Mafia Men IV: Rossi

Chapter 32

Lia's POV

He walked towards the bed and I crawled backwards towards the headboard. He stopped in his steps. Hurt flashed in his eyes.

"Lia. After all this time you think I would hurt you?" He asked

I stood silent and his jaw clenched. He hated when I was silent. He used to tell me how much he loved my voice and that he could listen to me forever.

"Baby" He said "Please say something. It's been two years since I've seen you since I've heard you. I felt like I was losing my fuc- my mind"

Eli never cursed around me. He never let it slip. He hated when I cursed too.

"You think I'm mad at you." He said nodding "Although I am slightly upset, we can work on it. Once we rid of Cameron we can repair what was broken between us"

He must've seen the look on my face when he said that because his jaw clenched.

"Let's not let him get in between our reunion right now. There's a shower in that room over there. Clean up and I got you some new clothes. Nothing frilly like before because I understand that now you don't like that."He pointed to the closet "When you're done I'll send for you for dinner."

I just stared at him and he stepped closer to me. His hand ran along the dress I wore and the heels. He never let me wear heels. His hand ran up my leg slowly up to my hip. He looked up at me. His hand touched my cheek and he kissed my temple. His lips lingered over my temple and down to my ear.

"Just as beautiful as I remember" he said in my ear and breathed me in. His breath blew on my neck and I fought the urge to shake. I needed to play the part. I needed to fight just like Nic said. That would be my only way out of here.

He pulled away from me and walked out the room closing the door behind him. I let go of the breath that I was holding.

I got up and my head was still pounding. I went into the bathroom and looked to see a window. It was nailed shut. I looked out the window and my heart sank. For miles and miles all I could see was the forest. We were in the middle of nowhere. From how high my window was I had to be on at least the third or fourth floor of this house. I locked the bathroom door and took my clothes off to shower. I felt the tears building as I thought about Cameron. The way he touched me when he snuck away from Cats party. Him telling me he loved me and smiling at me. All I could think about was him. Part of me wished at any moment he would burst through my door and save me from this hell but a larger part of me wished he wouldn't. I was so scared about what Eli would do if he saw Cameron. I had to get myself out of here to avoid that at any cost. I finished showering and wrapped the towel around me. I fixed my hair and removed my makeup. He still had all my cosmetics in the bathroom. Eli hated when I wore makeup other than blush and lipgloss so I wore blush and lipgloss. I went into the room and in the closet were new lace underwear nothing like what he used to get me. I put them on and smiled at the thought of how many pair of panties that Cameron had ripped of mine. He bought them back of course but he would always say. "You don't need these around me anyway". I missed him.

I sighed and opened the other closet to see the dresses Eli bought. They weren't too flashy but nothing like before. They didn't make me look like a doll. I chose the royal blue one. It was spaghetti strapped that was tight at the top but flared at the bottom. It was beautiful but I couldn't like it because he got it. I looked through the shoes in the closet and saw nothing but heels all my size. This was a complete 180 for him. I put on the white closed toe heels and looked at myself in the mirror. I looked nice but part of me hated that I looked nice for Eli. I wanted Cameron to see me like this.

I closed the closet and turned around to see Eli standing there staring at me. I put my hand on my chest and backed up into the closet.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. I called your name and you didn't answer. I was worried." He said stepping closer and his eyes raked over my body. "Lia, you look stunning."

It was time to play the game.

"Thank you" I said lowly and he looked up at me shocked. He smiled brightly and his hand touched my cheek.

"God. You have no idea what you do to me." He said and his eyes went to my lips. His thumb brushed my bottom lip. "I see it now. I see it"

His jaw clenched and he dropped his hand backing up from me.

"Let's head down for dinner" He said sticking his arm out and I grabbed it. He knocked on the door and they opened it for us. We walked downstairs to reveal a huge house. It was cabin style which made sense because we were in the middle of nowhere. There were guards everywhere though. My heart sank at the impossibility of the situation, but I won't give up.

We made it to a large dining room and he pulled a chair out for me. I sat down and he pulled his next to mine. The servers brought out our food and it was a table full of all my favorite foods. I watched in awe as they laid it all out one by one. I looked to see Eli staring at me watching my expression and I looked down.

"Eat baby girl." He said and his hand squeezed my thigh

"Okay" I said and I stood up to serve myself of the food and I felt his stare on my body. I was stunned. That's what he saw now. I was confused when he said it in the room but I see it now too. He saw me not as a girl but as a woman. A woman he wanted to touch, to feel, to fuck. And suddenly my appetite was gone.