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Michael grinned, a rare flash of teeth cutting through the darkness.
“They’re a lesson now. Fuck with us, and this is what you get,” Michael said, shaking his head. “We’re untouchable.”
Faustino nodded, the adrenaline still buzzing, a wild current in his veins, but his thoughts were already turning back to Reece, waiting in his apartment.
“Let’s wrap this up and get home,” Faustino said, his voice rough but steady, rain dripping from his chin. “Our Littles need to hear it. They need to know we won, that we’re coming back.”
“Spoken like a true Daddy,” Matteo laughed, playfully punching Faustino in the arm. “But seriously, you’re one of us, Faustino. Always were. And now you’ve proven beyond doubt what a great leader you are.”
“Thanks you, Matteo,” Faustino said, seeing beyond Matteo’s playful joke and focusing on his words about being a leader. “Coming from you, that means a lot.”
And with that, the three Fendi bosses dispersed.
It was time to meet up with their Littles.
For Faustino though, it was about way more than a hug and celebratory kiss. It was about telling Reeceexactlyhow he felt about him…
Chapter 19
Reece
Reece paced up and down the living area with Squirt tucked under his arm and a worried look on his face. Daddy had been gone for too long. Something wasn’t right. In fact, each second that went by was like a dagger in Reece’s heart as he worried that he might never see Faustino alive again.
“Oh, Squirt,” Reece said, his bottom lip trembling. “I just wish I knew that everything was going to be okay. I really, really, really need to know that Daddy is coming home safe and sound.”
With the sound of the city outside humming in the background, Reece decided that he couldn’t hold on any longer. He needed to do something. Reece didn’t know what, or where, or even how… but he was going to go out and find his Daddy!
Reece scooted from the living area back into the bedroom and was about to change out of his pajamas and into some clothes when he heard banging on the apartment door.
“Who the…” Reece whispered, suddenly terrified that the banging was from one of the bad people that Faustino was at war with. “Squirt, what shall I do?”
Reece instinctively got down on all fours and looked around for a small crawl space he could squeeze into and hide until the banging stopped.
Come on, come on.
There must be somewhere.
I’m only small…
But as Reece frantically crawled around looking for somewhere to hide, he became more and more desperate as the knocking got louder and more frequent.
“Oh no, oh no, oh no,” Reece panicked, eventually deciding to sneak up to the door and peak through the spy hole to at least see who it was trying to get in.
And as he scurried toward the door, Reece suddenly stopped dead in his tracks. Perhaps those weren’t angry knocks on the door after all…
“Guys?” Reece giggled, hearing the unmistakable laughter and sass coming from the other side of the door. “But…”
Reece opened the door to the sight of Benjamin and Kyan, both with huge smiles on their faces and big bags of treats in their hands. And as excited as Reece was to see them, it did leave him a little bit confused.
“Wait… aren’t the Daddies… but I thought…” Reece said, struggling to speak as both Kyan and Benjamin hugged him and jumped up and down, the treats flying across the polished floor. “This is cool and all, but…”
“We won, silly!” Benjamin hollered.
“Our Daddies are the big bosses forever!” Kyan added, a tear of joy running down his cheek. “And we just had to come here to celebrate like BFFs!”
Reece squealed with delight.
But his happiness was interrupted by the sight of three dark, brooding, and dangerous men walking into the apartment…
