Dangerous Beauty: Part Two: A Mafia Princess

by Hardin, Michelle

  Carter nodded. “Okay. And I’m sorry for making you want to hurt Lucca,” she said softly.

  A smile pulled a Nathan’s lips, and he shrugged. “It wasn’t the first time I’ve wanted to hurt him, and it won’t be the last.”

  Carter smiled. “We’re making up,” she said, both relieved and happy. She hated arguing with Nathan. And the distance between them today had been torture.

  Nathan nodded. “We are.” He gazed into her eyes. “I missed you today.”

  “I missed you, too.”

  She stood on the tip of her toes and kissed him, feeling as if she hadn’t kissed him in weeks. Her tongue parted his full, soft lips and entwined with his as they deepened their kiss, pulling each other closer. Nathan’s strong hands caressed every curve of her body, and her body’s response was instant. Carter wrapped her arms around his neck as their kiss became urgent. She moaned into his mouth as his hands slid down her body and he cupped her behind. He gathered up the silky material of her gown and groaned when his hands came in contact with her naked flesh. A familiar heat spread rapidly throughout her body. Every nerve suddenly sprang to life, making her skin sensitive to even the slightest touch of his fingertips.

  He pulled back from the kiss with a sly smile. “No panties?” he growled.

  Carter smiled shyly. “I never wear any to bed, Nathan. You know that.”

  “I thought I told you not to wear clothes in the bedroom.”

  Carter giggled. She remembered when he had made that stupid rule. It seemed like a lifetime ago.

  “That was so long ago, I forgot,” she said as she ran her fingers through his hair. “If you think I spent all that money on these cute little nighties just to keep them in the drawer, you must be crazy, Nathan.”

  Nathan frowned. “But I want you naked.”

  He pulled at the hem of her nightgown, and Carter hit his hand away.

  “I don’t think so, Mr. Salerno,” she said, laughing. “We may be friends again, but that doesn’t mean you’re getting any.”

  Nathan smirked and advanced toward Carter, backing her up against a wall.

  “Nathan, stop. We have to get up early tomorrow.”

  “But I thought you said we were friends again,” he said with sexy smile.

  “We are,” Carter replied softly, biting her bottom lip to hide a smile.

  He looked down at her. “You’re not gonna let me touch it?”

  She shook her head no.

  “Can I kiss it?” He ran his fingertips up her inner thigh. “Just a little taste?”

  She shook her head again, even as her body temperature rose rapidly. She inhaled sharply when his fingertips reached the top of her thigh and brushed against her sex. He parted her now-slick flesh and ran his finger back to front over and over again.

  Carter moaned as her body relaxed back against the wall. Her hips began to move with the motion of his finger. Hot, tingling sensations shot through her body, and she ran her hands up and down his arm, hoping to hold him in place.

  He leaned forward and pressed his mouth against her ear. “Your pussy is so wet for me, Carterina.”

  His words against her ear made her body tremble with desire. Chills slowly traveled up her spine as her breathing became more rapid.

  “Do you want me to stop, baby?”

  Carter shook her head vigorously. “Don’t stop,” she moaned. “P-put your fingers inside me,” she said breathlessly. Carter had become very good at telling Nathan what she wanted. And right now, she wanted his long, talented fingers to slip deep inside her.

  Not one to disappoint, Nathan dropped to his knees in front of her and pushed two fingers inside her. He leaned forward and ran his long, thick tongue over her heated core.

  “Nathan!” Carter cried out as her hips jerked forward.

  He pumped his fingers into her while his mouth began a glorious assault. Carter tossed her head back and screamed out her pleasure, uninhibited and unashamed. Her hips bucked against his face, moving with both the rhythm of his fingers and tongue.

  The sensations were nearly overwhelming. “God yes, Nathan!” Carter could barely catch her breath. “P-please don’t stop!” She was sure she was going to pass out from sensory overload. “Feels … so … good.”

