Page 115 of My Sweetest Temptation

“Liar,” he muttered, his voice filled with frustration. “If you won’t stay with me, then I’m staying with you.”

“No, you are not,” Enzo said, his tone hard as steel.

“I wasn’t talking to you,” Liam retorted, but his eyes remain locked on mine.

“Liam,” I warned him, hoping he heard the seriousness in my tone. Enzo could hurt him without a second thought, and I couldn’t let that happen. I couldn’t have someone else get hurt because of me.

“You don’t have a fucking door!” Liam barked at me, and I jumped back a step, in shock at his tone.

“Back the fuck up!” Enzo snapped, already positioned behind Liam with his gun drawn and aimed at the back of his head.

“Okay.” I was officially done with this shit. “Liam, my uncle is going to look after me. I appreciate your concern, but I think it’s best that you leave and let him handle it.”

He didn’t move, just stared at me, his gaze pressing down like an anchor. I sighed and wrapped my arms around his waist to assure him that I was fine. “Liam, seriously, I’m good. Please go home and we’ll catch up another day.”

A few moments later, his body relaxed and he returned the hug. “Okay, but my offer still stands. There’s no expiration date on that.”

I smiled against his chest. “Thanks, buddy.” He pulled back and glanced once more at Enzo, giving him a pointed look, and then gave me one last smile before walking to his apartment.

I just wanted to crawl underneath my bed sheets to sleep this nightmare away and wake up as if nothing happened.

I pounded away the thoughts of Winter.

The way her face scrunched when she was upset.

Her amber eyes that sparkled like jewels when she was turned on.

Her soft lips.

The way she smelled.

And how receptive she was to my touch.

It was like she ripped my already dying heart out of my chest with how she made me feel and brought it back to life.

I got a taste of her and wanted more.

I was falling fucking hard.

My fists pounded against the bag repeatedly, and I was pissed off now that I was starting to feel things for her. Confused as fuck, I tried to wrap my head around this shit.

“FUCK!” I roared, knocking the bag off from the ceiling. I stalked over to the bench and unrolled the tape from my bloody knuckles. Right as I went to grab my bottle of water, Lo, Luca, and Matteo burst into the room like they were ready for war.

“What’s going on?” If it was another shipment, I was going to lose my shit.

Lo came charging at me and said, “We got a problem. Enzo needs us. Now.”

“Why? What happened?” I asked.

“There’s a situation that requires a... clean-up,” Matteo said slowly.

“Winter’s been attacked,” Luca said.

My blood ran cold.

“Is she okay?” I asked, but the way the guys were looking at me, they knew it was going to be an early Fourth of July.

“Yeah, just shaken up, but Nico, you have to know that it was Tabi’s ex-boyfriend who was just released from prison,” Matteo explained.

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