Page 62 of Tito

She stared at me.

“What?” I asked her.

“Tito, you never offer a credit card to a girl.” She grinned. “You know that, right?”

I chuckled. “But you aremygirl. I mean…we are together. I just feel bad that I never thought about it before now. A woman usually has a lot of things that they need.”

She shrugged. “Julianna has brought me stuff several times.”

“Yes, but her stuff, right?”

“I guess? I mean some of it was brand new. She’s been really good to me.”

“And you were so good for her during the last couple of days.”

“I do know how it feels to have lived within someone else’s lie. I really never considered I was anyone except for Olivia’s daughter. Then again, it turned out that I was her daughter. And I do believe Deacon, he didn’t know about it.”

“He never told you the truth about other things. So, I’m not sure he’s someone you should trust, Valen.”

“Maybe for all of you but that I know of, he never lied to me. Yes, he never told me about the infamous O. But I was thinking about that and could anyone blame him? Like he was supposed to sit me down and say.Sorry kid, but Mom is a psycho. She has killed many people, runs drugs and slave rings. Just thought you should know.”

I shook my head. “Ok, you got a point. And it’s obvious that families keep secrets.”

“Yes, I know.”

“So, back to my favorite subject…”

She smiled down at me. “Oh? And what is that?”

“You, of course!” I exclaimed as I grasped her waist and pressed my thumbs into her ribs.

“Oooh!” she yelped as she squirmed and giggled. “I’m ticklish there.”

“I know!” I laughed as I enjoyed watching her face go pink. “That’s why I'm doing it. So tell me yes,” I urged.

Breathless with giggles, she asked, “F-for w-what?”

“Taking my credit card and buying your stuff,” I said as I kept a hold of her squirming form.

“Ok, but stop with the tickling!” She gasped for air.

“So you agree? I want you to get whatever you want and need,” I added. “Like even clothes.”

“Seriously, Tito. I don’t want to spend your money.”

“But I want you to. Like I’ve piled up money for the last ten years, Valen. In fact, Dante invested some of it and made me rich. So you don’t have to worry about spending too much.”

“I don’t know what to say,” she whispered softly.

“Just say yes.”

She kept staring at me, then she finally said, “Ok.”

“Ok?” I asked.

Nodding, she lowered her head to kiss me briefly and sweetly. Then she said, “Might be the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me.”

“No, it isn’t. I wanna do a lot of things for you. I just can’t think of anything else right now.”