beautiful thing that I’d ever seen. “Exactlyhowwould you fix that?”
I pulled her closer by her neck. “I will strap you down, force enough drugs down your throat to make you pass out, then tattoo our last name on your fucking neck,” I snarled back. “After that, I’ll tattoo my first name across your right hand, then our last name across your left hand. Lastly, I’ll tattoo my entire fucking name across your pussy, and you’ll be lucky if I don’t brand it on your fucking face.”
“You’rea bastard,” she hissed.
“Unfortunately for you, I know exactly who my father is,” I smirked down at her before releasing her neck.
Most women would have rubbed their necks, feignedhurt and discomfort for sympathy points, but not my wife. Kasen stared at me like she wanted to reach into my jacket, pull my gun out, then kill me with it. If she thought that she could get away, I was positive that she’d do it.
“May I go pack now, Mr. Sartori?Or do you have more decrees that you’d like to announce?” she asked, her voice cold and condescending at the same time.
My fingertips gripped her chin.“Il mio cuore, I’d be very careful if I were you. I am doing my best to give you some consideration, seeing as how you may still be feeling blindsided by all of this. However, if you think that I’ll continue to allow you to disrespect me, you’re wrong.”
Kasen jerked her chin out of my hold. “May I go pack now?” she repeated.
Lifting my chin, I stepped back, giving her some room. “There are boxes in your bedroomalready, and the others will be here momentarily to help you.”
Three hours later, we had everything that Kasen wanted to take with her packed and moved to the house, the boxes from her home office waiting to be moved to her workplace. After introducing Kasen to Rafael,she had explained to him that she’d be getting up early in the morning to move her work boxes before she started her workday, so he could either meet her at five or not. While she hadn’t been rude about it, she’d made her feelings about him clear. Of course, Rafael had agreed to meet her at five, but he and I still needed to have a talk about the best way to protect my wife. While I had to agree that she was relatively safe in the courthouse, she still needed to be escorted to and from her court appearances. As for her hours spent at Milton, I was positive that I could convince the senior partners that additional security might be in their best interest.
Walking into the bedroom that I would now share with my wife, I noticed that everything looked the sameas before. If it wasn’t for her clothes in the closet and her toiletries in the bathroom, you’d never know that a woman lived here.
“Where’s everything else?”
“What are you talking about?” Kasen asked as she finished hanging up the last of her suits.
“Thepictures of your family that you had in your office,” I elaborated. “The personal stuff that you packed.”
Those unafraid hazel eyes peered over at me. “Anything personal is packed in the boxes for my office at work,” she replied. “Ihave a lot of extra room in there after cleaning it out last night.”
“So, instead of this being your home, your plan is just tosleep here? Is that right?” I asked, walking further into the room.
“What do you care?” she posed. “You got what you wanted. My father and his empire belong to you now. We’re all one, big, happy family with you in charge of it all. What do you care if I hang my favorite painting up in your house or not? What do you care where I put the pictures of me and my family?” Before I could say anything to that, she added, “Plus, I probably should have decorated my office ages ago.”
There was so much that I wanted to tell her. I wanted to confess all my sins, letting her know all the lengths that I’d gone to in order to have her. After seeing her that day in court,for the first time in all my life, I had sought a way to break my word. I had fallen in love with the wrong sister, and I’d done everything that I could to fix it. I wanted to tell her that I loved her, but she’d probably spit in my face if I did. Kasen hated me right now, and I wasn’t sure if she wouldn’t always hate me.
“Il mio cuore-”
“Quit calling me that,” she snapped. “I don’t know what it means, and if you’re going to insult me, then be a man and do it to my face in English.”
“It’s not an insult,” Itold her, voicing my words carefully.
“My name is Kasen,” she stated firmly, ignoring my reply. “Use it.”
I shook my head slowly, praying that she knew better than to speak to me like this in public. I could let a lot go behind closed doors, but I couldn’t allow public insolence. At the end of the day, I was always campaigning to take my father’s spot one day, and no one would think me worthy if I couldn’t control my wife.
“Renzo should have punished you more as a child,” I remarked.
“Well, if it’s any consolation, I’m being punished plenty now,” she shot back.
