Mob Princess

Chapter Fifteen

Alice

“Alice”

I didn’t need to turn around to know that voice.

Casey.

I groaned as I turned to face her. “Hey Casey”

She sneered as she caught sight of Lucas hand in mind, her lip actually curled. “Where are you going?”

“Just going to grab some food with Luca, don’t worry I’ll be back before tonight’s adventures” I didn’t dare look at his face as I dropped that bomb shell. I hadn’t mentioned to him that I had plans for later that I couldn’t get out of. Not with my friendship intact anyway.

“Your going for dinner with him?”  she looked Luca up and down like he was something on the bottom of her shoe and I gripped his hand a little tighter.

What the hell was she doing, antagonizing him. being blatantly rude.

“Didn’t he f**k you and then throw you from his hotel room without even a good bye?” her voice was rising, causing more than a few pairs of eyes to glance in our direction.

“Casey” I couldn’t keep the pleading out of my voice.

“It’s exactly like you to go crawling back isn’t it. No self-respect at all. But don’t come crying back to my room when he kicks you to the curb again”

Luca was blinking rapidly.

“This is my Hen party, and so far, it’s been all about you. Your little romance with Mr. mafia wanna be” She laughed at her own joke.

“Careful” Lucas voice was dangerously low.

It hit me then, Casey was jealous. Jealous that I had found someone who wanted to spend time with me. The girl was mafia crazy and yet here we were, and Luca wanted me and not her. It was eating her up inside. I was ok to be her best friend when she was getting all the attention but as soon as a man paid a little more attention to me rather than her, her true b***h came out to play.

“Casey, leave it”

“No Alice, what do you think this is for him or are you that naive” She prodded her nail painfully into my collar bone, forcing me to take a step back. “You are a gullible girl he wants to f**k and leave. Its back home all over again and you took that s**t for two years” She turned her body to face Luca fully.

His face was stony. Eyes dark.

“She has a man back home you know; one she always runs back to. It’s the reason she won’t sleep with you, that and the fact Alice just doesn’t enjoy s*x, do you hon?”

I sucked in a breath. Why the hell was she saying all of this. Sure, being a b***h was Casey’s style. But spilling things I had told her in confidence? I hadn’t been expecting that.

“She had a man back home” Lucas voice was like velvet against my skin, smooth, sensual.

Casey’s eyes went wide. “What?”

“I’m correcting you; Casey was it?” He gave her the once over and his top lip curled. “I was saying Alice had a man back home, and now she has me” His arm tightened around my shoulders, making his suit jacket gape and I knew the second Casey’s eyes clocked the gun at his side just by the way her mouth formed an giant O. like a fish. 

“She won’t sleep with you”

“There’s plenty of other things we can do, until she feels ready for that” He winked in my direction and my cheeks heated.

God, I couldn’t seem to stop blushing around him.

“She’s …” Casey stammered. Her mouth flopping open and closed.

“She’s everything I want” Luca finished for her. “So, if you will excuse us?”

“Alice if you go off with him then don’t bother coming back to the room” Casey’s eyes narrowed. “Not ever, you can get your own room”

Luca smiled, slow. “That’s fine I will have someone come and get her belongings. Have a great rest of your visit Casey”

“Thank you for that” I mumbled as he led me away, arm firm. I was wracking my mind. Did I have enough money to stay the rest of this trip? I had some savings, but I had hoped I wouldn’t need to dip into them all that much.

“What’s up?” He tilted my chin, fingers gentle. “Alice?”

“I’m just embarrassed, the things she said “I gave him what I hoped was a nonchalant shrug. “and obviously I need to book a room, do they have budget rooms here?”

“You are staying with me, and if you don’t want to, I will get you a room Alice. Don’t worry about that. I meant what I said. I’m your man now”

“My man for the next few days sounds good actually, thank you” I rested my head on his shoulder. Why was it I felt safe with him? I had only known his a few days.

It was madness.

“For longer than that, if you will have me Alice”

“If only I could” What he was offering was like a fairy tale. Something out of the trashy novels I liked to read. It didn’t happen in real life.

“Why can’t you?”

“We live two very separate lives, but we have now” My voice was regretful.

He was silent as we made our way through the sprawling hotel. He didn’t say one word until the elevator doors were firmly shut.

“Alice that’s not enough for me, a few days isn’t nearly enough” He pressed me hard against the wall.

“It’s all I can give you Luca, school restarts in a few weeks”

“Then give me a few weeks”

I huffed. “and how will I live? How will I get home? My flight is already booked”

He looked at me for a long minute, studying, his face unreadable and then he flicked his phone out. “Stefano, can you book an open ticket to London please?” There was a pause. “Yeah for Alice, have it ready for me by tonight.” No thank you I  noted.

“Did you just buy me a flight?” I didn’t know whether to laugh or be angry. Who was this man? “Luca?”

“It’s nothing but now you don’t have any excuse to stay with me. At least for a little while”

“I can’t let you do that”

“Too late, now come here” He pushed me further back, his hands cupping my ass. “You do like teasing me with these little outfits of yours, don’t you?” His mouth was busy on my neck and I felt myself melt.

“Do you like them?” My voice was breathy.

“Yeah but I like you naked better. You ready for round two?” He didn’t wait for an answer , just smashed his mouth onto mine.

I was lost.

Hopelessly lost.

Casey was right, I would always go crawling back to him.