  Nathan tossed one of her legs over his shoulder and sped up the pace of his fingers. Carter’s mouth opened in a silent cry, and her fingers gripped his hair. She was coming! God yes, she was coming!

  Her orgasm was long and hard, intensifying when Nathan thrust his fingers deeper. She could barely hear anything over the sound of their breathing. Her hand slammed against the wall above her head as she cried, “Nathan, please don’t stop!” over and over again.

  He didn’t stop. He continued his torture until another orgasm slammed her, making her scream at the top of her lungs. Then Nathan removed his fingers, gripped her ass, pressed her against his mouth, and thrust his tongue inside her. Her third orgasm sent a violent jolt of electricity shooting through her body.

  Carter’s heavy breathing filled the closet as she tried to catch her breath. Nathan placed a soft kiss on her sex then looked up at her with feral lust in his eyes. He gave her another slow, lingering kiss, never taking his eyes from hers. His hands moved over her body possessively until they came into contact with her full breasts. The gentle squeeze he delivered made her moan.

  “You’re so fucking sexy, Carterina.” His voice was deep and husky. “Do you still want to go to bed?”

  A smile slowly spread across Carter’s face. “No,” she said softly. “I wanna play.”

  Tomorrow was going to be stressful as hell, and she knew it. She didn’t want to make it come any faster by sleeping the night away.

  She arched her leg, rubbing her inner thigh against his face. She remembered the role play idea he’d had the day before. “Do you want to play Nathan with a little extra cash?”

  Nathan chuckled softly then growled when his face brushed against her mound again. “I have a better idea.” He felt her move her hips again, and he laughed. It made Carter’s entire body shiver. “You’re greedy,” he said as he gave her another quick kiss.

  Carter moaned with delight at the contact.

  “How about I go into the bedroom while you go put on that sexy little red lingerie set and red pumps I bought you on your birthday?”

  Carter nodded her head. “And then what?” she asked.

  Her hips moved involuntarily against his face again, and this time he responded. Nathan pressed his lips against her. He parted the lips of her sex with his tongue and sucked her into his mouth. Carter gasped and moved with him until he released, giving one last lick on her sensitive bundle of nerves.

  He grunted and licked his lips while Carter tried to catch her breath. “I’ll be Nathan, the sinner. And you will be my sexy little devil in red,” he said with a sly smile. “I’m going to make you scream until you can’t scream any more, Carterina.”

  As soon as he released her, Carter didn’t hesitate. She scrambled to her dresser in the back of the closet and did as he said. When she came back to the bedroom, Nathan was sitting on the bed waiting for her, looking so incredibly sexy. His shirt was unbuttoned, revealing his perfectly sculpted chest and that tattoo that still made Carter’s knees weak. His hair was tousled and messy, falling into his eyes and brushing his face. Carter licked her lips as she sauntered slowly across the room in her skimpy red teddy and high-heeled red pumps.

  Nathan watched her move, his eyes glued to the gentle sway of her hips. Once she stood in front of him, the last bit of control he had broke. He lifted her body and threw her onto the bed. He quickly removed both of their clothes, leaving on only Carter’s enticing red pumps.

  True to his word, he made Carter scream until her voice gave out and she couldn’t scream anymore. She clawed desperately at the sheets when her final orgasm hit her hard, rocking her entire body.

  Nathan drove into her hard and rough until he finally let himself come. He pressed his face in
the crook of her neck and let the orgasm take over his body. Streams and streams of his seed burst free, filling his wife’s womb. A string of Russian curse words escaped his lips as he frantically pumped into her, and her walls clamped tightly around him. The orgasm seemed to last forever before it finally subsided.

  He collapsed on top of her, his body totally spent, fighting to catch his breath. Carter wrapped her arms around him and held him close to her. After a moment longer, Nathan rolled them both until she was positioned on top of him.

  Carter rested comfortably on his chest as she released a satisfied sigh.

  He ran his fingers through her hair and kissed her forehead. “You’re amazing, мое красивое Роуз.”

  Carter kissed his chest softly. “So are you, Bubby.”

