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“I got to know you,” I told him. “I tried to call it off. I told Valentino it was because it was too dangerous, but it was also because I got to know you. I learned the kind of person you were. I learned that you didn’t respect the man your father was, and something changed for me. Then, Valentino told me that you’d been the one to kill my father, and blinded by rage, I gave it one last shot. When I realized that you hadn’t been the person to kill my dad, I knew I couldn’t do it. I’d been wrong to think you should be responsible for his actions. I was just so damn hurt by the loss of my family and needed someone to blame. So, I blamed you. I’m so fucking sorry, Dante.”
He stared deep into my eyes, almost as if fishing for the truth there. What he saw must have convinced him as he slammed his lips forward, taking mine in a maneuver that had meburning.His tongue swept into my mouth, claiming and showing me all the things I most needed.
“For my family, I would have done the same,” he said against my lips. “You’re a better person than I would have been in that situation.”
“I tried to kill you.”
“I wouldn’t have hesitated if I thought you were responsible for the death of someone I loved,” he told me. “The cop who shot my brother—”
He stopped and pushed his mouth back against mine in a greedy, needy motion that drove me wild. I didn’t need to ask what he meant by that. The cop who shot his brother had likely suffered much more than I would have ever let Dante suffer, and I knew he hadn’t hesitated.
His tongue was beckoning, and I followed it. One hand held the small of my back upright, the other still clutching the knife. I could feel the slight reservation behind his actions, even as he drove his tongue between my lips over and over again.
“You’re either with me, or you’re against me,” he told me, bringing the knife between our meshed bodies. “I need to know where you stand.”
I had to declare my loyalties, and I needed to do it now. I would either break from Valentino or I’d stand beside him and continue doing his bidding. But when he learned that I hadn’t killed Dante—when Valentino learned I’d had mercy on him and allowed him to survive…
I wanted to believe my stepfather would stand with me and understand the situation, but after all the lies andmanipulations, I couldn’t help but wonder if he’d truly kill me for this.
Dante wouldn’t. Dantehadn’t.But Valentino wasn’t the same kind of man as Dante. Dante had a brutal reputation but a soft spot for injustice. He was decent. He was the kind of man I could see myself being with for the rest of my life. But Valentino? He’d raised me, sure. But even after years of living with him, I didn’t trust I’d be safe there.
After only a few weeks, I trusted Dante ten times more than I trusted Valentino.
Maybe that was enough to make my decision for me.
“I’m with you, Dante,” I whispered. “We have a lot more to discuss, but…I’m with you.”
He nodded, and the tip of the knife dug into my chest for a moment before my bra snapped. My breasts spilled free between us, and I gasped as the flat of the knife trailed down my body.
“I promised I would show you how to use a knife properly in the bedroom,” he said, his voice deeper than usual. I shuttered at the implications.
The coolness of the metal on my skin should have terrified me, but it didn’t. It aroused me and awakened me in a way I couldn’t explain. Every part of me felt freer as he pressed it into my skin and dropped me to the floor.
“Sit down,” he demanded.
I did exactly as he asked, and he strode forward, nestling between my thighs and grabbing the back of my hair. He pulled it back so that I met his eyes as he lowered the knife to my skin, allowing the sharp edge to scrape my skin.
“You’re drawn to danger,” he said, allowing the knife to leave a sharp bite in his wake. Not enough to draw blood, but enough to show his power over the situation. “That’s why you’re so fond of me. That’s why this is making you hot.”
“Maybe,” I whispered as the grip on the back of my hair tightened.
“You like being in this position. I used to think you liked having someone who could protect you, but that’s not it, is it?” he asked. I shuttered as he lowered his mouth to right over mine. “You want someone you know can hold their own against you. You don’t want to be the strongest person in the relationship.”
Was he right? Ididlike that he took control and dominated me. I knew that I could fight back, and I knew I’d stand a good chance at holding my own.
“I do want that,” I muttered.
He still stood fully dressed above me, so when he unfastened his pants and tugged them downward slightly, revealing an already-hardened cock, I felt saliva pool in my mouth.
“Take it,” he said, thrusting forward.
I didn’t hesitate as I took his cock between my lips and sucked him lightly, running a tongue over the underside of his cockand then swirling it around his tip. He pressed deeper into my mouth, and I raised a hand, cupping him and sucking harder.
Dante groaned as I sucked him deeper into my throat, gagging around him. The sound of the knife clattering to the floor reached my ears as his second hand came around the back of my head, shoving me deeper down his length. I couldn’t breathe through the assault, but I didn’t want to as I sucked and gave him everything I could offer.
I didn’t want Dante to let up.
I wanted him to feel how much I wanted him like this.
