Cat and Mouse with the Italian Mafia

42.

"Vik, what the fuck?" I said to him suddenly as his eyes did not break from Niko's. "Viktor..." I muttered as he stood up suddenly grabbing his own plate and mine, quickly shoving the remaining contents in the trash. I was not even done eating. I groaned in annoyance as Niko looked at me puzzled. "Sorry, he has a temper." I said to him looking at Nora who was fidgeting with her food. "Ice cream?" I whispered to her as she nodded. I smiled and stood up heading towards the fridge as I felt Vik's hard gaze against me. I ignored him as I scooped ice cream for the kids sending them to the living room. I headed to the pantry before taking out whiskey. "Shot Vik?" I said with a raised eyebrow.

"Last time I had a shot with you, you slammed an iron pan against my head, stole my car and gun." He said unamused. Niko shot me a surprised look as I laughed.

"We have a complicated dynamic clearly." I said to him as he put his dish in the sink.

"We should get going... Nora's bedtime."

"Of course." I muttered to him as he reached for Nora after a few minutes.

"It was nice hanging out with you, the kids love each other. Hopefully sometime soon."

"Yes tot..."

"'We'll see." Vik cut in.

"Like I said yes totally." I finished glaring at him. He walked out the door and I took 3 whiskey shots back-to-back.

"Slow down."

"No, you fuck off. You don't get to appear magically in my life and boss me around." I said annoyed as I took the bowl of finished ice cream from Jace.

"Uncle, how's dad?" he asked and I gulped and exhaled, feeling the emotions I did not want too all over again.

"He is ok." Vik answered stoically.

"Let's get you to bed my love." I whispered to him placing him on my hip. After I was done settling him in bed, I walked back out to notice Vik laid out on the sofa with a movie on. "You are sleeping here?" I asked him raising an eyebrow.

"Well yeah. Where else am I supposed to fucking go? I leased this place." He said rolling his eyes at me. "Come, lets watch a movie for the time being." I noticed a whiskey drink in front of him. I took another shot; I was feeling good. Not drunk, but good and relaxed. He had his back against the arm rest and legs stretched out taking the sofa. His eyes glimmered and his jaw line was perfectly sharp as I studied him. "Lay down with me?" he asked as I took a deep sigh and sat on the sofa. He pulled my arm so I was laying between his legs with my head on his chest. "Trust me?" he whispered to me pulling the sofa throw over us.

"Don't talk to me about trust." I muttered turning towards the tv. One of his arms laced around my shoulder and the other around my waist. "I hate him." I whispered to Vik as I felt myself getting emotional again.

"Well, you have me." He whispered flipping through channels. "We can start our own life." He said as I laughed slightly.

"Yeah, okay." I joked back with him getting comfortable on his chest.

"I really missed you." He whispered into my hair as he rested his head on mine.

"I've been too busy being mom to miss any of you." I lied through my teeth. "Gio?"

"She's getting married to Ales." He answered quickly.

"Must be nice." I said with a small laugh. Suddenly Vik flipped us so I was underneath him. I stared at him taking in the moment as his gaze went down my figure slowly.

"I have been waiting too long." He muttered leaning forward and kissing my neck slowly. His lips hitting my skin gave me a weird jolt suddenly. He began kissing around my jaw softly as if he were trying to test his limits as one hand was holding my head in place and the other on my hip. My mind was not getting off Ares, as I closed my eyes, I could just imagine this being him. As his lips met my collarbone, I let out a small moan and I could feel him hard against my thigh. His breathing was more even and deep as I put my hand to his chest to stop him.

"I can't..."

"Why?" he asked pulling his shirt off and raising an eyebrow to me before continuing to kiss around my shoulder and neck.

"Do you know how long I've wanted you?" He whispered prominently in his Italian accent as I laughed softly.

"Calm down there buddy." I said attempting to sit up and his hands trailed around my waist and stomach under my shirt. He was clearly ignoring me as his eyes were dark and mischievous.

"You know I'm not fucking you right?" I told him bluntly as he looked up at me amused.

"Yeah but I'll fuck you." He said before starting to kiss the side of my jaw again, moving lower each kiss down to my chest.

"I'm not doing this shit again Viktor. I've first hand lived the experience of what happens when someone gets involved with one of you, whether mistake or not." I said as his hand crept up the back of my thighs.

"It can just be our secret, we can be a secret." He said resting his hands on my hips and not taking breaking eye contact from my chest.

"I can't go back to Italy." I muttered to him as he squeezed my hips tightly. "Wait... I forgot to tell you something." I said pushing his hair back roughly. He groaned in annoyance and looked at me. He tried to move my hips to grind against him and bit his lip as I slapped his hands away.

"God what the fuck did you forget? Can you hurry up so I can go jack off already since were clearly not sleeping together." He muttered.

"I took Jace out and when he was playing... I ran into a guy who called him his name and told me they're close." He instantly snapped his eyes to mine angrily.

"Who?"

"I don't know Viktor... I don't know. I ended up punching his face and bringing him home."

"You are coming back to Italy. No discussion." He said grabbing the back of my neck firmly. "I need to figure out whose man that was.." he said to himself staring out the window.

"I can't. I'm not going, life is normal here Vik."

"I fucking said no discussion. Did you hear me?" He spat at me angrily tightening his hold on my neck.

"That hurts asshole." I said shoving his chest as he let go. He took a deep breath to calm himself.

"Who...." He thought to himself out loud. I got off his lap as Jace exited his bedroom.

"Mom, I can't sleep." He called to me as I motioned him to come over. As he laid on my lap, I stroked his hair looking at Viktor who stared at Jace pensively.

"How do you feel about seeing your dad again?" he asked Jace suddenly who perked up instantly.

"When?"

"Tomorrow."