He merely shakes his head.
I gasp dramatically.“Uh-uh, Mister Dark and Dangerous, you won’t be getting out of this.Here, try this, and tell me you don’t find it divine.”
I hold a piece of pita bread dipped in hummus to his mouth and he takes it from me, his gaze on mine.
He chews pensively.“Not bad.Maybe I could be swayed with more.”
I present him some more finger food and he obediently eats everything I offer while I explain every dish to him, and how much I like it and why.Damiano sometimes comments on what he just tasted but he mainly listens to my chatter.Things feel so…normal.A sense of contentment fills me.
When I hold an olive up to him, his lips wrap around my fingers and my breath catches in my throat.His eyes darken as his hand darts out to catch my wrist.He pulls my hand to him and he starts to lick my fingertips clean while his eyes hold mine in a searing gaze.
I gulp, feeling myself getting wet.I clench my thighs together.
I can’t help but be aware that this man is dangerous.Not because he is the Don of the mafia and controls the world, but because he is this man I see tonight, able to control my body.
And maybe my heart.
Chapter Twenty-Four
Damiano
Lily is talking animatedly and I am engrossed in her various expressions, not registering a single word because I am too riveted on her lips like a fucking creep.
The place is a hole in the wall but I have to admit that the food is good.Or is it because she has been feeding it to me off of her fingers?I would gladly eat broken glass if she made me.
My obsession with her is growing by the second and I can’t deny it anymore.I am craving her with an intensity that is staggering me.
When she’d asked me to set her free earlier today, something had cracked open inside me, releasing a dark, toxic tar that seeped into my soul and into my chest to constrict it, taking my breath away.At that exact moment, I realized that the day she left me would be the day my black heart stopped beating.I would do anything to keep her in my grasp.She has no idea what lengths I am ready to go to.If she knew, she wouldn’t be looking at me with that sweet smile on her soft lips, but with eyes filled with fear and loathing.
Right now, she is laughing at something I said about the food, teasing me with mirth in her gorgeous eyes.
Then she proffers an olive and I take it, closing my lips around her fingers, and I hear her sharp intake of breath.Dark satisfaction coils in my chest.Her body is as insatiable for my touch as mine is for hers.I grasp her hand before she can pull it back and lick the olive juice from her fingers.Her eyes become hooded, her gaze hot.Her lips part and she licks them.I almost come in my pants.My cock has been hard from the moment I had her pinned against the car before entering the restaurant.
Goddamn creep.
Fuck this.I am going to fuck her on this table right now, and if the asshole waiter Sam dares to peek, I will gouge his eyes out.But my plan is thwarted by my phone ringing loudly in my pocket.
Shit, there are only two people dumb or desperate enough to bother me this evening.I have a bad feeling.
Releasing Lily’s hand, I take the call.“What?”I bark.
“D, you have to come.I’ll text you the address.Luc is on his way.He will be there in five to get Lily home.”Teo’s voice is dark.
I hang up and let out a long breath.Lily eyes me warily.
“Something came up.Luc will be here in a moment to take you home.You can finish eating with him here before you go.”Her face falls and she shakes her head, all the light fading from her eyes.
“It’s fine.I’ll go to the condo with Lucas.”
Goddamnit.
I stand, pick her up and sit down again with her on my lap.I grasp her jaw to force her to look at me.
“Tomorrow morning, we will go to your father’s house to collect the things you want.”She nods, not as excited as she was when we arrived at the restaurant, but she gives me a small smile.I claim her lips with what feels alarmingly like desperation.
We are stepping outside when Luc arrives.I guide Lily to his car and open the passenger door.I kiss her one last time in a bruising kiss that leaves us both panting, then I help her into the seat before closing the door.I tap the roof and Lucas puts the car in drive.
I climb into my Lexus and put it in motion, making sure that two of the black SUVs that had been hidden from sight in the nearby alleys are trailing Luc’s car, while the remaining one trails mine.