Bella Mafia

Chapter 29

I was in seventh heaven since I've been in Sicily and ever since we told each other how we felt and said I love you its just been fantastic and I loved spending time with him and now I had Bri and from the looks of things, Luca and Bri had something going.

"Hey girl, it's bathroom break time" Bri said.  I nodded and went to get up when Vincent and Luca stood and both men admonished us to be careful and let us know that Niccola would be behind us.

I looked up at Vincent and placed my hand over his heart and said "I love you, you know this right?"  His response was an obvious public display of affection and I smirked at him as I grabbed my clutch and followed Bri to the opulent restroom facility.

"Oh my gosh girl!" I squealed inside waiting area of the restroom. "You and Luca have had this sexy vibe going on all night so spill...now" I demanded.

"Well he is spending the night with me tonight because he says that we have a lot to talk about but he finally told me that he loves me!" Bri squealed this time as I hugged her.

We talked more about Vincent and I and other things as we took care of business, washed our hands and then left. We were on our way, with Niccola, when a familiar voice rang out and put chills down my spine.

"Hello Calli." I spun around but not before Niccola put himself between me and the voice. Jesus, Mary and Joseph, it was James!

"Calli come on. Let's get you and Bri back to the table" Niccola had already started to speak into his wrist when James reached me from out of nowhere, clamped down on my arm and twisted.

"You are coming with me" he hissed and about that time Luca and Vincent showed up and James did not fare well due to the fact that he still had a grip when my fiancé got to us.

"You let her the f*ck go!" Vincent roared. "She's mine, Siranni" James gritted back. Vincent stood up to his straight height, peering deadly at James and said "She belongs to no one. She is with me because she wants to be and she has the syndicate's approval."

Turning to Antonio and Niccola, Vincenzo said "Please escort this gentleman out." His words full of venom.

James pulled his arm from Antonio's grip, while glaring at me and Vincent. "Your father will hear of this" he sneered. What?! Had he been smoking funny green stuff? I was here because of my father.

Once James disappeared from sight, my whole body started shaking and all I had to do was look at Vincent and he nodded while telling Niccola to bring the car around.

The ride home was silent.  I was wrapped up in Vincent's arms while Luca and Bri looked on with sympathy.  This was Vincent and Luca's second time to deal with James but Bri got a quick education on how unwound James really was.

I tightened my grip on Vincent's hand, looking up at him, hoping to catch a glimpse of what was going through his mind but all I saw was him clinching his jaw, and that frightened me more than James ever did.

All I felt right now, besides the aching in my wrist, was getting out of this vehicle.  It was as if the walls and roof were closing in around me.

Just when I thought I couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to claw my way through the vehicle, we pulled into the long villa drive and were stopped at the side door.

As I stepped from the car, my knees buckled and had it not been for Vincent, I would have fallen face first into the concrete.

I felt his strong arms gather me up, like I weighed nothing, his soft voice reassuring me.  "I got you, passero.  I got you."

"Vincent please don't send me away" I mumbled.  "Don't make me go with him." A sudden tiredness came over me and I just sunk deeper into my man's clutches, letting my eyes close.

The sensation of being carried up the stairs told me where we were in our journey then I heard him ask Bri to get the door and if he wanted her to fix me some tea.  I didn't hear his answer but I didn't really care at that particular moment.

He sat me down on our bed, knelt down and pulled my heels from my tired feet.  The next thing he did was so sweet, he picked up one foot at a time and tenderly massaged it.

This went on for a bit and then he did the same thing with the other foot.  He was fulfilling his promise to take care of me and I loved him for it.

"Can you stand, tesoro?"  His voice soft and caring.  "I-I think so" I managed to get out.  He gently pulled me to my feet and started to lift my dress over my head, leaving me almost naked in his presence.

"Damn baby.  You are truly the most beautiful woman I've ever seen."  His eyes blazing, the look in them was nothing I hadn't seen before but it was different this time because I wanted to give in to him.

I moved my hands to his chest, the muscles flexing and twitching beneath them from my touch, and encircled his neck.

My body was flush with his, pressing my bra-clad chest to his.  "Vincent, I need you.  All parts of you.  I don't want to think about it, just take me to bed and love me, make me forget."  I hadn't realized a lone tear had escaped and slid down my cheek until I felt his thumb whisk it away.

He moved us, he was backing us towards the bed and when I felt the wooden frame against the back of my knees I knew we were there.

"Hold on" his voice husky with need, as he picked me up, wrapping my legs around his waist, he placed us in the middle of the bed.

Sitting back on his knees, I watched him unbuckle his belt and unfasten his dress pants.  Those two things almost made me come undone.

He pulled his dress shirt from his pants and took his time unbuttoning it, the anticipation was killing me when he finally slid it from his shoulders.

Next came his shoes and socks, then climbing from the bed, he had his pants off and was back between my legs before I could blink.

"Are you sure you want this, Calli?  Remember I said no pressure" he was giving me one more chance but I didn't want it, I wanted him.

"Si, Vincent.  I'm sure.  I want to feel you inside me.  I have for a while now but I was too scared to give you one hundred percent but I'm not anymore.  Make love to me, Vincent.  Por favore."