Law of Conduct : A Royal Organized Crime Romance (The Fausti Family Book 7) by Bella Di Corte

Author:Bella Di Corte [Di Corte , Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-25T16:00:00+00:00

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Brando

Ever since Luca’s visit on Christmas a couple of nights ago, I hadn’t been getting much sleep. I was worried about my wife. If all the restless nights hadn’t caught up to me, I would’ve felt her absence sooner.

When the bed turned cold, I knew she wasn’t in it.

Even during the hottest month of the year, if she was gone from my side, I felt something that I rarely did. Chilled to the bone. Scarlett was so light on her feet that sometimes she moved like a soft breeze.

She couldn’t have been gone long. Her subtle rose lotion was still strong in the air, and something spicier, toothpaste and mouthwash. No matter what else changed in our lives, one thing always stayed the same: her fanatical ways when it came to dental hygiene. She had Mia with a toothbrush in her mouth as soon as possible.

Taking a deep breath, letting it out slowly, I forced my eyes to fully open. I’d kicked off the sheet and was naked. My skin was chilled from cold, but my balls were a heavy, warm weight against my leg, and my cock stood stiff enough to hurt.

Wanting, wanting, always wanting her.

After quickly making the necessary trip to the bathroom, I threw on a pair of sweatpants and a thermal shirt, going to look for Scarlett in Mia’s room.

All was quiet there, except for the constant drone of Eunice’s snore.

I smelled it in the hallway, which had me turning directions.

The yeasty scent of raw dough, and then the richer scent of bread being baked, drifted in the air. Low music grew louder the closer I came to the kitchen, and the lower voices of multiple people chatting became clearer.

A radio was on the counter, playing some old song. Candles were lit, giving the room a swaying dimness, three reflections bouncing back to me from the expanse of glass.

Scarlett was at the counter, a couple of bowls around her. A light over the sink gave her brighter light to see by. It seemed like she was baking enough for over a hundred people, at least.

Lev and Nino sat at the table, drinking vodka, laughing. Another guard, one of my father’s, stood behind Lev, wary eyes constantly on him and the door.

Lev and Nino were discussing the value of getting married—its pros and cons. Lev’s accent was heavy, and sometimes I had a hard time understanding him. Nino’s face pinched with confusion when he’d say something that he didn’t understand, but he seemed to be keeping up.

Scarlett was in her own world, her sleeves rolled up, elbow deep in raw dough. She was being unusually quiet, turned in, reflective, and she’d never been so beautiful.

Lev drank and offered his opinions, but mostly I watched him watch her. He noticed everything I had.

I didn’t fucking like it. I didn’t like that these men surrounded her when it should have been me.

A flare of jealously burned me deep.

No matter how different I became, one constant never changed in me—she would always be mine alone.

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