Page 18 of Single Mom’s Mafia Daddies (The Forbidden Reverse Harem Collection #22)

RENZO

P ain and fear weighed heavier than any kind of exhaustion. Matteo stood in front of the hidden door and pushed his hand through. “Alessio?”

“Matteo?” The heat of relief in Alessio’s voice begged me to smile.

Matteo shoved at the doors. “The doors are stuck. Don’t worry. I brought a muscle man to get you out.”

“What happened?” Lila’s panicked eyes appeared through the narrow gap in the doors. She tucked a gun into her belt. “Is it over?”

“For now.” I didn’t dare comfort her too much. “We eliminated the threat.” I looked over her head to make sure Alessio heard me. “But they’ll be back.”

“We can’t stay here.” Lila scanned our faces, hers turning guarded. “Can we?”

“They’ll expect us to leave.” I’d thought of nothing but strategy since the first shot was fired. “They might be waiting for us out there. Staying here is our best option.”

“Not in here.” Lila’s head shook hard and fast. “Not with the console on the fritz and the doors sticking.”

“Agreed.” Alessio palmed her shoulder. “We’ll retreat to my rooms.”

“I have a better idea.” I gripped the doors with both hands and pushed. They groaned before giving way so fast I stumbled into Lila’s arms. My shot leg threatened to give way beneath me, and I hid the wince with a curse. “Matteo’s tunnels.”

“They infiltrated the tunnels,” Alessio argued.

Matteo shook his head and retrieved the tablet. “They found a portion of the tunnels. The decoys that led into the lower level. The real tunnels are still intact, and we can reach them through here.” He spotted Leo hiding behind Lila and held up a hand. “Sweet mask.”

Leo smacked his palm with a high-five. “Are we going on another soldier mission?”

“You bet.” I followed Matteo through the room, into the small kitchen, and over to the refrigerator.

Matteo tapped out a series of commands on the tablet and wheels screeched, pulling the refrigerator away from the wall to reveal a wide hallway covered in dark paneling. “This way.”

“You made secret tunnels in my house that were attached to my father’s panic room and didn’t tell me?” Alessio sounded affronted, but he smiled when he passed me. “I remember now why I hired you.”

Matteo scoffed. “You hired me because you had no choice after I hacked your system and broke all your firewalls.” He made his way deeper into the tunnels and the door behind us closed.

Lights came on, the motion activated sensors making sure we didn’t trip over the uneven ground.

“And we’ve been friends since we were born.

Kind of hard to tell me no after all that. ”

“True enough.” Alessio motioned for Lila and Leo to go ahead of him. He looked me over. “How bad?”

“Nothing I couldn’t handle.” Once I stopped having to worry about Lila, the death and destruction were easier. “Cleanup crew is already at work.” I dropped my voice to keep my next words away from Lila. “Both Verduccis escaped.”

“Of course they did. Slithered away into the night like cockroaches.” Alessio ground his teeth. “We’ll strategize tomorrow. We need rest.”

As though to prove his point, Leo yawned and removed the mask. “Will you carry me?” He stopped in front of Alessio and held up his arms.

Pressure built in my chest as Alessio picked him up and tucked him against his chest. We’d barely walked a dozen steps when Leo’s soft snores began.

I remembered holding my son as he slept, felt the weight of him in my arms. Then…

nothing. I jammed my thumb into the bullet hole in my leg for the physical pain that gave me a chance to breathe when my emotions demanded I lie down and die.

Lila fell back to walk beside me. “You’re hurt.”

“It’s nothing.” The wound throbbed with every heartbeat. I relished the pain it brought and concentrated on each step. “You and Leo need rest.”

“So you do.” She slid in front of me and placed a hand on my chest.

I couldn’t feel it through the vest, but the sight seared straight through to my heart. “I’m fine.”

Her chin jutted out in that familiar stubborn tilt I was coming to love. “Prove it.”

“Damn it, Lila.” I yanked her to my chest, pulling her off her feet with an arm around her waist, and kissed her hard and fast. My head swam with the heady taste of her lips, and when she opened for me, I thought I’d die on the spot.

I wrenched my lips free but held her close, refusing to let go.

Alessio would have to bash me in the back of the head, but to do that, he’d have to drop Leo.

He’d rather die. “Is that proof enough?”

“Getting there.” She slid her hands over my close-cropped hair and down my shoulders.

“What are you doing, Lila?” Alessio kept walking but had turned to watch us.

She kissed the corner of my mouth. “I’m making a decision.”

“About what?” Matteo opened the door at the other end of the tunnel, his own voice thick with lust.

Lila framed my face in her hands and stared hard into my eyes. “About how I want all three of you.”

Fucking hell in a handbasket. This woman was going to be the death of all that I thought I knew.

“I’m up for that.” Matteo’s laugh drifted back to us. “Would be easier in the bedroom.”

“Is this what you want?” Alessio rocked Leo side to side. The boy was dead asleep, his mouth open and the snores rising in volume.

Lila took her time answering as we walked, and I appreciated that she thought it through. I loosened my grip, preparing to let her go, but her “yes” stopped me.

