Page 73 of Useless Love

I love you too. Now just enjoy your time with Carmine. I’ll get back to you.

I pressed my phone to my heart, feeling hope for the first time in a long while. I know I still can't tell Carmine the truth yet, and I'm terrified about his reaction, but as long as I can keep Arianna away from him, that's all that matters. I want to keep him safe.

Before putting my phone away, I block Arianna's number; I'll deal with her later.

When the car stops at the Gaudino home, Carmine ends his call. Turning to me with his head lower than I've ever seen, he says, “I’m sorry again, princess. I lost my temper back there. Just imagining any man touching you made me enraged.” He kisses me, saying softly against my lips, “You're mine and only mine.”

I nod, but I feel like crying again. Will he really still want me when I tell him the truth? Will he feel betrayed? Get angry with me again? Hit me?

I'm so worried, but all I can do is focus on right now. Right now, he's happy, and we have the next few weeks together.

Carmine

When we get inside the house, I get my princes settled and then leave to attend to business. She still looks a bit timid and nervous after that shit I pulled in the car, so it’s probably best I give her some space and time to adjust to being in LA. My best guards are with her, so she's in good hands until I get back.Originally, I had planned to show her around town, take her for a fancy dinner. Spread her legs for my dinner…But after everything on the plane and me fucking up and losing my temper, I need to make amends.

However, duty called, and sadly she has to spend our first night in California alone. I told the housekeeper to make sure she has a nice dinner, left a driver and one of my credit cards. Plus, along with my security, she has the guards her father sent. She should be all set.

As I drive away from the house, I turn my focus to business. I got word that my father has flown the coop. That means only one thing: There are some men that are still loyal to him and helped him out. I need to find whoever helped him out and kill them before my old man convinces enough people that he's still in charge. Things will get too messy if that happens.

Carla and my mother are being transferred to a secret location. Now, I’m heading to meet the head of some organizations in LA to assure them we Gaudinos can safely resume business now that the fucking war is over. Funds have been running low, so it'll be good to start operations again.

Work takes me all night, so I don't get home until close to 2:00 in the morning. Security greets me and gives me the rundown. Princess spoke to her mother, did some homework, prayed, ate dinner, watched TV and then went to bed. I smile. She’s such a good girl. She could’ve taken my card and had a night out with security keeping her safe, but she chose to stay inside.

Considering everything that happened earlier, I figured she would pick a room across the house to have more space. But I'm shocked to find her in my bed when I walk in. She's also awake reading a book like she was waiting up for me.

Even more surprising, she’s wearing lingerie that’s very see-through. It’s a black teddy with a short skirt. Her long dark hair falls softly over her shoulders and her tits look ready to burst free of the lace covering them. Beautiful!

She notices me and turns her head with a smile. “Oh, you’re home.”

Yeah, home and rock hard thanks to your outfit.

“I called Carla,” she continues, “when you didn’t come back earlier, and she told me about the trouble with your father. I was worried, so I stayed up.”

I take off my blazer, and she appears in front of me to remove my tie. I don’t know how to interpret this, but my cock does, and it stands at attention.I stare silently at her face. This makes her blush and she starts to look nervous. “Am I taking it off wrong?” she says in a small voice.

“No, princess. You’re doing great.”

She finishes and then doesn’t know what to do with my tie. She turns to take it from me, but I’m not letting her go anywhere. I wrap my arms around her body from behind.

“It’s good to be home,” I say.

I can see her smile from the reflection in the mirror across from us.

“Why are you smiling?” I ask out of curiosity.

“I’m happy you’re home.”

I really want to ask about the lingerie. Is she wearing it on purpose or is she really just innocent and doesn’t know? I’m about to lean in and kiss her neck when I remember my promise earlier in the car. I promised to pull back.

Emotional connections; she isn’t whore.

I slowly release her. Then I sit on the bench at the foot of the bed to remove my shoes. Princess follows me to the bench, kneels down, and starts assisting.

My cock is really loving this, especially since I get a top-down view of her cleavage spilling out. But I fight to keep myself under control. “What are you doing? Go settle in for bed because you’re probably tired. I got this.”

Looking me straight in the eyes, she ignores my words and takes both shoes off slowly. At this point, my princess is between my legs. No words are spoken, we’re just exchanging longing stares. I’m about to stand and try to escape before I’m too tempted, but she gets up and sits on my lap.

I lean back a bit, so she can get properly settled. “What are you—”

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