Meeting Dante and our day together. My life before and wanting to find something about my past. The woman in the alley who lured me in.
“You.” I stand from the chair and turn toward her. I don’t want my back to her because she is the enemy.
“You just couldn’t die, could you? I tried to make it easy on you. End your life before it really began. I had to have an heir, but I didn’t know until a few years ago that Mattia had a vasectomy shortly after Luna was born. I got rid of her, but you had to come back. Without an heir, I would take over.” Her bitter words are spit from her mouth as she advances on me.
“You’d kill Dante and Mattia? You love Mattia, don’t you?”
“You fool! I married him to be the Capo’s wife. I got rid of his first wife. I took care of that little brat Luna. They loved her so much. If they had only ignored her, I would have been fine. I could have gotten pregnant by one of my many lovers. But Mattia would have known I was cheating on him if I had. Thank God that never happened. I only had to get rid of the Rossis, but you had to come back and prove my cousin was an idiot.”
I see the small caliber gun in her hand. She raises it.
“I’ll finish you myself. Never send a man to do a woman’s job. Die, Rossi.” She fires the gun, but I dive to the side and the bullet grazes my arm. I grab the chair I was in and throw it at her. She fires again and the bullet goes wide. I dive for her, and we fight as we fall to the floor. She’s the reason Dante’s sister is gone. She killed my family.
I’m a Rossi.
I’ll avenge them.
I push her away and fall back near the bed. She rolls and goes for her gun. I see the gun strapped to the bottom of the bed and pull it out. It cocks as soon as I pull it off the magnet. I roll over and take aim as she’s raising her gun. I fire at her before she can. The first bullet slams into her chest and her arms drop. I fire again as I stand up and move toward her body that is now prone on the floor. I continue to fire until the gun clicks and nothing comes out. The door bursts open and Dante rushes in with a gun in his hand. He takes in the scene and lowers his weapon before he’s across the room toward me. He lifts me in his arms as a guard kicks the gun from Livia’s cold, dead hand.
“Stefano?” I ask because he should have come in to help me, but he didn’t.
“He’s dead,bambola.” Dante’s voice is gruff and full of emotion. He’s shirtless and covered in blood that is now all over my bridal robe. “Take care of the body,” Dante orders as he takes me to the bathroom.
He rips the robe from my body and pushes me toward the shower. He drops his trousers, and before the water has reached warm, he’s got me pressed against the glass and is inside me.
“I thought you were dead. I can’t do that, McKenna. Marry me as soon as I’m done with your body so no one else can come after you.”
“Yes,amore mio.” I moan as he moves over and over in my body.
Epilogue 1
McKenna
In the two weeks since our wedding, we’ve been on our honeymoon in Sicily, visiting with friends of his. He said he’d soon take me to see his cousin Anatonia in Russia. I told Mattia and Dante both everything that Livia confessed, and they’ve both been going through all the security to make sure Livia and Trevor didn’t turn anyone else against the family.
I roll over on the chaise lounge, letting the sun heat up my front now. My sunglasses cover my eyes as I look out over the water to where the brand-new luxury yacht Dante bought floats. We’ll be going on it next year and traveling the Italian coast. But starting tomorrow, we are headed for France and traveling there for a bit before the weather turns. I don’t know how long Dante will really let us travel after I found out this morning I’m pregnant.
A shadow falls over me and I look up to see my sexy husband, his hair hanging over his forehead, his chocolatey eyes behind his lenses. But it’s his ripped chest covered in tattoos and his arms that attract me. I squirm on the lounge and he stretches out next to me.
“Bambola,do I need to take you inside and fuck you again? Is your little cunt missing my cock?” His dirty words cause my body to respond with desire pooling in my belly.
I lean up to him. “Would you like to fuck me, papa?” He stops, and his eyes get big before a smile overtakes his face.
“Really,bambola?”
“Yes, really. I found out this morning. You’re going to be a papa, Dante. I love you,amore.”
“I love you more,bambola. You’ve made me happier than I ever thought I would be after Luna disappeared. A papa. You are going to be an amazing mama.” He rolls up to stand and reaches down to pick me up. I wrap around him, and every movement rubs his erect cock against my bikini clad core.
He carries me into the master suite and proceeds to make love to me over and over, making me scream his name.
Epilogue 2
Dante
My beautifulbambolais due any day now. I work at running the clubs in town for the family. I barely take assignments away from home and have moved mostly into retirement from that job. I’m sitting in my office looking out at the garden where McKenna is currently lounging in the gazebo as she reads. I got her a tutor and she’s found she loves to read. I told her after the baby comes, she can go to university if she wants. But she said she’ll continue to use tutors and stay home with our children.
My mobile rings, and I answer it after I see the display.