Dangerous Desires Part 2: A Mafia Romance (Corrupt Me series)

by A. G. Khaliq

  As soon as Sapphire’s eyes locked with mine, she ran towards me even in her weak state, tears streaming down her face. I crashed my mouth down on hers as our tears mangled together. I picked her up, holding her close to me in my strong arms, never wanting to let her go again. Wanting to keep her safe for the rest of my damn life.

  “Baby, you're hurt…” I murmured against her mouth. “Look at what that bastard did to you. You're so bruised and bloody…”

  “I don't care,” she wept. “He's dead.

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  He can't hurt me anymore. I'm so sorry you got shot because of me, baby… I'm so sorry.”

  My heart broke into millions of pieces as she wept against my mouth. I couldn’t handle this pain. I couldn’t fucking handle it.

  “Don't worry about me, baby. It's just in my shoulder. I've endured a lot worse. Like being without you,” I breathed.

  Our tears continued to mingle with each other as we kissed each other with passion. Letting out all of the hurt and pain we’d experienced being without each other. Our naked, raw emotions on the surface. It was like she was the oxygen I needed to breathe. I couldn’t live without her.

  I couldn’t fucking live without her.

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  I couldn't comprehend how much that bastard had hurt her. How much he'd beaten her. It didn't even look like she'd ate or drank.

  “I'm so sorry I didn't find you earlier,” I whispered. “I'm so fucking sorry… I didn't know you'd been kidnapped. I thought you'd left me…”

  “But you came for me, baby. That's all that matters,” Sapphire murmured.

  “At least you came now… Before any real damage was done, and he ended up killing me. I'm a fighter. I can go a few weeks without food…”

  She trailed off her sentence as she slipped her tongue into my mouth, kissing me even harder. Causing me to lose all my sanity.

  “I never want to be without you 270

  again, Donte. I love you. I love you so fucking much. I want to scream it from the rooftops. I want everybody to know how much I'm in love with you. I can't live without you…”

  I could have sworn that I saw Brett out of the corner of my eye walk into the room and walk away, but I was too immersed in my woman to notice or care. Sapphire had finally admitted that she loved me. That she was in love with me. And I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t believed Maisie when she told me the very same thing.

  Our feeling was mutual. It wasn’t one-sided. Sapphire wanted me just as much as I wanted her, and I didn’t have to doubt that anymore. We were meant to be. We were fucking soulmates, and I was never going to let her go again. I would forever remain in her debt, for the rest of my damn life. I would spend each 271

  day reminding her how much she meant to me.

  How much I fucking loved her, all the way back.

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  I continued to kiss Donte, not able to pull away from him. I loved this man so much. He was my world. The tears continued to slide down my cheeks. It was like he was the air that I needed to breathe. I didn't want to know a life without him.

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  It had only been a few weeks…

  And I'd suffered so much without him by my side.

  I loved him.

  I loved him with every inch of my heart, my body, and my soul. Every fibre of my damn being.

  He'd killed Fibonacci for me.

  He'd put his life on the line for me.

  I was eternally in his debt.

  “I love you so much, baby…”

  Donte growled.

  That was all he could do.

  Repeat it over and over and over.

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  Like he was trying to burn it inside of me.

  Reassure me.

  Make sure I was aware.

  Etching it permanently into my memory.

  I loved him…

  And he loved me all the way back.

  It didn’t matter how much Fibonacci hurt me.

  I was happy.

  Happy in Donte’s arms.

  I’d found my home.

  I’d found my safe-haven.

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  And there was no place I’d rather fucking be.

  “We need to go home,” Donte breathed exhaustedly. “I need to feed you, make you healthy again.”

  “But I'm fine,” I mumbled.

  “You're eating and that's that. We need to get you checked by a doctor for all of the damage that bastard did to you.”

  I nodded weakly, knowing that when Donte had his mind set on something, he stopped at nothing to achieve it.

  He took his hands into mine, gently pressing his lips to my forehead. I let out a sigh, glad that my suffering finally felt like it was coming to an end.

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  Glad that Fibonacci was just a demon from my past for good.

  And now, I had a future to look forward to, with the love of my damn life…

  “Come on, baby.”

  Before I knew it, I was in the car on the way home, my head resting in Donte’s lap, his fingers running through my hair, as his brothers drove us down the Highway.

  I was safe.

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  I paced around Fibonacci’s hideout, taking my head into my hands, running my hands through my hair stressfully as I screamed.

  I screamed till I was blue in the face, and my throat wouldn’t allow me to scream anymore.

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  It felt like I would never stop screaming.

  “I can't believe this shit!” I bellowed angrily.

  It felt like I was going crazy. I was going fucking crazy. I’d reached the brink of insanity.

  After just helping Donte fucking find Maya, I was ignored like I was fucking nothing, and she practically lip-fucked him in front of my eyes!

  I guessed our relationship never meant anything to her. Didn't she see how much she was destroying me?

