Page 2 of Untouchable

She goes to take a step back, but I don’t let her fully, my hands sliding down to rest on her narrow hips. It’s a new move, something I have thought about doing a hundred times, but never had the guts to actually do before. She stills instantly as her eyes snap up to mine, a look in them so intense it nearly sucks the breath from my lungs.

“It’s your birthday tomorrow,” I say softly.

She nods slowly as she continues to look up at me, frozen in place since the moment my hands touched her hips.

“Your parents are throwing that big party for you.”

“You’ll be there, right?” She asks almost vulnerably.

I can’t help but chuckle lightly as I nod. I have never missed a birthday of hers and I definitely don’t intend to missthisone. A satisfied smile spreads across her lips as she nods her own head.

“I was wondering if I could escort you? It’s going to be like a grand ball, so I figured that we should keep with the theme and go full on formal.”

Okay, that sounded lame as fuck even to my own ears. I am normally a lot smoother than this. I have never exactly struggled in the female department in the past. I am not the guy who gets nervous or thinks too hard about what I am going to say to women. But before all of them were dispensable, temporary. None of them were…her.

She looks to be attempting to bite back another smile as she dips her head for a moment before lifting it back up to face me.

“Alessandro Cordova, are you asking me out on a date?”

My heart trips up over the sound of her sweet voice saying my name. Nerves twist in my stomach for a moment until I see the approval clearly shining in her eyes. I smile, lifting my hand to brush a loose piece of hair away from her face.

“Is it okay if I say yes?” I ask just above a whisper.

She loses the fight of hiding her smile as she turns a full-on megawatt towards me and nods before leaning up onto her tip toes and brushing her soft lips against my cheek.

“It’s a date,” she whispers softly.

Just the feel of her warm lips grazing my skin has my heart racing and my hands aching to scoop her back up into my arms and never let go. I have to keep my cool though. I can’t let her see how just a cheek kiss from her has me ready to fall to my knees.

I hug her tightly before pulling away and smiling like an idiot as I sling an arm around her shoulders while we make our way back to her house, just like I have done a thousand times before. This time feels different though. Everything feels different. Things are changing, but in the best way. It is always terrifying to cross the horrible place known as the friend zone, but I would say that we are halfway through it and this time tomorrow, this girl is going to be mine.

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After walking Seraphina back to her house, I got into my car and drove over to one of our office buildings where several of us are meeting to go over a few new tasks that we are taking on. Right now, I am just a foot solider, but I am not really in a rush to climb the ranks like my dad was.

I like doing the grunt work, being in the middle of everything. We are the ones that make sure day to day things run smoothly, we are the ones that make sure the Family stays protected at all times.Allmembers of the Family.

When I step into the conference room, I see my two best friends, Drew and Seth on one side of the table while Antonio, Seraphina’s younger brother, sits on the other side. He isn’t officially a solider yet since he is only 15 but being the Boss’s son, he is being brought into the fold of things now since he will one day run the family.

“Cutting it close there,” Drew muses as he messes with his phone. “You know how much of a stickler Dom is about punctuality.”

I roll my eyes at the mention of our Capo as I take my seat next to Antonio.

“Whatever. I beat him here, that is all that matters right?”

“Maybe if you spent less time fooling around with the Boss’s daughter, you would have been here sooner,” Seth snickers.

I narrow my eyes at him but that only causes his snicker to increase into a full-blown laugh.

Antonio groans next to me and puts his head into his hands. “Dude, that is gross. Please don’t talk about my sister like that. Seriously, I will puke.”

I shove Antonio’s shoulder softly, silently telling him to knock it off. He has been like a little brother to me growing up, same with his younger brothers Mateo & Emilio, though they are only 10 & 2 so they are considerably younger compared to me at 22.

“Shut the fuck up. You guys are full of shit, and you know it. Nothing happened,” I say as my eyes flick back and forth between Drew and Seth.

“Much to your disappointment,” Seth teases again.

I don’t say anything as I continue to stare at him. There is no use in trying to lie to the guys. Seth and Drew are my roommates, and they keep an annoyingly close watch on how much of my time is taken up with Seraphina. They have been giving me shit about it for years, but I only just recently stopped deflecting their comments and have come to just accept them. Antonio has never said anything on the subject except for when the guys start talking about how hot Seraphina is. That pisses him off.Pisses me off too.

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