  “I love you so much…”

  She looked up at him with a dazzling smile. “I love you, too, Nathan.”

  For a moment they just stared at one another. Nathan pushed her damp hair back from her sweat slicked forehead. “I want to talk to you about something, baby.”

  Carter nodded. “Anything,” she said.

  “I want you to take the lead in the family meeting tomorrow.”

  Carter immediately frowned and shook her head. “Nathan, I can’t. Your father said—”

  “You let me worry about my father. I want you to finish this tomorrow, Carter. It was you who suffered the most with this whole Mitchell thing, and you deserve to have the last word.” Nathan sat up on the bed and moved them until his back was against the headboard and she was straddling his lap. “Carter, you’re my wife. I want our men to respect and fear you just as much as they respect and fear me. My father will be handing everything over to me one day, and I need to make sure I have someone I can trust by my side. I’ve already placed the guys in their respected positions. They’ve all chosen to take their father’s places. But I didn’t have anyone by my side. I didn’t have a second in command— until I met you.”

  “Nathan, I can’t,” Carter whispered.

  Nathan placed his finger against her lips then caressed her face. “Yes, you can, Carterina. It’s our responsibility to maintain and build this organization. This is our legacy. This is what we will leave our children, our children’s children, and so on. We’re a team, baby. We will groom our children for leadership together, you and me. I want you by my side. I don’t want you in the background. That’s not where you belong. You’re too smart, too valuable, and too much of a bad-ass to be in the background.” He took her hands in his as he stared deeply into her eyes. “I love you, and I need you. Everything that used to be difficult for me became easy when you came into my life. You help me grow, you help me learn, and you keep me focused. I can’t run this family without you. I know this isn’t a question that husbands normally ask their wives, but we’re not normal, so here it goes— Carterina Anastacia Salerno, when I become the boss of the Salerno crime family, will you be my underboss?”

  A smile spread big and bright across Carter’s face, and she hugged her husband tightly and laughed. “I’ll be whatever you need me to be, my handsome husband.” She kissed his cheek and cupped his face. “I’ll do anything for you. I don’t need a title. The only title that I care about is being your wife, and when the time comes, a mother to our children. I will build this empire with you, and fight with you to protect it, Nathan Salerno. I love you.” She placed soft kiss on his lips.

  “You’re more than I could have ever dreamed for…” he whispered against her skin.

  They kissed, feeling hopeful for their future together. Tomorrow didn’t matter anymore. It could bring whatever it wanted. Carter and Nathan knew they’d be ready for it— or so they thought.

  21

  Back to Work

  Nathan and Carter walked into the conference room hand in hand and were immediately greeted by the guys.

  “Aww, look at them,” Mickey teased. “Nathan looks like he got laid—”

  Lucca slapped Mickey in the back of the head. “Shut up, Mickey. Sorry, guys,” he said to them with an apologetic smile. “Mickey’s a dumb-ass. What he meant to say is it looks like everything’s back to normal with you two.”

  “What makes you think things weren’t normal?” Nathan asked.

  Lucca smirked. “For one, you two weren’t talking.”

  “There were no not-so-subtle sexual flirtatious remarks from Nathan,” Dante said.

  “And he was staring at you like a stalker while you were fighting not to look at him at all,” Kyle said with a smile.

  “Nathan didn’t have his hands all over Carter,” Mickey said through a chuckle. “Plus we were betting that if Lucca had hugged Carter even an inch closer than he was, you’d have killed him.”

  The guys all chuckled.

  “We’re glad you two aren’t fighting anymore,” Lucca said with a smile.

  “Yes, we are,” Mickey said with a crooked smile. “Nothing is right with the world unless Nathan’s feeling up a gorgeous, giggling Carterina.”

  Carter laughed, and Nathan flipped his friends off.

  He led Carter to their seats, pulling Carter’s seat as close as he could possibly get it to his own. Today, close just wasn’t close enough. He laced their fingers together, and Carter rested her head on his shoulder. Nathan ran his fingers through her soft hair and kissed her forehead. She looked up at him with love and a quiet vulnerability in her hazel eyes. Nathan brought her closer to him and whispered reassuring Russian words in her ear.

