“The same rules apply as in the shop.” He held her closely to him until the car stopped.
The same procedure as before began: first his goons got out and checked that everything was okay before they got out.
She hoped that someone would shoot him so this could be over with. Another man who spoke Italian with them greeted them at the door. She didn’t understand anything. It all went too fast.
They were led to a table, and Antonio held out her chair for her.
She thanked him and sat down.
The owner joined them, and an expensive wine was brought to the table. Antonio continued on speaking in Italian, and a bottle of water was brought to the table and poured in a glass for Anna.
She said thank you to the waitress, who stared at her bruised face.
Anna turned away from her.
The owner scolded the waitress in Italian, and she went away.
Anna was only able to pick at her food. Antonio looked mad. She ate a few more bites.
The meal lasted for two hours. Antonio was cursing himself for slapping Anna. She had been wrong to try to run from him, but a woman should never be struck in her face. No waitress should ever stare at his wife as this one had.
He sent her to the ladies room before they left.
Vinnie went in before she did and gave her the okay to go in. There weren’t any windows in here. She went quickly and washed her face before she went out to Vinnie.
He motioned for her to go back to Antonio.
She went to his side, and he stared at her. He gave her a strange look. She had a feeling that she had done something very wrong.
The owner said goodbye to Antonio, and then he turned to Anna and shook her hand. She smiled at him and thanked him for the meal.
He smiled back at her. Really looking at her for the first time. He said he would see her at the wedding.
She was still hoping to get out of that somehow. Antonio took her by the hand and escorted her out of the restaurant. It was already late.
The limo headed straight to a motel. Tears were rolling down Anna’s face as he helped her out of the car. Enzo and the one whose name she didn’t know carried their luggage in. She wondered when they slept.
Antonio started right in taking off his jacket and unbuttoning his shirt. His eyes were on Anna. She was being especially quiet again. He liked that about her too. His other girlfriends had jabbered him to death.
Once the others were gone, he stepped towards her. “Anna get undressed. I don’t want to go through the same games as the other night.” He removed his belt proving his point.
Her hands shook as she unbuttoned her blouse and removed it.
He took her face in his hands and wiped away her tears with his thumbs. “You don’t need to be afraid of me.”
“Vinnie said you would let me go after the first night. Please keep your word,” she begged.
Antonio pinched her chin between his thumb and pointer finger, forcing her to look him in the eye. “I don’t want you to ever talk about leaving me again. We will be married soon and believe me it won’t matter if you say yes or no. But I recommend that you say yes, or our marriage will start out very painfully for you. Anna, I expect you to obey me. Now get undressed.”
She continued undressing, but she turned away from him. How had she been able to feel passion for someone like him?
She wouldn’t tonight. She would be boring so he wouldn’t want her anymore.
Antonio watched her undressing. He enjoyed looking at her. Her backside was still red from her punishments.
When she was finished, he called her to him. He had undressed too. He smiled at her. For some unknown reason, he wanted her more than he had ever wanted any other woman. He walked her over to the bed and sat down next to her. He kissed her and held her tightly to him.
She pulled away from him. “Why me?” she whispered.
“Because I want you.”
“But . . . The shop assistant. She wanted you. Why not her?”
He laughed lightly. “Do you really think that she was a virgin?”
“If I hadn’t been one, would you have let me go?” She tilted her head a little to the side.
“Yes, but because you were, you get to stay with me, and I will take very good care of you. Like I said you’ll never have to work again. Servants will wait on you hand and foot. If you behave, I will reward you. I want you to lie back and open your legs for me.”
Anna shook her head.
“Anna, you know it will happen anyway. If you are relaxed, it will feel better, as it did the last couple of times. Remember? You even enjoyed it.”
“No, please no,” she sobbed.
Antonio forced a strict look on his face. She needed a spanking to get turned on and it was his job to give it to her. “Anna, I gave you an order. I won’t tolerate disobedience.” He pulled her over his lap and brought his hand down over and over again. “Anna I don’t understand why you always choose the hard way to do things.” He smacked his hand across her bottom and enjoyed watching it move and redden even more.
He reached between her legs. Already, she was getting wet for him. He cupped her sex in his hand possessively. She was a little odd, but she was his kind of odd.
Would he ever be able to take her leisurely, or would he have to spank her to warm her up each time?
He didn’t dare ask her. She would deny it and feel ashamed about her body’s needs. She should never be ashamed for her need of him.
He smacked and slapped her bottom and upper thighs. Anna gasped out and rocked her hips forward into his hand, which was still cupping her. She opened her legs wider for him, hating herself for being this way. Something was wrong with her. She seemed to have a split personality. She didn’t recognize the sexually demanding woman she had become.
He leaned into her hair as he spoke to her. “I will never fail you. Be it in protecting you, or in punishing you, or in fucking you.” He flipped her onto the bed and spread her legs. He entered her with a savage thrust.
