Gone - Anna Brooks Page 0,47

so there’s more distance between Izzy and me, knowing he’s not going to like what comes out of my mouth next. “And yeah, I came here, kissed my woman, put my hand on my woman’s ass, and threatened a man who was about to call her a slut for greeting me the way I like. If you have issues with that, then we’re gonna have a really big fuckin’ problem because I know what I got with her, and nobody, including you, is gonna do shit to threaten that.”

Gio looks over my shoulder at his sister, and I see the moment he backs down with great reluctance. He glares at me, then leans in. “If you hurt her, I’ll bust your kneecaps.”

“I hurt her, I’ll let you.”

“Should have told me, Bella.” He steps back. “Fuck, I need a beer.”

We watch him vanish, and as soon as he’s out of sight, I capture Izzy’s hand and pull her alongside me to my Escalade. Bringing her around the back where nobody can see us, I cage her in and slam my mouth to hers.

She whimpers in shock but winds her arms around my neck and presses the tips of her fingers at the back of my head, holding me close. I slant an arm up her back, fisting her hair and cupping her ass with my free hand. Nothing is on my mind right now but her.

Not Mario.

Not Danny.

Not Laila.

Not Gio.

Just her.

I missed her more than I can put into words, and if it wasn’t for the fact that someone might see her, I’d pop the latch and bend her over it, then fuck her until she made all the lonely go away. I can’t do that here, though.

I don’t want to stop kissing her, but I have to because her tongue twirling against mine reminds me of how she does that thing with her mouth on my cock, and much more of that heavenly torture and I’ll come in my jeans. We’ll pick up where we left off in a little bit. I pull away panting. “You and I will talk about this later, but right now, you need to talk to him, Bella.” Piece number one to the puzzle, Gio calls her Bella. Not ever Isabel like her nametag at work, just Bella.

She drops her head. “I know.”

“And I shouldn’t be here for that.” I don’t want her to face him alone, but me being there will only make the situation worse. “You do what you need to. I’m going to go visit my grandma, and then I’ll be home. Meet you there in a couple of hours?”

“That sounds good.”

“Kiss me again before you go but keep your tongue out of my mouth ’cause I can’t take more of that without needing to be inside you.”

Flames of desire dance in her eyes, and then she winds her hands around my neck and does as I ask, but it’s not enough to just have her lips on mine. Especially not after I haven’t seen her for a few days. Breaking my rule, I angle my head to get deeper as she lets me inside with a knowing smile. She tastes of bubblegum like she always does, and the aphrodisiac goes straight to my dick.

“Shit.” I pull back hesitantly, and she presses her cheek to my chest where I thread my fingers through her hair. “Go, Izzy. I’ll see you soon.”

She starts to turn around but stops abruptly. “Wait. I need to know about Danny. Is that where you were? Q said it was taken care of.”

Of course he did. “Yeah. And it’s all good now. It’s over, and you don’t have to worry about it anymore. In fact, I want you to forget it ever happened.”

Relief paints her face. “Is it over for you, too?”

“Yes.”

“Thank you.”

“Anything for you.”

She flashes another quick smile and then begins to walk back toward the house.

I wait until she disappears around the corner and stand here for a second, dumbfounded and pissed at myself that I didn’t figure out she was Gio’s sister. I mean, Christ, it’s my job to be observant, and the woman who I care about the most in the world is the one I’ve unintentionally been paying the least amount of attention to. Even though she’s the one who’s had more of me than anyone else ever has.

There are so many factors that I can think of off the top of my head as to why I was too preoccupied to realize