A Couple Of Wise Guys (editing)

Chapter 9

"Why?" She asks her eye brows furrowed. "I want you to be mine... let me give you a better life. I'll take care of you..." my faith is sad. I look down. Knowing her response already.

She sits in silence for a moment. "Tony...you seem like a broken man." She points out and I look at her. She wasn't wrong. She wasn't wrong at all.
I nod my head hesitantly.

She thinks for a moment. I expect her to try and leave again. Get Jeffery to drive her home. "Tony, how do you honestly feel about me? And be honest. Don't try to hide your feelings like you do." She orders me and I pause.

The one thing I hate is having to be open to people. It made it difficult. At this point I lose all professionalism. "I find admiration in you. I see potential. I find excessive attraction, and romantic feelings towards you. I respect you for what you've gone through. And I oddly feel worried of losing you...." I say completely honest.

Like I had said. I'm too tired to lie. Too tired to be anything but me. Tired ol restless me.

She looks at me in complete shock. Like that was an answer she didn't expect. "Wow tony..." she looks down. I furrow my eyebrows not understanding how she feels. Worried I pushed her away even more.

"I didn't expect you to feel the same way..." she looks up at me with a wide grin and my heart starts pounding. Could I really believe that this was happening? She is absolutely fucked in the head to even like me in the slightest. And I loved it.

It's like she said we aren't good people but that made us perfect...

She gets up from her chair, and I look at her confused. Then she sits on top of me placed over my legs. She wraps her arms around my neck and leaning in crashing her lips onto mine, grabbing the collar of my shirt. It was unremarkable. That everything was going perfectly. That I made it this far.

I kissed her deeply, the passion in me started to rise and I could only take so much. The women drives me insane, in the best way possible. Just the smell of her is intoxicating.

She trails her kisses to my cheek and then down my neck, softly kissing my skin. Such a sweet feeling that has been so very missed. Although it never felt so proper before. It never felt like it meant something.

She trails up to my ear and whispers "I'll live with you. As long as your only mine too..."

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"Dinner was very nice, thank you" she thanks Jeffery as he takes the plates and we stand in the doorway. "No problem madam" he continues the dishes and we leave the kitchen. I look at the clock and it was 9pm. Valerie lets out a loud yawn.

"Are you tired?" I ask walking close to her. "Umm... a little. May I just go to bed?..." she asks nervous for some reason and I frown. Walking closer to her wrapping my arm around her waist. "What's wrong?..." I ask worried. She look down ashamed and looking intimated. I hold her chin up for her eyes to meet mine and I raise an eyebrow.

"I'm worried your going to ask something of me..." she says innocently sounding afraid. I shake my head, feeling shallow. I pull her into my chest cradling her. "I'd never ask anything of you darling..." I plant a soft kiss at the top of her head. Holding her tight in my arms.

She lets out a long deep breath. I feel ashamed. That maybe I had been too forward with her and it gave her that terrifying impression. Of course because of her past I wouldn't want her to feel that way with me.

I let go of her to see her face making sure she was okay. Luckily there were no tears and she gave me a bright smile that I was happy to see. " I hope you sleep well Lorenzo" I kiss her forehead and take her hand leading her up the stairs and to her bed room.

"I'll be in my office if you need anything" I ensure her and she gives me a soft smile. "Goodnight tony" she enters her room closing the door behind her.

I let out a deep sigh. Trying to process all of that just happened and how I feel. Well I have a woman that lives with me now. It feels comfortable to say that it's Valerie. And to be quite honest. I've never lived with a woman before.

I walk into my office and take a seat at my desk. Running my hands through my greasy hair. I can't imagine how rough I look right now. I better clean myself up for her tomorrow. I look at the half empty liquor bottles on my desk. Angry. Fed up with my habit. I grab them and put them on the shelf.

Returning to my desk. My head still pounding all day from stress and tiredness. I try to think straight and begin paperwork for the house and for work. Signing my name to papers and filling in information.

I had a lot to do, it's was almost overwhelming. I'd had to spend the night awake to get it done so I could hand it in to the banks and give some papers to pauly for the business.

I was the business guy. And the boss. I handle paper work and any legal codes, technically saving our asses to our documents. Making our wealth look proper.

Vinny was the best at keeping the boys under the table. He taught me a lot before he passed away but, nothing that could compare to him. I sigh in frustration.

An hour or so passes and I got Jeffery to make me a coffee. He's a good lad. Him and I have become somewhat buddies over the time. I helped him when another group was going to force him into harsh slavery for his colour. He already spent his life as a butler, I just saved him and hired him as my own. At which he gets to really do whatever he wants, I don't demand much, just dinners on the nights I'm home and if I'm in focus something to eat or coffee. I barely leave a mess as I keep to myself. And often he will do my laundry at most.

I hear a room open to the left of the hall, as I'm facing the opposite of the stairs. I see Valerie walk out, and completely she caught my attention. Normally when I do paper work I don't bother to get distracted. But the pale pink silk nightgown wrapped her body marvellously did the trick. It was longer passing her knees and she had a long knit cardigan over it.

She looked comfortable and that made me happy. Her hair braided back loose and ruffled. "I can't sleep Marcell...." she walks over to me rubbing her eyes and yawning.

I give her a slight smile. "What are you doing?" She asks walking over to my desk and plops herself on the edge. "Paper work" I look up at her. She looked fresh, her skin looked paler, her eyes less dark or battered with makeup, and her natural lip colour was surprisingly a harsh pigmented pink. She looked stunning without makeup to be honest. It was more a warming look to me.

The fact that she was comfortable enough to let her self down around me, felt nice. I can't say I look great either I'm wearing the same clothes I had yesterday and smell of liquor and sweat from killing a man and drinking and passing out.

"Do you need help?" She asks sounding posh. I chuckle "no I think I'm okay" smiling silly. She frowns at me. "I spent two years in law school..." she hisses at me and I raise my eyebrows, "do you want to head to court then lady?? I promise I'll ruin you!" She gets up apposing me. "I'll see you in court then!" She walks closer to me challenging with her shoulders wide. I chuckle to myself.

"Oh you wanna fight eh? Put up your dooks then Valerie!" I say getting up putting on pretend boxing gloves. Shes smiling wide at me, and then she runs at me, throwing weak punches. I wrap her in my arms tickling her sides and her beautiful laugh fills my ears. I stop and turn her around facing me, a wide smile glowing on her face. I take a moment to remember this moment as it was one I never really had before.

"You look terrible tony..." she shakes her head with a smile. I scoff but chuckle. "And you look elegant my lady" I whisper to her and she smiles softly. "I think you should get some sleep...worry about this tomorrow" she places her head on my chest, and I hold her warm in my arms.

"Okay..." I say defeated.

She'll always win against me.