Page 72 of The Devil's Heir

Jarek

"Hey, little buddy. You ready to come home?" I ask my son as I lift him into my arms.

"He's been an angel like always," Heidi says, smiling at me.

"Thank the Lord our boy takes after his mama on that account," Fran mumbles loudly.

I roll my eyes but ignore the woman, reminding myself that Lily loves the old bat.

As soon as things were safe again, I had the two women moved back to their cottage at the back of the estate.

This is where they prefer to watch Keirnan, and I'm okay with it, but the verbal abuse from Fran really gets to me sometimes.

Luckily, I'm in a good mood at the moment, so I let it slide.

I get that my uncle was a prick, but I'm sure I've proven many times over that I'm not my uncle. Instead of arguing with the older woman, I return Heidi's smile.

"Thanks again for watching the little guy, but please don't encourage Lily to leave without my knowledge. I can't keep her safe if I don't know where she's at."

"Controlling motherfucker, that's what you are…" Fran murmurs softly, but I still hear her.

"Don't mind her," Heidi grins. "She's just mad because she can't hate you anymore. She knows you're none of those things, but she can't admit when she's wrong."

Fran disappears without denying Heidi's words, but I'm not too concerned either way. People can hate me all they want, as long as they don't get between me and mine—and Liliana is mine .

After saying goodbye to Heidi, I carry Keirnan home and take him straight to our room. We have a nursery, but Lily likes to keep him close, so we also keep a crib in our room.

I pull out a bottle of milk that we keep stored in the minifridge, also kept in the room, and stick it on the bottle warmer. I won't wake Lily up just to feed our son when I'm perfectly capable of doing it myself.

Sitting in the chair by the French doors, I feed Keirnan as I gaze down at his chubby little face.

It's almost hard to tell who he looks like since Lily and I have the same coloring.

I do see more of Liliana in the shape of his eyes and mouth, but his nose is mine, as are his hands and feet—a perfect mixture of his parents.

I glance over to the bed where Lily sleeps soundly and become deep in thought.

Not all the danger is over. We still have Rossi and Greco to deal with.

Greco swears he had nothing to do with the bombing or me being taken; apparently, Carmen worked on her own, but I'm not too sure I believe that.

I have men working on finding out the truth.

Greco wasn't too happy, finding out we had his niece in our cells, so I can imagine how he's going to feel when he learns that the bitch is dead. Speaking of that, I reach into my pants pocket and pull out my phone. I have the app for the security cameras pulled up instantly.

Zooming in on Carmen's cell, I see that the two dead bodies have been removed, but Carmen is still restrained to the chair. Her mouth hangs open as her eyes stare straight ahead. There's no movement, and it doesn't take a genius to know that the bitch is gone.

I let out a huge sigh. I've waited so long to be rid of Carmen; it's almost hard to believe it's finally happened. Maybe now I can forget my past and move on to my future.

I look at my son and smile. For someone who never really wanted kids, I sure am infatuated with my little guy.

I can only thank Liliana for that. She's changed me, and although I'm still the ruthless Mafia Kingpin, Lily was able to dig down deep and find the softer side to me.

She's brought me back to life, and for that, I don't think I could ever thank her enough.

The only thing that would possibly be enough is if I granted her the freedom to leave me if she so chooses. However, that will never happen. I will never let her go.

I slip between her legs, not caring that she's still leaking my cum from earlier, and I line my cock up to her entrance. Liliana is still sound asleep, and now that I've fed the baby and he's sleeping, I need more attention.

I push into her nice and slow, trying not to wake her up just yet.

I find that it turns me on when I fuck her like this.

Something about being able to slide in and out of her sweet pussy while she sleeps soundly is so fucking hot.

I never thought I'd like this, but it happened once before, after another punishment, and I've been thinking about it ever since.

It's the only time she sleeps hard enough for me to do it. After the first time, I showed her the camera footage, and she got so turned on we fucked again. Luckily, Lily's on birth control for now because there's no way I'm wrapping it up. She feels way too good.

Kneeling between her nicely spread thighs, I watch as I thrust into her slowly. I love watching my cock disappear inside her warmth; it sucks me in each time.

"Mm…" she moans in her sleep, and I grin.

Sucking my thumb to get it wet enough, I start rubbing her clit. I haven't gotten her off while she slept, but I'm not against trying. Unfortunately, the sensation must be too much because her lids flutter open.

"Go back to sleep, pauper. It's just me enjoying your body."

"Uh…I can't," Lily pants. "It feels too good…"

"Oh yeah?" I lift her legs and push them against her chest. This allows me to get so much deeper. "How about now?'

"Oh, my God, you're too deep," she cries out.

"Does it hurt?" I ask as I keep pumping my hips.

"No…" she breathes out.

"Then shut up and take it." I grin.

"Fuck, Jarek…"

I fuck her hard, then love on her softly before going back to fucking her. I bring her to the edge many times, but then I let her come .

