Forever, Amore

10.

Leo's P.O.V

I woke up to the sun shining through the window. Honestly, I couldn't remember the last time I'd slept through the night with no nightmares. It was refreshing to wake up feeling well rested for once.

I looked down to see Monroe's body cuddled up into my body as if she was a jigsaw piece and my body was the puzzle. She looked so beautiful. Her brown hair slightly messy from last night, dropping over her content face.

I chuckled silently when I noticed the damage my mouth did on her skin last night. At least I knew the men would stay away from her now.

My thoughts were rudely interrupted with a pounding on the door, making Roe shoot up from her sleep. I rubbed the small of her back to relax her as I got up and threw on some shorts.

She wrapped her naked body deeper into the bed sheets, clearly still too tired to care. I swung the door to my room open and glared daggers into the person stood there.

"What the fuck do you want, Noah!?"

He chuckled at me before looking down at his watch. "Well it's nine am and you're normally awake at three am. Just checking you weren't dead, dear brother."

I rolled my eyes at him as his eyes landed on my shoulder, making him bellow out in laughter. "Dude, those claw marks explain why you slept so well!"

I shot him a death glare making him laugh even louder. "Morning, Monroe!" He yelled into the room, making sure not to look in just in case. We both just heard her groan out as she buried her head under a pillow.

That made us both laugh before Noah broke the moment. "Come on, boss man. Still got shit to do today that doesn't involve you two in here."

I heard Monroe huff behind me as she wrapped herself in the sheets before stomping over to my side looking tired and slightly annoyed at Noah. "Boss man is busy. Now fuck off so I can go back to bed." She folded her arms over her chest and smirked at Noah before shutting the door before he could retort.

I leaned against the wall smirking at her. "You're hot when your sleepy."

She threw a pillow at me before rubbing her eyes. "I'm not going to be able to sleep anymore." She huffed and dropped the bedsheet from her bare body as she pulled on the silky navy dressing gown she entered in last night before heading into my bathroom, presumably to shower.

All of a sudden she stormed back in and glared at me. "Seriously? When the fuck did this happen!?" She spoke, pointing to her neck and chest that were covered in bruises. I simply smirked, recalling what she told me last night. "I don't know what you mean.." I mocked her words making her walk back into the bathroom closing the door. "You're staying out there now!" Making me laugh at how adorable she was being.

Despite wanting to stay here with her all day, Noah was right. After all, we were still in the middle of a war which did kind of need dealing with. So I threw on some clothes and headed down to my office to get some work done. Although that was pretty much impossible when all I could think about was Monroe.

After a few hours I heard my office door fly open and Kat came sauntering in, a smug look plastered on her face. "You did some damage, brother." She giggled, sitting opposite me.

I looked up from my computer and tilted my head at her, not really knowing what she was on about. "Well I don't think those bruises is from the training you're putting the girl through." She wiggled her brows at me, making me smile slightly at her.

"I'm just glad you're happy. It's been years since I've seen you smiling this much.."

She smiled sadly at me as I nodded. "Because it's been years since I've had her in my life." I stated truthfully as the door opened, a Beauty entering. She stood with her hair down clearly trying to cover the hickeys. She wore a navy bodycon dress that sat just above her knee making every curve captivate my attention. "Talking about me, Valentino?" Confidence laced her voice as she sat perched on the arm of my seat.

"Now that's a sight! You fit perfectly next to him in navy!" Kat squealed, making Roe's face light up with joy. That was a face I wanted to look at all the time. She looked genuinely happy, as if she'd forgotten about all the bad things happening and the things coming.

"Kat, do you mind?" I asked as she nodded and left immediately. "This is the last thing I want to do right now, trust me. But we need to talk..about your father."

She stood up and sat on the desk in front of me. "What has he done now?" She rolled her eyes as she looked at me. "You see, There's this party that the American Mafia host every year. It's a way of us all uniting without conflict."

She cut me off by huffing. "What does this have to do with my f- I mean Thomas?"

Her correction took me back. She didn't call him her father anymore. That only made it harder for me to confess to her.

"The German Mafia will be there. With your-Thomas. He requested to see you..."

Her face dropped, a shade of white cascading over her features. "I-I don't know what I'd say.." she stuttered, rubbing the back of her neck. "Hey listen, if you accept, I'll come with you and we will have all our men there in case something happens. Nothing will ha-"

"Fine. I'll do it. I'll talk to him."