you stay close to me. I don’t want you running around on your vigilante mission. If you go off alone, there is nothing I can do to protect you.” Admitting that I want to protect her would be more than I could swallow at the moment. I’ve only just met her but the thought of keeping her has crossed my mind more times than I care to admit.
“You’re going to protect me but also let me in on this?” I reach up, running my hand through my hair.
“Yes. If that’s what you want.”
“I want to. I want to see him bleed, Enzo. I want to cut his throat with my own hands.” Her words cause me to chuckle. I knew she was crazy and could handle herself, I watched her strangle one of my men with her bare hands. It was one of the sexiest things I’ve ever seen in my life. Reaching for her, I grab her around the back of the neck pulling her closer to me. Leaning down into her space, her breath dances over my lips.
“I expect you to listen to me and follow my rules, Tessa.”
“I’ve never been good with rules.”
“I know this all too well but again, you want the protection, you will follow them.”
“What if I don’t want the protection?”
“Don’t forget, I will still have Valentino.” Those words cause her to flinch and I like it. She’s seeing the whole picture now.
“Fine. I’ll follow your rules but I can’t promise anything if I see him,” she adds.
“I can understand that and I wouldn’t ask you to not attack if he’s seen near us. I only ask that you don’t kill him straightaway.”
“Why?” She looks confused, her little nose wrinkling up. My heart hits my rib cage a little harder. Fuck, what is she doing to me?
“I have so many questions I want answers to. They were more about my family but since you’ve stepped into the picture, I want to know more. Something deeper and darker is going on and I want to know what it is. So, do you agree to not kill immediately?”
“Do you agree to fuck me unrestrained from now on?” Her question has my head cocking to the side. What is she asking me? Why would she even want me to?
“I’m not broken, Enzo. I don’t need you to baby me.” Letting my hand move from the back of her neck to her cheek, I lean closer.
“I promise.” Her eyes shine brightly as I say the words I never say to anyone. This girl has me breaking all my own rules and I want to own her for it.
“I promise to not kill him then.”
Chapter Seventeen
Tessa
I’ve never been on a plane let alone a private plane. Who the hell would have thought that Enzo would own a plane? A whole fucking aircraft? I’ve heard about mafia Bosses owning shit like this but I’d never seen it till now.
“Why are you so antsy?” He asks looking up from his laptop.
“Never been on a plane,” I admit.
“Nervous?”
“Well, it could crash. Then everything would have been a waste of time, you know? We would be dead and those bastards would still be out there,” I inform him. I’m not afraid of much but knowing how far away from solid ground we are has me frazzled.
“We won’t crash.”
“How can you be so sure? Don’t you watch the news? Planes crash all the time, Enzo.”
“We have parachutes if need be,” he says as if it’s nothing. Are you kidding me? Switch snorts a laugh which is something I rarely hear from him. Hugo just smiles and shakes his head as I look between the three of them.
“Am I the only one concerned with this shit crashing?” I ask.
“Yes.”
“Yeah, I ain’t too worried.” Fucking Switch isn’t worried about anything. Asshole.
“Would you like a drink, Tessa? It may help calm you,” Enzo offers as he returns to pecking away at his keyboard.
“No! I don’t want to be drunk when we get there.”
“I said a drink not multiple. Come here,” he says nodding toward the seat next to him. Shaking my head, there is no way in hell that I’m leaving this seat. The seatbelt is fastened around my waist, not like it would help if we did go down. Hugo and Switch are talking amongst themselves when Enzo slides his swivel table to the side and stands. He moves toward me, leaning down to unbuckle my seatbelt.
“Are you insane? Do you know how high up we