Possess Me: A Dark Mafia Romance (Masters of Corsica) by Jane Henry

Author:Jane Henry [Henry, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J Henry Publishing Inc.
Published: 2023-04-13T16:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

Lyam

I roll over and feel something warm and bright hit my face.

I open one eye.

Sun. It’s sunlight hitting my face.

It’s been so damn long since I actually slept—in a bed, like a normal human instead of catnapping on a couch or in my car or on a pull-out sofa in one of the offices—that I forgot what it felt like to wake to sun on my pillow.

It isn’t that I hate sleep. I hate what happens when I close my eyes.

But I won’t think of that now.

Right now, I’ve got a warm, gorgeous, absolutely perfect angel curled up beside me. Her golden hair, strewn over the pillow, frames her face like a halo. She’s curled up facing me, her soft breaths like the gentle patter of rain on a rooftop.

It’s soothing.

I watch the gentle rise and fall of her chest. The way she’s perfectly at peace in her sleep, her hand beside her gently curled. I take in every detail while she sleeps. The half-moons of her fingers and soft slope of her hands. Her bare skin is smooth and unblemished, with a few freckles here and there because she’s so fair. And I imagine I can already see the gentle swell of her belly.

A baby.

The enormity of the responsibility—of taking care of, protecting, and raising another human—astounds me. Excites me. I wonder if it’ll be a boy or girl. Or twins? Do they know that stuff yet or is it too early? If it’s a boy, will he be like me—fiery and passionate, headstrong and impulsive? I’m not afraid of a boy like that. I know exactly how he’d think and feel, and I’d be a good father to him.

Or is it a girl? God, a girl who looks like her mama with soft blonde curls and those green eyes that would only have to plead with me once to get me to do damn near anything she wanted. And I don’t need to see her with children to know Cosette will be an amazing mother. Already, she’s pushed aside her own needs to make sure our baby’s safe and healthy.

I’ve known Cosette long enough to understand part of her comes alive when she has someone to take care of and serve.

I ought to know.

At Le Luxe, they jokingly called her the team mother, because she was the one that would take care of everyone’s needs, whether it was emotional support or practical advice. She’s empathetic and compassionate, and I love that about her.

God, it must’ve killed her to be forced to betray the people she cares about. The only thing worse would’ve been forcing her to hurt her own child.

Bastards.

But why does she run when she gets close to someone?

What is it that she fears?

“Good morning, handsome.”

I won’t ever get over waking to those earnest green eyes and that gentle voice. I don’t deserve a woman like her but now that I’ve got her, I’ll do anything, literally anything, to keep her safe.

“Morning.”

“Mmm,” she says softly. “I love that groggy voice of yours.

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