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I barely suppress an eye roll. He had no problem breathing when he was ravaging my pussy.
“I’m glad you two will be spending Christmas together.”
“You are?” I blurt. For months, my bestie had been swearing me off her fiancé’s older brother.
“Of course, I am. I’d hate for you to spend it alone.” Stella is one of the few people that I’ve confided in about my uncle. It was the same reason I’d skipped Christmas with the family last year. But had Dante told her about my stalker?
I move off screen, pretending to shift the computer and mouth to Dante, “Do they know about the attempted assault?” I hate to worry my friend when she is so far away and there is really nothing she can do.
He slowly shakes his head. “I’m handling it, aren’t I?” he mouths.
“Right.”
“What are you two whispering about?” Stella asks.
“Nothing,” we answer in unison. Whoa, freaky.
“And why don’t I see a Christmas tree?” She scans the great room through the limited angle of the lens.
“Dante never gets a tree,” Luca huffs. “He’s like Scrooge.”
“You only have one because your housekeeper sets it up for you every year,” Dante counters.
“Can we get one this year, please, Dante?” I pivot toward my grumpy roommate. “I’ll do everything, I swear.”
“Wait, what do you meanwe?” Stella’s brows slam together.
Oops. Dante shoots me a panicked gaze. “Um, my heater is on the fritz, and the supe is out, you know, because of the holiday so I spent the night. But Morris should be back on the job by tomorrow, so I’ll be back in my place before long.”
“Oh.” Stella’s curious gaze darts back and forth between us. “And you called Dante of all people?”
“You’re the one who told me to reach out to him if anything happened.”
“I meant something dangerous….”
“I ran into her at Palestra,” Dante cuts in. “She told me what happened, and I insisted.”
“That’s oddly gentlemanly of you,fratello.” Luca grins at his brother. “Maybe you do have some of those hero tendencies after all.”
A rueful chuckle vibrates Dante’s massive chest. “I don’t think so,fratellino.” Little brother. Seeing the siblings’ lighthearted banter fills me with an odd, unnamable sensation.
“So can we get the tree?” I blurt.
“Yes, yes, get her a Christmas tree, Dante, please!” Stella presses her hands together and gives him the best puppy dog eyes I’ve ever seen from my friend.
He huffs out a breath like buying a big ass fir is the most arduous task on the planet. “Fine, as long as it keeps you from annoying me.”
I toss him a super dramatic lower lip pout.
“I guess we have shopping to do,” he mutters at his brother. “Thanks for this. I’ll be sure to get you two back in the near future. Those damned pine needles get everywhere.”
“Oh, stop it.” I clap him on the shoulder. “I said I’d take care of it.”
With another round of Merry Christmases and goodbyes, Dante disconnects the call. A weird sadness descends over me the moment their smiling faces disappear. Luca and Stella are so freaking happy, and I’m so damned jealous. I mean I’m not, because I love my friend, but I want that too.
I glance up to find Dante’s dark gaze on me.
“So will you wear a sexy French maid outfit when you sweep up the pine needles all over my apartment?”
