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I nod and log out of the call.
His words dance through my mind. On one hand I know he’s right. I had proof and a valid point, but I’m not foolish enough to think that the other Elite Members are going to be on board with every suggestion I have. Which is why I’m going to have to stay one step ahead of them.
That’s a problem for another day, because I have a date with my wife that I don’t plan on breaking.
14
Isabetta
I’ve been on edge for the last twenty minutes. Each sound has me looking to the entryway, hoping to see the elevator doors opening. And, god, I don’t even want to know how many times I’ve checked the time. He’s not late. In fact, he still has ten minutes to get here, but that doesn’t stop me from checking. My phone sits next to me and I reach for it just as the elevator dings.
Alessandro enters, smiling when he sees me. God. How can one man make all black look so good? He takes off his suit jacket, tossing it on the back of the couch.
“How was your day?” I ask.
“Long and boring.” He sits next to me. “What about you?”
“Same. I missed you.”
We’re kissing a moment later until both of us are breathless. I’m practically in his lap when we pull apart.
He gives me a lazy smile. “Fuck. Now I get it.”
“Get what?”
“Why Hector is always in a hurry to get home to his wife.”
I smile, too. “Oh.”
“Now, I believe I owe you a conversation so we can get to know each other.”
“Yeah, that was the agreement.” I scoot closer. “So, how do we want to do this? You go and then I go?”
He traces little patterns on my thigh. “Or we can make it interesting. Add some stakes.”
“I’m listening.”
Reaching behind me, he grabs the deck of cards sitting on the end table.
“Let’s play a little game of strip poker. Lose an article of clothing and tell the other person something about themselves.”
I make a face and he notices.
“Not a fan of strip poker?”
“I’ve never played. Isn’t poker hard to pick up?”
He smiles. “I’m an excellent teacher,Dolcezza.”
“Here’s a compromise. What if we play strip Go-Fish instead?”
“Go-Fish?”
“Yeah. We each get seven cards. If I ask if you have a four and you do, you hand it to me. If you don’t, then you say ‘go-fish’.”
“Where does the strip part come in?”
“Of course that’s what you’re worried about,” I tease. “If it’s my turn and I ask for a card and you have it, then I have to take off a piece of clothing. But if you don’t have it, you have to take off a piece of clothing. And, like you said, the person taking off clothes has to tell the other person something about themselves.” I think and then add, “If you get all four of the same number, then you lay it down.”