She screamed in pleasure. “Oh, yes,” she sighed, reaching up to him and taking hold of his shoulders.
She turned her face away from him. She couldn’t stand herself. Why was she putty in his hands?
Would she only react this way with him, or could any man make her feel this way?
She should be fighting him off. Her conscience even demanded it of her, but she didn’t have the willpower to tell him to stop.
He pumped himself into her body, filling her and moving her along the bed with his powerful thrusts.
This was too amazing to stop.
Her head was getting closer and closer to the headboard. He had his eyes closed as he pushed into her.
“Antonio,” Anna whispered, fearful that he wouldn’t stop when she pointed out that she was about to hit her head.
His eyes flew open and stared in her eyes as he fucked her. Then her head hit the headboard, and it made a thug.
Antonio grabbed her around her middle and yanked her body back down the bed. He started thrusting again, but he was laughing about something.
Anna felt as if her heart was only being held in place by mere strings. His laughing was causing those strings to snap. A very sad noise escaped out of her throat. The fact that he thought it was funny that she got hurt, crushed her sensitive soul.
He stopped thrusting and concentrated on her covered face. She raised her hands to cover her face.
“Anna? Are you alright?” he asked. He feared he had hurt her severely. He pulled out of her and examined her. Some blood was mixed in with her juices. He guided her to his heart and held her tightly as she wept.
Antonio didn’t want to damage her. He wanted lots of children from her. “I’m so sorry, baby. Does your head hurt? Or are you hurting down below?” he asked her gently.
She had been surprised when he had stopped. She thought she knew when he was finished because he laid down on top of her. This time it was different. She felt his hardness under he
r bottom as he positioned her on his lap.
“Why did you laugh at me?” she asked.
He held her tightly and spoke to her so softly. “I was happy that you called me by my name. I wasn’t laughing at you. I was laughing with joy,” he explained, telling her the truth. He had no need to pretend to be cool to impress her. They would get married one way or the other. They would have a marriage based on honesty.
Maybe it would be best to give in and marry him without a fight, Anna mused. Those words sounded so wise, but she knew that when it was time, she wouldn’t be able to say yes at church. She wept on his strong chest. Fearing what he would do to punish her when she couldn’t say yes to him in front of his friends and family.
Antonio let her weep. He could feel that too many emotions were crashing down on her. He rocked her in his arms, thinking that he was changing. She was the one bringing a change about in him. He had never stopped making love to a woman before he was finished.
For the first time in his life, he was putting someone’s feelings ahead of his needs.
After a while, Anna fell asleep in his arms. Antonio smiled to himself. She was the first person to ever do that. The feeling was beyond compare. Later, their babies would do that too.
Was he crazy to force her to marry him?
His father had his eye on several girls from good families that he wanted Antonio to marry.
Antonio had met with each of them separately and had found fault in all of them. They were spoiled rich girls. None of them could smile like Anna could.
He saw her face in his mind as she smiled at him and told him she thought he could find the way by himself. He wanted her to smile at him like that every day for the rest of his life.
Antonio would get her to love him. He would shower her with gifts, but he would punish her to avoid that she turned out like the other girls. This is something he wouldn’t change his mind about. The thought of her not being within his reach maddened him. She was his now.
He laid her down so she could sleep. She whimpered when he let go of her. She wanted him to hold her. He lay down next to her and tugged her closer to his body. She sighed prettily.
He was so hooked on her. He turned off the light and cuddled close to her. She could see to his needs in the morning.
Chapter 10
Antonio’s hands caressed over Anna’s body as he stroked her half sleeping body to readiness.
He slipped a finger inside of her. She was warm and wet for him. He moved on top of her and gently slid into her.
Her eyes opened in surprise, and he kissed her before she could say anything to ruin this. He continued the kiss until she struggled for air. She breathed in quickly. He watched her breast heave as she did. She gave him that same curious confused look as she had the other morning. She liked what he was doing; he could tell.
He was very careful in the way he loved her. She had been right about that, he thought. He had to make love to her as if she were his wife and not like some whore, who was there for his quick pleasure.
Anna’s hands were moving around her as if she were making a snow angel. She didn’t know what to do with them. She felt she needed support.
This was so different from before. She was still so sore, but this wasn’t hurting as it had before. If he stopped, she would be sad, and her feelings would have been hurt. It would have felt like rejection.
Her back arched in an odd way, and her hands flew to the pillow under her head. His wrists were in the way. After a couple more slow thrusts, her hands clasped onto his wrists.
He was so pleased with her right now and with himself. She was making soft noises. He knew that women would fake these noises, but she was trying to stop them. She bit her lip and turned her face away from him. Her eyes were closed as he watched her enjoying him.
Knowing that she wanted him made it difficult for him to continue at the slow pace. He wanted to fuck her as he usually did. The way he knew she liked.
Antonio told himself that he would continue on slowly for another minute, and then he would go so fast that her breath would be stolen from her chest.