  She threw away so many years of us being together, for the sake of this mission…

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  And then threw herself at the first pretty man she saw.

  And it made me feel worthless.

  Like I was a dead man walking.

  I felt empty.

  I felt hollow.

  I felt like nothing.

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  As soon as we got home, Arturo forced me to see a private nurse, even though I insisted that I was fine. There was no winning with Arturo, though. At least it was a private nurse, so nobody could sniff around about how I got shot. The nurse removed the bullet from my shoulder, stitched it and bandaged the 281

  wound. Thankfully, no damage was done, and I'd make a full recovery.

  “All sorted,” the nurse smiled.

  “You're free to leave.”

  “Thank you,” I said appreciatively.

  I was feeling fine now, but I wanted to give Sapphire time to recover. Time to heal and feel better after eating properly.

  So I let my mom take care of her, and feed her. I had the private nurse visit her as well.

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  Three weeks later.

  I sat in Donte’s kitchen with his mother Maria, eating pizza. I’d spent the last few weeks recovering, getting treatment for the cuts and bruises that Fibonacci gave me, and getting my nutrition levels back to normal. I already felt so much better.

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  Not just from the treatment I was receiving, but just being around Donte and his family. It was like I was at home.

  “You're so beautiful,” Maria smiled. “I can see why my son is smitten by you.”

  I giggled in response.

  “Thank you,” I replied sheepishly, as I finished off the last slice of pizza.

  “Hey babe,” came Donte’s voice, as he strolled into the kitchen and wrapped his arms around me from behind.

  “Hey baby,” I smiled, as I turned around
and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

  “Did you feed her, Mom?” Donte asked.

  “Of course I did,” Maria grinned.

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  “She's forced me to eat ten pizzas a day for the whole week,” I sighed exhaustedly.

  Donte cracked up with laughter, and Maria did the same.

  “Feed me any more and I'll become obese!” I retorted, folding my arms.

  Donte chuckled, amused. “You'll always be perfect to me, baby girl,” he said, pulling me closer to him.

  I found myself blushing. Each time he complimented me, I always got butterflies. It didn’t matter how many times he would call me beautiful. Each time would still set me on fire, and he was still able to make my heart skip a beat.

  “I'll give you guys some space,”

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  kitchen, leaving us alone.

  “I feel much better now, Donte,” I blushed. “You don't have to keep spoiling me with so much food.”

  “I needed you to have energy before I work you out again,” Donte smirked.

  I let out a giggle. “You're impossible!”

  “What can I say? Your ass is looking bigger than ever after all of this pizza,” Donte groaned, his fingers tracing the sides of my hips.

  I let out a small gasp. “Guess I'll have to eat pizzas more often, then.”

  “I love you just the way you are,”

  Donte growled, crashing his mouth down on mine. “This tiny dress would 286

  look better on the floor.”

  I moaned uncontrollably as Donte ran his hands up my bare thighs, lifting my dress up so that his hands were cupping my ass, and then lifting me in the air so that my legs were wrapped around him. His tongue slipped into my mouth, and I pressed my body against his, my hands running up and down his back. He carried me upstairs Bridal-style, throwing me backwards onto the bed as he continued to kiss me and work magic with his hands.

  “I love you so fucking much, baby,”

  he moaned. “So fucking much.”

  “I love you too,” I gasped, dragging my nails across his chest. “I missed you so much, baby…”

  He flipped me over, giving my ass a hard slap, before he ran his fingers up 287

  and down the arch of my back, leaving me breathless and wanting more.

  “I love you,” he growled. “And I swear…” He trailed off his sentence, sighing. “I swear I'll never let any harm come to you again. I've been a fool.”

  I turned around to face him, taking his face into my hands, planting soft kisses on his mouth as I ran my fingers through his beard.

  “Shhh,” I whispered. “Fibonacci is dead, Donte. You've already done enough. I couldn't be more grateful.”

  I wrapped my legs around him, straddling his hips, sliding my tongue into his mouth, breathless between kisses. My hand slid into his boxers, stroking his shaft up and down as he growled against my mouth.

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  “Fuck,” he moaned.

  “More grateful that I have such a sexy, caring, irresistible man in my life. I love you.”

  “God, you're gonna be the fucking death of me,” he panted, his mouth moving down from my neck to my breasts, as he took my nipples into his mouth, causing me to gasp. “You're fucking perfect. I could never get tired of this. I could never get enough of you.”

  “You're stuck with me forever, baby,” I breathed, throwing my head back in pleasure as he began playing with my clit. “Till death do us part.”

  “Till death do us fucking part,” he moaned, throwing me backwards as he climbed on top of me and took in every inch of my body.

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  We made love for hours, before we were both breathless and sweating profusely. I rested my head on his lap, running my fingers down his chest peacefully while he ran his own fingers through my long hair. He gave me soft kisses on my forehead, causing my heart to flutter inside of me and hammer against my chest.

  “So what were you and my Ma talking about earlier?” Donte asked.

