Ruthless: Mob Boss Book One by Michelle St. James

Author:Michelle St. James [James, Michelle St.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blackthorn Press
Published: 2015-07-29T23:00:00+00:00

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She woke on her side, Nico’s arm flung over her waist. The rain was still lashing the windows, the light weak and gray. She lay there for awhile, listening to the waves crash under the window, feeling the soft exhalation of Nico’s breath behind her. Finally, she slid out from under his arm.

She picked her clothes off the floor and went into her bedroom where she dressed in her jeans and a sweater that had been in the stuff Luca brought to her after the altercation with Dante. Had it been less than a week earlier? She couldn’t believe it.

Creeping past Nico’s room and down the stairs, she made her way to the wall of windows where Nico had kissed her. She tipped her head against the glass, letting it cool her forehead while images from the night before filled her mind; Nico’s hands on her, his head between her legs, his body joining hers.

Stepping outside, she closed the doors quietly behind her. The storm didn’t seem to be receding, and the waves were still rolling fast and angry onto the private beach below the house. She crossed her arms over her chest and made her way down the stairs to the sand.

The wind blew her hair around, the sting of it numbing her face as she walked down to the water. She relished the cold. It drove everything else out of her mind, made it hard to think about what Nico had said about her father, what she had done with Nico afterwards. There was the vague feeling that she should feel guilty, that she might even be crazy to sleep with the man who’d kept her prisoner for the last two weeks. But it was so distant. So easy to ignore.

The ocean stretched endless and wide in front of her, blending in with the steely sky above it. Most of the trees on the shoreline were evergreens, standing out in sharp relief against the white and gray. She imagined what it looked like in the winter, the rocky shore covered with snow, the waves rolling in just like they always did, season after season. There was a kind of comfort in the certainty of it.

She felt hands on her shoulders, and Nico pulled back her wild hair and touched his mouth to her neck. His lips were hot against her cold skin.

“You’re freezing,” he said softly.

She didn’t say anything, didn’t move. As long as she stared at the sea, as long as she didn’t take her eyes off it, she wouldn’t have to think about anything else.

He turned her to face him and wrapped his big arms around her, swallowing her in the warmth of his embrace. He looked down at her.

“We don’t have to talk about this,” he said. “Not yet.” His eyes had turned a shade darker in the gray light, and he looked out over the water before returning his gaze to her. “I just want to be with you, Angel.” He sighed. “Can we do that until this storm breaks?”

She reached up to touch his face, then nodded.

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