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"No. It came as the best surprise of my life."
I gaze at him in wonder for a moment, but the sincerity in Domenic's eyes is impossible to argue with. He's studying me like I'm a beautiful piece of art, and the tension I can usually sense in his broad shoulders is gone. Besides looking a little tired from the hellish day, he seems…happy. Content, almost.
"She's my everything," I tell him warmly. "But so are you. Like I said, we'll probably never be the perfect family—hell, it's still surreal to me that I won't have to look over my shoulder all the time for the Wild Seven anymore—but… it's what I want. You and me and Evelyn. And my mom," I add, shrugging a little. "She would never ask, but I know she still needs my help with everything my dad left behind."
"It's gone."
"What's gone?" I frown.
"The debts. All accounts your father had open. I had an associate of mine get me access," Domenic shrugs as if this is the easiest thing in the world. "Everything is paid off, courtesy of Ricardo Gallo's considerable wealth, which is now being claimed by the Caputos. I won't allow you to be haunted by your father anymore, Loren. So it's gone."
I stare at him, stunned. I already knew I loved Domenic, but this…this is too much, even from him. I can't just accept it all to be taken care of. But he stops me with a tender kiss when I start to argue.
“I love you,fiore di ciliegio.I love our daughter and can't wait to be a part of her life—of both of your lives. Say you're mine."
I kiss him deeply, and before I know it, my hands are tangled in his hair, and Domenic has rolled, so I'm pinned to the bed by his deliciously hard body.
"I fucking love you," I tell him, peppering his face with kisses. "And like I said once upon a time…it really works for me whenever you get all bossy and serious."
"Say it," he growls, already stripping my shirt from me, careful of my shoulder. He kisses the bandages and gives me a heated look that sends flutters through my core.
Something about overcoming everything standing in the way ofushas me feeling giddier and lighter than I've felt in God knows how long. It makes me feel more likeme. Like I can tease this pessimistic, powerful, gorgeous, amazing man to my heart's content. So I quirk my lips to the side and wiggle my eyebrows at him.
"Make me."
Then I yelp as Domenic flips me over. Without another word, he smacks my ass hard and fists my hair, groaning against my ear when he leans down to it. "You're in trouble."
"Iamtrouble," I correct, and then I turn my face to kiss his cheek. "But I'm also yours. All yours. And you're mine, Domenic Caputo. From now on."
"From now on," he agrees, gently peeling my clothes from me as he worships my body with featherlight kisses down my neck and back.
Soon, his warm, large hands are smoothing over my skin, and he's nipping the side of my neck, keeping me pinned to the bed as he grinds his erection against my ass. It's making me wild with need. I press myself harder against him, gratified when he hisses out a breath and flips me back over to kiss me in the most consuming way possible.
I quickly strip him from his clothes until I can see all of him, from his muscles to his tattoos to the fire burning in his gaze as he takes in all of me. I grin and pull him down, whispering against his lips another phrase I learned in Italian. I'd learned it just for the sake of knowing…and also because I already knew how I felt for Domenic Caputo when I slipped back into his life after three years of dreaming about my gorgeous mobster don.
“Ti amo, amore mio,”I tell him.
I love you, my love.
He groans and buries himself in me, making us both gasp with pleasure. Being with him just feels soright.
"Mine, Loren. I'm yours, and you're mine.Ti amo, fiore di ciliegio.”
Chapter 22
Epilogue
Loren
"Dove vai,mamma?"
Where are you going, Mommy?
I fight my smile as I turn to ruffle Evelyn's wild, dark curls while she peers up at me curiously. She's four now and speaks both EnglishandItalian at an impressive rate compared to her peers. At home, she easily swaps between the two, to Domenic's utter delight. Sometimes I feel likeI'mthe one behind in learning Italian, though I keep up pretty well with my two dark-eyed loves.
Evie has her father irreversibly wrapped around her pinky finger. As head don of the Caputo family, he's adjusted leadership positions so that Big Luck runs the casino most days, and he can spend far more time at home—especially now that we're only a couple months away from meeting Baby Number Two. It's another girl—God help us all because now my gorgeous and loaded fiancé is going to spoiltwoprecious baby princesses.
"I'm just going to stop in at work. Your grandma is here to keep an eye on you, and Daddy and Mommy will be home really soon."