My grip tightened around her once more, and I picked up the pace, carrying her along with me. “Why?”

“I need a reason?” Her eyebrows winged upward, and she laughed—a bright, sharp sound—that set my pulse hammering. “You all protected me. I’m attracted to all three of you. As long as none of you mind, I don’t see a problem with a little sexual activity.”

“Near-death experiences will do that to you,” Matteo said as fact, almost like he was trying to convince himself that Lila’s need for us was nothing more than a one-time thing after the heat of battle.

I understood his desire to stay aloof. I wasn’t sure I had that ability anymore where Lila was concerned.

“Is there somewhere Leo can sleep?” She wiggled from my grasp and followed Matteo when he pointed to the left, the ghost of her still warming my fingertips.

Alessio led her into one of the four rooms Matteo had built down here.

We followed more slowly, giving her time to settle Leo but also for us to give a final check of our surroundings.

Satisfied, I removed my weapons while Matteo closed and locked the doors.

We were safe down here, and he’d made sure the design mimicked the house above to help keep Alessio’s mind at ease.

“What the fuck just happened?” I asked.

Matteo shrugged. “She wants to have sex with us.”

“I understood that part.” My cock did too, and it was more than ready to take control of my thoughts to seek pleasure.

Lila returned, Alessio at her heels. She closed the door behind her and set her hands on her hips. A look I’d never seen before darkened her eyes. Grinning, she walked backward toward a second bedroom.

When she reached the doorway, she crooked her finger at us. “You can say no. But if you’re willing, so am I.”

Every step backward drew us forward. She peeled her shirt off and tossed it aside, revealing a lacy white bra unmarred by the gore of this evening. The gun grip poked into her stomach, and she removed it and set it on the nearest table.

We all stopped when she did and followed her gaze around the room. A four-poster bed stood in the corner, the white curtains creating a calming separation of the bed from the rest of the room.

Lila hooked her thumbs in her shorts and shimmied them down over her hips. “Come on. I’m not getting naked all by myself, am I?”

I undressed in record time, and Matteo still beat me to Lila’s side. I blamed the wound in my leg for my slower reaction speed.

Matteo scooped Lila into his arms and carried her to the bed. “Let us take care of you, Lila.”

Alessio moved to the other side and helped Matteo lay her in the center of the bed.

“Have you ever done this before?” She ran her hands back and forth over the silky duvet. “All three of you with the same woman?”

“No.” I answered quickly, with Matteo and Alessio on my heels.

“You’ll be the first,” Matteo added.

Alessio stretched out beside Lila and traced the line of her hip with his hand. “And the last.”

She kissed him long and deep and held out a hand toward me.

I took it between mine and settled onto the end of the bed.

Her body drew me closer, the need to touch her, to please her overtaking any single thought for my own needs.

I kissed her palm, then dipped my head to her thigh and pressed tender kisses there.

“Wait.” She pulled free from Alessio and sat up. “Let me take care of that.”

I followed her pointed finger to the bullet wound in my leg. “It’s fine.”

Her scowl twisted deeper. “It could get infected.”

“It’s nothing.” I rose onto my knees to prove it to her and gathered her into my lap. Her legs straddled mine, her heat surrounding me until I thought of nothing else. “What I need is to see you happy.”

I ran the tip of my finger down the column of her throat, between her breasts, then up to circle her nipple. It peaked into a tight bud, and I gave into the urge to lower my head and take it between my teeth.

“Renzo.” Her tiny sigh of pleasure spurred me on.

Grinning as I sucked, I dipped a finger into her folds and slowly stroked her core.

Moaning, her head fell back, exposing her throat.

A feral urge rocked through me, desiring to mark the sensitive skin she so trustingly bared.

Yet before I could release her nipple, Matteo took advantage and kissed her deeply.

The sight should have sent ripples of jealousy through me, yet I only felt deep desire.

She wrapped a hand around his cock and stroked downward, forcing a moan from his lips.

Desperate, I rocked my hips so my dick brushed her entrance, matching each stroke of her hand with the pressure of my cock.

Her weight shifted in my lap until I stole some of her attention back, and she rode my hand and my cock as she worked Matteo, her desire slick between us.

The bastard swallowed her cries of pleasure until she broke off the kiss and grabbed my wrist. “I want you inside me.” Without any other warning, she lifted onto her knees and wrapped her arms around my neck. “Take your fingers out, Renzo. Let me feel your cock.”

I did as she ordered, more than willing to give her this moment of control.

I entered her slowly, watching her face transform with every inch that slid deep into her.

My muscles strained as I stayed steady, almost losing myself to her warmth and desire.

So fucking wet and tight. She adjusted her legs to accommodate my girth and bit her bottom lip. A shot of fear nearly paralyzed me.

“Do you want me to stop?” My entire body was on fire with the need to drive so deep I saw stars, but I couldn’t hurt her.

“Don’t you dare.” Her nipples brushed my chest when she bobbed her body up and down, another moan slipping from her lips. “I’m just getting started.”