Mafia's Arranged Princess Bride Book1 King of New York

Chapter 57

Lucky

Call me warped if you like but the way we have sex suits me. It's dark, it's dirty and well, what can I say – I've never been one for having soft, gentle romantic interludes with any of my men. I like the way he speaks to me, only when we are having sex. In other scenarios I would tell him exactly where to get off.

I take a look at his face as he reads the message on his mobile. His strong jaw ticks, his eyes are giving nothing away, but I can see he is not pleased with something. My hand still rests in his.

"What is it?" I ask him.

"We may be in danger; I need to get you to safety. But I can't move everyone at the moment. Aurora thinks the shooter is close by."

"What?" My voice is almost a screech. "Here near the property? She can't get in; she'd need an army." Now I'm trying to reason with myself because I don't want to be in danger, and it hits me that I don't want Nico to be in danger either. My parents are here, his are here too not to mention his brothers.

"No, not on the property. You are right though, Princess anyone trying to get in here would need an army. We are heavily guarded, and I have a bunk house below this property that is safe, unless of course someone decides to bomb the property or launch something at us."

"What?" Another high-pitched screech leaves my mouth. He pulls me into his chest and wraps an arm protectively around me.

"Trust me, Lucky I will never let anything happen to you."

"You'd save yourself and your family first, Nico. That is given."

"Not true, Princess." He tilts my chin up so our eyes are looking at one another's. I see something in his, I can't place it but there's a gentleness there that I haven't noticed before. "You are my priority now."

"Only because without me you still only have half of the city."

"Stop, Lucky with this nonsense. Things have changed between us, since I have claimed you, I now protect you and because of you, not because I want to be the King pin in New York."

His words take me by surprise, my mouth drops open. He gently closes it for me and runs his thumb along my jaw line, I press my hand further into his touch.

"Since when?" My breath his shaky.

"That is irrelevant, the fact is you mean more to me now." I love the deep, gruff sound of his voice, it actually makes my heart flutter. Do I have feelings for him now? How do you even go from hating each other to having feelings for one another? I will never understand how this kind of chemistry works.

I can feel his heart racing as my hand rests on his solid chest. "So, what is the plan then?"

"Aurora is looking into it for me, I doubt the woman will be too close and we will be ready. Our families and you will go into the bunk house below, there are tunnels. You can exit the entire grounds of the property and be in another house of mine. The tunnels go on for miles but in any case, there is safety down there and everything you would need."

"I hate the sound of that."

"I know you do, Princess but that may be the only solution. For now, we will go back upstairs to our rooms. Nobody is coming in tonight."

"And what do you know about this woman?"

"At the moment nothing, she could be working for the Russians, she could be working for one of the other families here. I've never heard of her before, but assassins are always ready for hire. We are just a target for them, it's not personal to the shooter, Lucky. You know that."

I nod, of course I do. But to happen to us, that's a whole different thing. We have always been safe, the Gianluca's never had this kind of trouble. Whoever wants Nico out the way is going to a hell of a lot of effort to make it known.

"But why? What have you done that merits someone wanting to actually kill you, Nico? Did you hold on to someone's money? Or is it because you are trying to stop the drug trafficking with the Monletto family?"

He furrows his brow, "I don't think it's to do with that, Lucky. Whoever is behind this has their own agenda. Maybe they want the power, but I know for a fact that Monletto isn't that kind of man. Besides, if he'd wanted it, he would have taken it from your father and mine, many years ago."

"Come," he takes my hand and walks me to the door where he unbolts the lock and allows me to go out first. He places his hand on my lower back guiding me to the staircase where one of his bodyguards stands.

He nods at Nico, who nods back and walks me to the top of the stairs to our suite. "I will be back soon. Do not leave this room under any circumstances."

"Wait, where are you going?"

"I have to call Aurora back and I need to wake Tony up. We have much to discuss." He kisses me softly on the lips, it's so gentle almost just a breath, in total contrast how he just fucked me downstairs. I place a finger to my lips where he kissed me and watch his broad shoulders as he heads back to the top of the stairs.

"Please go inside the room, Lucky." One of the burly guys outside my door tells me. I nod and enter the room and throw myself on the bed. Holy shit, what if someone is rounding up enough people to take on Nico here and his team?

The thought petrifies me, and I am not a woman who scares easily. But my parents are here, I am here, and Nico could get hurt too. Whoever this woman is, I am hoping that they can stop her and find out who is behind it.

It takes me ages to settle in the bed, I toss and turn, finally giving up and just resting with my head on the pillows waiting for Nico to return. After what seems an hour or so, the door opens. Under the dim lighting I see his shape, narrow hips, long muscular legs and broad shoulders locking the door behind him.

"Are you asleep, Princess?"

"No, I couldn't. I'm worried, Nico."

"We will be fine. There is no news, but we are preparing ourselves, Aurora is the best at what she does. Do not worry, Princess we need sleep."

He begins to undress, I watch as he unbuttons his shirt and slides it off his shoulders noticing his pecs moving with each movement, the chiselled abs that lead to a V, angling straight to his pleasure zone. Next, he unzips his trousers, and lets them fall to the ground, I feel warmth cursing through my body just looking at the Adonis of a man in front of me.

In just his boxer shorts, Nico comes to sit on the edge of the large bed and leans forward with his elbows on his knees. I can sense that he has the weight of the world on his shoulders. Despite being exhausted, I kneel up behind him and begin to massage his shoulders, feeling the tension and knots. "That feels good, Princess."

"Can't we just get away from all of this, Nico? This is no life, you constantly watching over your shoulder. It's not a life I want to be part of. I don't want to have to marry into this nor to bring children into a life like this."

I watch as the muscles in his back tense, he is a fine sight, strong, masculine and powerful. Nico takes a hand holding it by the wrist and kisses the inside of my wrist then my palm. "It is not a life I want to bring children into either, Lucky. But you will marry me, I do not want for any other woman. You have ruined me now for any other woman out there. You are my Princess, you will be my Queen, the mother of our children. My heart sings a song for only you. I have no idea what spell you have cast upon me, Lucky Gianluca but you have and now I am ruined." His voice is almost a growl, I clench my thighs together as I remain kneeling behind him, the heat sores up through my entire body.

"Not like this, Nico."

"We will find out who she is and who she is working for, trust me Lucky nobody will touch a hair on your head. If anyone so much as looks at you the wrong way, I will kill them. They will wish they never knew your name." The passion in his voice evokes something within me, and it's at that precise moment as he kisses the palm of my hand again, that I realize I have fallen for Nico Santangelo.