Page 196 of Heartless
I pecked her upturned nose.“His nickname is Zucchero.Sugar in Italian.Too long to say.He became Zook.”
My hands slid under my tee to caress her soft skin.Her goosebumps licked my palm, and I got harder.“What else do you want to know, baby?”
“Edo said something about your legacy and your future.What did that mean?”
I watched my beautiful Sienna.She was finally relaxed, but she deserved the truth.
“Before he saw what you signed, Edo was going to have you executed.I offered him my land for your life.”
Her head jerked back, and she looked at me like I’d lost my damn mind.“What...what if he had called your bluff?”
“I wasn’t bluffing.”
****
Sienna
Oh my God.
My heart hiccupped, and I stared at him.
The storm of emotions raging through me was so violent, my body didn’t know how to react.When his fierce gaze became blurry, I realized I was crying.
Jake’s hands curled around my face.“Baby, he won’t hurt you.I—”
I mashed my mouth onto his in a tear-tasting, messy kiss.Then I locked my eyes onto his while my nails dug into the sides of his neck.
“I knew it,” I whispered.
“Knew what, baby?”
“The moment I saw you, my heart recognized you.I knew my heart wasn’t wrong.I knew it.”I touched my trembling lips to his mouth.“I love you.I love you so much, Jake.”
His hold became bruising.“Say it, again, Sienna.”
I couldn’t stop smiling at my beautiful man.More emotion swelled my chest, and more tears drifted down my cheek.“I love you.”
The low drum of his voice poured over every inch of my body.“I love you, my Sienna.”
Exhaling a shaky breath, I smiled.“Your butterfly.”
“My fucking everything,” he growled.
And right then, I tumbled deeper in love with him.
His gaze brightened.“Here’s my kitten.”
****
Two days later, Jakeand I stood beside his truck.He leaned his back against the car and wrapped his arm around me to pull me to his side.We were across a hillside street a few feet away from the restaurant located halfway up a mountain.Although the afternoon sun was shining, the breeze was cool, and I huddled closer to Jake’s warmth.
“This is it,” he said against my forehead.
I looped my arms around him.“Is it the first time you come back?”
His hold tightened, and he nodded.
This morning, Jake had asked me if I wanted to come with him to his father’s land which was located nearly five hours away from the city.Choked up by emotion, I’d only managed to nod.