  After about five more minutes of waiting, Anastacia and Angelo and the rest of the group Carter called the Originals walked into the room. Anastacia circled the table, passing out tan folders to each person seated there.

  “All right, everyone,” Anastacia said. She sat in the seat next to Angelo and put on a pair of glasses. “Now that you’ve finished your business and schedule talk, we need to discuss my daughter.”

  Nathan looked down at Carter, and she gave his hand a squeeze.

  “We have about …” Anastacia looked at the watch on her wrist “ … an hour and a half until we have to be at the family meeting, so I’ll be quick. Pay attention and listen closely because I don’t have time to repeat …”

  Nathan leaned forward in his seat, and the guys followed suit.

  “Save your questions for when I’m finished. I’m about to share many things with you that may shock you, but please don’t interrupt. We have a lot of information for such little time,” she said, her accent becoming much thicker as nervousness showed in her features.

  After a moment, Anastacia turned her gaze to Nathan. “Nathan, when we were at the hospital, I told you that Carterina would not be safe in the city … Do you remember?”

  Nathan nodded and held Carter’s hand tighter.

  “Well, it’s time for us to discuss who Carterina Anastacia Stone is and how much she’s worth. To all of us here, Carterina is priceless. This is because we love her. We want to keep her around for a very long time.” She cleared her throat and shifted in her seat. “I never had a chance to tell the five of you what you did for Carterina when you found her and took her from Hope Beach. I had searched for her for five years, fearing I’d find her dead— or that I wouldn’t find her at all. I thought she may have been taken by a man named Silas … but I’ll get to him soon. First, I want to talk about who she is. She is the combined product of two very dangerous families. This wouldn’t be a problem if she didn’t have parents like Robert and I. Neither of us associated with our families. The Stones hate me. My father was the keeper of the family’s fortune, and he took it from them and gave it to me. I had to become who I am to protect myself because of this. Carterina is my child. Had she not been born, my fortune, my lands, my castle— everything— would have gone back to my relatives in the event of my demise. But as you all can see, I have an heir. Even from his grave, my father is a very powerful man. He set it up so that if I had a child, my child would immediately become my heir. Her name was automatically added to the
estates and finances when she was born. He was adamant about making the Stone family suffer for what they had done to him— and for what they had done to me.” She locked eyes with Carter. “This is why the Stone family is a threat to Carterina. They know where to find her, and they’ll think she’s weak because they are unaware of her … particular skill set. They will most likely present themselves as family members only interested in getting to know their long lost relative. They’re masters of deception. Everything they say is complete bullshit. I have no family. The Stones are dead to me. They want me dead, and they want Carterina dead. They are greedy, manipulative liars. My daughter and I have the billions that used to belong to them, and they want it back. I’m not telling you this because I don’t think Carterina can protect herself— I’m telling you because she needs us to watch her back.”

  Anastacia opened her folder and motioned for everyone to do the same.

  They all opened their folders. The first page featured a man standing in a stone room. He looked about 6’0. He had long, thick, jet black hair that cascaded down his back in waves. His skin was pale and his features, although manly, had a feminine beauty to them. He had soft and delicate features, but looked anything but that. The expression on his face was no-nonsense and terrifying. The look in his eyes was cold, twisted, sadistic. He had a broad, muscular build and an obvious chip on his shoulder.

  Nathan studied the picture closer and suddenly realized something. Carter bared a striking resemblance to the man. The long, black hair, the soft and delicate yet striking beauty. She even had the same scowl. But then there was the identical resemblance. His eyes. The man had big, almond-shaped, hazel-green eyes, more like Carter’s than her mother’s.

  Nathan looked over to check on Carter. She was looking down at the picture. Eventually she felt Nathan’s stare and looked up at him with empty eyes. A small smile appeared on her lips, but didn’t reach her normally expressive eyes.