Finding Beauty in the Darkness - Nikki Ash Page 0,43
finishes my sentence with a frown but quickly gives me a small smile. “Except Nico. He’s super intense but also really sweet.” The thought of Aria warming up to my brother causes something inside me to burn, but I push it aside.
“Anyway, here you go.”
I hand her the bags, and she takes them from me. “You didn’t have to do this. I was upset earlier, but it was stupid—” Her words are cut off when she sees what’s inside the bags. “Oh. My. God! Gio!” Her eyes dart from the camera box and accessories to me and back again before she jumps up off the bed, wrapping her arms around me. “Thank you so much! I’m going to use the hell out of this camera!”
“There’s more.” I nod toward the other bags as I sit on the bed, setting Aria back down next to me.
“A laptop? And printer! This must have cost you a fortune.”
“The only thing that matters is that you like it. If any of it isn’t what you would use, we can exchange it.”
She looks at me like I’m crazy. “This is all perfect. Seriously, thank you.” She opens the camera box and starts setting it up and plugging it in.
“We think we found Antonio today.”
Her eyes go wide. “Really? Is he okay?”
Only Aria would be concerned about a guy that could easily put her six feet under without blinking an eye.
“Aria, if it’s who we think it is. He’s not a good guy. We’re looking into it and will know more soon, but for now, don’t try to find him anymore. We need you to stay under the radar until we get this all sorted.”
“Okay. Oh, I was wondering if I can use your phone. I wanted to call Amber and I don’t have a cell phone. I was hoping I could go over to the college and we could hang out.”
Shit, I completely forgot I need to get her a cell phone. “How about you have her come here? You guys can go to the pool and hang out. I have an indoor pool and another outdoor one that’s heated.”
“And how would I explain to her that this is a sex house?”
I chuckle at that her description of the bordello. “Nobody is going to be fucking out in the open. Just hang out in the back or on the third floor, or in the kitchen where you usually are, eating your weight in food.” I wink at her. Aria practically lives in the kitchen. She loves her food, especially the sweets. The last few weeks, I’ve had the pleasure of watching her body change from skin and bones to having some meat on her—and that meat on her looks damn good.
“Shut up!” She slaps my chest, but before she can pull her hand back, I grab her arm and pull her into me. “I’m not complaining. These new curves you have going on are sexy.”
Aria swallows thickly, her eyes meeting mine. Her tongue darts out, wetting her bottom lip, her top teeth tugging on it, and without thinking, my lips crash into hers, needing to taste her. Without invitation, my tongue delves into her sweet mouth, her lips parting as she lets out a soft gasp of surprise as I suck her tongue into my mouth, craving more. In a blink of an eye, I’m grabbing her hips and pulling her up into my lap, her legs straddling me. My hands grab her ass, pulling her even closer, until our bodies are flush, her perky tits brushing up against my chest. Her hands come up to my hair, pulling on the ends, and her ass grinds down on my cock. A loud groan release into my mouth, telling me she feels exactly what she’s doing to me.
There’s a knock on the door and we both jump like we’re teenagers who almost got caught. Aria almost falls to the floor, but I catch her and set her on her feet.
“Fuck,” I mumble. “That shouldn’t have happened.”
She gives me a hurt look. “Wow, why don’t you tell me how you really feel?”
“I didn’t mean it like that.” There’s another knock. “Jesus, I’ll be right there!” I bark out. “It’s just that you’re only twenty years old. You should be in college, hanging out with frat boys or some shit. I’m in the fucking mob. You met my family. I’m not good for you. You just went through a traumatizing event. You’re wife material and I’m not looking