In life there are things that will never leave you and loyalty that can never be broken.
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It takes me about five minutes to find her address. If people only knew how easy it is to find out everything there is about them, it would scare the shit out of most. Once I have her address programmed into my GPS, I start driving her home. Pulling up to her upscale townhouse, I exit the car. Opening the back door, I lay my hands on my hips and take a deep breath looking at her passed out. Now to get her out. I grab her purse first, digging for her keys. Then I walk to her front door, unlocking it and throw her purse on a small table in the entryway. Now, to retrieve sleeping beauty. I pull her into my arms, carrying her into the house. She wakes with her head lying on my chest as I close the door.
“Vin, where are we?”
“You’re home now. Which direction do I go?”
“Oh shit, I fell asleep, didn’t I? You can put me down here, I’ll be fine.”
I look down at her and maybe too roughly demand, “Where?!”
Her eyes get a little bigger, but she points to the stairs, “Second door on the right.”
I carry her to her bedroom and set her on her feet. She instantly takes off her heels and proceeds to remove her skirt. At first, I’m shocked, but then I can’t quit staring. She gives me a knowing look and smiles up at me when she starts to unbutton her blouse.
“Maybe you should wait until I leave to take off your shirt.”
She gives me a devious smile and says, “Why, are you scared? I’m not.”
Now she has me intrigued. “Maybe you should be, you don’t know me.”
“I know all I need to. I’ve heard about you Vin. The girls all say ‘Vin Stern is a man of mystery. The quiet one that watches but doesn’t touch.’ Why is that Vin? Don’t you want to touch?”
Her shirt falls to the floor and she stands there looking like sin. All legs, with a tight body covered in a black lace bra and thong. Perfection. She saunters to her bed.
“You don’t touch, but do you like to watch?”
She lays her body down in the middle of her bed, bending her legs and spreading them wide.
“I saw you watching me tonight. Is that what you’re into? Do you like watching from afar?” She slides her hand down her body and slips into her panties.
“Then watch me Vin. I know you want to.”
She looks directly at me and says in a low sultry voice, “I want you to.”
I’m frozen. I know this is wrong, I shouldn’t be here. She’s drunk and even if she weren’t, she’s Gabriel’s. Well not his, but she has been with him through the years as a regular. It’s wrong ten different ways but I can’t turn away. I continue to watch as her fingers pull her thong away to put her bare pussy further on display. She works her fingers over her sex just like she likes it and I study every movement. I watch as her fingers penetrate and how she glistens. The sounds of her moans are getting breathy, heightened in desire. Her hips raise off the bed as her fingers slide deeper inside her. It’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever witnessed. I couldn’t walk out that door if my life depended on it.
“You like this Vin? Do you like watching me pleasure myself? I’m going to cum so hard for you, baby.”
Her head falls back as she makes herself cum. I watch with fascination as her body writhes in pleasure. Once her body has come down from ecstasy, she looks back up at me with a smile from ear to ear.
“Was it good for you?”
I walk up to her and grab her hard by the back of her neck, pulling her up to my face. “Don’t fuck with me! You don’t know what lies beneath!”
With her still in my grasp, I grab her hand and suck her fingers into my mouth, tasting how sweet she really is.
I release her and start walking out of the room. I hear her laugh and yell at me, “I know exactly what lies beneath Vin. You’re just scared of letting him out to play.”
3.5 Stars
There is a whole lot going on in this book, the 4th installment in the Stern Family Saga. Vin has some dark secrets, and is quite a damaged soul. He has some major demons that he’s battling, and Brittany, the high-class escort/protogee of Vin’s adoptive mother Catherine, seems to be the only person who has been able to make him feel at peace.
But we all know that secrets don’t stay buried forever, and the ghosts of the past have a way of working their way into the present. Especially in a mob romance! But at the end of the day, will the connection that Brittany and Vin have be enough to withstand the obstacles in their way?
The banter and connection between the characters is good right from the start, and the story itself is gritty and dark, but has some really tender moments between the hero and heroine. I have not read the previous books in this series, and I figured that this book was a standalone since the blurb did not indicate otherwise. But there are quite a few holes that I found in the story because I was not familiar with the other brothers, and the book does end on a cliffhanger, presumably setting up the next story to come. So reader beware. I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.
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