Dom's Ascension (Mariani Crime Family Book 1) by Harley Stone

Author:Harley Stone [Stone, Harley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-27T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Annetta

I WAS STILL drying my hair when Papa knocked on my bedroom door to let me know I had a guest. Butterflies danced in my stomach as I finished getting ready, stuffing my hot pink bikini in a bag. It was the most revealing piece of clothing I owned, and the idea of wearing it in front of Dominico did crazy things to my stupid stomach. Since I had no clue where we were going or what we were doing, I added a change of clothes and a brush to the bag.

Wearing a suit (as always), Dominico was seated on the sofa talking to Papa when I emerged from my room. He stood and looked me over, his eyes widening at the summer dress I wore.

“Is this okay?” I asked. I’d selected the dress because it made me feel sexy and I wanted to remind him I was still the girl he’d made out with in the escape room, but I felt suddenly self-conscious. What if he was taking me somewhere nice? “You didn’t say where we were going.”

“Perfect.” He smiled. “You look great.”

My cheeks heated as I thanked him.

He held up a bouquet of orange Gerber daisies. “I got these for you.”

Unprepared for him to be sweet, my mind struggled to reconcile the jerk who hadn’t called me for three weeks with the Dominico before me, the kind man I knew him to be. “Thanks, they’re beautiful.” I took the flowers into the kitchen to find a vase. Once they were arranged and set on the table, I followed him out the door.

“Have a good time,” Papa called out from his chair.

“Your father is nice,” Dominico said. “I think he likes me.”

Since I didn’t feel like letting him know that Papa only cared that he’d be able to support me, I nodded. “Yeah, he’s great.”

“You look incredible.” Dominico watched me out of the corner of his eye as he revved the Porsche to life. “I mean it.”

“Thank you.” I’d never been good at taking compliments, so I hurried to change the subject. “Where are we going?”

“Another surprise.” He stopped at the end of the block and turned to look at me. “Thanks again for coming with me. I know I don’t deserve it, but I can’t tell you how much it means.”

He sounded vulnerable again. Something big must have happened in the three weeks we’d been apart for him to be so real with me. Making a mental note to pump him for information later, I nodded and answered truthfully. “I missed you too.”

He shifted back into gear and took my hand, lifting it to kiss my knuckles. We drove for a while in comfortable silence before he parked in the driveway of a nice two-story house in Henderson. After opening my door, he popped the trunk and grabbed a duffle bag.

“You live here?” I asked, excited to finally be getting some information on him.

“No. Mario’s family does. I’m keeping an eye on it for them while they’re out of town.

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