Mountain of the Gods (The Syndicate Duets Book 2) by M.E. Clayton

Author:M.E. Clayton [Clayton, M.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Aurelio~

Staring up at me, Savina had no idea that I was never going to let her leave my penthouse again. She was never going back to her brownstone or even to her parents’ house. I was going to do everything in my power to make sure that she never set foot off Sartori territory ever again.

However, I couldn’t tell her that right now.

She’d fall apart if I did.

Her blue gaze looked vacant, but it wasn’t from the trauma that she’d endured. It was obvious to anyone with a pair of working eyes that she was past the point of exhaustion. She looked like the past two years had just come crashing down on her head, and she was one tick away from losing it, something that she was very entitled to if it came down to that.

“You can do all that here,” I told her.

Always having been stubborn, she said, “I think I’d be more comfortable at a hotel.”

“I didn’t ask you what you’d feel more comfortable with,” I snapped, not being able to help myself. Though I wasn’t mad at her, I was mad. I was mad, and I didn’t even know if the feeling was ever going to go away. “You’ll take your bath here.”

“Aurelio-”

“You’re not leaving!” I roared, my entire body vibrating with a rage that was dangerous for anyone that might need to be around me right now. “You’ll take your fucking bath here, and that’s final!”

“I don’t-”

“I also don’t have a fucking girlfriend,” I finally told her, no longer yelling at her. “Do you honestly think that what happened the other day would have happened if I had a girlfriend?” I was barely holding it together, so she needed to go take her fucking bath already. “There’s only ever been you, Savina.” Her chin went up, ready to call me a liar, so I quickly clarified my statement. “Yeah, I’ve fucked other women in your absence, but you’re out of your goddamn mind if you think that I’d been serious with any of them. After the way that you broke my heart, the fuck if I was ever going to sign up for that shit again.”

My chest felt like it’d just been kicked in when her tears started again, and I’d realized what I’d just said. She’d made a mistake, and she had paid for it in spades, so me reminding her of how she’d broken my heart had been completely unnecessary. Plus, given the choice, I’d let her break my heart a million times over, rather than allow her to endure what she’d been through these past two years.

“Baby-”

Savina took a step back as she shook her head. “Just don’t, Aurelio,” she said, leaving me with no choice but to let her call the shots right now. She deserved at least that much. “I just…I just really want to take a bath.”

Without another word, I reached down, took her hand in mine, then led her out of my office towards my bedroom. While

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