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I looked over my shoulder, wanting her to see her threat didn’t make the waves she thought it would. “Do what you got to do.”
I was officially done.
Chapter Sixteen
CAPONE
For the past week, my life had morphed into something I couldn’t even dream of. Every day, I went to work and came home to Giovanna and Gabi. They slept in the guestroom at my home the day we picked up Gabi from Crystal’s and they had been there ever since.
Sometimes, we would go to the clubhouse for breakfast and dinner and some days, we stayed at home in our own little bubble. Those two were the highlights of my day. From the moment I walked out the door, the only thing I thought about was getting back home to them.
The way Giovanna consumed my mind had my head spinning. Leaving her to go to work was harder than expected. I’d always been laid back when it came to women but with her, I was different. I was possessive and obsessed.
All I could do was count down the minutes until I could get back to her to taste and touch her again. I longed tofeelher, but I wouldn’t take it there until I knew she was certain this was where she wanted to be.
The little minx had tried to get me to go all the way a few times. I had almost given in until I remembered she truly didn’tunderstand how serious I was about claiming her. Once I sunk my cock into her tight and wet honey pot, it would be a wrap.
She would be mine and not even she could change that.
I knew I sounded crazy, but I couldn’t change how I felt.
Derek’s parents had been radio silent since his mother promised to take Giovanna to court. I was scared that she would hop on the first plane back to Washington, but she didn’t.
When she explained why she didn’t bend to Whitney’s demands, I understood. If she folded now, Whitney would think every time Giovanna didn’t do what she wanted, she would always throw that at Giovanna to scare her.
I could tell from the moment I met that woman she was used to getting whatever she wanted. She didn’t care about what was best for Gabi, just herself.
I hadn’t said too much pertaining to Derek’s parents. Whatever Giovanna decided to do, I wanted to feel that she made that decision solely based on her feelings. As much as I had begun looking at Gabi as if she was mine, that part of her life I didn’t have a say-so in. Whitney and Dennis were here long before me, and they’d never mistreated her.
They had just brought a wolf in sheep’s clothing into her life.
A knock on my office door snapped me from my thoughts.
“Come in.”
Sage came sauntering through the door with a worried expression. “Umm, there’s a woman out there. She said her name is Jamie and she isn’t leaving until she speaks with you.”
I sighed in frustration. I should have known this was coming. Jamie was a woman I was sleeping with prior to meeting Giovanna. We weren’t exclusive by any means, but I slept with Jamie more frequently than the others. She was a bartender at Sinners, the bar the club owns.
She had been calling me for weeks, but I’d been declining the calls. We never went this long without hooking up and I was sureshe was wondering what had changed. I owed it to her to let her know I was with someone.
While Giovanna and I hadn’t made anything official, I had no desire to still play the field. I was hers. I just needed Giovanna to come to terms thatshewas mine.
“Send her in, Sage.”
“Right away, Mr. Ferrari.” I gave her a look and she giggled. “Sorry. Capone, I’ll send her in.”
“Much better.”
A few minutes later, Jamie walked through the door. She looked beautiful as she always did but I didn’t have eyes for her anymore. There wasn’t anyone walking this earth who compared to Giovanna.
Jamie had a seductive smile on her face as she walked over to me. Her blond hair was curled, and she wore a white spaghetti crop top with jeans that molded her like a second skin. There was a little more switch in her hips than normal. I knew right then she was here thinking we would end up fucking. Her intentions became clearer when she walked around my desk and attempted to straddle my lap.
I placed my hands on her arms, pushing her back as I stood from my chair.
“What wrong?” She frowned in confusion.
“Look, I know I went ghost on you without telling you anything but this arrangement between us is done.”
