Fallen Angel: Broken Saint Duet Part Two
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"I'm so sorr—"
Nina held up her hand to stop Nova from continuing. "Don't you dare apologize. This is not your fault." I doubted Nova believed that, but she nodded and the two women embraced.
When they pulled away, Nina gasped. "Oh no! Your dress. What happened?"
To her credit, Nova didn't blink or hesitate. "The medallion got damaged. But don't worry. This is exactly why I created duplicates of everything." She crossed to her closet and unwrapped a second identical dress to the one she had on right down to the fancy jeweled piece that seemed like it held the dress together, but actually didn't.
"You are such a clever girl."
Nova laughed. "Paranoid more like. However, I'll take clever." She smiled with Nina, and while I am sure a part of her was still happy about the success of the show, that smile didn't quite light up her eyes like it normally would. She was going to need some time to absorb and recover from tonight's nightmare.
"Okay, get out, then." Nina pointed to me. "Go do whatever you have to do to make this right. We have a party to get to."
I was torn about leaving her, but I also knew that she was the strongest woman I had ever met. She could handle this without me hovering over her and growling at the press when they acted like assholes.
"I'll be back as soon as I can. In the meantime, don't answer any questions from anyone about your father without a lawyer present, okay?
"Don't worry, Agent Reed. She's in good hands," Nina reassured me.
Somehow I didn't doubt that. I had not always gotten along with Gabe and his wife, but they did take good care of their own and they considered Nova theirs.
The next twenty-four hours were going to suck, but with a little luck and a whole lot of work, they were all going to be better off at the other end.
When Nina turned back around and began pulling out the alternate dress, I stared deep into Nova's eyes and mouthed I love you.
I love you too.
I hoped she was ready for what came next and I sure as hell didn't mean the bullshit we were going to go through tonight. No. Falling in love had not been on my radar, but now that it was, I intended to make her mine in every way imaginable.
Epilogue
Rock
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Two months later
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"Wow. That's great news. I am so happy for you." Nova gripped the phone tighter, her smile a mile wide. Apparently, whatever drama was still going on around her sister had turned out good. The smile she wore was enough to make my chest ache. The last month or two had been the best and the worst.
Despite everything that had gone down during the fashion show, it had been declared by the press and the industry a wild success. Gabe had done his part and managed to keep the fact Anthony Cullotta had been murdered in his hotel a secret. And since Cullotta's right hand man Luca was the top suspect in the crime since his gun and fingerprints were conveniently found at the scene and then he was subsequently gunned down less than a week later. The FBI had closed the case.
They weren't done with the blood diamonds though. Although them being recovered from Cullotta had made my boss very happy. The investigation, however, would likely never end. They still wanted Romeo Rossi. Despite being deported, he still had a heavy influence in Las Vegas and the agency wasn't going to let it go.
I did, though. Ten plus years of mob hunting under the constraints of the FBI had been enough. Now, if I needed to get my hands a little dirty, no one was around to watch my every move and my results weren't as dependent on whether the evidence could be used in court. I'd still take down bad guys and protect the innocent, but life had gotten a whole lot easier, not to mention lucrative. Private investigation and security services paid extremely well and came with all the high-tech toys.
"I'll call you when we get back in town and we can set up a brunch or something. I definitely want to see you before you leave for college."
While the conversation sounded promising, my focus had stayed firmly on my woman. The short halter dress with the flirty lacy ruffle at the bottom that she'd chosen to wear to an MC party was going to get her a shit load of attention.
" That was Carina. My brothers have all agreed that she needs to go to college. They also managed to break the marriage contract my father had signed for her... Why are you looking at me like that?" she asked as she stuffed her phone into her purse.
"I'm wondering why you want me to get into a fight tonight. Or multiple fights more likely."
She wrinkled her brow and frowned. "What are you talking about? What fight?"
"The fights I'm going to have to start with certain club members who are going to be assholes over you in that dress."
The look she gave me might have shut down any other man, but I wasn't any other man. "That's ridiculous. This isn't that sexy. In fact, I went out of my way to choose something that wasn't too tight or too short. This is your family, and I'd like their second impression of me to be less anxiety riddled mafia trash and more sassy and classy worthy of your time." She tilted her head and let her hair fall around her shoulders. "And maybe a little hot too."
“You’re more than a little hot, Nova. Look at my dick.”
Her gaze traveled to my crotch and after her eyes widened at the tenting of my slacks, she bit back a smile.
“I could take care of that for you.”
I barely hid the groan from the image of her on her knees taking me down her throat that had popped into my mind. Fuck.
“You’ll be lucky if you don’t end up over my knee with your legs bound and your panties down, taking my hand to your ass, Sweetheart.”
A slow smile spread across her face and I had a feeling about what she would say next.
“I’m not wearing any panties.”
Five little words. That’s all it took for her to unravel me. “You shouldn’t have said that,” I warned, my need for control snapping into place.
