Well, if we had neighbors.

My balls tighten in my body. A searing lust runs through me as I pound my cock into her hole, my hands grabbing at her tits, and my lips traveling up and down her back. I leave bite marks here and there, marking what’s mine.

From the soft curses that leave Nicki’s mouth, I assume she’s still in heaven right next to me.

Right where she belongs.

After ‘dessert,’ Nicki and I lay on the bed, side by side, with her head resting on my right arm and my left hand sweeping across her body and enveloping her in an embrace. My cock is still semi-hard, grazing her warm thighs. Nicki’s breaths are soft on my chest, the rhythm of her breathing relaxing me. We stay like this for several minutes until she breaks the silence.

“Can I ask you something, Ezio?”

“Of course.”

“Why did you take me?”

I bury my face in the crook of her neck and kiss her skin. “It’s a mob thing,” I answer.

Nicki isn’t satisfied by my response, and she quickly turns around to face me with a gorgeous pout on her face. “Don’t patronize me,” she says.

“I’m not,” I insist.

“Then tell me why,” she says. “It’s not like anyone else is going to know. We’re the only ones here.” Her voice echoes around the confines of the room. “I demand to know what happened. And I want the truth, okay? Not some bullshit story you conjured up just to make me shut up.”

I take a deep breath and say, “My father wanted to capture you.”

Nicki gasps. “What the hell? What for? I never did anything to your family.”

“It doesn’t matter,” I answer. “He wants your father to pay, so he thought you were the perfect price. He had plans to kidnap you, hold you captive, and then…” my voice trails off.

“And then what?” I can feel her holding her breath.

“I’m not sure. He didn’t disclose that information.”

I doubt that Nicki is truly ready to learn the truth. She’ll probably lose her mind if she finds out the nefarious plans they had for her.

I’ll do everything in my power for her not to find out.

Nicki sighs and shakes her head. “So much for staying under the radar. I thought keeping Mom’s name would protect me from my father’s dark life.”

“You didn’t deserve whatever fate he had planned, which is why I intervened.”

She turns toward me, a painful look on her face. “You risked pissing off your family for me.”

“I’d rather piss them off than watch them take you,” I reply.

“Still…” She sighs, dragging her fingers through her hair. “What is the endgame? Are we going to stay here forever? Not that I mind.” She reaches over and touches my hand. “Anything to escape the shackles of that sham of a marriage.”

Oh, I certainly haven’t forgotten Lucca. She might not have wanted to tell me his last name, but he won’t be hard to find. Once I decide on our endgame, that is.

We won’t stay here forever. I only need a little more time to form a decent plan, but I can’t disclose what I don’t know. “Let’s just take things one day at a time.”

“That sounds very vague,” she comments with a frown.

I twist her face, so she’s looking at me. “I’m handling things. Just relax and enjoy being here. Consider it a much-needed vacation.”

My answer seems to placate her. She smiles, then cups my face with her hands and kisses me. “Thank you.”

“The pleasure is all mine, Nicki.”