Chapter 34
CRYSTAL
“Thank you” I told Leonardo as he helped me get into his jet.
Wow.
A lot happened within this past couple of days.
First I fell sick which instantly brought out a side to Leonardo that I had never seen or even thought he had. I watched Leonardo abandoned all work activities for my sake.
Though I found it skeptical to believe that he was actually being genuinely caring at first but slowly as we got to spend more time with each other, I came to see the real Leonardo.
The one that was kind truthful, playful and loving.
Leonardo surprised me more by taking me on a three day trip to Italy and during these three days, I totally grew extremely closer to him.
We got to know a lot about each other. I got the opportunity to explore Rome, ride water taxis, taste exotic Italian dishes and most importantly spend time with this man that was causing me to feel something I thought I felt for chase.
I have come to realise now that what I felt for chase was a mere crush. It wasn’t deep love.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.
The day chase kissed me, I thought I would feel happy because it was literally something I had been craving for. I thought I wanted it but it turned out I was scared whilst he was kissing me.
The kiss felt so wrong even before Leonardo barged in us.
But when Leonardo kissed me, I felt that spark of electricity course through me. I felt a million emotions and feelings emanate within me. A wave of adrenaline rushed through my body and I was so hyper.
My knees totally caved in and I surrendered myself to his steamy and possessive lips.
He got my body tingling with sensations, heat like a wildfire causing wreckage to my entire being.
And his lips moved ever so softly against mine.
His hands touched me like he wanted me. I could feel it.
Those hands must have killed so many people. How ironic it was that those same hands that were capable of ending people’s lives gave me so much pleasure as they explored my body.
Just thinking of it gave me a wet pool in my panties again.
I felt Leonardo’s arm brush against my hips as we went over to sit.
My face was blushed but I comported myself.
I was about going to sit in the long scarlet red couch when Leonardo held on to my hand, stopping me.
“Let’s sit over on the bed bella yes?” he requested but it was more of a command as he led me to the bed that was on the jet.
I rolled my eyes softly at his dominating attitude. It was just a part of him.
I laid on the bed, Leonardo beside me.
He crossed an arm over my shoulder but I didn’t mind.
Why should I?
I wanted it.
“Some other time we will come to Italy my love”Leonardo said to me.
“Italy is beautiful and amazing. I must admit to that”I chirped.
“Ofcourse just like me my love”Leonardo replied, a disparaging smile on his lips.
This man was so confident of himself.
“You flatter yourself way too much”I cheekily said.
A mild frown washed across his face.
“You always have a problem when ever I flatter myself. Are you jealous Crystal?”
I gasped in astonishment.”What!?”I exclaimed.
He dismissed my stunned expression with a laugh.
“Welcome Mr Leonardo”I heard a familiar feminine voice accompanied by the soft clicking of her heels.
Oh shit.
The air hostess again.
The last time I was here with Leonardo, she totally ignored me like I didn’t exist.
I watched her approached us. I could see the distasteful look she had for me in her eyes but switched to a friendly smile once she turned her face to Leonardo.
“Thank you. Anything you want?”Leonardo abruptly asked causing her to flinch.
“W-well, would-would you like anything to drink?”She asked in a stutter trying to maintain her sultry looks on Leonardo.
Leonardo looked at me and I gave a shake of my head, a conceited smile on my face.
“My Bella doesn’t need anything. When we want something then we will call you”Leonardo dismissed her with a wave of his hands.
She huffed at me and her lips pulled to a scowl before she matched away, obviously exasperated at both I and Leonardo.
Once she was gone, I couldn’t contain the bubbles of laughter within me.
“Why are you laughing?”Leonardo asked.
“You know she likes you”I told him, my chin jutting towards the direction the air hostess went.
“I know that. I also observed how she was acting with you from the first time we got on this plane” he admitted.
“Was that the reason you were quick to always shun her off?”I asked after managing to control my fits of laughter.
He gave a nod. “Ofcourse. I don’t like any body being mean to my baby”he sweetly replied, placing a peck on my cheeks.
“But Crystal you know I’m in the mafia don’t you?”Leonardo asked sounding serious as he sat up straight.
I was thrown aback. Why was he sounding so serious? He was happy a moment ago. Was it something I said that got to him?
“Y-yeah” I managed to reply.
“You know what I do. You know I can’t let you go. You have to sign a contract of omertà when we get back”
“What is that?”I sighed, sitting up too.
“It is a contract of confidentiality in the Mafia”
The mafia?
My eyes widened in fear. I and Leonardo have never conversed about his work.
So why was he talking about it?
“What does the contract entail?” I asked nervously.
