Page 40 of DeLuca: The Devil

I spin around, “Which one of you said that?”

None of them say a word, but the middle one points to her left.

“Are you married?” I ask her.

“Yes.”

Reading her name tag, I say, “I hope you aren’t attached to your husband, Melinda. His accident was quite unfortunate. My condolences.”

While she gapes at me, I turn and head back to my wife with her applesauce in hand. I walk in, and she smiles slightly, when she spots what I have.

“That’s practically a dessert.”

I wink at her, “If you like this, wait until I get you home and have the chef make you every kind of cheesecake ever created.”

“Can I feed myself?”

I grin, “I like feeding you, but of course, if you can, you’re welcome to feed yourself.”

Opening the container, I put the spoon in, set it on the tray, and move it over her. Slowly, she moves her good arm, picks the spoon up, and eats the applesauce. She pauses after a few bites, “Why do you like feeding me like I’m a damn infant?”

“It’s not feeding you specifically that I like, Bellissima. I like taking care of you. I like it when you let me, even if it’s because you have no other choice.”

Giada takes another couple of bites before she pushes it away. She’s quiet, lost in thought, so I wait.

“Did we have sex?”

I grin, “Of course we did. You’re my wife.”

She stares at my hands, and I grin again. I’ve noticed her doing that more than once.

“Was I a virgin?”

I nod, “Yes, we didn’t have sex until our wedding night.”

The one side of her face is so bruised, I can’t notice anything but the other side blushes beautifully, “Was it any good?”

“The best I’ve ever had. You’re very beautiful, Giada. It was easy to get lost in you.”

Again, she stares at my hands, “You have very large hands.”

I smirk at her, “I have large everything, Bellissima.”

“Dom,” she whispers with an embarrassed expression.

I chuckle, “I wasn’t referring to that. I meant that I’m six-foot-seven, I’m not a small man.”

“I think I better go to sleep before I say any more stupid things.”

I stand and place a kiss on her cheek, “Okay baby, I’ll be here when you wake up. I’m not going anywhere.”

She closes her eyes and falls into a restful sleep. I sit watching her for hours before I finally close my eyes and join her.

Chapter Twenty-Nine

GIADA

I wake to Domenic growling at a woman standing in the doorway. A stunning woman, wow. I don’t know who she is, but then I don’t even know who my husband is. The woman stands with her hands on her hips, not backing down from him one bit, she pushes her way past him, “I want to see my sister-in-law, Dom. Back off.”

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