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The waftof fresh coffee stirs me from my sleep. As I blink open my eyes I am met with a sight of sheer beauty. I trail my gaze up her long slender legs, groaning as I take in the matching black lace lingerie that she’s not even trying to hide with her open silky black robe. She gives me a bright smile, her big dark eyes gazing into mine.
“I thought you might need this,” she says. She has a slight hint of an Italian accent there, hidden under the surface of her New Yorker tone.
I sit myself up and watch as she licks her lips as she stares at my six-pack.
“Thank you, baby.”
I lean over and grab the mug of coffee, letting it burn its way down my throat. All it does is intensify the sickness I’m feeling.
I pat the mattress to signal for her to sit. And she does, without any hesitation, like always. My little submissive. But instead of sitting next to me, she pulls back the comforter and straddles me, her perfect breasts now staring me right in the face.
I can’t do this.
Squeezing my eyes shut, I take a breath.
“Rosa, baby. It’s time.”
She sits back, her ass now squashing my throbbing cock. A quizzical look painted on her beautiful face.
“Time? For what? To tell me what’s been bothering you?”
Bringing my palm to cup her face, I stroke her cheek with my thumb. “I have to let you go, tesoro. I don’t fucking want to; it’s the last thing I wanted to happen. When I said things got messy, I underestimated just how bad. I have to protect my family and you. To do that, I can’t keep you.”
She drops her gaze from mine. The seconds feel like a lifetime. My eyes start to sting.
“I-I don’t understand? I thought you would keep me safe? That I could stay with you?”
I shake my head as the warm tears fall from her eyes onto my fingers. I’m doing everything I can to stop my own from breaking through.
“This is keeping you safe, it’s protecting you. Frankie will look after you. The Capris–I’m in too deep, but your uncle is helping me. Right now, there is no way out for me, baby. If there was even a glimmer of hope, I wouldn’t do this. You have to trust me.”
She sniffles and backs away from me. My heart starts to split as the seconds pass.
“I need you to be strong, Rosa. I need you to be the real Rosa, the one you’ve shown me. The one who can take on the world and fucking own it. I can’t have you. I wish more than anything I could. Trust me. But life has other plans for me, yet again. They are way out of my control.”
She cuts me off. “What plans?”
Here we go.
“I’m engaged, Rosa.”
Her body stiffens on top of me. I’m sure I can hear her heart shattering right before me.
“No. Luca, no. Please don’t leave me. I can’t do this without you. I need you,” she chokes out.
I can’t take it, seeing her in pain is like being stabbed in the chest. It physically hurts. I wrap my arms around her shoulders and pull her into me, squeezing her tight.
“I’m so sorry,” I repeat over and over the sound of her sobbing filling the room.
Once the tears subside, she hiccups and pulls herself from my hold, leaving me empty. I don’t have the strength to tell her that I watched her uncle murder her father yesterday. Her whole world is falling apart and I can’t stop it.
“You don’t have to do this, Luca. Please don’t do this. Can’t we find another way?” Her voice is barely a whisper.
She stands and pulls her robe tight around her body.
“Trust me, right now, there isn’t another way. I wish there was.” I pull the comforter off my legs and stand, closing the distance between us. Tipping her chin up with my thumb, I bring her nose to mine and close my eyes.
