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“Always with you. You know that,” she whispers, looking down to the ground.
“Hey,” I call her beautiful big eyes back to me.
“One day, I’ll be all yours. You keep my heart beating, Rosa. Just have hope. I’m not giving up on us. Or on you.”And I mean every word. My mom is right. Rosa owns my soul, and I will find a way.
She bites her plump bottom lip. “I don’t want to lose you. I need you, Luca.”
Her dainty hands wrap around my blue tie and she yanks me towards her.
“One last kiss?” Her eyes sparkle as she throws my own words back at me.
I chuckle and shake my head. I love playful Rosa. The real Rosa.
“Baby, we can keep calling it that, but we both know it never will be. Those lips are mine, and I’ll have them whenever I can,” I mutter against her mouth, her warm breath hitting against me.
She takes my lips, offering me a slow, sweet kiss. She tastes like fresh mint and sin.
“I’ll head out first. I need to get some fresh air to settle this–” I look down at my raging hard on tenting my pants.
Stealing one more kiss, I brush a stray strand of hair behind her ear and press my lips to her forehead.
“I’ll have a phone to you tomorrow. Do you want to do this Rosa? I will give you as much of me as I can. I promise.”
“Like secret fuck buddies?”Her face crumples, and I shake my head.
“No. Rosa. We were never just a fuck. What we have is far more than that. We just have to be careful, for now. I promised myself, if you were happy with him, I’d leave you be. If you didn’t want me anymore, I could stop this. I don’t know why you’re doing this; I trust you will tell me someday. But for now, I will be here for you. Until you’re ready.”
I can’t risk Maria finding out. She’s already on a Rosa warpath. She’s calmed down since the little altercation we had about the engagement news. The plan is coming along nicely. We have regular gun shipments running alongside the cocaine.My family is safe.
The only thing that could ruin this is my infatuation with the woman in front of me.
Her lips part as if she’s going to tell me something, then she snaps them shut.
“Why are you risking everything for me, Luca?”
“You will always be my first choice, Rosa. You are my endgame. These last few weeks have made that clear for me, I will fight for this.”
I turn and slowly unlock the door.My heart is cracking as I turn away from her. Like it does every damn time.
Why did this have to be so goddamn complicated?At least I now have control over her fiancé. Frankie offering him a job was the best possible idea that man’s ever had.
CHAPTERFORTY-THREE
rosa
With trembling legs, I sit myself down on the toilet, catching my shaky breath.
Can I really risk seeing Luca more?
I can’t let Dante know about him, not when Eva’s safety is on the line.
But Luca isn’t a man to give up, I know that. Maybe if he can get me through this, maybe one day he can help me. I was so close to telling Luca the truth, but he’s protecting his family. He would kill Dante, just like that guy who tried to hurt me at his house.
That puts everyone in danger if his fiancé’s family finds out.
I take a deep breath, wiping under my eyes. I’m not the weak little girl Dante once knew. I can push back. I can say no. I know what kind of monster he is now. I just have to find a way out that keeps me alive long enough for my new happily ever after.
Luca.
