Page 21 of The Virgin and the Mob Boss

“I believe I can.”

“Wait,” Luca interrupts. “Why don’t I go with her?”

“What?” Pru, Nolia, and I all say at once.

“I could say that I didn’t like how things went down tonight. I could pretend to switch sides and join Renzo. He’ll know who I am and that I’ve got information. It would be easy for me to play the part. I could give just enough information to make me useful but not enough to put you or Pru in danger.”

“It’s an interesting idea.” It would help me take down Renzo from the inside.

“It would let me keep an eye on Nolia,” Luca tells Pru. “And it would keep the spotlight off of her. If she comes with us now, there’s no hiding her guilt, and her father is as good as dead.”

“Please,” Nolia says to Pru. “I can’t let anything happen to him.”

Pru looks at me with pleading eyes. She wants me to make everything okay, but this is probably the best-case scenario for her friend. She would be going back into the home of the enemy, but she would have the best protection possible.

“Do it,” I say to Luca, who nods in agreement.

Pru’s eyes fill with tears as she says goodbye to her friend, and Luca promises to send updates as regularly as he’s able to.

When Pru and I are alone in the car on the way back to the penthouse, I remind her that this isn’t forever. The sooner we do this, the sooner I can put an end to her father’s reign. That includes getting her to marry me and putting a baby inside of her. Having her pregnant with an heir would seal the future for all of us.

Chapter Fifteen

PRU

“Luca is a decent guy, right?” I ask Vitaly as we step onto the elevator together. I know he has reassured me, but I can't help but worry.

Nolia has been there for me when no one else has. I escaped because of her, and now we're sending her back into the lion's den. But Nolia has always had a mind of her own, and no one pushes her around. When needed, she can be a lion herself.

Vitaly pulls me into him, and his arousal presses into my stomach. The man has gotten me off multiple times now without any release of his own. I want to show him how much I desire him too.

“I told you everything will be fine.” He lowers his mouth to my neck, pressing an open-mouth kiss there.

“He just—” I gasp when Vitaly's teeth sink into my neck. His hand grips my ass tighter, and his cock is demanding between us.

“Don’t speak of other men when my mouth is on you.”

"All right," I groan as he grazes his teeth along the tender flesh. His jealousy turns me on more than it should.

“It’s only us right now.” When the elevator doors open, Vitaly lifts me off my feet, and I wrap my legs around him. My dress is bunched up, and the slit up my thigh is now making me fully exposed. “I wouldn't let anyone see you this way. Not even with your panties on.” There’s no missing the possessiveness in his words.

“What would happen if someone did?” I play with the collar of his button-up shirt as he carries me through the penthouse.

“I would cut out their eyes.”

“Vitaly,” I gasp because I believe him.

The man cut out my father’s tongue tonight, so none of what he’s saying should turn me on. I should be scared of what he’s capable of, but I’m not. The only time he ever hurt me was when he took my virginity, and I still got off.

Vitaly kicks the bedroom door closed behind us and doesn’t stop until we’re at the end of the bed. He places me on my feet.

"Do you realize how difficult it was for me to sit in that chair and watch you strip for me?"

How could that have only occurred this morning? It feels like a million lifetimes ago. In this world, things change in a matter of seconds.

“It was hard for me too. I thought you—” He claims my mouth in a kiss, cutting off my words.

Vitaly demands entrance and gives me no choice but to open up to him. He easily takes over, and I kiss him back. This isn’t only about control for Vitaly, which is something he’s barely hanging on to. I initially misinterpreted it as anger, but he’s forceful because he wants me. Now there's nothing holding him back.

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