It only takes me a few more pumps and Lily's cunt to contract around me, and I lose the battle. I come so hard, emptying every last drop into her.

I do the respectful thing and clean Liliana up this time before crawling beside her and pulling her into my arms. We fall asleep in each other's arms, and it turns out to be the best night's sleep I've had in months.

"You're not going with me, Liliana," I scowl at the infuriatingly beautiful woman in front of me.

I've just walked into the house and informed her of my plans to fly to Italy, but then she started with me, insisting that she's coming with me this time.

"I deserve to be included in this since he tried to kill me and our son!" Lily argues.

I pinch the bridge of my nose and count to ten.

Taking her shoulders in my hands, I stare her in the eyes. "I cannot have anything happen to you, pauper. You don't understand how dangerous these people are."

"Then why are you going? I just got you back, Jarek; I don't want to lose you again." Lily's eyes begin to glisten.

My heart fills with pride at hearing these words coming from her mouth, but it changes nothing. I would die a million deaths if it meant she would remain safe.

"This is not a meeting for women. You cannot go, and if you dare step out of this house while I'm gone, I'm going to tie you up and leave you like that for a whole week.

I'm serious, Liliana. If you recruit Jackson for help, I will fire him and make sure he can't find a job within a hundred-mile radius. " I threaten.

"You wouldn't! He's your friend!" Lily squawks.

"And you're the woman I love and the mother of my child—try me, Liliana, and see where it gets you!"

"You don't fight fair, Jarek! I love you, too, and you're the father of my child; I don't want you to end up dead!" she retorts .

"We have more men than Rossi does; I don't plan on losing," I tell her and try pulling her in for a hug, but she's not having it.

Lily pushes me away and backs up. Crossing her arms, I can see she's pissed, but I don't understand why. I'm only trying to protect her.

"Don't. I'm tired of being treated like I'm fragile. How can I stand beside you if you won't let me prove I belong there?"

Lily's words catch me off guard. Confused, I tell her as much. "I don't understand why you think being my equal means doing exactly what I do. That's not what I expect from you, Liliana. Why would you even believe that?"

"I don't want to be seen as just a baby-maker for you. I know that's what I started as, but now I want more. I want us, Jarek. You and me. I know who you are, but not everything you do has to be bad. We can do good in this town…" Lily's words trail off.

I'm beginning to see where this is going.

Taking a few steps closer, Lily looks up at me as I stare down at her.

"I'm not going to this meeting to make peace, Lily.

Rossi will die, and I don't want you anywhere near that.

It's bad enough you were involved in Carmen's death, but I don't want any more blood on these hands," I tell her as I take each of her hands in mine.

"Why must everything end in death?" Lily asks.

"It doesn't, but this does. Otherwise, we will be looking over our shoulders every day, and I will not have you or my son live like that. I do want to do good, too, pauper, but with good comes the bad, and it can't always be helped."

"Well, I don't like it," she states stubbornly, and I grin.

"I know, but I'll be back before you know it, and then we can start on the next phase," I smirk.

"What's the next phase?" Lily scrunches her nose up.

This isn't how I wanted to do it, but I guess now is as good a time as any. I kneel on one knee and keep Lily's left hand in mine. Reaching into my pocket where I put the box only an hour ago when I left the jewelry store, I gaze into Lily's eyes.

Lily covers her mouth with her hand as her eyes widen, and she shakes her head. Hopefully, she's not answering me before I even ask .

"Liliana Sumner. I have loved you for the past five years.

I've almost lost you twice now, and I never want to feel that loss again.

I need you in my life. You're the light to my darkness, an angel in disguise, and you've captured this devil's black heart.

I want to spend the rest of our days loving and protecting you.

I want to forsake all other women just to spend my lifetime with you.

Will you do me the honor and marry your devil? "

Tears stream down her face, and even though I love the way she cries, I'm too nervous to think about it. I don't know what I was thinking. Lily may love me, but she's never talked about marriage. What if I've done too much damage for her to truly forgive my past transgressions?

"Yes…"

All the voices in my head stop babbling as soon as that one-word leaves Lily's mouth.

"You will?" I ask like an idiot.

She nods and smiles through her tears. "Yes. I'll marry you, Jarek."

My hands shake as I finally open the box to reveal the seven-carat princess-cut diamond ring with a diamond band. I remove it from the box and slip it onto her finger.

"Fits perfect," I whisper.

I think I'm in shock. I can't believe she said yes!

"It's gorgeous, but it's too much. What if I lose it?" Lily holds her hand out, admiring the rock.

"Then I'll buy you another one. Nothing is too much for you, Liliana." I stand, and she allows me to pull her into my arms this time.

I take her lips with mine and kiss her deeply, leaving no room for any doubt about my love. We may have a lot to work out, but I will never give my pauper a reason to doubt my feelings for her.