Protecting The Principessa (Complete)

~ Chapter 19 ~

Ignazia walked into the club a week later, glancing around. She had been working here for a while now, but she hadn't been in as a guest and figured it was high time to change that. She didn't have any friends to hang with, and Adriano was working, so she said she'd save him a headache and come to the club alone. It wasn't something she did often, but this time, it didn't bother her. The bouncer had let her in without a problem, regardless of the line that was past the street, waiting to get in.

She swallowed her nerves and made her way to the bar, smiling at Mindy who had to do a double take. Izzy waved at her and waited for her to wrap up the other orders before being pushy. After all, it wasn't like she had much of anything else to do. She glanced behind her again at the crowd, wondering if maybe she might be lucky enough to find someone to dance with her.

"If you're here, you should be working." Izzy rolled her eyes before she turned around to look at Chuck.

"No, it's a day off and I'm free to do whatever I want, and that includes coming to dance and drink." With that, she turned her attention away from the ass and to Mindy.

"You look amazing, Izzy," the other female said, and Izzy smiled. Her jeans were tight, her heels were sky high, and her top helped push the girls up and out even more.

"Thank you, Mindy! Can I have a glass of Amaretto on the rocks please?"

"Sure thing." Izzy grabbed the cash from her pocket and was about to hand it to Mindy when a hand quickly caught hers.

"No female should ever buy their drinks," a deep voice spoke from behind her. She glanced over her shoulder and smiled at the blonde hair man that was there.

"Thank you, that's very nice of you," she told him, and the man smiled.

"Mindy put it on my tab." That caused Izzy to frown slightly. She hadn't seen the man before, but it was obvious he knew Mindy and not her.

"Sure thing, suga." With that, Mindy handed Izzy her glass and gave her a wink before moving on to another customer.

"You must be new here," the man said, leaning against the bar, even though there was no room.

"No, I actually work here," she told him, taking a sip of her drink.

"It's my night off and figured I needed a drink and a dance." The man looked behind her shoulder and smiled.

"I see no man with you," he commented.

"There isn't," she told him.

"I'm Ace." He held out his hand and she glanced at it before taking it.

"Izzy."

"Well, Izzy, since you seem to be flying solo, let me take you to the floor." She nodded as he held onto her hand and led her to the dancing throb of bodies. The song was fast and full of bass and if they even wanted to talk, they were going to have to be right on top of each other. Not that she minded. The man was sexy as fuck, with his blonde hair and piercing blue eyes, and a build that would make any girl feel safe. And though she hated to think about it in such a manner, she could easily go home with him tonight, but he wasn't the man she wanted. And she refused to even think about where the hell those ideas started coming from!

His hands roamed over her sides before they settled on her hips and drew her back against his chest. She sipped her drink while she looked around, catching quite a few eyes glancing their way. She smirked behind her glass and leaned even more against him, using her free hand to wrap around his neck. He chuckled as he placed a light kiss below her jaw.