River is dead thankfully. She died in my arms on the way to the hospital so we burned her body on the sidewalk.

"Ow you asshole!" It's like she's still here with us. "I'll shove your dick down your throat if you keep doing that."

"Stop moving." I grumbled, applying alcohol to the wound on her stomach.

Sadly, the bitch is still here, sitting on top of my car.

We are waiting for Diego to come and get Kira and River only just woke up after she passed out. So I've been treating her wound incase it gets infected or some shit. Not that I care or anything because I don't.

River gripped onto my bicep tightly and threw her head back in pain as I cleaned up her wound.

"I'm gonna light you on fire, Ace." She grit out, glaring at me.

"No you won't. Now shut up and stay still." I grumbled, keeping her body in place as I bandage her up.

"Here bae." Alea walked up to us and gave River a milkshake which she gladly took with a smile. Acting as if she didn't just threaten my life.

"Thank you." River said, grinning at her as she took the milkshake.

"Where the fuck are we and who are you people?" Kira suddenly spoke out, glaring at us.

"Your father payed us to take you back home and he's on his way here." Theo said, sipping on his milkshake.

"Thank God." Kira sighed and hugged herself with her arms, shivering slightly.

Theo walked up to her and draped a jacket over her, smiling. She looked up at him and smiled back, a light blush coating her cheeks.

I put River's t-shirt down once I was finished attending her wound and placed my hands on her hips, rubbing small circles on it with my thumb.

When I looked over at her, I found that she was already looking at me. The straw was paused at her mouth, her blue eyes staring deeply into mine.

She moved the straw away from her mouth and licked her lips, my eyes dropped down to the action.

Fuck, I want to kiss her.

"Want some?" She offered, extending the milkshake out to me.

"What's in it?" I asked, looking down at it.

"Strawberries, why?"

"I'm allergic."

She silently looked at me for a moment, a smile slowly appearing on her lips, "You're joking, right?"

"Why would I joke about that?"

"I could've killed you years ago if I knew that piece of information." She scoffs, rolling her eyes.

"Don't try it, Arccadi." I warn, glaring at her.

A smirk grazed her lips then she suddenly grabbed my collar, pulling me down to her eye level, "You wanna kiss me now, Del Rosso?" She whispered against my lips. She's so goddamn tempting. Especially when she's biting her lip, staring at me with those fucking doe eyes.

My eyes darted down to her mouth as I licked my lips, imagining what she would taste like. What her lips would feel like on mine.

I squeezed her hips, pulling her body closer to mine. Our hot breaths danced in the space between us, our noses brushing against each other's.

Our lips inches away from one another's.

So fucking close.

I want her lips on mine. No, I need them on mine.

One of my hands slipped under her shirt and trailed up her back, loving the way her spine arches into me. Her hands were tightly grasping my shirt, her eyes never leaving my hooded gaze.

She's isn't pulling away and neither am I. I don't want to.

The sound of car engines turning off pulled us back into reality.

"Cazzo." I mutter under my breath, pulling away from River and turning towards the cars.

Diego got out of a black range rover and went straight to Kira with a huge smile plastered across his lips. She immediately jumped into his embrace.

After they broke apart from their hug, Diego walked over to me with some black duffel bags in his hands.

"As promised." He said, handing me over the bag.

I opened the bag and tuck a stack of cash out, making sure that this shit isn't fake or anything. Once I checked it all, I threw the bags in the car trunk.

"Take care, Diego." I said.

"Thank you, Ace." He said, extending out his hand for me to shake so I did. With that, he left along with his men, leaving us alone in the middle of the forest.

xXx

Tomorrow we leave for London and we haven't heard from Ivan since yesterday. Actually, now that I think about it, we still have his son locked up in basement back at home. I can't keep him there forever so I don't know what I'm suppose to do with him.

Theo and Alea already left for London this morning to make sure our men know the plan of attack. Originally I was suppose to go instead of Alea but she insisted on going first for whatever reason so I let her.

River and I have been lounging around the house since we are still sore from yesterdays mission. Plus she needs to rest so her wound can recover.

Speaking of wound, she's been using that as an excuse to order me around. All fucking day I've been doing shit for her and I'm so close to booking a flight to London just so I can get away from her annoying ass.

"I'm fucking tired." River mumbled, yawning afterwards.

"Then sleep?"

"I've tried." She sighs heavily, covering her face with a pillow from the couch.

"What if I knocked you out, would that help you sleep?" I ask, glancing over at her.

She took the pillow away from her face and glares at me, "Fuck off." She grumbles.

"Come here," I said, gently holding her upper thighs. When she hesitated, I let out a deep sigh, "I don't bite, love."

She rolls her eyes and moves over to me reluctantly. I lift her onto my lap so she's straddling me as I rub her thighs slowly.

"What are you doing?" She grumbles.

"Helping you sleep." I say simply.

"Why?"

"So you'll shut your fucking mouth."

"I'll shove a strawberry down your damn throat." She grit out.

"Fuck you."

"In your dreams."

"My dreams came true."

"I can't stand you." She grumbles, burying her face into my neck and wrapping her arms around my torso.

"Sit on my fa—"

She pinches my side lightly and a small chuckle leaves my mouth as I wrap my arms around her waist, one of my hands playing with her soft hair. Her breath tickles against my skin, her lips brushing against my neck as she lightly breathes through them.

I lean my head back against the couch, twirling a strand of her hair around my finger. I lift my hips up off the couch to get more comfortable. Rivers breathing evened out against my skin which means she fell asleep.

Her back arches into my body, making her ass stick out more. My eyes involuntary- that's a lie- moved down to her ass. My hands travel down her spine, to the curve of her waist then to her round ass, squeezing it slightly through her sweatpants.

A soft mhmm noise left her mouth when I did so which drove me crazy. Those noises will be my end.

I turn my head to the side, her black hair now brushing against my face. I brush her hair away from her neck and place a soft kiss on it, resting my hands on her ass.

When she adjusted herself on my lap, a throaty 'fuck' left my mouth as her hips rolled against mine.

She moves her arms to wrap around my neck, her hands subconsciously stroking the back of my hair as she sleeps peacefully in my arms. I inhale a deep breath, relaxing under her soothing touch.

A small pout rests on her lips that I kiss the corner of and she exhales through her nose, her breath fanning over me sounding like a soft sigh.

I bury my face into her neck and move my hands to her lower back. Her fingers gently comb through my hair as I rest my chin on her shoulder, feeling my eyes becoming heavier.

I stand up from the couch with her in my arms, my hands resting below her ass to keep her upright as I walk over to the stairs.

"Don't drop me." River mumbled into my neck.

"I've got you." I said, walking up the stairs.

I walk though the dark hallways towards her room. After opening her door, I move the bed covers to the side and lay her down. She shifted onto her side as I put the covers back on top of her.

I leave her room and walk over to mine. Once I'm inside, I take a quick shower and change my clothes before going through some paperwork that's sat on top of my desk.