Page 47 of Broken Innocence
The hospital is eerie at 3:00 A.M.
After giving our statements to the FBI, we were allowed to leave Fabian’s cordoned property, but instead of going home, Eden insisted we follow Enzo to St. Anthony’s where he was receiving emergency surgery.
Admittedly, I didn’t fight her too much.
It’s funny… I’ve been intent on revenge against my dad for decades, ever since he abandoned me at Blackchapel Manor after my mother died. But experiencing the threat of his actual death has shifted my perspective.
When I saw Enzo go down from Fabian’s bullet, a slew of emotions bulldozed the walls I’d built. Cracked the ice-cold barrier I kept between us. Allowing good childhood memories I’d long forgotten to emerge.
As hungry as I am to bring down The Syndicate, I don’t want to kill Enzo anymore. He’s a cog in the giant machine, and maybe it makes me weak, but I can’t have his death on my conscience. I’m not sure I want to repair our relationship to what it could havebeen pre-Conrad and his murder lessons; I’m not sure that’s even possible.
But I’m open to something…more. A compromise on what I’ve always planned.
Eden will probably rejoice at the news, especially since she’s the one who planted the seed of reconciliation in the first place.
I pace empty hallways with Eden, who shadows my footsteps, too wired to rest in the waiting room with everyone else. My brain buzzes with how our date night turned into this dragged-out nightmare.
“I don’t think you need any caffeine. You’ve got too much energy as it is,” Eden says as she blocks me from putting a dollar in the crappy coffee vending machine.
Sighing, I nod and put the bill back into my wallet. “You’re probably right.”
She covers a yawn as we continue our trek around the sterile halls, the metallic smell of medical machines and cleaning products burning my nose. Every once in a while, a nurse will appear, but for the most part, we’re left alone.
“I may not be tired, but you are,” I say, noting the purplish shadows under her eyes. “Why don’t you let Mathias and Allie take you home? Who knows how long I’ll be here?”
“I’m not leaving you, Luca.”
“Butterfly…”
“No, don’tButterflyme.” She draws me into a darkened room with an empty bed and dormant machines. “I’m not leaving you. I… I had an epiphany tonight at Fabian’s.” Her head ducks down as a blush colors her round cheeks.
“An epiphany?” Shit, is she about to tell me she wants a divorce? That it’s too dangerous being with me? I already knew that was true. After all, that’s why I held off on claiming Eden for so long, but now that I’ve had her, I can’t let her go.
I won’t.
Even if that’s what she wants.
I’ll give my sweet wife anything…except her freedom.
She taps the toe of her shoe against the tile then peeks up at me. Nerves bounce in the air, zapping me with the possibility of her rejection.
Tonight was a lot. I had her get on her fucking knees to suck my cock in front of strangers and my half-brother. On film.Which reminds me, I need to get a hold of that camera and erase the footage.
“I love you,” Eden blurts out, and I freeze at the unexpected declaration. “Oh my gosh, I’m sorry! I didn’t mean for it to spill out like that. I—”
I steal a quick kiss from her rambling lips. Pleasure seeps into my bones. “You love me?”
“Um…” Confusion knits her brows as I claim another sip of her lips. “Yeah, I do. I know this isn’t the most romantic place to tell you, but I need you to know I’m not going anywhere. You’re stuck with—W-What are you doing?”
My foot knocks the door closed, so we’re cloaked in privacy. “Kissing my wife. Who loves me.” My hands sneak under her dress to squeeze her juicy ass as I grind my erection into the sweet heat between her thighs.
A bit of tension release sounds perfect right about now.
Especially when my woman just admitted tolovingme.
“Luca… We can’t have sex here. This is a hospital. Your father is in critical condition.”
“That’s not going to change whether we’re haunting the halls or waiting in that room with everyone else or fucking right here, right now.” I unbutton my slacks for the second time tonight and free my hard cock, notching it at the entrance of Eden’s pussy. “We survived my crazy brother, an FBI raid, and you just told me you loved me. I’m not letting another moment pass without feeling you wrapped around me.”
