Chapter 6
Cleo
Like the back of my hand
When I went downstairs for lunch Angelo had set up the table and plated the food . He had foiled the plates and took out a bottle of wine. As soon as he came down he looked out of sorts. I knew something was wrong because; being with him was like being with someone who was predictable in a reassuring way. I can tell when something is on his mind, or when he is either troubled or lying . I know him like the back of my hand ,and with regards to our son being mischievous and causing trouble ... He takes it from his father .
Angelo walked downstairs dressed in a black blazer; slacks , a white dress shirt as excited as I was that we were back on talking terms together, something in me told me that ; it was going to be short lived because he was leaving for what I suspected was a meeting .
"Blue please tell me you don't have to go ."
Angelo kissed my temple and sat opposite me . His kiss felt different and when he sat opposite me I knew why.
" Oh my baby love I have to go to a meeting at the club."
He poured me a glass of non alcoholic wine and poured himself some too and we started eating .
"Is it anything you can take a raincheck on? "
He swallowed the food in his mouth and winced .
" No and I'd rather you not join me for safety sake ."
" Wait isn't Saturday night's party at the Club?"
"Yes ."
" I'm done with my work for the week though so why don't you take me with you?"
" Cleo ..."
Angelo looked at me conflicted.
" The twins are with your father and my mother. "
" I like your mother . She's easy to talk to . She worries about you a lot and I can see why. "
" I like Romano and it's his birthday on the sixteenth of November if I'm not mistaken."
" You're spot on."
" Make peace with him. If not for your brother's sake , then for the twins. "
I looked eyes with Angelo and he seemed sad .
" I promise I will try. "
Angelo started massaging the back of his neck and he looked tense.
" I'm coming with you."
" No I'd rather you don't ."
"Fine I was headed that way anyway."
" Why , what were you going to do ?"
I took a sip of my wine and darted my eyes from side to side . As soon as I put my glass I smirked
" This ravioli is so good . I think I should ask Carl for the recipe. "
"I doubt he'd give it to you. It's his family's recipe and I told him that I was treating you to lunch ; so he packed some for me especially for you because my best friend likes you a lot ."
Angelo took a deep breath and poured me another glass .
" He is cool and we are good friends too ."
Blue started rubbing his temples .
" I've known him since diaper days so I've known him longer than you . "
" Okay ."
" Okay you'll stay or am I fighting a losing battle ?"
I finished the food that was on my plate and the wine that was left .
" The latter . You can either drop me at my apartment because I left my overnight bag that has my costume for Saturday or I can drive myself..."
" I will take you there myself and pick you up. I'm not comfortable leaving you alone without protection or someone watching you . "
" I am fine . I also had a BPV on . They also caught the guys who almost shot me . "
I slid out of my chair to go place the dishes in the machine . He did the same, and when I turned around he held me by the waist and placed me on the counter . He lifted my face gently with his index finger and kissed me slow and sweet . I had my legs crossed by my ankles. I was still walking around barefoot . He kissed the crook of my neck and ran his palms up and down my thighs and went all the way down to uncross my ankles and nudged my knees apart gently .
When he kissed me again ,I responded by kissing him back with as much intensity as he was kissing me. I ran my hands up and down his torso which felt like slabs of muscles on a beautifully built man . I slid off his blazer and he took it and placed it on one of the bar chairs . He kissed my temple and whispered in my ear;
"Stay Bella."
"Cancel your meeting ."
I started unbuttoning his dress shirt.
" I cannot . It's important and it has to do with family."
" You're the boss tell whoever it is they can wait."
" It's from the Massa side and I've never called to cancel . "
I started kissing his neck and he hissed when I followed the kiss with a nibble on his collar bone .
" Send Aaron. "
" You're a bad influence on me . "
I proceeded to wrap one leg around his waist.
"I learnt from the best."
Blue stopped abruptly and chuckled. He looked at me and gave me the widest smile ever .
" Are you calling me a bad influence Bella?"
I laughed and looked at him smiling .
" Hmm . "
" Shots fired ."
" I haven't started ."
" Then stop teasing me ."
Blue grabbed my other leg and I held on to him . He started making his way to the stair case
" Don't drop me ."
"You've lost weight ?"
" Only just a little. "
" I love you curvy ."
" Watch it, I've been doing a lot of road running and I'm the only one who has the power to knock you out cold . "
We made it upstairs and as soon as ,Angelo threw me on the bed and hovered over me I felt his phone vibrate .
"That's true . "
I reached into his pocket and took out his phone. I moved from under him and he shot me a look of betrayal with his face resting on his hand . I ran all the way to the vanity room door .
I looked at his phone and Jane's name was flashing across the screen .
"It's Jane . "
He all of the sudden went from chilled to tens he got up and started walking towards me .
" Hang up . "
I threw the phone at him and he caught it. It stopped ringing and a message came through he glance at it and as turned on as I was, I went from hot to cold .
I started walking towards the door as soon as I turned the knob and opened the door Angelo came from behind and closed it . Feeling trapped I took a deep breath.
" Let me go . "
" No Bella not until you hear me out ..."