  “We were just talking about stuff,”

  I admitted sheepishly. “Arranging for me to get a skin transplant, so that I can get rid of this carving on my leg. Forever.” I let out a sigh. “And put Fibonacci's abuse behind me, along with his dead body.”

  “You're so strong, baby,” Donte murmured. “I'm so proud of you.”

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  I gave him a soft kiss on his chest, but I could feel him begin to tense up. His chest heaved upwards and downwards, and his breathing became laboured. I furrowed my eyebrows, a confused and concerned expression on my face.

  “D - Donte?” I mumbled. “Is something wrong?”

  Donte let out a deep breath, looking like he was hesitant to say what he was about to say. But I didn’t want him to feel like he had to hold back around me. I wanted him to be upfront with me about whatever was on his mind.

  “Sapphire, if we're gonna do this,”

  Donte whispered cautiously, “it's all or nothing with me.”

  “I want to give you my all,” I mumbled.

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  “I know,” Donte shrugged, letting out another sigh. “But you and I both know that we both haven't been exactly honest with each other.”

  I could feel my heart leap to my throat, as I folded my arms uneasily. I should have known that this was coming.

  It was inevitable. We were both going to have to have this conversation sooner or later, because I’d done so much to make Donte doubt my love for him…

  “I've been trying to forget about this stuff,” Donte murmured. “But it doesn't stop ringing in my head. How your file says that your family was deceased, but your mother only died recently. How the guys at the funeral referred to you as the name Maya… As well as Fibonacci.” Donte paused, narrowing his eyes. “I know it's probably not a big deal, but I want us not to hide anything from each other. I'm also ready 292

  to explain everything to you about me and my family.”

  I let out a sigh that I didn’t know I was holding. Donte was prepared to tell me everything.

  Was I prepared to do the same…?

  “I'm sure you've heard of the rumours about us having involvement with the Mafia,” Donte breathed. “I'm ready to explain everything to you. Any concerns you might have…”

  He broke off his sentence.

  “As long as you’re willing to do the same.”

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  “I'll start,” Donte breathed.

  My eyes burned into his. I knew that this was going to be hard for him, and he would have a hard time opening up about his own skeletons in the closet.

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  mumbled. “I fucking regret it so much.

  But I slept with Sharon while you were away.”

  I folded my arms uneasily, feeling my heart twist into knots at the thought of him being touched by another woman who wasn’t me. The sheer thought knocked me sick, and made bile rise to my throat. I knew he probably had reasoning behind it, and I was glad that he was being honest with me, but that didn’t stop me from feeling like shit about it.

  “Because when I got that text, I didn't know what to think. I thought you were ending things with me. And I was just so angry. I didn't know at the time that you were kidnapped.” He shook his head angrily. “But I did my best to fix it.

  I told my dad to try and nullify the contract. We're probably gonna receive a backlash for it, but I don't care. I only 295

  want you, Sapphire.”

  “It's okay babe,” I murmured, sighing. Knowing that his heart was in the right place. Knowing that if he had known I hadn’t really left him, he wouldn’t have done it. “I forgive you.

  You didn't know what had happened to me. I probably would have done the same if I were in your position.”

  I didn’t want us both to be on bad terms anymore. I didn’t want us both to argue. I only wanted us to be happy…

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p; And forgiving and forgetting was the best way to move forward and achieve that. It wasn’t like he had cheated on me. He was under the impression that we’d split up, otherwise, it would have been a different story.

  “Thank you, baby,” Donte sighed. I could tell that he felt weight lifted off his shoulders, but I could feel my stomach 296

  churn because I knew that it was time for me to open up to him, too. “It's your turn now.”

  I could feel my heart pound with nerves. I didn't know what to fucking do.

  He was here… Being honest with me.

  But I knew I wouldn't be able to do the same.

  As much as I wanted to tell him, I couldn't. Not only would it blow the whole fucking operation, I'd now seen how dangerous my boss was. I didn't want him to hurt Donte… And somehow, I didn’t think that Donte would take the whole idea of me being a secret agent well at all. I would lose him for good. He would dispose of me without a second thought. Cut me off and never speak to me again. Never look back.

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  So as much as it fucking pained me, this would be another situation that I would have to lie my way out of.

  It felt like the guilt was consuming me entirely, and I couldn’t help but to feel my heart tear into shreds. I couldn't keep doing this to him after he'd given me his all. After he loved me so dearly. A relationship couldn't be built on lies…

  But I loved him too much to risk losing him. I couldn't live without him.

  That was why I have to lie…

  For his sake, and my own.

  “The truth is, Donte…” I

  mumbled, “the reason my file looks off, and the reason that Brett and Fibonacci called me Maya, is because I'm a refugee.” I sighed heavily, taking my head into my hands, feeling so ashamed that I was here lying to him yet again. “I 298

  changed my name after leaving Fibonacci, because I thought it would stop him finding me. And I brought my mother illegally into the USA, which is why I declared her dead on my file, so that they wouldn't snoop or try to send her back.”