Pain lances through my chin as she throws her head back and clocks my jaw with her skull.I hiss, yank her off the railing, and shove her toward the vehicles.She yelps, almost catches her balance, then lands on her hip with a pained grunt.
With an annoyedtsk, I grab her elbow and yank her to her feet.She jerks out of my grasp and swings without warning.
I stare at her in shock as fiery pain blooms across my cheek.She slapped me.
The fury drains from her eyes.Her face goes ashen.She cradles her hand to her chest and takes an unsteady step backward.
Noah’s sharp inhale sounds from the direction of my car.Donna’s sole scuffs against the concrete.
Valentina shifts wide eyes to our audience.
Both bodyguards look from my face to Valentina’s hand and back before they turn around with stiff shoulders.Noah swallows and steps closer.
“I’m sorry,” Valentina whispers.
I curl my hands into fists at my sides and fill my lungs, desperate to calm down and gain control of myself.She rushes to explain.
“I’m not suicidal.I didn’t go to jump,” she insists.“I went for a walk as a tourist.I’ve never been there before and had some time between appointments…” She trails off and seems at a loss for a moment, but anger flushes her face and she glares at me.
“You’re an asshole,” she declares.I blink in disbelief, but she continues.“The biggeststronzoI have ever had the misfortune of knowing.”Her righteous anger morphs her into an otherworldly beauty.“How could you do that to me?”
Entranced by her fury, I watch her work herself into a frenzy.She jabs her finger toward the railing and stomps her foot as she raises her voice.
“You almost killed me over a misunderstanding!Do you have rocks rolling around in your head or something?What is wrong with you?”she shrieks.
“That’s enough,paperotta,” I warn.
“Says who?You?”she challenges.
“Sì.Me,” I say.
“Why would I listen to the one with rocks for brains?”she snarks.
I grab her by the throat, yank her to me, and grind my cock against her softness as I growl in her ear.
“It’s not rocks in my head, it’s cum in my balls, so watch your mouth before I fill it with more than you can handle.”
I nip her earlobe.Her gasp nearly shreds the last of my control.
When I pull back, she wisely keeps her lips sealed, but the dazed hunger sparkling in her eyes fills me with satisfaction.
I dip my head to tease the mutinous line of her lips but change my mind at the last second.
Kissing her will give her too much power over me.The moment I bury my tongue inside her mouth is the moment I lose all control.
After nipping a line along her jaw to mimic the soreness in mine, I rise to my full height, spin her by her shoulders, and march her toward the SUV.When her high heel wobbles on a pebble, I lift her by her hips and place her in her seat as though she weighs nothing.The scars on my back stretch and burn, but it’s worth it to enjoy her flustered expression.
I pull her seatbelt over her lap and buckle her in before tracing the shoulder strap up her body.Her breast threatens to spill from her top.The bra she teased me with last night and this morning peeks out from her low neckline.
“You’re going to give the poor kid an aneurysm,” I murmur as I hook my finger into her bra.
I bite back a groan as her abundant flesh pillows around my digit.
“Kid?”she breathes.
Distracted by her tempting curves, I tilt my head toward Noah before realizing my mistake.
Jealous rage roars through me when she shifts her gaze to my righthand man.He may be like a son to me, but he’s older than she is.I reach into her shirt and pinch her nipple.
