Page 13 of Ruining Vanessa

Vanessa doesn’t look enthusiastic at all, but she nods. “I’ll let you know.” She glances at my lap, seeing the papers, and it seems to pique her interest. “What’s that?”

I’m much less enthusiastic about it now, but I flip open the ledger to a random page. “Donny said you were asking to help out. This is a copy of the accounting. I can leave this here, if you want to take a look.”

She perks up a little. “Really?” She peers down at the page. “What do I need to be looking for? He seemed to be a little… ah… messy when it came to his record keeping.”

“Honestly, I’m unsure,” I say, flipping another few pages. “Our accountant seems to believe that something is off about the numbers, that we should be earning more than we are. I asked Donny to double-check, but he hasn’t spotted anything. He insists we’re just down in profits. I simply want to be certain before I report this to Giulio.”

Vanessa nods slowly. She peers down at the papers. “I mean, I don’t know what kind of profits to expect for… a place like this,” she says delicately after a moment. “But I can look through and see if anything seems… strange.”

“You’ve got the entire past year of information here. And I’ll let Donny know to help you out, at his discretion.” I kiss her head again. “I am eager to see you at work.”

Her eyes widen a little. “The entire year?” she asks. “Isn’t that a little… Aren’t you afraid I’ll…” She seems to catch herself, then gives a shake of her head. “You don’t have to worry. I won’t like… tell anyone what I see or anything.”

“There shouldn’t be anything here that is particularly incriminating. Although I hope I don’t need to emphasize how… disappointed… Giulio would be if you were to attempt any form of betrayal, again.”

Her slim hand pages through the ledger. Her body is still warm against me, trembling a little as she replies quietly, “I wouldn’t. I won’t.” She obviously doesn’t need a reminder of what would happen if she did.

If we’d known from the start how effective threatening Stef would be in keeping her in line, we’d have just begun with that. But now that we know how sensitive Vanessa is, it’s something we need to keep at the front of her mind.

With her empathy, she really will make a good mother.

I pull her a little closer to me, kissing her cheek before gently touching her jaw to turn her head toward me. I kiss her, and she startles, dropping the ledger. She goes to reach for it, but I stop her, kissing her again.

“There’s no need to worry about that right now,” I murmur. “Are you all right? Any cramps or pain? Do you need anything?”

Vanessa hesitates, then says, “I would appreciate some painkillers. I do get bad cramps.”

I nod and settle my hand on her stomach, rubbing gently. “Of course. I’ll have them send some up later.”

I kiss her again, sighing when I hear her cute whimper. My hand moves from her stomach up to her small breast. I massage it, my thumb running circles over her nipple.

She shudders, trying to squirm away from me, but I keep her firmly in my grasp. “Shh. Just let me help you relax,” I tell her. “Here, do you want to lie down?”

Vanessa shakes her head. “N-no. I’ll sit up.”

I shouldn’t have given her the option, because I like the idea of lying down next to her and cuddling her, petting her and imagining we’re celebrating instead of planning the next phase of trying to get her pregnant.

“Come on,” I tell her anyway, urging her down on the bed. “Let’s just rest for a little bit.”

She gives me an irritated look, but she lets me push her onto the small bed beside me.

Once we’re facing each other, I slide my hand along her side and give her ass a small squeeze. She gasps and jumps a little, biting her lip to swallow any other noises.

She’s so adorable.

I press my lips against hers once more, running my tongue over her lower lip and gently coaxing her to open up for me.

She parts her lips, obediently and easily, and I explore her mouth with my tongue. She tries to shrink away a little, but I put my hand at the back of her head to keep her from moving away from me.

“Shh,” I murmur against her lips. “Just relax, Vanessa. I’m not asking for anything. I’m just taking care of you.”

“I don’t—”

I kiss her again, cutting off her words. Although I would love to take her, I know there’s no point while she’s on her period. If she’s in pain, though, I’m willing to give her all the comfort she needs.

I move my hand from her ass to her belly, rubbing gently again as I continue to kiss her. Her thigh rubs against my clothed cock, completely by accident, but it has me groaning regardless.

I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed simply kissing a person the way I enjoy it with Vanessa. Giulio would get bored too fast, and anyway, I’d rather Giulio spend time with Vanessa than with me.

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