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Chapter 7AngeloWhat's in my heartCleo is moody period. There are days when I am able to understand where her cold and hot demeanor comes from, and yesterday afternoon was just not one of those days. Jane has gone from being a medium to hard limit. I didn't know why she was calling me. I decided to let my men deal with her . Cleo was right . I am the boss what I say goes and just after getting Cleo to stay and not leave , I dealt with the call I received from Matteo . He was my cousin and unlike Tom and Duncan , he was deliberate and intentional with execution .I had sent Aaron to the Club and he didn't mind. His report back this morning was that ; Matteo was pissed. He wanted to see me and had actually thought I was married to Jane . I had gotten drunk with him the day I caused the accident . He was the one who confessed to sleeping with Jane . They tried d
Chapter 8CleoI don't know how to deal with Angelo when he pushes me away . When he asked me to stay after I threw his phone at him , I was reluctant to because we were so close to making love after a very ,very ,very long time , but he had to ruin it by still being in contact with that backstabbing, two timing duplicitous , human being I used to call a friend .This morning he emailed me not, called or came through to my study/ home office to tell me that ; he didn't want to be disturbed ,and that I should go out and enjoy myself at the mall . The mall... The bloody mall . Massa knows I don't like the mall . I took my notebook with me and just left. I did have a favourite coffee shop that I hadn't gone to in a while, and they had the most refreshing smoothies . I ordered a mocha and mint smoothie and sipped on it while working until it started raining again. I
Chapter 9AngeloMatteo Massa is a; sneaky son of a very respectable man and woman, who dont know what creature of the devil they bore . He has to date slept with all of my girlfriend's and was also part and parcel of my relationships ending up like the Titanic. Not this time.He took Aaron's access card and copied the incription and made a duplicate access card . He hacked into my email account and caused mayhem. I could have had some much needed sexy time and catch up time with Cleo. Now I feel like I've gone there steps back; because of him. He cancelled all of my meetings including an important one with my lawyer. It had to do with my uncle's assets in Italy. I had to reschedule everything and move it to a week after my father's birthday week which was on the sixteenth. I needed at least a week to fix the
Chapter 10CleoMarried to a man I thought I knewI really should stop being too trusting . I never suspected that someone offering me tea , because I was in shell shock and I recovered , would result in me being in Daniel's medical rooms . When I ran after Angelo ; he was busy beating the living daylights out of his cousin Matt . I have never seen Angelo all bloodied and bruised before, but this time he looked like he was about to kill his own family member for even looking at my direction , let alone talking to me .I was slowly coming around and my body felt like it had been through the wringer . I was feeling as weak as I did when Rosa poisoned me and my baby boy .As much as I am thankful that Angelo and I found each other and that I have also taken his last name, I am for the first time in the duration of my relationship with Angelo doubting everything he has told me . I was
Chapter 11AngeloCleo knows how to flick switches from being ; cold to warm , and from being an ice princess to being the most loving sensual and caring person you've come across.She had made it clear to me that she won't stay married to me for the sake of the kids . Yet last night after a very long time we made love and that reaffirmed everything for me that; she was in it for the long haul . I've had her so many times but last night was different . Sunday's are reserved for good food and amazing sex .When Cleo came back home with me at the Luca estate ; I played doctor and husband . She had indicated that she was still tired and I let her rest . Sunday morning she blew everything out of the water. I don't like fighting with her and I want to tell her everything about my past but I'm feeling everything intensely and I think my break up with my first love has everything to do
Chapter 12CleoI didn't know what the term;" You'll have the rest of your lives , and amazing make up sex to make up for the bad patch you're going through" meant , until I got married to Angelo.I've always Understood that he can only register things if they are in the physical . Emotionally he feels everything at once and needs time to process before he cries . He opens up completely when he trusts you and thinks he has to deal with everything alone . I'm beginning to see that he married me for security and not that he loves me completely . I have to be honest with myself and maybe I'm reading things wrong and I'm over thinking ,but we need to find common ground. I don't want him regretting the decision he took to marry me if he doesn't know how to be in one ."Cleo? ""Angelo.""what happened to calling me Blue?"" Why
Chapter 13AngeloI love spending time with the twins and Ava. They love spending time with my father and he enjoys spending time with them . Cleo has been quite since I asked her to not communicate with Marc regarding anything that had to do with either our relationship. Just like she did with Jane Marc has become a hard limit for many reasons and one of them is that he wants to take Cleo away from me .We are on good terms now andCleo has knack for advocacy, and she can advocate for a lot of things. I have tried to see reasons why she was friends with her ex and I can't find anything. At least I had time to spend with the girls and my dad indirectly because I had to feed them. Daniel was out with Pio and my wife doing some shopping. Which meant that whether. I liked it or not I was going to have to talk to him. I've found reasons not to talk to him , but all I have are excuses .I was b
Chapter 14CleoThere are many moments I treasure when I get to spend time with family; and a rare sight is , Angelo fast asleep with the kid's except for Ava who was quietly watching the movie that was playing . When I went to go pick her up and give her kiss she giggled and I walked out leaving Angelo to rest with the twins . I knew he had trouble sleeping. This past week alone he woke up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat thinking I was gone and never coming back . I love him I really do I just don't know how he, is going to managewhen I am away for work or if I have to go way to go see an important client out of the country . I couldn't resist taking a picture.Ava needed a nappy change and to get cleaned up. She had chocolate all over her clothes and all over her face , which was an indication that Angelo was fast asleep before she decided to have fun with the pudding . Angelo looked like a canvas the twins had fun