Page 47 of Brooklyn Bratva

There was a kind of power in bringing a man like Ivan off, knowing he was at my mercy for just those few moments when he was groaning because of my lips alone.

I drew off him with an audible slurp, wiping a dribble of his cum from the corner of my mouth and I swallowed the remaining mouthful.

Ivan’s eyes widened as I licked my lips and I got to my feet, threading my fingers through his as I took his large hand.

“Let’s go to bed, Ivan. It’s late.”

CHAPTER 25

Becca

Pulling the sheets up around my chest, I turned onto my side, tracing my fingers around the edges of the messy row of stitches I’d sewn into him. It was early still, but we’d have to get up soon. I could already hear Mrs. K bustling about.

Zoning that out, I concentrated on Ivan’s wound. It was healing well. There was a little redness still, but it looked like the stitches were holding. New pink skin was knitting in, and there was no heat to indicate infection.

“How am I doing, doctor?”

Ivan had a smile on his lips, and I got the impression he liked me fussing over him, changing his dressing and seeing to his wound. Maybe it was because I was in bed and naked. Maybe it was because we’d only ended up here after Ivan had carried me through from the office.

I was never going to be able to look at that desk the same ever again.

“You’ll live. Just as long as you keep following my orders.”

He moved in for another kiss, and I giggled as I turned my head away. “Mnh-un. You need to speak to your people. They need to know what’s going on.”

Ivan grunted. “They’re already sending back up.”

“They are? That’s good.”

“Yeah. As long as it doesn’t mean they think I’ve turned incompetant.”

I cocked an eyebrow at him, and leaned down to trace my lips over his chest. “Ivan, no one in their right mind would think that about you. You’ve been out here all on your own, holding it together for them all this time. They owe you some assistance.”

The hardness in his jaw mellowed out slowly, and he reached to trail his large finger along the sweep of my nose, then down my septum and over my lips.

“Let’s hope you’re right.”

“I know I am.”

I stretched again, rolling in against Ivan on a deeply satisfied yawn.

“Let’s do something today,” he murmured, lips against my hair, dipping down to brush against my ear. The feel of his stubble, combined with the heated whisper of his voice made me blush. “I want to take you out. Say thank you.”

“You don’t need to -”

Ivan’s fingers stilled my lips, cutting me off with a soft but purposeful touch. “I want to take my beautiful, clever doctor out and let everyone know she’s mine.”

His eyes on me were solid and strong and I don’t think I’d ever seen anyone look at me with such adoration. It took me biting my lip to curve the broadness of my grin. “I’m not a doctor yet.”

“Technicalities.”

Getting together was one thing, but knowing Ivan truly wanted me to be his was a new level entirely. This was turning it real. And it was one step closer to having him forever.

I nodded. “I’d like that a lot.”

Ivan

The New York Aquarium wasn’t the first place I’d have picked for a date. I’d wanted somewhere quiet, romantic, classy. Somewhere we could get to know each other better.

But she’d slipped her hand into mine and leaned against my chest, blinking up at me. She had to know what a look like that did to me.

“Please, Ivan. I haven’t been there in forever. I used to love going there as a kid.”

Had she been anyone else, it would have been a concerning state of affairs that I couldn’t seem to refuse a thing she wanted. No one else I’d ever met had that kind of suasion over me. Not even Mama.

“What’s the big deal over seeing a bunch of fish?”

Wrong thing to say. Her eyes darkened and for a minute she looked at me like she didn’t even know who I was. I shrugged, lopsided and slow, backtracking in the hopes she’d take it. I never wanted her to look at me like that again. “I’ve never been and don’t see the point, that’s all.”

“What? Oh my God, we’re definitely going. I can’t believe you’ve lived here this whole time and never been inside. You practically live next door.”

“There are fish in the ocean. I can get a rod and get them for myself. You want to see a fish up close, I can get you a fish. I’ll get you one this big.” I spread my hands wide. “We can go to Florida. We have connections in Florida. Fish for a marlin. It can go up on the wall if you like fish so much.”

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