Page 72 of Under His Protection

“Get out of my gambling rooms. Get out of my life, you ugly piece of shit.”

Reaper stood straighter, cocking his head side to the side and cracking the kinks. “How about… no?”

I grabbed the front of his pathetic shirt. “Reconsider your answer.” Lifting him slightly, I made sure to tower over him and let him notice that I had significant weight and bulk on him—all in muscles.

“I’m not reconsidering shit. I got a right to be here.”

“No, you don’t.” Romeo straightened his cuffs. “We decide who is allowed up here.”

“Oh, just like you think you fancy Mafia sons of bitches can decide that you can take my girl.”

“She’s not your girl,” I growled through clenched teeth.

“I won her?—”

I tightened my fingers, fisting more of his too-loose shirt that didn’t fit him. Bunching up more of the fabric had me damn near strangling him with a binding over his neck.

“Give her up, Constella.” He snarled at me, spittle flying. “I won her fair and square.”

Without releasing him, I waited for a moment to reply. I wanted him to think that I was searching for something to say, something to argue, but I already knew my ace card in this deal.

Slanting closer, to keep this between us alone, I almost gave in to a smile. “Are you sure you want a woman pregnant with my kid?”

He bared his teeth, wrenching out of my grip. I let him go and shook off my fingers, as though to rid the taint of touching him.

“The fuck?” he demanded. “You knocked her up?”

Now I let my grin show. He would do well to take notice of how triumphant I felt about that topic. “If she’s not knocked up yet, she will be before I’m done with her.”

Nina meant far more to me than being the potential mother of my child. I already had Romeo. I had someone to share my legacy with, someone to pass it on to. If Nina were to have my baby, I would be happy. Over the moon. Excited.

It wasn’t a prerequisite to keeping her with me. Sure, the presence of a baby would strengthen her connection to me. It would make it that much harder for anyone to try to take her from me.

I wanted her for her. Because she was the sweet, easygoing, and generous woman that she was.

At the rate we were going, she’d be so full of my cum from getting it daily that she was simply bound to be pregnant sooner or later. And since she was well aware that we weren’t using protection, she was fine with taking that risk.

I snapped my fingers, not taking my focus off Reaper as he fumed. Constella soldiers surrounded him and his friend, and with minimal struggle, they had them restrained to toss out.

“Don’t come back. This had better be the last I’ll ever see of you,” I warned.

He spat at me. The disgusting glob landed on the carpet, just missing my shoes. “I wouldn’t count on it.”

That sounded like a threat, but I didn’t scare easily. This MC was past due to leave the area, and I was glad to be able to contribute to exiling them, at least from my businesses.

Good riddance, motherfucker.

I wanted the Devil’s Brothers to be a thing of the past so I could be free to concentrate on my future with Nina.

28

NINA

Nina

Eva and I arrived at the spa without any issues.

An hour into it, relaxing after a thorough massage, I sank against the cushions of a couch in the spa’s lounging area and sighed.

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