Chastity was waiting for her when she got the club. She’d been late because she’d had to avoid Rin and racing through the house to the safety of her locked bedroom had been more difficult than she’d expected. “Is Orion okay there? I can’t lie. I was terrified to refuse Rin Allegretti.” “Orion used to spend time with Sonny there before during the afternoons when Ruthie was alive. Sonny has spent many evenings with Orion up in the apartment. He knows Sonny really well and I know he’s safe there. Any word from your sister?” “No. I half expected to hear she was picked up again by the cops, but it’s been quiet. She’ll likely be gone a few days at least.” She groaned following Sasha into her office and throwing herself onto the sofa. “I wish she’d just relinquish custody to me and let me have him and stop fucking his life up so bad.” “Yes, but then she’d have zero control over you and what fun would it be for her?” Sasha rolled her eyes sarcastically. “The woman is a v
Sasha made her way back towards her office and met her head of security Achilles waiting for her. “How’s it looking out there?”“Solid. We got a good crowd.” He gave her a look.“What is it?” she frowned at him. She knew the look. Usually, it meant a patron outside was causing trouble.“Four people showed up and wanted in and I turned them away because they clearly didn’t know the process for Gina’s, but they are insisting they are good friends with the owner,” he gave a smirk, “through Sonny Allegretti. They said they were going to file a complaint with him.”She instantly knew who they were. “Three women, one man? The man about the same height as Sonny but without any of his style or personality? A woman his age and two younger blondes who look just like her?”“You do know them?” Achilles lifted an eyebrow as he followed her into the office and f
Rin sat behind his grandfather’s desk and plugged away at the work in front of him on his laptop. His eyes kept flicking to the key on the desk where he had left it after Sasha had slipped it to him. Her movements had been slick and practiced and he chuckled as he realized there was more to the little mouse than he’d imagined. He wondered if she had been a pickpocket at one point in her life. She had taken it from him with ease by distracting him with her beautiful mouth.When he’d arrived the day before to his grandfather’s house, he’d been intent to throw her out on her ass, tell the old man he wasn’t going to make a fool of their family name and put an end to this woman living with his grandfather once and for all. Now, he realized he’d jumped in without assessing the full situation.Her fiery personality telling his parents and sisters off had pissed him off for a split second and then he couldn’t stop watching, waiti
Rin could tell she was considering his request. He wanted her. She wanted him. They were two consenting adults. Why not? He licked a path along her shoulder to her pulse and enjoyed the shudder she gave. “And what exactly, does being the plaything of Rin Allegretti, entail?” she asked curiously, stifling a moan as his hands inched lower down her abdomen to rest just above her pelvis. “Just be mine,” he said with a simple whisper. “No dating anyone else. No fucking anyone else. No hook-ups. No flings in the workplace. Just you and me.” “Sounds tempting,” she exhaled a shaky breath. “Do the same rules apply to you?” “Absolutely.” He grinned at the vibrato of her voice. His little mouse was aroused with only his proximity. He was already imagining the things he wanted to do with her. He slipped his hands lower until he reached the end of her dress and hiked it up her thighs, stroking the inside of her leg. “I think you’re leaving out a lot of details thoug
As she wrapped her legs around Rin’s waist and dug her fingers into his hair to kiss him back, she felt an inkling of fear grip her. If her father found out she was screwing around with Don Allegretti, he’d ship her to her grandfather without a second thought, she was certain of it. Yet, she couldn’t help herself. Having a man like him want her as much as he was saying he did make her recklessness go wild. She wanted all the things he’d listed earlier and then some. She sighed as Rin’s tongue ran along her lower lip and one hand wound around her waist to pull her closer to him. She parted her lips softly and he slipped his tongue past her teeth and tasted her. His nose brushed hers as he tilted her head, so he had better access to her mouth. His free hand was cupped around her neck, his thumb stroking her cheek while he drew her lower lip between his teeth and pulled back. “I want you,” he whispered against her mouth. “I want you too,” she forced her fear away as
Her shower had made her feel a bit better and now dressed in a pair of yoga pants and a t-shirt with Gina’s emblazoned across the chest, she knew she had to go face the music. Pulling the bedroom door open she heard the deep resonance of Rin in Sonny’s room chatting and she decided she’d been granted a quick reprieve.She made her way to the kitchen and grabbed the kettle and put it on. A cup of chamomile tea would help settle her and when she went to lay down at eight-thirty she would be able to rest. She touched the top of the pastries and decided they were cooled enough for her to fill while she waited for the kettle.When she had the two dozen pastries completed, she packed a few into a container to take to her father and the rest she carefully placed into plastic ware and covered them up. The kettle whistled and she poured the hot water over her tea in the cup and sat down at the island and lifted her phone to check her emails and messages while
Sasha slowly surfaced from her sleep knowing it would only be a few minutes before her alarm would go off. Intuitively, most likely because she despised being woken with a start, she always woke before the timer went off.Yet this felt different as she lay there. Her bed was too warm and at first, she reminded herself she was at Sonny’s and her own bed was in storage. Then the scent of pine and warm spices filled her nostrils and the heavy weight of an arm over her waist held her firmly to the mattress. Evened breathing told her she wasn’t the only one sleeping in her bed.Feeling like damn Goldilocks, she knew instantly who was asleep in her bed and wondered if this man understood what a boundary was. She opened her eyes blinking slowly and found herself nose to chest with a dark thatch of hair, golden skin, and an intense desire to snuggle right into it all. She reached her arm behind her to the nightstand and fumbled for her phone, shutting the alarm off
Sasha entered her parent’s home with a strong sense of hesitation. Her mother was the queen of seeing through Sasha’s every emotion. While she may have been a young mother and Sasha may have grown up in a rough and dangerous world where her mother had to be tougher than most on her, she had been a damn good mother and paid attention to every nuance of Sasha’s personality. It was why when the lady who had accused her of stealing when she was thirteen had only taken a partial beating from Avery for her words. Even though Sasha had denied it outright, Avery had known with a simple look at her daughter she had stolen the woman’s rings. Avery had punished Sasha later for lying to her when nobody else was around but then she’d split the proceeds of the sale of the diamond and wedding band. Now she was going into the lioness’ den and while she knew she was cleaned up, no scent of Rin on her anywhere, she knew the woman would know what she’d been up to. With luck, her pregnan