“You don’t get to lecture me on how I raise Gianna. I took her in after her parents died. I’m more of a mother to her than her own mother was.”
“She will resent you forever if you control her life. Just think about that.”
“Enzo, listen to how she speaks to me!”
“Francesca,” he says with a tired sigh. “Just go. Take care of Gianna. There’s a war brewing and I don’t want her a part of it. So just go.”
With one last derisive look in my direction, Francesca storms out of the room, leaving me and Enzo alone.
“You stood up for me,” I say.
“Well, you did save my life.”
“Why haven’t you said anything to me until now? You were quiet on the drive here.”
He cups my face and I can’t help but lean into his touch. “Because you said you loved me and I was surprised. I didn’t know you felt that way for me.”
“I didn’t know either. Not until I saw you on that table and I knew I didn’t want to lose you.”
“I have a confession. I knew I loved you when Matteo took you from me and I was so worried I’d never get you back.”
“You love me?” I ask with a gasp.
“Why do you sound so surprised?”
“Because I wasn’t sure you had that in you.”
“I do,” he says with a small laugh. “I’m not a complete monster. And I love you, Kira. I’m happy to know you love me too.”
Unable to help myself, I grab the collar of his shirt and pull him down for a kiss. It’s a lingering, gentle kiss that neither one of us wants to break away from.
“What do we do now?” I ask.
“Now, we go home.”
Chapter Twenty
Enzo
The moment Kira and I walk through the front door, I pick her up in my arms.
“Aren’t you hurt?” she asks.
“I don’t care about that. I just want you. After everything, I just need you in my arms.”
She wraps her legs around my waist, pulling our bodies flush together, and presses her lips to mine in a passionate kiss. She lets out a moan when I push her against the wall.
Never have I needed another woman this badly. All the women of my past meant different things to me. Some I cared for. Some were just for the night. Some I thought I could love but it never went anywhere.
But with Kira, I have finally found it. In a woman who drives me crazy. In a woman who saved my life by going against her family.
Nothing has ever felt more right.
We sink to the floor as we continue to kiss. It’s like our bodies cannot get close enough.
Thank god Kira is wearing a dress today because it makes it easy for me to push it up and nudge her panties out of the way so I can sink my fingers into her pussy that’s already wet for me.
The loud moan she lets out makes my cock hard.