Page 60 of Bones

Athena giggles sweetly, making my chest constrict. “Don’t worry, big bad Bones, I’ll protect you.”

I cup her cheeks. “If any other woman said that I’d laugh, but you are the strongest woman I’ve ever met. And I believe you would if you thought it was necessary.”

I grab the body wash and cleanse every inch of her body, trying to ignore her little moans, because my family will be here soon. She does the same for me, stopping to stroke my cock, causing me to bite the inside of my cheek.

“Rinse off, get dry, and dress, because if I stare at your naked body much longer, I’ll be inside you again.”

She gets out, and I rinse myself before turning the water off, and getting out. She puts two bandaids on her pretty tits, and I growl, “Next time, I do that.”

Athena turns to me with surprise. “Why?”

I scowl at her. “If I hurt you, I’ll be the one to make it better.”

“It’s barely a cut. I probably don’t even need to cover them.”

While drying my body with the fluffy white towel, I say, “Can you do as you’re told?”

“Fine,” she sighs as she exits the bathroom.

I shake my head as I watch her disappear.Beautiful fucking brat. And all mine.

I’m not honestly worried about my mother or my sister trying to hurt me, but one thing does scare me. If they try to do the right thing and take her from me, I don’t know how I’d react. I’d never hurt them, but I can’t let her leave either.

I walk into the bedroom and find Athena sitting on the bed, dressed in a light blue dress with flowers scattered on the print. Grabbing boxers, I pull them on. “Are you okay, baby?”

She sighs audibly as I finish getting dressed.

“Athena?”

“Yeah, I’m okay. It’s just, I never really talked to them before, and what if they don’t like me?”

I can’t help but chuckle. “That’s what you’re worried about? They will love you. Chances are very good they’ll prefer you over me.”

Grabbing my phone, I check the notifications and realize that they’re here.

“Trust me. Everything will be fine, but it’s time to go downstairs, because my mom and sister are here.”

ATHENA

We walk downstairs, and I stand back as Luca opens the door to let his mother and sister inside. He kisses both of them on the cheek, and his mother glares at him. “Always happy to see my son, but I’m here for my daughter.”

“Of course you are,” he says, feigning annoyance.

She rushes over to me and grabs me in a tight hug. “You poor thing. Are you okay?”

I nod as she pulls away, and Penelope hugs me, before glaring at her brother. “Is he treating you okay?”

Luca shakes his head as he walks back to the massive living room area. “Come sit down. You can continue your interrogation in comfort.”

The three of us follow him, and he motions for me to sit beside him. His mother and sister sit on the other end watching us.

Penelope stares at the marks on my face, and I worry she thinks my husband did this to me.

“He didn’t cause these bruises.”

She smiles softly. “I know that. I’m well aware of what my brother is capable of, and beating a woman isn’t in his bag of tricks.”

Luca puts his arm around me and holds me close to him. “The problem has been taken care of.”

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