Mob Princess

Chapter Twenty

Luca

The room was quiet.

I had come awake suddenly, my hand instinctively reaching for a weapon. Only to realize that it wasn’t there.

And then I remembered where I was.

Of course, it wasn’t there, I wouldn’t risk freaking out my new wife by keeping a gun next to the bed. Not yet anyway.

Memories washed over me.

I had actually done it. Found and married little Alice and I had managed it in less that five days. I could still taste her on my lips, feel her muscles clenching around my c**k as she came again and again.

So much for not enjoying s*x.

She had enjoyed it plenty. More than enjoyed it and this was only the beginning of our lives together. The s*x could only get better as we got to know each other more.  Any doubts I may have had about tying myself her had evaporated the moment I slipped inside of her.

She was a woman who would make the ideal wife for a man like me. Just the perfect combination of sweet and savvy.

And I wanted her again.

My hand slipped over empty sheets. Empty cold sheets and my eyes flew open.

“Alice?”

The room was silent, the bathroom, door still open. There was no sound of the shower from there. No movement in the living area.

Where the hell was, she?

Naked I padded from the room, eyes searching but there was nothing but silence. Pre-dawn shadows clinging to the room and Alice was nowhere to be seen.

There must be a valid reason.

Maybe she had gone down to get coffee or something.

Even as I thought it, I knew how ridiculous that was. She had seen me order up more than once. Why would she get dressed and leave just to get coffee in the middle of the night? When she should be sleeping naked and content wrapped around me.

I reached for the phone; it wasn’t safe for her to be wandering around without someone watching over her. Not now. Rumors of my wedding would be around like wildfire by now. I had made sure of it. I needed people to talk and to wonder.

If that had come back to bite me in the ass and someone had taken her, I would never forgive myself.

“What the hell…?” The envelope. the one that held her open ended plane ticket. The one that had been sitting untouched on the counter was gone.

I dug my phone out of my pocket. Not caring what time, it was as I waited for Stefano to wake up and answer.

“Luca?” His voice was mumbled, sleep making it thick. “What’s happened?”

“I need you to find Alice”

He chuckled. “Have you lost your wife already?”

I was in no mood for joking. “Just f*****g find her, I don’t care who you have to wake up” The piece of hotel paper caught my attention.

I didn’t need to read it, to know what it was.

Son of a b***h.

My fist connected with the wall as I roared.

“Boss? “Stefano’s voice was worried. “She’s gone, find out how long ago she left Stefano now” I threw the phone, not caring how it hit the wall with a thwack.

How could she just get up and leave?

That wasn’t part of the plan at all.

Luca

By the time you read this, I will be on my way home.

Thank you for showing me a good time, I learnt more about myself in the few days I spent with you than I have my entire life alone, so thank you for that.

I will pay you back as soon as I am able to for the flight. I’m sure someone at the hotel will be able to forward it to you if you have gone home again.

I have honestly had the best few days, and the memories will last me a lifetime but we both knew this wasn’t going to last. We come from two very different worlds.

Wishing you all the happiness in the world Luca Moretti because you changed my whole life.

Alice.

p.s. I have left the ring you gave me by the side of the bed. It didn’t feel right keeping it.

The A in her name was slightly smudged, as if a tear had fallen and smeared the ink.

Rage engulfed me. This wasn’t part of the plan. She was meant to stay with me. Fall in love with not disappear like a thief in the middle of the night.

“Stefano?” I opened the door before he had even finished knocking. Not caring if I was naked as he swept into the room. His gaze downwards. “Where the f**k is, she?”

Maybe I still had time, if I could catch her before she got on the plane, I could make her stay. I could smooth talk her into staying for a little while longer like I had smooth talked her into everything else since I had met her.

“She got a cab …”

“What times her flight?” I was already dragging on clothes, not caring if they were crumpled.

“She’s already in the air Luca”

I roared.

The anger I had kept in check since I had met her finally breaking free. What the hell? We hadn’t even been married twenty-four hours.

Did Alice really think I was the kind of man who she could walk out on?  did she think that jumping to another country would stop me from coming to collect what was mine.

Because she was mine.

My wife.

And after everything that had happened because of her, there was no way I was going to let her go.

Even if that meant fetching her.

Alice owed me and I was more than willing to take it from her. I had tried to be sweet, to be the kind of man she wanted and look where that go me.

Humiliated.

So now she was going to see the real me.

And she wouldn’t get the chance to leave again.