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“What are you doing here?” Christian asks, eyeing his brother with annoyance.
“Mom and I crashed here last night after the party. You know, the party in your honor that you two ditched?”
“You could have told me you slept over,” Christian grumbles.
“So you guys finally made up?” Topher questions, his brown eyes of his full of mischief. “And it only took Christian almost killing your ex-boyfriend for it to happen. I wouldn’t have thought you had the violence kink,nuora.” He winks at me and my mouth drops open.
Christina glares at his brother. I swear, Topher revels in starting shit with him.
“How do you even know he’s my ex-boyfriend?” I ask.
“Lucky guess,” he says on a shrug before clarifying. “I had a very interesting conversation with a sexy brunette last night.”
“Sky?”
He nods, grinning like a Cheshire cat.
“Stay away from my friend, Christopher,” I tell him.
He pretends to think about it for a while. “Sorry, Dany, but you can’t make me.”
My eyes widen. With a groan, I turn to Christian and give him a look that warns him he’d better make his brother fall in line. He smiles before looking at Topher.
“Stay the hell away,fratello.”
“You know,” Topher says, crossing his arms over his chest, “that order doesn’t sound any better coming from you either. Makes me want to do the exact opposite.”
“Listen to your brother or I’ll smack your head,” Martina says, walking into the living room.
My cheeks heat when she takes in my closeness to Christian and our barely dressed state with an approving smile.
“I’m guessing you two had sex,” she says casually.
Christian drops his head back onto the couch with a pained groan. “That is just not okay, Mom. At all.”
I grin. I’m embarrassed, but I adore Martina’s ability to make Christian flustered in moments like this.
“What? I’m just happy to see you so happy,” she says with a grin. “Although I am upset you two left the party last night. That was rude, Christian.”
“We’re sorry, Martina,” I hurriedly say. “We just had some things to take care of.”
Topher laughs. “Yeah, my brother definitely ‘took care’ of you.”
Martina reaches over and smacks his head. Satisfaction fills me at that.
“Ow,Mamma!”
She says something to him in rapid Italian. I don’t understand most of the conversation but I get the gist when he walks out of the room. I’m pretty sure Martina just kicked him out.
“I’ll leave, too. The two of you can enjoy having the house to yourself,” she says to us. “And Daniella, it was nice talking to your parents yesterday. Although your mom seemed a little worried that you don’t call often. You should do that,cara.”
“I will, Martina,” I tell her. She blows me a kiss before leaving, then it’s just Christian and me.
“What did my father have to say to you, anyway?” I ask after a few seconds.
“Business,” Christian replies gruffly.
I give him a look. “Really, babe? In what world would I ever be satisfied with that answer?”