“I don’t have it with me now but it is a contract signed if you are not part of the mafia but somehow uncovered the activities of the mafia. In order to be safe you have to sign the contract…”Leonardo paused in his speech.
He accessed my facial expression before going on.
“It is an oath of secrecy taken, swearing not to divulge the activities of the mafia to law enforcement agencies. You won’t be allowed to have unmonitored phone calls, e-mails or texts as every thing will now be monitored by the mafia. You also can’t go on unsupervised trips or vacations. All your movements will be monitored and track. You shouldn’t be seen with the police either. You will have to be branded as belonging to the Mafia. And the punishment if you don’t sign or break any of the rules is… death”
My jaws dropped and my heart sank.
What the hell?
What was all these?
I didn’t know the Mafia was this dangerous and serious. I thought it was just criminal gangs who fought occasionally with other criminal gangs. I didn’t expect them to be this serious and why the hell do i have to be involved in this?
“Leonardo do you seriously expect me to agree with all that? I am literally going to be trapped in your dangerous world of guns and blood if I sign that”I said in vexation.
“I know Crystal. But you have no choice neither do I. Please understand me”Leonardo softly spoke trying to calm the torrents that had become of my nerves.
“Why don’t I have a choice? I can just act like i don’t know you are in the Mafia. You don’t need to make me sign this”I persisted, my eyes becoming stung with tears.
Leonardo shook his head. “Look this is just to protect you and I….”
“Protect me from what!?”I shot back, cutting him in his sentence.
“From death Crystal!”Leonardo yelled.
“Look”he began, trying to hold on to my hand but I pulled it away, tears trailing down my cheeks.
I whipped my face away from him, my eyes having a far away look in them.
“If by any chance or in the nearest future, the Italians find out that you knew about the mafia but I never made you sign the contract neither did I brand you, I and you will both be killed. Before I gave your dad the loan, I made him sign this because he somehow found out about our activities. And I’m sure he must have told you all that he loaned from a crime boss. You have to sign this please”Leonardo pleaded.
“And If I don’t?”I asked silently, looking back at Leonardo.
“Will you kill me?”I added.
He pulled me into his warm embrace and kissed my temple.
“I will never kill you Crystal”
I sobbed on his chest before I pulled away. “I’ll sign it”I said determinedly with a nod.
Leonardo’s head descended downwards and he pressed a soft, slow kiss on to my lips.
I kissed him back, our lips moving in sync.
I held on to the collars of his shirt, yanking him closer as we kissed each other passionately.
“Before I get to brand you as belonging to the mafia, I’ll have to brand you as mine”he sensually said, a devilish glint in his eyes once he pulled out from the kiss.
Leonardo didn’t waste no time.
In an instant, I felt his wet lips on my neck, hungrily sucking on it.
A soft moan escaped my lips as Leonardo’s expert tongue swept across my neck.
His lips skimmed the edges of my collar bone, greedily placing soft bites all the way to my throat.
“Fuck” I airily breathed out. Slowly I and Leonardo laid back on the bed, his lips not leaving my neck for a second.
In a fluid motion, he got ontop me.
My mind was already lost in a labyrinth of hooded desires with Leonardo’s hot lips sucking on me.
Feeling him ontop me whilst his tongue and lips sucked, stroked and bite all sides of my neck caused me to have shattering moans that sounded like music to his ears.
My hands fisted into his dark raven locks, gripping on to it. Leonardo’s hands walked their way to my engorged breasts, softly moulding and kneading it through my off shoulder top.
Oh Lord. This man.
Never have I loved a man’s touch so much.
His lips left my neck and sensually trailed to my chest, planting kisses on the bare parts of my breasts that were already exposed.
He sucked on them, his one hand pulling my off shoulder more downwards.
He probably cared less if it slacked.
Leonardo completely littered my neck, throat and chest with his burning lips.
His lips then moved upwards again, locking with my lips.
I wrapped my legs around his waist and parted my lips, giving him the full access to taste me.
Leonardo kissed me so lustfully and hungrily, hands groping and fondling on to my breasts.
I shuddered underneath him, releasing my soft cries of pleasure into the kiss.
“God you taste so sweet”Leonardo whispered against my lips.
He slowly pulled back, making a cry of protest leave my lips at the absence of his body on mine.
A satisfied smile was placed on his lips as his eyes hungrily scanned me.
I followed the trail of his eyes to my neck and part of my bossoms that were visible to his lustful stare.
Shit. My skin was littered with love bites.
He gave me hickeys. He had branded me as his.
“How do you like this?”he asked with a cocked brow.
I nodded, my face heated up.
“Good you like it. Because you will be getting more of it from now”he huskily told me before crashing his lips on to mine again.