Tony

The night had been long as I waited for a reasonable time to come and claim my woman like the motherfucking caveman she made me. She was going to learn that running away from me wasn’t in the cards. One look and she owned me and I couldn’t exist without her. I thought about the way she melted for me, unable to resist my touch even though she was cherry. It fucked with my head to think of the possibility that the Greg fucker was more to her. Had she run home to wash up before letting him fuck her? I wanted this guy’s balls tightened in a vice as he begged for forgiveness for even looking at my Alana. I felt like a man who was beyond obsessed. No matter how much I tried to talk myself out of this fascination with her, I couldn’t.

It was still freaking five in the morning as I sat in my car outside her apartment building. It was a large twenty apartment complex that had seen better days. The stoop was still carrying one of last night’s victims of a drunken stupor. He snored loud enough for me to hear in my car and for him to startle himself awake. Stumbling, the man searched through his pockets for his keys. He was just about to make it inside when another man slammed the main door open, knocking the drunk guy down the stairs. I got out of my car and helped him up, but I took a good look at that fucker because he was running from someone or something. The jealousy in me became irrational and I wondered if he was Greg. He looked like a little pussy, a thin, lanky guy with a shaved head.

That was when I heard the sound of an explosion in the building. I didn’t waste a moment as I rushed up the stairs in a mad dash to get to Alana. My heart was racing and it had nothing to do with the three flights of stairs or the fast filling smoke. I prayed that it wasn’t in her room or anywhere near it. A woman with two large dogs ran past me and nearly got the damn leashes trapped around my legs. I jumped over the trip line her animals made and got to Alana’s door.

I didn’t hesitate to kick the fucker down. She was surprised and so was I when I saw the packed fucking bags by the door with her bookbag over her shoulders. She was running away. I didn’t wait for her to fight me. The fucking place was going to burn up and all that mattered was getting us out of there. I flipped her over my shoulder and grabbed one of her suitcases. We got outside just as the fire and police departments arrived on the scene. I walked with her to my car and tucked her into the back, locking the doors before getting in front and driving off as soon as the engine came to life.

“Are you okay?” I asked, looking at her through the rearview mirror. She was coughing a little, but she looked clean, so the smoke hadn’t gotten to her place. I was so damn worried that I didn’t notice the smoke coming down the hall from her room until we were at the stairs. She would have only had two more minutes before the smoke became blinding and suffocating. My heart was pounding in my chest, thinking about the fact that I could have lost her.

I rubbed my hands over my eyes. I didn’t get one damn ounce of sleep. I’d gone home, but instantly it felt empty. Pacing the floor like a man insane, I finally made my way to her place around, and it was with the grace of God I’d gotten to my sweet Alana. If the drunk guy hadn’t caught my attention, I might have fallen asleep in my car. Thoughts of not getting to her in time danced before my sleepy eyes.

“Where are you taking me?” She looked a bit worried about what I was going to do to her. I hoped to fucking hell she didn’t think I’d harm her. That was the farthest thing from my mind. And it ticked me off that she felt that way. I knew my reputation was well known and she would have had some inkling of it before she stepped into my club looking for a reason to get paid.

“Are you okay?” I repeated myself, something I hated to do. She was pushing me. I was tired, hungry, horny, and confused as fuck. My world had been turned upside down in a matter of a few hours.

“You didn’t answer me.” Damn, she wasn’t going to just behave like a fucking good girl, I knew she was under the sex kitten look she tried to play yesterday.

I was too hard and exhausted and stressed as fuck to argue with her at the moment. I still had a long drive, so I just responded to her. “Okay, Alana. I’m taking you home. Now tell me, are you okay?”

“Yes. I mean I’d be better if you let me get out of here.”

Shit, she was getting on my last damn nerve. “I’ll let your ass out when we get there. What you pulled last night was fucked up, Alana. Were you awake the whole time?”

“No, I woke up when you kissed me.”

True love’s kiss stuck in my head right away. What happened to the badass I was before last night? He left the moment I’d found my woman. “So, sleeping beauty, tell me why you ran.”

“You’re a bit bossy.” That was fine; she didn’t want to answer, but I’d get the answer from her one way or another. We had a long drive and the road all the way to my house was open, so I could fly there.

