Adrik just laughed at me. “I’m going to have to start paying Vinny more. You and Stephen both are going to need more sandwiches. That’s exactly what he said, too.”
I suddenly remembered my extra sandwich from the day before that I hadn’t eaten yet. My stomach also remembered. Adrik just laughed. “I had to bring up Vinny’s,” he said, shaking his head as he got up to help me out of bed.
“What else did you find out last night?” I asked as I stood up slowly to walk to the bathroom.
“Not much.” Adrik said as he walked to the closet. He could talk loud enough that he kept talking to me while I was in the bathroom and he was grabbing me clothes in the closet. “He said he thinks that he and are a lot alike, which i found amusing. And I think he’s still under the impression that he thinks Ricardo and Lorenzo are coming to save him.”
I felt momentary panic at his last sentence. When I didn’t respond right away, Adrik poked his head in the bathroom. His face softened as he walked to me, frozen in place in front of the sink. “They’re not coming to save him, love. He’s outlived his usefulness to them now. They don’t care about him. Besides, Lorenzo is dead. So is Anthony. I still don’t know that much about Ricardo, but he’s at least smarter than Armando. He knows he can’t do anything against me. Especially not without Lorenzo.”
“They’re dead? When did that happen?” I asked. He started to help me with the shirt of his I’d worn to bed last night. He walked to the shower, turning the water on, then back to me to help me finish getting completely undressed. I held my braid up, asking, “can you tie this up for me? Then I don’t have to wash it. Viktor can redo it later. I don’t want to be in the shower that long this time.”
“Of course, solnishko,” he said as he tried to figure out how to do it. He’d watched me put my hair up a million times, but it’s one thing to watch and another to do. He answered my first question as he worked on my hair. “Trino took care of Tony and Enzo the same time we came to get you and Ivan. We still weren’t completely sure who else took you, but we were hoping Sal was involved and would be at the building so we could take care of him at the same time.”
“But what’s Sal going to do when he finds out?” I asked.
“He doesn’t know, yet. I called Trino from the hospital and asked him to keep it quiet until you were out of the hospital. I need to call him later today. Once he’s had time to wake up,” he said. He had managed to take the braid out and put my hair up in a very messy bun. It was out of my way and it meant I could be in the shower for a shorter time, so I was very happy with the results.
“Trino knows I was taken?” I asked as he started to take my arm out of my sling. I held onto it with my right arm as much as I could. It didn’t hurt quite as much today, but it was still extremely painful. “Trino knew you were taken a few hours after it happened. Gus and Oscar called him to tell him about the warehouses. They told him then.” He helped me into the shower. The warm water did help me relax, but only slightly. My shoulder was still more painful than I would’ve liked. “I’ll hurry,” he said. I knew he felt my pain, so I didn’t even bother to try and hide it from him.
“How is Trino going to tell Sal?” I asked, trying to focus more on Adrik’s hands on me instead of the pain in my side and shoulder.
“I’m not sure. I just asked him to wait. I didn’t ask for details. I called him right after I got into bed with you in the hospital. I was more worried about you than anything else so I didn’t really even think to ask for details.” He stood in front of me, his s*xy smirk on his face. I felt the pull in my chest that I knew was from him as he leaned down to kiss me. Suddenly the pain in my side and shoulder were now in the background. His desire for me was the strongest feeling I could feel. I moaned quietly in his mouth as I relished the break from pain that he offered. He kissed me harder, his desire for me growing. I wanted him to be able to pull me close, but I also knew it would likely cause me extreme pain. I couldn’t even use my one good hand to touch him right now without risking extreme pain when I let go of my cast. He pulled back slightly, so he could see me, both of his hands on either side of my face still. I saw the familiar look in his eyes that said mine were dark. He was both incredibly aroused, but also perplexed.
“I’m frustrated. I can’t touch you without pain right now and you can’t hold me like I want you to without pain right now. It’s very frustrating,” I said. He leaned down and kissed me once more, gently, then turned the water off.
“Let’s get your arm strapped down again. At least that will take care of one thing on your list,” he said as he grabbed a towel for me.
“What do you wanna bet Trino comes up with some amazing scheme to announce to Sal that Tony and Enzo are dead? Like he has their heads delivered to Sal. First class, of course,” I said, trying not to laugh too hard as Adrik helped me get dressed.
“I’ll make sure to ask him when I call him today. I’m sure he’ll want to talk to you, too. He was worried about you. Everyone was worried about you,” he said, helping me get my arm strapped back down. I took in as deep of a breath as I could manage once my arm was secured and mostly weightless on my shoulder again.
“They don’t know I’m hard to kill,” I said, grinning at him.
“I think we should keep it that way,” he said.
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The guys were already in the penthouse when we walked out. “What time do you psychos wake up every morning? You’re always faster than us,” I said walking up to Ivan, who I knew for a fact woke up at st*pid hours of the morning, putting my good arm around his shoulders. I loved that he was so tall, I didn’t have to lean down to reach him even when he was sitting at the kitchen island. He looked up at me, his face softening. “You look better this morning, princess. You must’ve slept better last night,” he said.
“She slept the entire night. We both needed it,” Adrik said. He immediately looked at me, with a stern look. He knew I was going to feel guilty for that. I just stuck my tongue out at him, holding my ribs so I could laugh. Stephen was next to Ivan, so I moved to him. “I heard you left Armando vulnerably diagnosed last night. What else did you learn while you were reading his thoughts, my favorite vampire?” I asked as I slid my arm around his shoulders.
He grabbed my wrist and held onto it gently as he laughed. “I hope he didn’t get any sleep last night. He has no one to blame but himself,” he said.
“The guys that are on him said he didn’t sleep. He was quiet for long enough that they tried to take the gag out. He started yelling again almost immediately, so they put it back in,” Viktor said, laughing his deep belly laugh.
“You guys had to gag him? I didn’t know that part,” I said, somewhat surprised.
“He might’ve started yelling in Italian at some point. I can’t stand yelling. So, I shut him up,” Viktor said, still laughing.
“Do you have a camera on him? Do you want to know what he said?” I asked, walking back toward Adrik.
Adrik walked the rest of the way to me, pulling me against him gently. “I don’t want you to ever have to see him again, love. It’s not important,” he said, kissing my cheek, then rubbing his cheek gently against mine.
“But how do you know it’s not important if you don’t know what he said,” I said, leaning into him.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.