There were times she liked to push my buttons, and apparently this was going to be one of them.
“I’m sorry, Sir.”
I scoffed. As contrite as she sounded, we both knew she wasn’t sorry.
“Show me,” I ordered, looking down at my phone in my peripheral vision. We weren’t late for the party yet, but there was a good chance we would be if I didn’t make this quick.
She dropped her purse at her feet, and proceeded to lift the short skirt of her dress. When her bare mound came into view, it took a fair amount of effort to keep my face passive while I swallowed thickly. She was so fucking beautiful, my chest ached.
“Were you planning to go to the party like this?”
She bit her lip. “Not necessarily. I just hadn’t gotten around to putting my panties on yet.”
In other words, she needed this.
I closed the short distance between us with a savage groan. I don’t know what she’d been banking on, but I hoped she was ready for what she got.
I grabbed her face with both hands and dragged her closer, crashing my lips to hers. I had to admit the tension of waiting all day to go to this party had left me on edge. If my sweet angel wanted to be the sacrificial lamb to ease some of it, I would accept.
I dove into that kiss as she eagerly opened under my onslaught. Red hot lust exploded through my veins as the heat between us took over. To her credit, she gave as good as she got, kissing me back with an intensity that rivaled my own.
Shifting one hand to her hair, I fisted the long locks and tipped her face back, plunging us both into the depths of a kiss that would ruin us if we weren’t already in love.
Her hands grabbed at my shirt, pulling it up until her fingers hit skin. She curled her long fingernails into my back and raked them down to my waist.
I groaned into her mouth, wanting more, needing her to take so much more. I fisted my hand and pulled us free from the kiss.
“This is going to be quick,” I warned a second before walking her backwards to the hotel room desk. There I lifted her on top and without a
word of encouragement she tore into the button and zipper of my jeans.
“We have to hurry. Houston and Izzy are going to be knocking on our door any second.”
Fuck. “They’ll wait. Get my cock out now.”
I reached between her legs to test her readiness and nearly lost my mind when I found her drenched. “Jesus Christ, woman. Are you trying to kill me?”
“I can’t help it. All that grumbling and growling you’ve been doing today turned me on.”
“So glad I could be of service to you,” I said through gritted teeth as I clenched against the first touch of her hand to my cock when she wrapped her fingers around me.
“I love it when you’re grumpy. It’s sexy as hell.” My eyes rolled to the back of my head because it felt like she was punctuating each of her words with a tight stroke of her hand.
“Fuck, Nova.”
“I bet grumpy tastes good. I’d love to find out.”
“Next time,” I ground out, losing a little more of my control. “When we have time.”
Unable to wait a second longer, I reached between us and pushed her hand out of the way. “Wrap your arms around my neck, angel and hang on.”
I lined my cock up with her soaked pussy and slid through her slick folds and across the top of her clit.
“Oh yes.” He head fell back. “Just like that.”
I repeated that move several more times until she could barely breathe, let alone talk. Now that was more like it. “Ms. Sassy Pants done being sassy?”
“Yes, she cried, her legs tightening around my thighs.
Satisfied she was as close as me, I thrusted forward, claiming her, and giving her everything I had in return. I couldn’t get over how much having her in my life had changed everything for the better.
I loved her more than I thought possible and now she was all—“Mine!”
“Yes, yes, yes,” she screamed as the first squeeze of her orgasm clamped down on my cock.
“Mine,” I repeated on the next hard thrust, moving her a few inches along the smooth wood of the desk.
“Harder,” she begged and I complied, rattling everything from the surface as I planted myself to the root once again.
“Look at me,” I demanded. “Always look at me when I make you come.” I barely got the words out and her eyes snapped to mine before the heat of my own release burned up my spine and pulsed into her. I thrusted one last time before crashing our lips together in one final kiss.
By the time we both came down from the high of pleasure, I realized someone was knocking at our door.
“Shit.”
She laughed. “I thought you said they could wait?”
I seriously could not get over how lucky I was to have this woman in my life. I leaned forward and kissed her hard. “I can’t get enough of you.”
“Good thing, because I think you’re stuck with me.”
“I’m not stuck, Nova. I’m in love. There’s a huge difference.”
Her eyes glazed over with a sheen of tears. “You’re going to make me cry and ruin my makeup and then what will everyone at the party think?”
I threw my head back and roared with laughter. “Babe, your makeup is the least of your worries. No one cares about that. And if they did then they are going to be patting my ass on the back for a job well done. Because you’ve got the look of a woman who just got fucked.”
“Oh my God. Let me down so I can get cleaned up. And for God’s sake answer the door so they will stop.”
Reluctantly, I shifted our bodies apart as I shook from laughter. When she tried to bolt to the bathroom, I caught her around the waist and kissed the back of her neck.
“Mine forever,” I whispered against her skin.
She shuddered against me and whispered back,
”Forever.”
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