Page 10 of The Boss's Revenge

CHAPTER 7

Rocco

Excitement hummed in my blood as I drove Kira back to the apartment she’d escaped only hours before. I was still mad as hell, but I was getting over it. Tasting her sweet come and feeling her hands in my hair had that effect. I hadn’t been kidding. I was done behaving like a gentleman with this wild cat. She said we were fucking? I was more than happy to oblige.

The truth would come out sooner or later, and then, Kira would be the one taking the heat for everything. Sure, by the time the truth came out, I would have slept with her, but I didn’t plan on getting her pregnant. Hell, for all I knew, she was already pregnant. I didn’t care. I’d wanted this woman since first glance, and this was my chance to have her. She’d tipped her hand earlier. She wanted me too, and I wasn’t about to see either of us deny it a moment more.

We got back to the brownstone and went inside. Kira was sneaking looks at me from under her heavy eyelashes, small, darting, and curious looks. I set my keys down, locked us in, and turned to her.

“I have to go to Luna tonight. Set yourself up in the bedroom and rest,” I told her calmly.

This time I had some things for Kira that Konstantin had handed over, previously stored in his ramshackle building on the pier in Brighton Beach. It made my chest ache to think of her staying in that ruined building, and I didn’t care to consider too closely why that was.

She took the bag and turned in the wrong direction. “Set yourself up in my bedroom,” I told her shortly. She stopped, turning huge eyes at me. Fuck, she was beautiful. “Our bedroom.”

“Rocco-,” she started.

“You asked me to save you,cara mia, and I agreed, so do what I say.” I planned to exact my revenge for what she’d put me through from her flesh. I’d fuck my revenge out of her.

She stared at me for a long moment. “Can I come with you to Luna?”

“Why? So you can run away?”

She bit her lip. A rare show of vulnerability. “I don’t want to be here alone.”

Well, there wasn’t much I could say about that.

“Ok, get ready. We’ll leave soon.”

Luna was busy, music pounding and the line was nearly around the block. Kira was wearing black tight leather trousers, boots that could take an unlucky man’s balls off, and a black silk backless top. She looked utterly captivating. There was nothing soft, or weak about her tonight. The soft underbelly she’d shown me when she’d involved me in her fucked-up life wasn’t something she let the world see. I was special, and tonight, holding her close to my side as I made my way through the club,I felt it. I felt like a fucking god with her at my side. All eyes turned to us, king and queen of the underworld for the evening.

I left her with Alberto in the VIP section and made for my office. I had work to attend to and I already knew Vincenzo was waiting to see me. I met my brother and went inside.

“So, did you get to the bottom of this mess?” Vincenzo asked.

I shook my head shortly, weathering his frown. “Soon. I’ll find out what she’s playing at.”

“It seems clear to me. Her ambitious father has sent his little spy to infiltrate the family and gain him an advantageous marriage. I take it you didn’t look her way, and she had to resort to lying to get what she wanted, unless…” Vincenzo trailed off and raised an eyebrow at me.

“Unless what?”

“You tell me. Is she pregnant with your kid?’

“No. I told you she wasn’t. You think I’d walk away from my own flesh and blood.”

Vincenzo studied me, unconvinced. “Becoming a father can daunt even the most confident men.”

“Well, not me. I just don’t like being blamed for something I didn’t even have the pleasure of doing, but that’ll soon be remedied.”

“Don’t tell me you’re going to take your vengeance on her by doing the very thing her father accused you of? That seems an ill-suited revenge.” My brother raised an eyebrow at me.

I shrugged. “The heart wants what the heart wants,” I smirked at him. “But don’t worry, I won’t be so careless as to get her pregnant.”

“If she’s not already, that is,” Vincenzo prompted. Fucker. I hated the reminder that Kira might already be pregnant.Who’d done it?Jealousy ate at me, nipping my heart from all sides. That woman wasn’t just someone anyone could claim. She was smart and dangerous, fearless and fierce. She needed carefulcare and attention and the thought that someone could knock her up and discard her made me want to put a bullet in the invisible man’s head.

“She’s not. I’ll bet my life on it. She’s just fucking with me,” I muttered, casting my eye to the security feed of the VIP floor. I could see Alberto speaking to Kira. Another kick of possessiveness hit my belly. “If we’re done here, I better get back to her.”

Vincenzo watched me for a long moment, before nodding.

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