Heartless Ending Book 3 of the Heartless Series

Chapter 24 - Back to Three

Romeo's POV

I couldn't have been more proud of my rose. I watched as she interrogated Melanie I saw how she didn't let anything faze her, until Luca was mentioned. Even then she stayed in control. I've never seen something so brutal, be entwined with passion before. When she carved that heart I saw her true self emerge. I knew that the next step would be to go to Italy, and she didn't disappoint me when she spoke my thoughts back to me.

The determination in her eyes spoke volumes, what I didn't expect was for her to kiss me afterwards. She practically attacked me, forcibly pressing her lips to mine in a will breaking passionate kiss. I was right there with her, she is the sexiest woman I've ever known and I wanted more. I pulled her into the viewing room and pushed her onto the desk pulling at her jacket to get it off her quickly. I grabbed her breasts and she moaned into my mouth, turning me on even more. She laid down on the desk unbuttoning her jeans and shimmied out of them. I didn't give her time to take her boots off so she could fully remove her jeans, instead I used them as a kind of binding and positioned myself in the circle her legs now made. I kissed her again while releasing myself from my slacks. No words needed to be said just action, I slid myself inside her and took a moment to enjoy the feel of her, before beginning to move and thrust hard, soon we were both overcome with immense pleasure.

We stayed connected and just stared into each other's eyes. I glided my hand over her cheek and into her hair bringing her forehead to meet mine. "I love you Rose." Before she got a chance to reply, our intimate moment were interrupted by the sound of an excited squeal coming from the cell next door. We both looked towards the glass confused to see Giana bouncing on the balls of her feet and clapping her hands together looking over Melanie's dead body. "Who's that?" She questioned as we untangled ourselves. I sighed. "That would be Giana. She will be joining the team."

We had just finished getting dressed when she walked in unannounced. "OMG, not going to lie that in there is a master piece." I rolled my eyes at her. "Oh yea. Sorry for interrupting the fuck fest but I just had to meet the Queen of Hearts. Huge fan." This was some weird shit I thought as I crossed my arms over my chest. "And Romeo. You have a fantastic ass." She winked at me. "I'm Giana by the way. Can't wait to work alongside you in Italy. So when do we leave?" In less than 3 minutes she had interrupted our moment, acted like a besotted teenager seeing their idol for the first time, complimented my ass and got down to business. My head was spinning but Carmela seemed to enjoy the moment and laughed heartily with Giana.

Great, 2 crazy women to deal with.

Carmela's POV

After ridding myself of that bitch and getting some information from her, I only had more questions but needed to feel something real. Something... I said what I needed too to Romeo and then threw myself at him, a fuck is what I needed. A release and he was the only person I'd go to for that. Our bodies are always so in sync, needing each other when close by but we drive each other crazy.

We made quick work of getting down to it but even with it being a quickie, it was intense and even tenser after when he confessed his love to me. My heart was screaming for me to say it back, it's only ever been him and I can imagine it will only ever be him. But my head won't allow me to say those 3 little words, it guards my heart from the pain and turmoil it's been through for the last 3 years.

I was relieved of the distraction that I now know was Giana. She was a little on the crazy side, a big talker but deadly, definitely not someone you want to get on the wrong side of but I liked her instantly. She spoke her mind and told you what she thought at that passing moment. Someone less likely to betray you as she's already told you everything. She knew every hit I did and even some that I completed as me and not my alter ego. She never believed I were dead like all the gossip stated and I guess proof when Romeo emerged with a new wife, even if he cheated on her constantly.

We chatted and laughed as we cleaned up the body and disposed of it, and had a little girly chat about things. Was nice to have a woman to talk to again, don't get me wrong Timo has been everything I needed and more even Leo, but they lack a certain oestrogen induced connection that I needed. The helpful woman from earlier even migrated down to the basement and joined the conversation and give us a hand. Sarah was just as bad as us, loved to kill and horny as hell. My kinda girl! The fact I was back in a 3, hadn't escaped my notice and made me a little nervous and very guarded.

It seems Sarah has got herself a fuck buddy in Leo, that apparently took all of 3 hours to secure but she wouldn't pass up any other opportunity for him. I laughed but really shouldn't, Leo has been there for me for years but he's a big boy and can take care of himself. Talk soon turned to business and we planned a few things out between us. I kept the information of Emilia to myself though, I needed time to process what I found out before I could tell others. I guess Romeo heard everything Melanie said as I spoke with her, so I'd ask him a few questions when we were alone.

"Having fun?" Romeo quipped when we finally came upstairs, clean up hadn't taken more than an hour but it felt longer and I just wanted to be with my son. "Yea, the girls are... fun. It's just that it's a little weird." I confessed to him. "Because there's 3 of you?" I nodded. "Their skills will be invaluable though." It was his turn to nod. "Luca will be taken to New York, while we are busy. Hannah has agreed to stay with him. I've had all the papers and ID information sorted out and she has undertaken a transformation of herself." I nervously bit my lip and frowned. "Don't worry he will be safe." Don't worry? How could I not worry we were going up against Stefano, it's not like going to the store and buying milk. This was going to be a huge undertaking and one we might not come back from. What then? Luca would be on his own. No, I couldn't afford to think like that. There were too many lives at stake for any of that. Luca, Emilia, Valentina the list just went on and on.

Romeo could probably sense my distress, pulled me in front of him and put his arms around me as we were all discussing strategy and skills. I was listening to everything but keeping quiet, probably too quiet. I kept noticing Timo throwing me concerned looks out of my peripheral vision but I didn't acknowledge him. We would talk later. "Every inch of the place is wired to the max I can ensure you that. There's no easy way in." Timo explained to the group and pointed to all the pivotal secured parts of the house including where the security room was on a blueprints. Teams based on skill were starting to be formed and team leaders identified. 6 teams lead by Timo, Leo, Sarah, Giana, Jake and Ricky would be the first to attack, leading the charge as they were all lesser known to Stefano than myself and Romeo.

It didn't sit well with him that he wasn't going in first to meet Stefano head on but as Giana pointed out the whole point was to keep him out of sight as much as possible until needed, same with me so Emilia and Valentina weren't targeted while in their hands. He didn't have a leg to stand on after that and continued to hold me close to him as an anchor to not lose his shit. I absentmindedly tickled the back of his arm that folded over my stomach with my fingernails, just enjoying the fact I should soon have my sister back.

My mind drifted to her again and what she would look like, her being a beauty much the same as our mother was a definite but her being mute was probably a security mechanism as a result of her being tormented and possibly tortured for what... 13 years. I shook the thought from my head, the pain I felt was unbearable. "Not too much longer and we can go home." Romeo whispered into my ear. He was right, after another 20 minutes we had the start of a plan for our attack on Italy. We would be leaving later today.

The ride back to the apartment was a little quiet but Romeo never let go of me, as he drove he held my hand as it rested over the centre console.

"What's on your mind?" I continued to stare out the window. "Just worried I guess. I have more than one thing to lose now. I have too many people I care about and I don't want to lose them." He kissed the hand he held and I turned to face him. "Am I one of those people? You never got to say anything earlier about my confession." He asked with his eyes glued to the road. "Yes. That day I saw you in the club I hated you and everything about you." I sighed and tilted my head back as if asking for a divine power to give me strength to continue. "But that first kiss wiped all that away and it felt right. I couldn't deal with that I didn't know what to do or think anymore, but I do love you I always have."