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My head bounces up and down. It had been the most exciting lay of my life before every one after that with Dante.
He glances at his wristwatch then back at me. “I suppose we could get a quick round in before visiting your family.”
I never thought a mere sentence could douse the building flames so quickly. It wasn’t that my father had ever done anything wrong. If anything, it was my fault, or my mom’s for never having spoken up. All these years and he still had no idea what Uncle John did to me. I had a feeling he suspected, especially after mom….
“Rose?” Dante snaps his fingers an inch in front of my nose.
I blink quickly, chasing away the dark memories. Fuck you, Uncle John. You don’t hold any power over me anymore. The only man I need fucking up my life is the grumpy, slightly unhinged Italian leering down at me. I whirl around and race to the sliding glass doors.
“Come get me, D. If you catch me, I’ll show you exactly who has you by the balls.”
A string of Italian curses explodes behind me as I slide the door open and dart into the brisk morning air. Padding across the sandy deck, I race toward the beach, my silk robe flapping behind me.
The bitter chill in the air cuts through my skimpy clothing, and if it wasn’t for the adrenaline raging through my veins, I would’ve been shivering from the cold. I run faster. The shore is only a few yards away now. Heavy panting echoes behind me, the whisper of feet sinking into soft sand growing closer.
That sweet mix of anticipation and excitement thrums through my veins. Every nerve-ending in my body stands at attention as I take the final steps to the shore. The icy water splashes over my toes, sending goosebumps across my arms.
A massive body pummels into me from behind, enveloping me in that warm, musky scent. “That wasn’t much of a challenge, sweetheart.” He dips his lips to my ear, his husky voice tickling the shell and drawing goosebumps on top of goosebumps.
“Maybe I wanted to get caught,” I whisper back over the crash of waves. Who am I kidding? Of course, I did. What better way to drown out the dark memories than with Dante’s cock?
My toes are like icicles, but I remain rooted to the spot with Dante’s massive arms around me and the bay stretched out to the horizon. A long moment later, he scoops me into his arms, takes a few steps up the beach and drops me onto the moist sand.
He drags his sweatpants down to his ankles, and I suck in a breath as I take him all in. It’s a damned good thing it’s the middle of winter and there isn’t a soul on the beach, or they’d get a perfect view of that enormous, hard-ass cock.
With the breeze blowing through his hair, and the choppy waves crashing behind his looming form, he looks like an avenging sea god come to the shore to conquer and pillage.I volunteer! He drops down over me, wedges his hips between my legs and thrusts his cock inside me.
I gasp at the sudden, overwhelming fullness. Then my legs wind around his waist and urge him deeper, faster, harder. I may have the savage mob boss by the balls, but he has me by the heart, which is infinitely worse.
CHAPTER36
JUST FRIENDS
Rose
I walk up the rocky pathway to my childhood home, a mixture of emotions battling it out across my insides. A colorful red door draws the eyes away from the faded white siding and the gray thatched roof. The house sure has seen better days, much like its inhabitants. I kept my visits to a minimum since Mom passed away, the old colonial holding too many dark memories. Besides, it didn’t really feel like home after Dad remarried. Not that I didn’t like Janet, it just felt like Mom had been replaced too soon.
Dante nudges me in the side as I reach the bottom step of the rickety, old porch. “I thought you wanted to come visit.”
I force a cheery smile and bob my head up and down. “I did—I do. I owe them a visit since I missed Christmas. I haven’t seen them since the summer.” And the only reason I’d come then was because my brother, Robbie was up visiting from Florida with his family. He’d begged me to come, so I had because I loved my nephews. Not even my big brother knew what happened with Uncle John that summer nearly six years ago. I’d vowed to take it with me to the grave. Until one day, I just couldn’t anymore.
I never should have told Mom….
If I hadn’t, she’d still be here with us.
“Rosa.” I blink, and Dante’s nose is an inch from mine. “What’s going on with you?”
I shake my head and toss him a wink. “I’m just exhausted from all the S-E-X,” I whisper as I march up the steps to the front door.
His brows furrow, like he knows it’s total bullshit, but for some reason, he remains quiet. If anyone knows a thing or two about secrets, it’s the new king.
“Come on.” I reach for his hand with my free one as I press my knuckles to the door without thinking too much into it. Holding Dante’s hand has recently become second nature, and I hadn’t even stopped to think of the intimacy of it, especially when it looks like I’m bringing my boyfriend home to meet the family.
Shockingly, he wraps his big, warm hand around mine, and immediately the rapid-fire of my heartbeat slows.
The front door creaks open, and Dad fills the entryway. A few whispers of silver hair fall across his forehead, but it seems like he’s lost even more in the last six months since I saw him.
“Hey, Rosie!” He tugs me into his arms, and Janet appears a second later just over his shoulder. “Happy New Year!”
