"That was the longest week ever." I groaned the moment the door shut.
"She's not that bad." Alessio tried to argue but after a moment he nodded solemnly. "My mother is a bit difficult sometimes." He put his arm around my waist and steered me away from the window.
"I want to make sure she's gone!" I laughed and popped up to my toes to get a better look at PIetro driving her away.
"She likes you."
"She does?" I didn't even bother to try to hide my surprise as I came back to my flats.
"Mhm. A lot."
"No shit?" I smiled, pleased with my findings. "So, now what?"
"I was thinking we could use a little fun. A relief...the casino perhaps?"
I smiled. I hadn't been to the casino since the incident with the Bonano. "I'll get dressed."
I decided with only a slight bit of reluctance that I would give these high heeled shoes another go. It seemed every time I went to this place my outfits got flashier. Oddly enough, I didn't even mind.
The short black dress I wore tonight even went as far as to have sequins on it and beaded fringes along the bottom. The back dipped all the way down to mid back, it had spaghetti straps and then another set of thin black straps, for show, came up from the center over the bust and came up along my neck. The center straps were long enough to hang down my back.
Alessio held his hand on the small of my back as we entered the casino. We received a few uninterested looks as we entered. The boss was here. Alessio leaned into me and pressed his lips to my ear. "I've a bit of business to take care of. You will be okay?"
"Sure." I was comfortable in the casino. I actually liked dealing and I was definitely not the worlds best bartender but I didn't mind taking drinks to tables now and then. The girls were all great and the guys here were too concerned about the money they were winning or losing to bother me. It wasn't at all like the place I had first met Alessio in.
He gently tilted my face up and pressed his lips to mine. I felt a spark to the gentle kiss and when he pulled away I was desperate for more and my cheeks were flushed. I wasn't expecting him to kiss me here, not in front of all these people. He scanned all of my facial features over with a smug smirk.
"I'll find you when I've finished." He said. I nodded and watched him walk away, almost immediately two men joined him.
He'd kissed me. In public. There was only one thing left for me to do.
I got silly drunk. Drunk enough that I decided to just up onto the stage and sing with the trio that performed almost every night. Alessio showed up again halfway through my third song and to my surprise rather than drag me off the stage or send me threatening glares for pulling the integrity of his place down Alessio demanded an encore.
After a few songs, and some embarrassing dancing he took my hand and helped me from the stage. Somewhere far, far back in the nearly sober part of my mind I hoped that everyone would be too far gone to remember my drunken antics.
"Alright Madonna." He chuckled as he led me away from the small platform that served as a stage.
"Dance with me." I demanded.
"My, you're bossy tonight."
"What can I say? I learned a thing or two from your mother about how to handle you." I teased.
He raised an eyebrow. "About how to handle me huh?"
"Oh yes."
He pulled me into him and held me close.
"What are you doing now?" I laughed. The world around me was rocking back and forth. I had done way too much drinking tonight.
"I thought you wanted to dance?"
Oh, maybe I wasn't as drunk as I thought. We actually were swaying back and forth. I linked my hands together behind his neck. "I didn't know you danced."
"What can I say? I'm a man of many surprises."
I can't say as I was a good dancer or that I could even remember a single song we danced to. I was so wasted.
But my bad moves didn't really seem to matter. What did matter was the way Alessio was laughing tonight. Full and open in a way I never heard Alessio. That and the way our bodies came together, his hands tracing my curves, and that look in his eyes.
I couldn't stand it more than a few songs. Flustered, I insisted that I needed a drink. He steered me to the bar with his hand on my back again.
I sat down and he lingered standing beside me. "Can I have something fruity and delicious please?" I said to the bartender. "And make it...blue." I decided and spun in the backless stool to face Alessio.
He put a palm on the bar and leaned over me. He pressed his lips lightly to mine and I lifted my head to deepen the kiss. He pulled away chuckling. "Calm down Katherine. Not here, in front of everyone."
I groaned and leaned backwards on the table knocking over the drink that had just been set behind me.
