Leo sighed and rubbed his temple. “I don’t know. I’ve already brought in all the security guards I could find. Nicky’s right. None of them can take his place.”
“Maybe we can bring in some guys from the Terranova family. If my safety is in question, I should bring in my own people. I don’t want to complicate your life… or Gia’s.”
“No,” Leo replied. “You should go home, and if you absolutely insist on doing this now, I’ll send you and Gia to another location.”
“I’ll have to tell my father about this. Whatever other location we pick will also have to be defended. It might be easier to stay here.”
Leo sighed again. “You’re right. I’m grasping at straws. Damn it! I wish Nicky was still on his feet. We really need him.”
“Is he really that good?” Cesare asked.
“He’s the best. He’s a beast.”
Cesare glanced over at me and put his arm around me again. “Let’s get out of here. You don’t want to hang around here.”
“I want to stay here and…” I jumped when another, even more brutal, roar of pain came from inside the room. It didn’t stop this time. It kept going on and on, and Nicky’s voice cracked with broken agony.
My throat tightened. I shouldn’t be out here. I should be in there doing… something.
“Come on, Princess,” Leo told me. “Let the medical team do their work. It’s almost dinnertime anyway. You and Cesare and I can talk in the dining room.”
Cesare slipped his hand into mine. “Come with me. We can go take another walk outside to take your mind off all this.”
“No!” I shook his hand off and took off down the hall. I didn’t want to go anywhere with Cesare or anyone else.
If I couldn’t wait outside Nicky’s bedroom, I didn’t want to see anybody else.
None of these people blamed me for what happened to Nicky. He wouldn’t blame me, either. I already knew that, but I couldn’t stop blaming myself.
Nicky did his job. Nicky always did his job. He was always, always there, especially when I needed him. I never had to question whether he would be there to stand between me and any threat. He did it at the funeral. He would always do it, but he couldn’t do it now that he was hurt.
I went back to my bedroom and shut the door. No one would bother me in here. I could finally relax and think, but when I did, I found my thoughts wandering.
Night started falling out on the grounds. My bedroom balcony looked out over the paths and bushes and trees where I walked with Cesare just a little while ago.
My stomach clenched when I thought about all the wild things we did out there. I ached to kiss him again… and to feel him touching me like that.
He kissed me and touched me like no one else… except Leo. Their kisses tasted so different. Their bodies felt different, and yet they both excited me in different ways.
I shouldn’t get this turned on thinking about two different guys, but my own overwhelming hunger for both of them only fed into itself more and more.
I really must be wicked to want this so much. First, I fooled around with a man twice my age. Leo was practically my uncle. I shouldn’t even be thinking about him that way, but I was. Oh, God, I sure was!
He always fascinated me, even when I was a kid. I didn’t understand why back then. Now I had to fight to keep my hands off him. He kept making it so much worse by hugging me and kissing me on the head.
Even him calling me princess all the time turned me on. I was always his princess, and I always would be. Making out with him only attracted me to him more until I couldn’t stand it.
I didn’t actually do it with him, but I sure wanted to. I almost did. I would have if he didn’t stop me in time.
I should go down to his office right now. I should be helping him deal with the security breach, but I didn’t trust myself not to rip his clothes off if I ever got into the same room with him.
His prick throbbing hard in my hand… the deep, pulsating sensation of his shaft stroking my slit… his chest and stomach contracting when I touched his skin… Everything about him turned me on.
Cesare only fanned the flames ignited by making out with Leo. I could never let Cesare find out about what I did with Leo.
I came so close to losing my virginity in Leo’s office. I almost let him fuck me on his desk. God, what a whore I was turning out to be!
Cesare’s voice kept whispering in my ear.Let him watch. Do you want me to fuck you right here in front of him? You want to show off for Leo? Do you want him to watch me fuck you right here against this tree? You want him to see how turned on you are, don’t you?