The Al Dente Diet: A Mafia ErotiCom Novella by Irene Bahrd & J.L. Quick

Author:Irene Bahrd & J.L. Quick [Bahrd, Irene & Quick, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-09T00:00:00+00:00

CATARINA

While I already had a glass and a half of vino at dinner, I grab three bottles from the wine cellar to take back to the villa that Papà uses occasionally for guests. I have my own room in the main house, but there is no way in hell I’m giving my family more time to share their numerous opinions about this arrangement with Richard.

When I come back upstairs, I find Richard in the kitchen helping Mamma dry the dishes from dinner. The two of them are laughing, and they are ridiculously chummy for two people who barely know enough of each other’s language to hold a fluid conversation.

Seeing me in the doorway, Mamma eyes my arms full of wine disapprovingly as she dries her hands on a dish towel. “Sii gentile con questo, Catarina. Molto bello.”

“Sì, Mamma,” I respond with a soft tone while nodding.

“He nice boy,” Mamma struggles to speak the words in English, as she pinches both of his cheeks like he’s a child. A wide smile spreads across his face. Releasing him, she taps her wedding band and shakes her head at him. “No baby.”

“Mamma!” I shriek. I don’t have it in me to explain to her yet again that we aren’t actually dating, and I can’t understand why my entire family seems to think otherwise.

This is just an arrangement.

It’s temporary.

After drying his hands and rolling the sleeves of his shirt back over his forearms—that I can’t take my eyes off of—he reaches for the bottles of wine I’m cradling. His hands slide over my bare skin as he takes them from me, and I feel that same tingle beneath his touch.

“Grazie.”

“Am I taking this to the other room? Is there some post-dinner wine tasting or something?”

“No,” I scoff. “We’re going to the villa and I don’t want to have to come back tonight.”

Richard follows me out the back of the estate and through the gardens. I swear I can feel his eyes searing into my ass as I walk.

“This is a whole other house.” Richard exclaims when we reach the less than modest villa. “The family… I mean, your family… does well for themselves.”

Not knowing how to respond, I open the door for him. Following behind him into the open great room, I head straight toward the kitchen area to find the corkscrew and wine glasses. Richard picks up each of the bottles and reads the labels from the different vineyards as I rummage through cabinets and drawers.

“Thank God,” I exhale when I finally find the corkscrew. Grabbing a bottle, I immediately uncork it and begin pouring myself a glass.

“Are we having a wine tast—” Richard cuts his words short when I continue to pour until my glass is nearly full.

“Wine tasting? I’ll be tasting it as I drink it if that’s what you’re asking.” I take a generous gulp from my glass before eyeing the empty glass on the counter. “Are you joining me or not?”

Richard grabs the glass and pours about two fingers worth of vino, before pausing and looking between our glasses.

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