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Our gazes catch, and my blood pressure soars. My body throbs. No one moves.
I take a breath.
I might never get the chance to do this again. So, I close the gap and kiss him.
For a second, he doesn’t move, then he groans and takes hold of my face and kisses me deeply. He tastes dark, like the good sin, and coming home. I remember our kisses, but this . . . this is better. I kiss him back, falling into the heat and wild passion that swirls up.
And then Diego does the unforgivable.
He ends the kiss and pushes me away.
ChapterEleven
DIEGO
I tell myself I ran the fuck out the door like she’d unleashed very hungry hell hounds on me because I need to move things along fast.
On the ride back to the hotel shame eats at me, which isn’t exactly pleasant. I should be there, watching her.
Once at the hotel, I strip off the jacket and call Tizio who answers pretty much immediately. “When and where?”
I half smile. “So, I don’t need to check how things are going?”
“We had a skirmish. But we handled it, nothing big. You weren’t missed. So, I say again, where and fucking when.”
Leaning against the wall of the hotel room, I close my eyes. “Enders Ridge, and as soon as possible.”
“We’ll leave now, got an address?”
I give him Nadia’s.
“There’s a kid, Jay, sixteen. And a woman, Nadia. If you can just watch the place for trouble, I’d appreciate it?”
Suddenly Nicolo speaks. Bastards have it on speaker. “You can’t because why? Too scared? She’s not what you remembered?
“None of your fuckin’ business. I have things to do. Just . . . come and watch. I think you might need to take the kid. Gang trouble.”
“Just that?” Tizio asks.
“I don’t know. I’m beginning to think not.” I outline everything.
“Fuck,” Tizio says. “We’ll be there soon.”
When we disconnect, I run my hand over my face, not caring about the scrapes and bruises. Fuck, I should’ve called them back this morning to get them here, but it’s not exactly like the De Lucas can do without their three top enforcers for days on end. Not that I’d have them here that long.
It’s the principle of it all.
The job isn’t punch out at five. It’s a twenty-four-hour thing, and we’re always ready for action at a moment’s notice.
They said soon, the assholes. It’s going to take about eight hours. They need to get ready, and I mean weapons in case they’re needed . . . we don’t go on road trips without them. And they’re going to need to clear it with one of the De Lucas.
That doesn’t even include the five-hour drive.
I’m gonna need to get my ass back to Nadia’s.
She’s not safe on her own, and . . . sweet and hot and inviting as that kiss was, I can keep it in my fucking pants.
Right?
