“It just is, Emanuel.”
“Chiara, you had sex, after years of holding out, waiting for that special someone. I respect that. So tell me his name. Tell me how you met him? What does he do for a living, and why are you so upset? Did he hurt you? If he did, I’ll fucking tear him a new one.”
Chiara chuckled. She looked around them then leaned closer.
“Not one, but two.”
Emanuel’s eyes widened.
He scanned her face, and then gave a small smile. “You sneaky little devil. It’s true then. What I heard about the fund-raiser?”
“What do you mean?” she asked then swallowed hard.
“That two billionaires gave a million-dollar donation to the children’s hospital in your honor, and that you left with them from the event.”
Chiara gasped then covered her mouth. She was in shock. That meant that everyone knew about her little love affair.
“Hey, if you’re going to break your vow of chastity, that was a hell of a way to do it. So who are they?”
“Oh my God, I should have never listened to Heather. She was pushing me day after day to have a one-night stand. She wanted to set me up with one of her ex-lovers. I was so close to doing it, Emanuel. I felt so frustrated and then Cash and Zane show up. They wowed me with their charms. I met them once before that night. They’re potential buyers for my father’s company.”
His eyes widened. “Holy shit.”
“Exactly.”
She began to e
xplain everything that had happened, and every detail as she only paused for the waiter to take their order and then bring their lunch meals. She even told him about the sex, and about her emotions and how she left things with them.
“It doesn’t seem like they wanted more?”
She shook her head. “These men are suited to this lifestyle. Hell, Emanuel, you and Keith are into the same thing.”
“Wait, you don’t mean Cash Corbin and Zane Heston do you?”
“Yes. Oh my God, you know them?”
“Yeah, I know who they are. They are major hardball. If they want a business, they get it. They have an out-of-this-world security firm, too. They’re fucking loaded. And they do have a bit of a reputation with the ladies. But I’ve never heard anything bad.”
“I can’t see them again. I declined lunch and Zane tried to push about dinner, but I told him I would see, and that I had plans.”
Emanuel caressed her hair then held her hand again. He was staring into her eyes as he spoke to her.
“Chiara, maybe they do want more with you?”
She shook her head. “You just said that they do like to share women, and that they always get what they want. Maybe they just want what they can’t have. Maybe they’ll get bored of me. Maybe, it was just lust, and because of my inexperience, I went and took it too seriously.”
Emanuel caressed the small tear at the corner of her eye.
“Then forget about them. You had a night of passion and there will be others. Let it be and see what happens. Why don’t you come out with Keith and I tonight? We’re going to Phantom’s and meeting a bunch of other guys.”
“Are you trying to set me up?”
He smiled. “I haven’t tried to in years.”
He brought her knuckles up to his lips and kissed them. She smiled.
“Who the fuck is this guy?”