Page 120 of The Gangster King

“Say the words, woman.” I demand roughly.

“Yes. Yes, I will marry you, Dante Frank Matthew Baldassare.” She grins, and I kiss her all over again.

Finally.

I met this girl when she was born.

I remember her mother carrying her out of the car when I was almost five. Leo, her proud brother almost the same age asme, walked beside them, staring up at the baby as if it was his job to look after her.

Well, now, it’s mine.

I knew that the moment Mrs. Baldoni crouched and let me see Adalina for the first time.

“Don’t touch,” she told me as Addy scrunched up her face and little bubbles escaped her tiny mouth.

I’d never seen anything more beautiful.

I glanced up at her mom and all the adults around me and smiled.

“She can be my best friend when she’s big enough,” I told them proudly.

Everyone laughed.

Well, jokes on them.

I always knew she belonged to me.

Addy tugs at my top, so I reach over my head and pull it off. Her hands slide over my chest and down my abs to my belt.

“Let me do that.” I undo it and half stand, ripping off my jeans. Then I pull her up to a sitting position and remove her sundress. Underneath, she wears a pair of cotton panties and bra.

Prettiest fucking thing I’ve ever seen.

She hands me back the ring. “No offense, but I’ll wait for the real one. One not associated with the world we both want to escape.”

I take it and slide it back on. I’m not offended. I know what this signifies.

She’s right.

That’s not the ring she will wear as my wife.

“It will probably have to be a plastic one. I’ll be poor.” I smirk.

“Poor isn’t so bad.” She climbs to her knees, and we sit facing one another. “Although it’s been like five days, so what do I know?”

I tug her against me.

“You will have everything you ever need.”

I have no intention of being poor. Connor will help me move the money once the assets are sold. Plus, I’m a valuable asset myself to a high paying agency with three letters.

“Make love to me, Dante.” She leans in and kisses me. “I dreamed of you this morning, and I really need your cock.”

She did?

Jesus Christ.

It was already hard, but my cock jerks at her words.

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