Page 68 of Mafia And Taken

The doctor swabbed the incision site, and after injecting a local anesthetic into the area, he picked up a scalpel. “You’re sure about this?”

“Positive,” I snapped. “Now get on with it.”

The doctor shook his head slightly as he moved the sheet to give himself better access. As he pushed the sheet too high, it revealed the bottom of Cate’s breast and puckered nipple, making me growl as I snatched at the sheet to cover her modesty.

“Alessio,” he sighed, “I’m a medical doctor. The human body is merely an object I treat.”

His words riled me further. Cate wasn’t anobject. She was a fucking goddess.

I watched as he made a small incision just above her hipbone, my jaw locked as I watched him slice open her perfect skin. He then put the implant into position.

“I’ll just needed to stitch up the site and place a dressing over it.”

I didn’t take my eyes off the doctor as he worked on Cate.

“All done,” he said wearily as he packed up his equipment. “Keep the dressing site clean, and call me if there are any issues.”

He left the room, and I listened as he made his way down the staircase. I stood by the open bedroom window and watched him exit the villa and walk toward his car.

Picking up my gun, I slowly screwed on the silencer.

Then I aimed for the doctor’s head.

And got him in one shot.

He has seen more of Cate’s naked body than he had a right to see. Some might think my actions harsh, but not me. He should have taken more fucking care.

Picking up my cell, I dialed Camillo. “Get a clean-up crew to the front of the villa immediately.”

Next, I went to the bathroom and found Cate’s birth control pills. I assumed that she’d gotten these just before our marriage.

She wouldn’t be needing them any longer.

Twenty minutes later, Cate started to come around as the drug began to wear off. I had used a variety that only knocked a person out for a short time. The area the doctor had treated would be numb for the next few hours, so hopefully Cate wouldn’t notice anything until the morning since the sedative would leave her drowsy for the next few hours.

Because right now, all I wanted to do was to wrap her in my arms and fall asleep together.

After that, I climbed into bed with her and pulled her onto my chest.

“You’re too hot,” she mumbled.

“I don’t care. I want to see your face as you fall asleep tonight.”

She didn’t argue, and exhausted and drowsy, she relaxed in my hold.

This was the most serene I had seen her since I’d first met her. This was how I wanted her to be every day. At one with me, not fighting me at every turn, letting me give her pleasure, letting me own her.

I stayed awake for a long while after that, just watching her, enjoying the peaceful look on her face, and enjoying the feel of her naked body in my arms.

“I love you,” I whispered into her hair as she drifted off to sleep.

CHAPTER 25

ALESSIO

In the morning, I was awake before Cate and enjoyed looking at her peaceful form.

She probably wasn’t going to be happy about my taking away her birth control, but I didn’t care. I was still angered that she’d tried to break up with me before I dragged her ass to Italy. I had no doubt in my mind that if I hadn’t threatened her with the syringe, she definitely wouldn’t have come with me.

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