Kelly

As we stood beside each other inside the elevator, Marco wrapped his right arm around my waist possessively and pulled me closer. My heart was pounding inside my stomach.

He then murmured close to my ear as I felt the goosebumps all over my body, "Posso dormire con te stanotte?" He asked and I blushed a bit. (Can I sleep with you tonight?)

I couldn't help but smile as the hair on my skin stood up. I gulped as I nodded at him. Giving him my answer.

The elevator door opened and we stepped out. Marco's hand was still around my waist.

The restaurant was exquisite and elegant. We were the only patrons there. I looked around the room as I thought how expensive this place must be.

A tall female waitress came and greeted us. She showed us to the table in the middle of the room which was decorated with candles and had a red rose lying on the center of it.

I was about to pull the chair out when Marco stopped me.

"Let me, Bella." He said, stopping me, and then he pulled the chair out for me.

I told him, thank you, as I sat down.

"This place is quite elegant," I said, taking the menu off the table and opening it.

He nodded while looking at me. "Yes, it is." He took up the red rose and gave it to me. "This is for you, Bella."

"Oh, thank you, Marco, and thank you for taking me here." I took the rose from his hand.

"You don't need to thank me, Kelly. I know that you're crazy as hell about Jamaican and Mexican cuisine so, I ensured that they were on the menu." He said while caressing the back of my hand.

"Oh, Marco, thank you." I beamed.

He looked at me and slightly nodded.

I told him how much I loved Jamaican and Mexican dishes.

He was a strict vegan and so was Lorenzo.

The waitress came and took our orders and I couldn't help but notice her flirting with Marco every chance that she got. She was completely ignoring me when I gave her my order and focused all of her attention on Marco. He didn't even look at her. His eyes were fixed on me the entire time.

"Bella, when we get back, there's something that I need to tell you." He told me as the waitress returned with our orders.

"Okay," I replied before taking a sip of the expensive wine.

I watched Marco keenly as he ate. I wanted to dig into my meal but I felt a bit shy to do so. Seeing as he was constantly watching me.

"Is everything okay, Bella?" He questioned as he stared at me.

"Oh, yes, it is," I replied. "It's just that I've never been to such an exquisite place like this before," I confessed to him.

"This is the least, my pretty. I have much more in store for you." He said.

I smiled at him as I cut a piece of the Escovitch fish.

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After dinner, I was served a strawberry sundae and a cheesecake for dessert. Marco said that he was full and didn't want anything else. I was so full and I felt so uncomfortable because I had eaten too much. My tummy felt as if it was going to burst wide open.

Marco sat there watching me as I got up and went to use the lady's room. When I got back to our table, I told him that I was ready to leave. He nodded at me, got up, and held my hand as I took up my purse and the red rose off the table and walked beside him into the elevator.

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Marco
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Kelly and I sat on the couch in her bedroom after we got home from the restaurant.

"Thanks for tonight, Marco, I appreciate it." Kelly barely uttered.

"Bella, I told you that I've got you," I assured her.

"I know that you do. What was it that you wanted to tell me?" She asked as I wrapped my arm around her neck and whispered in her ear, telling her how sexy and gorgeous she looked in her long black dress.

She smiled and blushed as she stared at me.   

"Bella, I'm not an ordinary man. I've got a lot of power, money, and enemies. I'm the leader of one of the biggest Italian mafias in this country. We have one of the largest crime families in the world. It's been in my family for many generations. My grandfather made me his successor before he died, instead of giving it to my father. That has made my father extremely furious and upset." I confessed to her.

She didn't say anything to me. She just sat there staring at me with her mouth agape.

I continued in a confident tone, "One of my enemies, who is also my granduncle's firstborn, Matteo Romano, wants to kill me, Luca, and Lorenzo so that he can control the mafia. He and I have been fighting for over five years. He had your apartment broken into and the fucker that tried to attack you was working for him." I hugged her a bit tighter around her neck as she looked a bit frightened and uncomfortable sitting beside me.

She was still silent as she continued to stare at me with those big bright eyes.

"You see, Bella, you've got to have protection because Matteo will not think twice to rape and kill you. He'll do that just to get back at me. He somehow found out that I care for you. If you were one of those sluts that I fucked with occasionally, he wouldn't care but he knew that you mean more to me." I said to her.

Still, she didn't utter a word to me.

"Kelly, Bella, what do you have to say?" I demanded as she turned her head away. I removed my hand and held her cheeks in the palm of my hands. Forcing her to look at me.

She stared at me with fear in her eyes.

"It's okay, Kelly. I'm not going to let anyone hurt you. You'll always have protection even if I'm not here."

She silently nodded as she barely looked at me.

"I know that this is a shock to you but I'll give you time. I just don't want to -"

She interrupted me. "It's okay, Marco, I'm just in shock. I've always read and heard stories about the mafia but I always thought that it was just a bunch of fairytales. I didn't know that it was real." She muttered with her head hanging down as her hands clasped nervously together.

I held her shaking hands into mine and brought them to my lips and planted a kiss on them.

"It's real, Kelly. I want to be open and honest with you. I don't go around telling this to anyone but I had to tell you because I trust you and you mean a lot to me."

"Yeah, and I appreciate the fact that you're honest with me. I'll never utter a word about this to anyone." She reassured me.

"I know, Bella. That was why I told you," I said to her. "I want you in my life, il mio amore."

She smiled at me, showing her perfect white teeth.

"Come and sit on my lap," I whispered to her.

She was hesitant but eventually, she straddled my lap. I held her waist as she laced her arms at the back of my neck.

"Will you be my queen, Kelly?"

She looked at me with an astonished expression on her face.

"I'll have to think about -"

I slammed my lips onto hers before she could finish what she was saying. Our tongues entwined together as I felt my cock getting hard.

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Third person's POV
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"Have you cracked the damn code to the fucking MacBook?" Matteo Romano asked the computer technician.

"Yes, I have sir, here you go." He said, giving Kelly's MacBook Pro to his boss.

Matteo smiled as he removed the cigarette from his mouth. "Good job." He took the MacBook and put it down on top of his desk.

He smiled as he searched through the MacBook for all the information that he needed on Kelly and her family.

He was unable to find any information on Kelly and her family in the database because Marco had prevented it. That was why he had his men break into Kelly's apartment and steal her MacBook.

The computer engineer left his office as Matteo called a few of his men because he had a job for them to do.

"We're here, boss." One of the men said in his deep Italian accent.

"These are the two bitches that I want dead. Do whatever you want with them but don't let them live after you're through with them." He instructed as he showed the men a picture of Kelly's aunt, Macy, and her daughter, Loren. He also gave them the address where they lived.

"Consider it done, boss." Another one of the men said as Matteo nodded and sat on the chair putting his feet on the desk.

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