Code name: Athena [18+]

Code name: Fuoco

•Arabella DiStefano•

"Apollo!" Mariano shouted from the hall.

"A-Apollo..." I looked at him over my shoulder "go check what he wan—ahhhh!" He thrust faster as I gripped the handle of the bedroom door "ye-yes!"

"Oh! Now I see or more like hear!" Mariano shouted "you whores!"

Apollo growled in my ear "is that true, baby girl?" He whispered "are you a whore?"

I whimpered "Yes..."

"That's a good little one," he moved his hands up my stomach until he was massaging my breasts "tell daddy how much you want his load filling your tight little hole."

•Mariano Salvatore•

"Love of my life..." I sang quietly to my two sleeping daughters as Napoleon played with his shark and dinosaur plushies in the glass balcony that faces the beach. Once I made sure Serafina and Viola were asleep, I joined my nephew in the balcony and played with him for the next hour as I fought to keep Allegra away from my mind...but I just couldn't stop thinking about how it would feel to have a son with her. Don't misunderstand me, my perfect twins are my life but I want someone on my team when the twins are against me.

"Mariano," Apollo's voice broke my chain of thoughts "sorry to keep you waiting," he cleared his throat as he joined his son and me on the floor "hi, piccolo," his son immediately climbed on top of my best friend "what do you need?"

I shook my head looking at the view "I just want to talk."

"Go ahead, babe," he said.

I gazed at him "I've been thinking about your sister, a lot. Coming here and seeing you with Arabella and Napoleon has awaken those thoughts again..."

"Mariano, you can't go looking for her—"

"Why not?!" I exclaimed and immediately apologized "I'm sorry," Napoleon was looking at me "I'm so sorry, Napsy, your uncle is having a meltdown."

Apollo sighed "Tell me the truth: what would you do if you saw her again?"

I frowned gazing down at my hands, I've been eating my cuticles out of anxiety "Ask her why she left, I just want her to tell me to my face why she left? what did I do wro—"

"The second she tells you, you will get down on your knees and beg her to come back to you, promise you will change and I cannot let you do such atrocity."

My frown deepened "Maybe if I do so—"

"You will lose yourself, we will all lose the Mariano we adore," he grabbed my hand and squeezed it tightly "and my sister is just not worth it."

"È il capo e pensa che sia spietato, immagina quanto sia grave," Arabella said from the door.

(He is the boss and thinks she's ruthless, imagine how serious this is.)

That made me smile a little, Arabella's sense of humor makes me smile a lot and that's why she's one of my two best friends (well five if you count my daughters and Napoleon).