“I am the fucking boss, remember that. I wanted to give you the fucking world and you run away because, why?”

“Because you’re a rumored criminal. And I was way over my head in there. I’m not like you Tony, and I’m not the whore that I acted like in your arms.”

That I understood. I didn’t deserve a good girl like her. “No, thank fuck you aren’t. You’re an ambitious woman aiming to go to college and make something of herself, no matter if you have to strip for it. You’re not a whore, and you came apart in my arms because you and I are good together.”

 “I can’t be with you. This is wrong and you know it.” She shook her head and I was tempted to pull over and teach her ass not to mess with this thing between us. I knew that if I touched her, I’d have her riding my cock, but that wasn’t how I wanted to take her for the first time. My wife needed to be worshipped. Fucking on the side of the road would come later when we were too horny to control ourselves.

I scowled as I stared straight ahead. As much as I wanted to look into her pretty eyes, I had to focus on the road. “No, the fuck I don’t. It’s not wrong. You told me you were mine yesterday.”

“That wasn’t fair, I was in need. I’m not liable for the shit I said then.”

I chuckled in disbelief. This woman was going to learn what it meant to be in a relationship. Fuck, I didn’t know how to do this either, but then I’d seen my cousin and his wife. They were so in love and Alana was the one for me. I needed to call him for some tips. “No, you’re liable for everything you say to me. I want honesty from you, so don’t play that game with me. And if lust keeps you in place, I’ll have you screaming my name as you ride me all damn day.”

“It’s not going to happen.” She was so confident sitting back there, but if put my hands on her, she’d be melting for me.

I chuckled, shaking my head. It was most definitely happening over and over again. “Yes, it is, and you’re a mouthy one for someone with no options right now. If I was just in it for the pussy, I could have tossed you to the side of the road. Or left your ass in the burning building.”

The last bit calmed her attitude for the moment. Something told me that she would always put up a fight. “Thank you for that.”

“Anytime, doll. Now, tell me why you were running from me.”

She took a deep breath, then stared out the window at the passing night. “It wasn’t just from you. I need money and a job. My money’s running out. So, I was planning to move to another state.”

“Did you think leaving to another state was going to stop me?” I laughed at that. Nothing was going to keep me from her. For the first time in forever, I felt alive, and for the first time ever, it was because of a woman. Everything that she generated in me was new.

“I didn’t know if you’d waste your time looking for me.” She didn’t take me seriously. Or at least she didn’t yesterday. “Oh shit, I left your jacket in my apartment.”

“That’s okay.”  She tucked her head back on the seat as her eyes got heavy. She was tired, but I couldn’t look at her anymore. I was too sleepy for it and I needed to get us home safe. It was another five minutes before we pulled into my driveway. I had a large home with five bedrooms and a four-car garage. It was a sign of status, not until I met her did I think I’d need such a large place. I pulled up front, turned off the engine, picked up her back pack off the backseat, then got out. My housekeeper and Vinny were waiting by the door, wondering why it was taking me so long. I popped open the backdoor and carried her out to their shocked expressions. They saw me holding a sleeping beauty in tiny shorts and a tee shirt. She wasn’t fully clothed and I hated that anyone saw her like that. Her body was for my eyes only.

“Get the suitcase out of the trunk and keep your damn eyes to yourself.” I gave him a warning glare before turning a smile to my housekeeper, Filomena. “We will be resting. Please bring us lunch around one. Grazie.” She muttered a blessing in Italian, wishing me with a home full of little ones. She was like a mother to me. “I’m with you on that.” I gave her a wink and carried Alana to bed.

She grumbled against my chest. “Sleeping beauty, rest.”

“Tony,” she sighed in her sleep. I smiled as I opened the bedroom door. As soon as we were in, I placed her on the bed, then locked the door and stripped down to my boxers. Her face had a sweet smile on it as she slept. My stomach was doing flips with excitement.

I climbed into bed with her, pulling her to my chest and falling into a fitful sleep. Every time she moved an inch I woke up with my heart racing. I’d press my lips to her head to make sure that she was still with me. It felt incredible to lay here with her just to sleep. Granted, my dick was hard as fuck and I wanted to bury it in her womb, marking her and filling her with my baby, but this was special to me, too.