Page 61 of Dangerous Games of Trust

Ricky comes toward me as soon as he spots me, with a huge smile and a bottle of champagne. He tops up my drink as he kisses me on the lips in a way that makes my heart race and my face burn. “Glad you finally joined us, baby girl.”

My brother and Dani occupy the three-seater couch, and Ricky takes a seat alongside them, topping up Dani’s drink as well. Marco gives me a smile, but his attention is mostly focused on Dani. He’s so smitten with her. It’s kind of adorable, and I’m glad he was able to find happiness through all this. He deserves it.

Alessandro directs me to the chair he was sitting in earlier as the center of attention and pulls me down on his lap. “I’m good in my own seat,” I complain, not wanting to look like one of his pathetic groupies.

“Stop being a brat, Harley, sit with me awhile. I need you.” He buries his face in my hair, inhaling, before sinking his teeth into my earlobe playfully.

Heneedsme? I don’t move. I think because I’m in shock. The most powerful man in the room, nope, the city, and he needs me.

A group of girls have crafted a dance floor close to the speakers and move provocatively around, probably high off their nuts. Other men in suits who I don’t know, congregate in clusters, puffing on cigars that emit a rich, smoky aroma. Crystal-cut glasses clink together as they indulge in their drinks. The boys seamlessly blend in with this lively crowd. Enzo’s casino was their childhood playground. With their commanding presence and unmatched skills in dictatorship, they were destined to rule the shifty underworld. They’re in their element tonight.

We continue to drink and chat for hours, the boys more relaxed than I have seen them in so long. And I decide partying with the boys when they’re in a good mood isn’t all that bad. Dani and I even had a little dance together.

When Alessandro pulls me back down onto his lap after we return, I make myself comfortable, throwing my legs over the armrest, staring up at him, more than a little tipsy. “I guess you’re getting everything you ever wanted. All the power and every man in this town looking up to you.”

“Not everything.” His hungry eyes rake over my body in the slinky velvet dress.

One of his hands slides down my side, feeling the soft fabric before landing on my ass where he squeezes. And I feel his cock harden under me. His head dips, his warm breath tickling my neck. “Come rule beside me, princess,” he says softly in my ear, sending a trail of goosebumps in its wake.

I tilt my head. “I’m not the girl you think. I have no desire to rule anything. Especially not the underworld of Ravens Hollow.” I sigh, his request sitting heavy on my shoulders. Is this what happened to my ma? Was she swept up in the glamor of it all thinking Enzo could change her life for the better? Is that why she was helping him? A sinking feeling washes over me. Are theyall just using me the same way, to be discarded when their use for me is over?

Alessandro places a kiss to my shoulder, his fingers playing with my long hair. “But you would look so pretty in a crown.” His hand gently glides up my face, his touch lingering on the back of my neck, bringing me up to sitting and our faces closer together.

My chest rises and falls with anticipation. We’re in a room full of people, but suddenly it’s only us. And I know it can’t be; what we have is real. My heart couldn’t be this wrong. “I don’t even believe that’s what you want,” I whisper, sad for him.

“You have no idea what I want.” His lips meet with mine, and he kisses me deeply, making sure I know it’s me. I’m not certain if it’s the bubbly making me less hostile toward him or what, but I let him sweep me away with him in the moment. It’s nice to have him need me. He could have any girl in the room, but it’s me he wants to show off. Not because he’s trying to save me or prove to Enzo I’m his. But because he wants little old me.

My hand tangles into his hair, kissing him so deeply I feel myself melting more and more by the second. And when we finally pull back, I’m a panting mess. No, I know this is different, I feel it in the way he makes my heart race. In the warmth he holds for only me.

His lips twitch up at the sides in a twisted smile that makes him look even more gorgeous. “You’re desperate for me, aren’t you, princess?”

Fuck, I can’t deny it. I can feel the arousal coating my panties. I blink back at him. “Too bad you’re in the middle of an important party,” I tease him playfully, running my fingers up the collar of his shirt.

He lets out a low growl like he can barely contain himself. “Everyone out,” he commands, his voice firm and demanding and so powerful he nearly knocks me off his lap.

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My eyes go wide.What on earth!

But the rest of the room doesn’t even flinch at his request. The large space empties out quickly. While I squirm on Alessandro’s lap uncomfortably, trying not to make eye contact with anyone. Dani bends and offers me a high-five on the way out, and my cheeks flush an even brighter red than the dress she has on. I want to crawl under the rug in the center of the room and hide.

Alessandro’s lips come to my earlobe. “Should we let the other boys join us, princess?”

His invitation sends goosebumps over my skin. Oh fuck, my pussy pulses with anticipation. I have been dreaming about exactly this. “Yes,” I agree.

Alessandro nods to Ricky and Maddox when they go to move. “You two can stay. I want to celebrate with our girl.”

With a cheeky smirk that goes right to my lady parts, Ricky follows the last person out, then slides the bifold doors closed, separating us from the rest of the party.

My heart races like crazy. I should have known better than to bait Alessandro by now, but I wasn’t expecting him to send them all out of here. And even more surprising, he wants Ricky and Maddox to stay. Fuck. I might not survive this night. Three of them. With a party raging just outside the doors. But damn, do I want to try.

I’m also hyperaware that Geovani is around this place somewhere. But before I have time to overthink that fact, Alessandro’s lips are back on mine. I melt into him, enjoying how relaxed he is tonight. This is the fun, carefree man I met all those years ago. The man I fell for, and in such a short time, thought I wouldn’t be able to live without. That was until my papa banished me to Paris.

A second set of hands trace a line up my arm, and I move away from Alessandro’s kiss to find Ricky’s lips. One hand curling round the back of his neck, he helps me up to stand on wobbly legs as he deepens the kiss, his tongue sweeping through my open lips. And before I know what’s happening, I feel Maddox’s callused fingers sliding over my flesh, and I’m moving from Ricky to him. The three of them crowd around me, their strong powerful bodies caging me in. Kisses being placed down my neck, and hands roaming over my body, everywhere. I press into them, enjoying every deliberate squeeze and stroke.

The velvety fabric of my dress disappears over my head in a flash of red. My body aches to be satisfied by them, throbbing with frantic need. They already have me so worked up I’m panting and desperate. I lean into them, giving them full control.

“Kneel up on the table, princess,” Alessandro instructs, his voice vibrating down my side as he sucks on my neck.

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