Page 28 of Don't Break My Heart
“Not the time, Romeo,” I mutter under my breath as I walk down the hall with his large body wrapped around me.
“It’s aways the time when you’re around, doll face.” He shoves open his door. His sheets are all ruffled up, and I know he and Reef must have been in here together when they heard the commotion from my room.
I climb into his bed, and he wraps his arm around me. “Did our intruders interrupt more than my sleep?” I raise a cheeky brow, kind of fascinated to know how his and Reef’s dynamic works when I’m not around.
“Reef was just filling me in on what you two got up to in the shower,” he says, playful as fuck. This man is unbelievable. Two dead intruders lie just in the other room, and he’s got one thing on his mind. Sex.
“And you got all hot and bothered?” I shake my head, pulling his covers up and around my arms, trying to warm up.
“Can you blame me?” His hand moves down my side, and in one move, he tugs me on top of him. “You’re freezing, let me warm you up.”
“I’m not cold, I’m freaking the fuck out. People want me dead, Romeo, two attempts at my life in as many days.”
“We will take care of it. Get those legal papers signed and you out of here as soon as we can. Until then, I will personally stay glued to your side at all times.”
“Not necessary. I had the situation under control.”
“You shot them?” His brow shoots up in surprise.
I place a hand to his chest, trying to get some distance, our earlier conversation on the patio still drumming through my brain. “Romeo, just so we are crystal clear, I won’t help your papa’s organization destroy lives and exploit vulnerable woman. I will fucking fight with everything I have to stop it.”
He tugs me back to him when I try to pull away. “You don’t trust Valentine either, do you?” His eyes are more serious now, like he’s trying to read my inner thoughts.
I glance away, not wanting his scrutiny when I’m keeping shit from him. Romeo is too fucking good at reading me; he will probably see the truth in my eyes. “I don’t know him. But any person who thinks this shit is okay will never have my respect, or anything else from me for that matter.”
He sits up, leaning his back on the headboard. He runs a hand through his hair as he stares out into space. “You think I want to continue what he was doing. Fuck no.”
I look up at him and see the truth. He’s just as disgusted by this as I am.
“Why do you think it’s so important to me and Orlando to keep some control? We need to make sure we put an end to what he was doing. What Valentine is doing.” He cups my face in his hands and stares down at me. “Let you in on a little secret, doll face.”
“What?” I ask, a small sliver of hope igniting inside of me, because for once Romeo wants to let me in.
“Valentine might be my blood, but he’s not my brother. I have been watching him for some time. I know how deeply he’s ingrained in this organization; he was pulling the strings just as much as Emilio was. It’s why we made the amendments to the contract he wanted us to sign. If he doesn’t give us what we want, he gets nothing.”
My heart kicks up a beat, and I sit up in a rush. “Then we’re stuck here.”
He runs his hand down the side of my face then over my lips as if he is memorizing every detail of my face. “We will get you out of here as soon as we can, I promise.” He lowers his lips to kiss me.
His phone springs to life, breaking our kiss. I spy Onyx’s number lighting up his screen as he goes to answer.
“I have a new crew on their way; they should arrive in about half an hour. You couldn’t get hold of your men because they are all dead.”
Fuck. I cover my mouth as my scared eyes meet with Romeo’s.
“It’s time to do things our way,” Onyx snarls down the line. He’s furious.
“Agreed. Do whatever you need to,” Romeo says, pulling me in closer again.
“Keep Sloane by your side until you hear from me again.”
“Done.” He disconnects the call from Onyx and immediately dials another number. “Got a job for you. Meet me at Orlando’s villa as soon as you can,” is all he says, then he disconnects the call.
“Who was that?” I ask, trying to keep up with what they are doing.
“Clean-up crew. Someone I know, not one of my brother’s men. This way we find out the truth as to who was after you tonight.” His hands move down my shoulders, cupping my tits as his thumbs brush over my nipples. He has to be kidding me. “Now, Reef was up to the part where he had you up against the tile wall of the shower, with your ass in his hands. Why don’t you finish the story.” He moves down my body, pushing me back to the bed. He spreads my legs and buries his head in between them, shoving my panties out of the way before his tongue sweeps through my waiting pussy.
Oh dear God. “Shouldn’t you be watching over me or some shit?” I close my eyes and relax back. What else can I do? This man will stop at nothing.
