Page 21 of Temptation: Discreet

“Lina, you’re the most beautiful woman I have ever seen,” I say gently, turning her over so she’s on her back looking back at me. She wraps her arms around herself, hiding her body as if she was ashamed of what we just did.

“Don’t hide from me, Princess. I like a woman that knows what she wants. It took everything in me to not take you right here and now. Next time I will not stop myself from taking what’s mine, you got that?”

She nods her head, and I get up grabbing the closest towel to wrap around my waist before grabbing another one and holding it out so that Lina can wrap herself around it. Pulling her close to my chest, I inhale her fruity scent. She leans into my touch with such ease, knowing I would protect her with everything that I am. A part of me keeps telling myself that I shouldn’t move further with her, that this obsession with her while she’s innocent and pure is reckless. I’m afraid to drag her down into this darkness, into my past and my need for blood that I’m tempted to stop this before we go further.

But I can’t, I refuse to let her go.

The moment I saw her I knew she was mine, tasting her just solidified that fact.

She needs to be sure that this is what she wants, the way she looks at me with her light brown eyes tells me she does and yet there's a part of her that she’s holding back. Holding out my hand for her to hold, we walk inside the main house and go up to her room where she can bathe. I get the tub ready for her by adding some of that strawberry scent to the water as she removes the towel from around her delicious body. She slowly brings the tiny fabric down her curves and onto the floor. Sitting on the edge of the tub, I extend my hand and help her step inside the warm water.

“I have some work to get done, and if I stay with you looking the way you do. I won’t be able to stop myself from claiming your sweet pussy.” I rasp out. She smiles and I mean truly fucking smiles, the light in her eyes burns as bright as her lust for me.

“What if that’s what I want,” she whispers, glancing over at me with a vulnerability that she keeps hidden.

“I’m not a good man Lina. You’re already mine but once I’m inside you there’s no escaping me,” I don’t tell her that she’ll be mine regardless I’ll have her come to that conclusion on her own.

She shuts her eyes and leans her head back, soaking up the water as I close the door to her bedroom. Climbing down the steps, I freeze when I see Kai leaning against the island with a smirk on his face.

“Well, would you look at that? I never thought I would see the day that you were pussy whipped.” Kai smirks

“Fuck off, asshole.”

“Got a call from Ry, while you were preoccupied. Ry said that the Columbians found out that we’re trying to get the wedding canceled. They want to move up the wedding, and they know that her brothers aren’t here. Ry thinks there's a mole, so he’s looking into it.” Kai’s hand goes through his hair before grabbing the back of his head.

“A war is about to get started if she doesn’t marry the Columbian. We have confirmation that they’re in bed with the Russians, providing them with weapons for cocaine instead of getting the guns from the Mexicans.”

“Fuck,” I shake my head at the news, “well we need to tell Julian.” I don’t know enough about this life to make a decision. I’m here to watch Catalina to ensure her safety above all others. It’s one thing going against a small army, that is something we could take on, but if they truly got in bed with the Russian Bratva. I’m not sure how Julian and his family will survive without the help from the Italians.

Kai knows we’ll have a chance to kill those who go after us and just that small sliver of possibility of blood and violence makes his blood run through his system just as fast as mine.

I make an attempt to contact Julian and Rocco but neither of them answer their phone, so I try contacting the last person who can give me more information.

“So, you finally took a bite of the forbidden fruit,” Ry says as soon as he answers his phone. How the fuck does he know?

“That’s not why I called, asshole,” I mutter. Kai laughs at his comment, causing me to chuckle moments later.

“Ry, we can’t get in touch with Julian, Marcelo or Rafael. Ping their location for me, they should have arrived at their destination already. Rocco too. I don’t know who fucking told the Columbians all this information," I ask.

“Already done. The phones are pinging in Italy but they haven’t moved from the landing strip.” I can still hear the clicking of the keyboard as he continues to work. He’s one of the best hackers I know, he’ll be able to locate them.

“Looks like the Italians arrived shortly after they landed, and they left with them. Doesn’t look like any of their stuff was taken. I can’t be sure if they left the phones there.” There's a pause and more clicking on his end.

“Looks like they are with the Italian Mafia, the head of the Costa Nostra. I followed them through the street cameras and they ended up where it’s rumored the head lives. Either, they are fucked or they made an alliance.” I grip the back of my neck, pulling at the hair. Now what the fuck do I tell Lina?

Kai is pacing back and forth practically foaming at the mouth at the position we put ourselves in and I am fucking worried that we were left in the middle of a war none of us started.

“Looks like the rest of our men were ordered to stay on the plane with a few of the Italians,” Ry responds.

“Fuck,” I continue ready to punch the wall repeatedly to get rid of the feel of helplessness.

“This doesn’t make any sense. Look into Rocco’s family. I want to know who they were supposed to be meeting. He’s been our best friend for years and I don’t ever recall him speaking about an Italian family.” I demand.

“I personally did his background check when we became friends with him. Nothing out of the ordinary with Rocco. I can’t find any family in Italy. I’ll keep looking.” Ry says as he continues tapping away on the computer.

I feel like we’re fucked. If we don’t get in touch with her brothers, then I’m not sure what we’re going to be able to do without them backing us up. I’ll gladly start a war, and kill as many of those fuckers, but without their help Catalina might get the worst of it.

And I refuse to allow that to happen.

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