He couldn’t go slowly anymore. The thought of her wanting him made him speed up. Her noises gained speed as he did.
Before he knew it, he was spilling his seed inside of her again. Getting her pregnant would be his favorite chore.
He lay down on her soft body and tried to regulate his breathing. That had been the best sex he had ever had. He’d had more powerful orgasms while being fucked by professionals, but this meant more to him. They had a connection.
He felt her slowly rocking her hips against him and smiled to himself. She had enjoyed it. He was lying on top of her. She felt so nice, as if she were massaging him.
He kissed her and smiled at her. She blushed back at him. He laughed. “See how nice it is when I don’t have to spank you first.” He only wanted to tease her, but he saw that he had hurt her feelings.
“Don’t be mad, Anna. I really like being with you. I am glad you like it too. I want us to get along.”
He pulled out of her, and she gave a whimper of protest. She was left feeling sad that he was gone.
He picked her up and brought her into the shower.
He enjoyed washing her so much that he carried her wet to bed and entered her without drying her off first. She started right in with her noises. Anna hadn’t come last time, and she longed to come this time.
He tried to take her as slowly as possible, but she was so tight around him and so wet for him. He thrust into her hard.
She continued to make noises, but he saw that she was crying with frustration for an orgasm. He slowed his pace and tried to pleasure her too, but he couldn’t hold back any longer. His head fell back as he pushed himself into her as deeply as he could.
He heard that she was coming too and smiled. That had been perfectly timed.
He laid down on her and noticed that she had wrapped her arms around him.
He imagined those arms with a baby in them. They were going to be very happy once they were married. Anna was clearly getting used to him.
The next morning, Antonio took Anna by her hand and escorted her to the limousine. He was so happy that he couldn’t hide his smile. Anna was trying to pull her hand away from him. She was getting used to him. In time, he was certain that she would grow to love him.
Vinnie was waiting for them. Enzo and Roberto carried out their luggage. Vinnie had warned them to check through everything to make sure that Anna wasn’t leaving any messages behind.
Vinnie watched Antonio and Anna. They were different this morning. She wasn’t so wary of him, and he looked truly happy. He smiled at her and carefully held her hand and laid an arm around her waist.
Vinnie still didn’t trust her not to hurt him. If she played games with Antonio, Vinnie would take care of her exactly as he had taken care of the last one who hurt his boy.
“There is a restaurant a few houses down. We can walk.” Vinnie told his boss.
Antonio held onto Anna’s hand as they walked down the sidewalk. She didn’t try to runaway from him. He was so proud of her. This was working out so well. He told her she could have whatever she wanted to eat.
He liked to tell her she could have anything she wanted, she thought. “Why do you do that?” she asked him.
He stopped and looked at her confused. “Do what?” He laid his hand on the side of her face and gazed into her big blue eyes.
“Why do you keep saying that you will give me things? It makes me feel like a . . . Never mind. I only want you to be nice to me.” She glanced away from him, embarrassed that she had said that, especially because his men were listening to them.
He petted her face as he thought about what she was saying. She didn’t want presents for sex. He was making her feel like a whore. His chin tightened.
“Anna, you will be my wife, never anything less. I will be very nice to you. I don’t want to think that you have to go without anything. I will take excellent care
of you. I want you to know that. Rest assured that I am taking care of everything.”
He dropped his hand away from her face, and they walked on.
Antonio knew that Vinnie had been listening. He was glad that they would be home this evening. He would have a lot more privacy with her there.
Antonio opened the door for her as they entered the restaurant. The people there stared at them. Antonio pointed to a U-shaped booth.
Anna slid in and around the corner. Antonio sat next to her. Vinnie was on her other side. They had her encased.
Antonio took the menu and gave it to her and asked what she wanted. He had to bite his tongue not to say that she could have anything she wanted.
Anna found a cheap meal with eggs and ham. She asked him if she could have that. He nodded politely worried about upsetting her. He was surprised when she only wanted to drink water.
Carefully, he told her she could have any kind of coffee she liked.
“I don’t like coffee,” she whispered to him. That had both men laughing at her. She swallowed hard as she tried not to cry.
Antonio wrapped an arm around her. “Don’t cry, darling. The funny thing is that I own one of the largest coffee plantations in Mexico. That is where we live.” He smiled so kindly at her.
She nodded and kept quiet after that, afraid that she might say something wrong.
The men appreciated that. They spoke of the long day ahead of them. Sometimes they spoke in English but mostly in Italian. They could probably speak Spanish too.
They weren’t dumb mafia bosses as she had thought. Only the stereotype about violence seemed to be true.
It was slowly becoming clear to her that her life was with him now. He had to marry her to save face.
The good thing was that he wanted to marry her. He told her constantly that he wanted her.
Was she too scared of a punishment to try to run away again? That would mean that she was weak, and she didn’t want to be weak. She had felt so brave moving to New York. It had been one of those things that she hadn’t pictured herself to be able to do, but she had, surprising herself.
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