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As much as a head-in-the-clouds kind of girl she was, Anna was my best friend for a reason, and that reason was how sweet and caring she could be to her friends.
“Yeah,” I sighed. “Life is just… a lot, too much sometimes, I guess.”
“Well, I’m glad you’re transferring over here,” Anna said honestly. “I think it’ll be good for you, getting away from all that toxicity.”
I stiffened, my hand immediately tugging down the sleeve of my shirt as I nodded to myself. “Yeah, maybe.”
“Alrighty!” Caleb came back with a huge grin. “Here you are! You should be starting after the winter break, and an email will come soon with your first classes, once they’re decided. Sound good?”
“Yeah, thanks,” I grabbed the remaining paperwork, including a brochure of classes they offered, and waved as we left.
“Now that that’s done, let me show you around!” Anna said, her expression shining hopefully as she gave me her puppy-dog eyes.
“Alright,” I laughed, letting her drag me around by the wrist.
Despite how much I wanted to go home, I could give her this time for all she’d done to help me. We stopped by the coffee shop where Anna said, “Their lattes are to die for!”
And we went to the library, which was practically empty with the holiday break going on. The campus was huge, and I was glad I let Anna take me on a tour or else I would’ve for sure gotten lost.
But eventually, Anna and I parted ways to go back home.
By the time I was walking my bike up the driveway, the sky already dark and the moon out, I spotted Elio walking straight out of his house. I parked the bike, locking it up, trying to ignore him out the awkwardness from the kiss, but of course things couldn’t go that easy.
“Where were you?”
The demanding tone in his voice was familiar to me and just as irritating as when I was a teenager and I got caught sneaking out of the house for the first time. I’d never done it again after that, mostly because of the asshole standing behind me.
“None of your business.” I crossed my arms as I turned to face him.
He rolled his eyes, shoving his hands into his pockets. “Look, Cat, don’t—”
But he didn’t get to finish because a loud ringing cut him off. I jumped, immediately grabbing my phone and glancing at the screen, which read, ‘Blocked number.’
My heart dropped to my stomach… not again. I bit my bottom lip, trying not to freak out as I held down the power button, shutting off the phone and stuffing it into my backpack. I hoped to God that Elio hadn’t seen the worry on my face.
“Who was that?” Elio asked firmly, the space between his eyebrows furrowing like it did whenever he was worried about something.
“Just spam,” I lied, avoiding his eyes as I moved around him, keeping my head down.
Before I could completely get past him, I saw a flash of a hand from the corner of my eye and before I knew it, I had jumped back, wrenching my wrist behind me with a panicked look.
“Cat?” he asked, alarm in his eyes.
I just swallowed, putting on an annoyed expression as I shuffled my bookbag on my shoulder.
“Don’t try to grab people like that,” I said, keeping my eyes trained on the ground as I rushed up to the house.
As I reached my door, I heard a ringtone, the most basic and generic one that came with the phone, and I could feel Elio’s eyes on my back like a heat wave as I heard him answer.
“Hey, Al,” he said as I shut the front door behind me.
I breathed out. I could only tell myself that it was nothing, that he didn’t suspect anything was wrong, and that everything was fine.
I didn’t need him getting involved in my life. I didn’t need him trying to control me.
I certainly wasn’t a kid any longer.
*Elio*
“Hey, Al,” I said casually, watching as Cat fled from me, holding onto her left wrist.
She glanced at me one final time, a cautious look to her as she shut the door, and I was left alone in the middle of her driveway.
“You said you had a tip for me?” Alessandro sounded as rough and straight to the point as ever.
I smirked at the hint of exhaustion I could hear behind his voice, probably from dealing with so much shit over the years.
But I had to admit, he was still one of the best Dons the family had ever had. Ever since he had taken the title, it had been smooth sailing for all of us in the States and for them back in Italy.
“Isn’t it like two AM over there?” I asked, amused.
“Don’t remind me,” he growled. “What did you find?”
I rolled my eyes, not paying his rough attitude any mind. My uncle was a lot of things, but polite, especially at two in the morning, was not one of them.
“I’ve got my own shit too, so I won’t hold you. There’s been some activity over here that we think can trace back to… you know, him.” I said vaguely, glancing at the house in front of me.
A light turned on in the top window, the one I knew to be Cat’s room. I could see her shadow cross in front of the curtains, no longer the skinny figure of the little girl I’d first met all those years ago, now a woman with curves in all the right places.
“Is Caterina and her mother safe?” Alessandro asked urgently. “Did you inform Tallon yet?”
I shook myself out of my thoughts, beginning the short trek back to my own house next door. I held my phone between my shoulder and ear as I opened the door and walked inside.
“No, I wanted to tell you first,” I told him. “I wasn’t sure Tallon could be objective about it, but the Leones are safe for now. I sent you everything I know through the private server. It’s not much, but I figured you’d have more resources over there to find them.”
“I’ll get it on it,” he sighed. “Keep them safe.”
“I always do.”
I hung up, tossing my phone onto the coffee table as I collapsed onto the couch with a heavy sigh of relief. My whole body was aching from exhaustion after the long day, though I still felt pretty good.
I threw my hand over my face, brushing my lips against the skin of my palm and I flinched, remembering the soft and warm touch of another’s against mine.
Cat.
Cat was gorgeous. I knew that long before the kiss, but ever since she’d come back from college, it was like I’d been hit by a brick with it. She’d truly blossomed into a woman when I wasn’t looking… and an especially well-endowed one at that.
I found myself drawn to even just her walking—her hips swaying with every step, her firm ass and large chest that looked so soft and sexy. It was like every inch of her body was enticing me closer without her even realizing it.
And it didn’t help that she wore those skin-tight leggings either.
And that kiss—her lips had been so soft, so warm and full of life. I could still remember the heat of her mouth connected to mine, our tongues intertwined as we devoured one another like we were starving, my hands on her skin, pulling her into me until I could barely remember where she stopped and I started.
And that little moan she let out, probably not even aware she had done it… I wasn’t sure I could have held myself back from taking her right then and there if her mom hadn’t dropped us back to reality.
