“You can’t.What’s done is done.It was over ten years ago,” I say.
“Then let me spend the next ten years fixing it.Not just ten, but twenty years.Thirty.The rest of our lives.Marry me.”
My heart aches.I want what he offers with every fiber of my being, but I can’t let go of my anger.I need justice for my mother and revenge against my father.
“No,” I manage through the emotions lodged in my throat.
The pain and longing shining from his eyes pull a confession from me I never thought I’d speak aloud.
“Not until I ruin my father for stealing my mother’s inheritance and kicking us to the curb like garbage.Not until he feels the same humiliation he put us through.Not until everything he’s ever wanted is either destroyed or mine.”
Thick fingers weave into my hair and tilt my face up to his glimmering hazel eyes.A thrill runs down my spine at the enchanted wonder lurking in his gaze.
“I can’t wait to watch you rip him to shreds.”The unwavering certainty in his gaze steals the breath from my lungs.“Take whatever you need from me, little rabbit.Use me.I’m yours.All yours.Understand?”
My stomach bottoms out.He means it.
I grab his nape and pull his mouth down to mine.
Fresh motivation flows through me.Revenge on my father means more than just avenging my mother and assuaging the fury in my soul.
It means freedom.
Freedom to love the man who stole my heart in high school.Despite the reservations in my mind, my heart is all in.
Matteo Ricco is mine.
All mine.
Chapter 14
Matteo Ricco
She said no but kisses meas though her life depends on it.I should be furious at her rejection, but I’m not.In fact, pride and awe flow through me.
Brook was never a pushover.She’s the most headstrong, stubborn woman I’ve ever known.Her refusal to push aside her quest for revenge is the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen.
I’ll do everything in my power to make the process as quick as possible, even if she’s too stubborn to ask for help, because I need her by my side and in my bed for the rest of my life.
I pour my silent vow into our kiss.When I lift my head, she whimpers and scratches my nape.
“Don’t worry, little rabbit.I’m not going anywhere, and neither are you.”
“But—”
“I’m not wasting a single fucking second,” I growl.“You’re mine all day today.”I nip her bottom lip and lick away the sting.“And tonight.”She gasps as I slip a hand inside her blanket and grab her soft, warm breast.“Hell, I’m not letting you go until thirty minutes before clock in to work tomorrow morning.”
She closes a fist in my hair and tugs.I groan.
“You wouldn’t,” she says.
I roll her nipple between my thumb and forefinger and grin at her.
Goosebumps rise on her flesh.I shift her on my lap and ghost my lips along her jawline.
“You’re right.I’m not letting you go even then.I’ll drive you to work in the morning.”
She arches her back, offering me her breasts and pressing her ass against my hard cock.