I jumped out of the seat. "Mother fu-"
"It's fine." He said calmly handing me a napkin.
"I don't want to get anything on this dress though! It was probably super expensive!" I said frantically and over dramatically throwing every napkin I could get my hand on onto the spilled mess. This was going to get sticky, this was so going to get sticky.
"I said it's fine Katherine. It was on sale anyway." He took me by the elbow and pulled me away from the bar table.
"Oh that's a relief. How much was it?" I strained to reach past him and grab a new drink that had already been placed out for me.
"Thirty-five." He said casually.
"Oh. Thirty-five dollars isn't bad. Actually, that's really good." I popped the straw into my mouth and tried my newest alcoholic beverage. Hm, tropical, hint of coconut. Not bad.
"Thirty-five dollars? Try thirty-five hundred."
I spit my drink out. "Get it off!"
"Huh?"
"Get it off! Oh my God, my car probably isn't even worth that much anymore!"
"Of course not your car is a piece of shit you'd be better off just scrapping it. If you would just take the Lexus-"
"I'm gonna puke." I forced my drink into his hand and tried to reach my zipper myself.
"Katherine." He said with an eye roll. "You can't take your dress off here." When I still didn't stop trying he grabbed me wrist and dragged me away mumbling something about me being over dramatic.
Alessio pulled me into what was obviously his office and shut the door behind him. "Calm down."
"I can't wearing a three thousand dollar dress. Take it off."
"Three thousand five hundred." He reminded me calmly. "Plus tax."
"Alessio!"
"And shipping."
I groaned loudly and he chuckled.
"What else are you going to wear?"
"I don't care just get it off!" I groaned.
He spun me around and in two seconds my zipper was freed. I pulled the dress off hastily and then whirled back around to face him. "Don't you ever put me in a dress that expensive again!" I yelled wagging my finger at him.
"What about an outfit? Like pants and shirt?" He was clearly mocking me but I was too drunk to know it.
"No!"
He stepped closer to me and put his hands on my hips. "What if I just buy you some really expensive jewelry and that's the only thing you wear?"
On cue I looked down and then back up to him. I wasn't even wearing a bra because of how low the back came down. I was left only in lace black panties and pantyhose. "Maybe I should put it back on..." I muttered more to myself.
"Maybe you shouldn't." He teased.
"Maybe I shouldn't." I repeated and wrapped my arms around the back of his neck. His expression changed and he detangled my arms from him.
"You're drunk."
"So!"
"You always want me when you're drunk. I'm many things Katherine, but that is not one of them."
"I want you all the time when I'm sober too." I shot back and spun around. I stumbled over to his desk and started pushing everything off of it.
"Stop that."
"Make me." I challenged but it was too late. The desk was cleared and there were papers everywhere on the floor. I sat on the desk and kicked off my heels one at a time. One sailed across the room and the other went directly up towards the ceiling before coming back down right beside the desk.
"I'm not going to sleep with you when you're wasted."
"Who said anything about sleep?"
He grimaced. "You're not making this easy."
"For what I want you for I need it pretty hard."
"Katherine." He started but I hopped off the desk and stormed over to him. He looked almost amused when I poked a finger into his chest.
"Why is everything with you so difficult? Most guys would be thrilled at this sort of thing. You're so impossible. Like, it took me over two years to get you to kiss me, almost three! Holy hell! I can't wait forever. I mean, what the fúck?" I poked him hard in the chest a few more times and then began pacing the room. "Are you like saving yourself for marriage? No offense but the whole shooting people in the face, illegal activities, and being a total asshole I definitely didn't pick you as the religious type!" I threw my hands into the air full of frustration. "This is just unbelievable. I love you but come on! I'm literally asking you to fúck me and you're being a total douc-"
I was cut off by his lips on mine. We stumbled backwards until I hit the desk and without missing a beat he hoisted me up onto it again. I wrapped my arms around his neck and his tongue forced its way into my mouth. One hand rested on my thigh and the other was on my waist. He broke the kiss and I pouted immediately.
"You love me?"
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