Vulnerate: A Mafia Single Dad Romance (East Coast Bratva Book 3) by A.X. Cole

Author:A.X. Cole [Cole, A.X.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A.X. Cole
Published: 2024-08-23T00:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-TWO

Daniela

One night to forget everything and give us an ending when we never really began is all we can have. One night where my sister isn’t a rapist, or the mother of his child. One night where there have been no lies or plotting for other peoples greed.

Val gently sets me back on my feet as the song comes to an end. I hold on to him as it restarts, and I tighten my arms around his neck to stop him from moving away. The slow swaying starts again, and he smiles against me before pulling me closer. His promise is loud in my memory – we’ll have our first dance away from everyone else with the taste of champagne and cake on our lips. Reality has made it our first and last with pain and regret on our tongues as he softly kisses me. He has blood on his t-shirt and the skin over his knuckles is split.

I stroke down his chest and my fingers slowly undo each of buttons until I can feel the warmth of his chest without a barrier. As soon as I touch his bare skin, he holds my hips, walking me backwards towards the bed. There’s no rushed movements and our lips are still sealed together, refusing to break the truce we’ve found. Trailing his fingers down until he reaches the hem of the t-shirt covering me, he strokes up my thighs, pulling it up until he reaches my ribs.

He doesn’t rip it off me and kisses down my neck as more of my body is slowly uncovered. He leans down pressing an open mouthed kiss to my chest and my arms automatically go up to allow him to get rid of the useless fabric. With the lights and his position, he can see my ribs clearly and softly falls to his knees, tracing the script with his finger.

Holding my waist, he looks up at me with longing, it’s my own reflected back at me. The words that soothed me are forever on my skin as a reminder, now they’re on his lips.

“Knowing you is loving you, Dani mine.”

Hearing him repeat it when it’s only been my own voice when I fall into the dark pit over the years has emotion clogging my throat.

This Valentin is mine, it’s not the one he shows everyone else. He’s the same person who I fell in love with at ten years old before he even knew my name.

Pressing a soft kiss to my stomach he moves up my body until he’s at his full height. Cupping my face with two hands he speaks so low, uncertain, that it doesn’t sound like him.

“I’ve been tested, and I haven’t touched anyone since you came back but I can wear a rubber.”

Any wish to feel him bare again is replaced with reality and I kiss his cheek, hoping it portrays that I believe him. He’s trying to reassure me after my comment, and I hate that his hurts create an ache in my chest.

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