Forbidden Protector: An Arranged Marriage Billionaire Dark Irish Mob Romance (Mafia Kings: Forbidden Series Book 2) by Kiana Hettinger

Author:Kiana Hettinger [Hettinger, Kiana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-One

Arnie

“Arnie?”

“Mmm?”

“I don’t want to go back to the warehouse.”

Her voice is so vulnerable and sweet in the darkness of the car I almost pull over to give her my undivided attention.

Instead, I swallow hard and take the next left.

“Okay.”

“Yeah?”

The plan formulates in my mind as I say it. “There’s a hotel I know that should be secure for at least a night.”

Roisin snorts. “Connor will be so mad.”

“I couldn’t give less of a crap about Connor,” I parrot back the words she said earlier.

“Still, will you message him?”

I nod as I pull up to the hotel. It’s not nearly as exclusive as the restaurant, but there’s a back entrance they usually reserve for celebrities. We enter without difficulty, and after a short conversation with the private receptionist, she hands us the keys to the penthouse and directs us to the elevator.

“I don’t think I’ll ever get used to that,” Roisin mutters as we enter the elevator.

I lean over her to hit the correct button. “Used to what?”

“Just ordering the best thing so confidently,” she clarifies. “I’ve spent my life looking at menu prices first.”

“There has to be some perks to having my ring on your finger, right?” I tease as we begin our ascent.

“That’s not why I said yes.”

I step toward her, making her retreat into the wall. “But it helped, right?”

Her lips purse. “Perhaps.”

I watch as Roisin’s eyes glance hopefully at my lips, and the monster within me rears its head. “Knowing that I could spoil you rotten?”

She curls a little closer as my arm leans against the wall above her head.

“You think I’m that materialistic?” she purrs back.

“I think you deserve nice things.”

Ping.

The doors open smoothly, and I hesitantly withdraw. Stepping out into the cool corridor helps momentarily soothe the ache growing within me. But it offers little comfort. As I open the door to our room, I’m mindful of how close Roisin is to me every second my back is turned to her.

Seemingly unfazed by my desires, Roisin breezes by me into the room.

I follow slowly in an attempt to regain my composure. By the time I close the door behind us, Roisin has run toward the window, gazing down at the city below in a state of astonishment.

“Arnie! Look, you can see the Statue of Liberty from here!”

The air between us suddenly feels too thick. When we’ve been alone like this before, we’d always given in to our base instincts. Driven crazy by the sheer presence of the other and the adrenaline coursing through our veins.

But now… Now, I don’t have that excuse. Now, I’m simply watching a beautiful woman staring out at the city that never sleeps. A woman that I’ve grown to admire and trust. A woman with my ring on her finger.

The monster within me rears its head, but I find I can control it easily. No. Every move I make tonight has to be intentional. Purposeful.

I walk over to her, standing behind her as she watches the world below. My hands gently wrap against her waist.

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