Page 36 of Bound By Sin
“Come for me,Stellina. Give me all of it.”
His gravelly command was all it took. My entire body stilled as I shouted out my release. He continued until I came down from my high and went limp on the bed.
I was so spent. I wanted to feel him inside me, but I didn’t know if I could take anymore. He stood up and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. He kicked off his shoes, lay down beside me then pulled me into his arms. When he kissed me on the head, I snuggled deeper into his warm embrace. There was no other place I’d rather be.
“That was amazing,” I said, followed by a yawn. “I’m so glad we came tonight.”
“Back to the place we started over,” he said. “I have to make sure I thank Brian for that.”
I pushed up off the bed and looked at him. “He told you I was here that night. I asked him about that, and he said no. I’m going to kick his ass.”
He laughed and pulled me back into his arms. “No, he didn’t tell me you were here, only that there was a possibility.”
“Even though I’m grateful, I’m still going to kick his ass.”
“I love you,Stellina. With everything in me.”
“I love you too.”
VALENTINO'S POV
Threeyearslater…
I didn’t want to come to Club Desire, but I knew how much Tara missed her sister. She uprooted her life three years ago for me, and one of the consequences of doing that was not seeing her sister as much as she liked. Despite my anxiousness about being in Chicago, being in the setting drove the carnal need within me to inflict pain. That insistent need was why we barely used our playroom since we found out she was pregnant again. I was so damn scared I would cause harm, even though the doctor assured me as long as we didn’t go overboard, we could have fun.
Pregnant. What a fucking shock that was. But I wouldn’t change it for anything. I had my family, and now we were adding another person to it.
She snuggled closer to me while the receptionist made small talk. I think she could feel my uneasiness. Out of habit, I gazed at our surroundings. I had good reason for my anxiety about being in Rizzo’s territory despite him giving me the okay. Regardless of my connections to the Don through my wife, he’d always be an enemy. That was how our world worked. We made concessions here and there, but we would never be friends. So, my uneasiness about being in Chicago would remain until we touched down in Philly.
“May we go on through?” I asked with a little less patience than I probably should have.
The girl behind the desk was only doing her job, but that didn’t matter to me. We needed to get a move on. While Luca remained outside on guard, I hated sitting in one place like a sitting duck.
I fucking hated small talk, and standing out here in the open, my anxiety was increasing, which wasn’t good for my mood. We hadn’t been to a club since the last time we were in Chicago and definitely not around so many unknown people, but I understood Tara needed to see her sister. She missed her.
“Since you both have attended, before you’re not required to sign the NDA,” the receptionist said. “We still have the originals on file. But as you know, we are a private club, and all members and guests must adhere to all rules of this establishment. Is that understood?”
“We understand,” Tara said. “Thank you, Bethany.”
“You’re welcome.” Her smile stretched across her face.“And welcome to the world of Club Desire, one of the world’s most exclusive BDSM clubs. We cater to your pleasure and your pain. We have everything you could possibly desire. Hope you have a wonderful time. It was good seeing you again, Mistress and Sir.”
“You too, Bethany,” Tara said.
She interlaced her fingers with mine as we walked down the dimly lit corridor. I kissed her forehead. “I love you,Stellina.”
“I love you too, Valentino.”
In the three years we’d been back together, there hasn’t been a day that has gone by that I didn’t try to tell her or show her how much I loved her. I had lost so much time with her and my daughter, and I never wanted to experience that loss ever again. And if anything ever happened to me, I wanted her and our kids to never question the love I had for them.
I still carried a lot of guilt about what happened between us all those years ago, despite her taking some of the blame for what happened too. It was guilt I knew would never go away. So, I dealt with it the best I could. The road to redemption with my family wasn’t easy, especially with our daughter. And I didn’t expect it to be. It took a while for her to get used to me being in the picture for good. But I understood her rebellion against my rules and my place in her world. It had been just them for her entire life. I wasn’t expecting a miracle to happen. But she did finally come around, and now, she was my princess.
Tara would probably argue Nia had me wrapped around her finger because I spoiled her and made sure she had the world. However, I don’t think Tara even knew all the times I had to lay down the law with our daughter with some of the outrageous shit she asked for or wanted to do. If it weren’t for me, she’d more than likely would have been backpacking in Europe or some shit like that instead of trying to make the Olympic soccer team this year.
We stepped over the threshold onto the first floor of Club Desire. I could feel Tara’s excitement vibrating through her body.
Layla waved furiously from the bar when she spotted us, the smile on her face infectious. She missed her sister terribly. For a brief second, guilt encompassed me. I was the reason these sisters were apart. But I quickly pushed that away because it had to be done. I had made ways and given concessions on a lot of shit I shouldn’t have with the Rizzos for them to continue to have a close relationship, so there was no reason for me to be guilty, really.
With my palm against Tara’s lower back, I guided her toward her sister and my now brother-in-law, Elijah Mason. It took a while for Elijah to warm up to me. I understood he was worried about what my association with his wife would bring, but I also reminded him that I was no different than him. He also associated with men like me, and so did Laila. And I assured him while he was friends with my enemy, we were family. And I would treat him as a Cavallaro despite him being close friends with the Rizzos because of my wife.
