Claimed By The Mafia Don (Ariella and Asher) novel Chapter 370

ARIELLA

That did it. The tension in me cracked just a little. I looked away, exhaling slowly.

“I don’t like not knowing things,” I admitted quietly.

His thumb brushed against my cheek. “I know.”

“And I don’t like feeling like… there’s something I should have known but didn’t.”

“There isn’t,” he said firmly.

I looked back at him.

“Then don’t keep things from me.”

A beat passed.

“I’m not.”

“That didn’t sound convincing.”

“It’s the truth, Cara mia.”

We stood there for a moment, just looking at each other. Then he leaned down, pressing his forehead against mine.

“You’re overthinking.”

“Maybe,” I admitted.

His lips brushed against mine. Soft this time and Slow. Nothing like the kiss from earlier.

“I missed you,” he murmured against my lips.

My fingers curled into his shirt.

“We were together at dinner.”

“That’s not the same,” he responded, and then he kissed me again. This time deeper and Warmer. Like he was trying to erase every thought in my head.

“Come on, let’s go upstairs,” I said as I pulled back.

He smiled down at me before he picked me up, and then in his arms, bridal style, took me upstairs. He carried me in and laid me gently on the bed.

But before he could take anything further, I placed my hand on his chest, pulling him back a little.

“What is it now?” he said, raising an eyebrow.

I cleared my throat before I said, “We haven’t really talked, and I was looking forward to our talk this evening. You didn’t tell me what happened at the funeral.”

“All right.....that,” he said.

And it seemed like at every reminder of the world outside the bedroom, outside this house.... It would quickly get him to forget about what we were doing. I could immediately feel him getting strained again all of a sudden.

“It’s nothing to worry about, really. We can talk about it later,” he responded.

“No, I want to know now.” I insisted. I did want to know what was going on, but the truth was that I wanted to get myself to the same emotional place he was before I let him take this further.

“Fine,” he said. Before he took a deep breath, he turned to look at me, so the two of us were facing each other.

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