Page 59 of Truth
“Grazie, ti amo, troppo zio. Addio.”I love you, Uncle. Goodbye. I end the call, setting my phone on my desk and leaning back to let out a breath.
A shuffle catches my attention. I stand so quickly, my chair tips back and topples to the ground.
“Jesus!” Drew screams. “You scared the hell out of me.” She puts her hands on her chest, now covered by one of my T-shirts.
I reach back and stand my chair back up, turning back to her. “I’m sorry, baby. Did I wake you somehow? Come here.” She walks over shaking her head no and wraps her arms around my waist, kissing my chest.
“I didn’t know you could speak Italian.” The curiosity in her voice makes me nervous. I don’t want to explain my uncle in detail tonight.
“Yep.” My voice is cautious. I won’t lie to her, but I’m hoping for a bit more time.
“What did you mean by close enough for me?”
Sneaky little wifey.
“How long were you eavesdropping on me?” I grin at her feigning innocence. The nerve of this woman—she doesn’t feel guilty at all. The thought brings me deep pleasure. “You don’t even feel bad for doing it…admit it.”
“Not even a little. I don’t have secrets from you. You won’t have them from me.”
“So fucking brave. I’m going to gag you tonight, tie you up, and tease you until scream and beg to suck my cock.” My dick comes to life at the thought of her hands above her head, naked and nipple clamped.
“Fai del tuo peggio, amore mio.”Do your worst, my love.I take a step back, looking into her amused face. It’s not often that someone surprises me, but she’s managed to shock the hell out of me.
“What…how?”
“I studied Italian in college. Studied abroad too.” She shrugs with a wink.
“I love you, Drew.”
“Say it in Italian.” Her words are seductive, filled with her desire.
“Ti amerò oltre il mio ultimo respiro.”I will love you beyond my last breath.I pull her back to me, and our mouths meet in a tangle as I pick her up, carrying her upstairs to fulfill my promise.
IWATCH HER SLEEP, WAITINGfor my own to take me. She’s so peaceful and content lying here next to me. The moonlight peeking through our bedroom window illuminates the love bites around her breast, and I reach to trace the marks before I consider what I’m doing. I love seeing these marks on her. My claim to her body. I can’t help myself—her body calls to me in such a forceful way that I’m compelled to lean over and take her perfect pink nipple into my mouth and suck.
“Mmmmm.” Her body begins to wake. “Again? You’re going to kill me. Here lies Drew King, fucked to death by her husband.” My laugh fills the room, and I pull away, dragging her body over to spoon my own. “Sleep. We have a lifetime of fucking ahead.”
She doesn’t answer, but I listen to her breath become more and more steady until my own matches her rhythm. We sleep for the first time as husband and wife.
I don’t know what time it is, but the crashing sound of broken glass has me jumping out of bed and grabbing my Glock from the nightstand drawer.
“Holy shit, Dominic, what’s going on?” Her eyes are wild, afraid, as she jumps out of bed, grabbing her clothes to put on.
I point to the closet and hold my finger to my lips to show her to be quiet. “Go to the safe room, call 911.” My direction is barely above a whisper.
“Our phones are downstairs. Dominic…” Her eyes well with tears as she reaches for my free hand.
“Shh, baby. Go in the closet; there’s a safe room behind the shoe rack. Do it now.” As I give her direction, she shakes her head in protest, not wanting to leave me.
“King, King, where are you? King!” George’s voice carries through the house, and I feel relieved yet suspicious.
“Are you alone? I’m upstairs. Why are you breaking in?” I hear him bounding up the stairs to the bedroom door. Pushing Drew behind me, I wait for him to walk through the door.Why is he breaking in?
“Oh shit!” he yells as he opens the door and comes face-to-face with the barrel of my gun. His eyes squeeze shut. “Oh fuck. King—don’t.”
“Why are you breaking into my house?” I hold the gun against George’s head with my right hand and my left arm wrapped around Drew, who has snaked her way around my body, holding her head in the opposite direction.
“King, fuck…Jesus, take a breath. Calm down.”
