VALENTINO| 18+

Chapter 10- My brother

*Valentino*
      I can't stop thinking about her and the other night. I had to sit back and observe due to old habits.  Thank god she left before she could notice my very visible hard, I had to take a cold shower just for my 'problem' to go away. Ugh. She's beautiful. I think I overdid it last week, I couldn't tell if she liked the kiss and I didn't notice before but she was digging her nails into the crook of my neck, where most of my scars go anyways. I don't know why I've been so cautious around her, I don't want to hurt her. I like this one. But I have a whole mafia to take care of now, it's just me alone anymore, I have no time to be selfish. I always hated my father but the only thing he was actually good at was protecting our mafia, good-looking ones too. Members of my family have been very loyal clients of  Rothlow & Pratt for decades. You hear a lot of stories about Mafias you see but never the legal aspect. Yeah, things get messy sometimes, and when too many murders and questions start to arise our guys come in for questioning. And of course, we have most of the police officers at the station paid off but every couple of years there's an ambitious and "brave" police officer trying to take our mafia down. If there's a  mess, I clean it up simple as that. It's crazy what money can make people do, but it's not about the money for me. It's legacy and bonds. My phone rang suddenly and it read my favorite name.
"What you miss me already?" I chuckled, envisioning her blushing through the phone. She's so damn cute.
"Actually no, can we meet up to prep you for the stand again since last time..." she said trailing off her sentence. 
"Of course, we can momma," I said accentuating my now noticeable accent. There's no point in hiding who I am, she already knows. I love that I can be myself around her.  I definitely felt something with that kiss but it was all ruined in one knock. God I hate that asshole, I don't like the way he stares at Arabella and I don't like the look her friend gave me but I've brushed it off because her friend's a stoner and as a Mafia leader I never take what stoners do or say personally. Her friend Willow if I'm not mistaken looks oddly familiar but I'm just going to brush it off because I've been extra paranoid since a mole was recently "removed" from the mafia's fine collection of men, it's always the men.

"Arabella's POV:*
         Willow and I talked for hours last night. She even brought up Aiden, and I kind of left after that even though Willow apologized. I bit my nails thinking about Valentino. Fucking. Romanoff. I can still feel his lips on mine, and his fingers tracing circles on my waist... That man had me wrapped around his finger, ready for anything he asked of me. He's coming so we can meet up at my office this time so no distractions can happen. That's exactly all that kiss was, two distracted grown adults who were just lonely and caught up in the muscles...I abruptly stood up when I saw his broad back, tight muscles begging to be exposed from his shirt, and the very visible veins and tattoos running along his arms being exposed through the buttoned-down black shirt. Damn, he looked good in a suit. A cheeky smile with his dimples peeking through the flesh on his face, made its way on his face as I stuck my hand out instinctively to shake his. He took mine in his and the cold feeling of his metal rings caressing my hands gently made me shiver slightly. The air was tense as he followed behind me towards my office.

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