Page 97 of Mafia Boss's Fake Wife

“This was Caterina’s favorite,” I say, the truth flowing from me far too easily. “Whenever she had a bad day as a kid, this is what she’d ask for.”

“Did you make it?”

I shrug. “Sometimes. Sometimes it was the cook or my mom. But this one always reminds me of her.”

Roisin takes a bite, the noodles expertly twirled on her fork. She shuts her eyes, moaning in a way that makes my blood rush right to my cock again.

Focus, De Luca.

“Caterina was a cute kid. Cute baby.”

“She’s five years younger than you?” Roisin asks.

I nod.

Her nose wrinkles. “That puts you at a near decade older than me.”

“What can I say,” I wink at her. “You’re mature for your age?”

She snorts. “You can say that again, I suppose.”

“I know you had to grow up too fast, Roisin. I’d change all ofthat if I could,” I say. My voice has dropped an octave, fury deepening it.

She pauses, her green eyes searching my face. “You would, wouldn’t you?”

“Do you think I wouldn’t?”

Roisin shrugs. “I do think you would, Marco. That’s the interesting part. Lots of people would make empty threats?—”

“Not people worth their fucking salt,” I rasp.

She huffs a laugh. “Even in the world we live in, people make empty threats.”

“I take all threats seriously, Roisin. The ones that I make, and the ones made against me and the people I care for.”

Her green eyes narrow. “And where do I stand in that?”

Something in her voice stops me from telling her exactly where she ranks.

“Eat your pasta,” I smile instead, spinning some up for myself as well.

Roisin’s eyebrows raise, but she does as I ask.

The fact that she’s always so willing to follow my commands, despite the fact it’s not in her nature to blindly follow an order, gives me a thrill.

Roisin trusts me.

I deeply want to know how much she’s willing to listen to.

If I command her to crawl across the floor to me, to suck onmy…”

“You know, this place is nice,” she cuts off my train of thought.

I nod, looking around. “It’s very secluded.”

“Hence why I thought you’d try to murder me.”

I laugh. “Never, Roisin.”

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