Sweet and Vicious(Margarelli Brothers 1)

I reached the diaper pail and pressed the button, dropping the diaper into it and rushing away to wash my hands. When I got back to the nursery, my wife was laughing at me. For some stupid reason, the diaper pail was in the laundry room.

“You’re awake,” I said stupidly.

“Yes,” she said softly, gently bouncing the baby in her arms. “I am.”

“I wanted to let you sleep.”

“I know. But I was awake. I took a long nap this afternoon.” She tilted her head and looked at me. “When was the last time you slept?”

“Yesterday, I think.”

I stared at her. She looked adorably rumpled in her long nightgown and robe. My fingers itched to touch her.

“Let’s get you to bed,” she said decisively.

“Me or her?”

“Both of you,” she said with a laugh that sounded like bells ringing. I watched as she carefully laid Catarina down and pressed a soft kiss to her face.

“How do you do that? She always falls asleep for you.”

She took my hand and led me back to the master bedroom. The house in the hills had finished only a few months ago. We still stayed at the mansion in the city a couple of times a week and planned on going back and forth to Italy as often as possible.

“Lie down,” she demanded, pushing me onto the bed. My eyes flared appreciatively.

“Only if you lie down with me.”

“Nuh-uh. You will only rile yourself up again.”

I sighed. My wife knew me so well. My phone vibrated, and I reached for it, turning it off. I knew well enough that everything I needed was already here.

“Giovanni can’t wait to meet her.”

“Tell him we will be there for the christening and stay through the fall,” my wife said, tucking me in like a little child.

“I thought you wanted to go back to classes?”

“I do. But I can wait until winter semester. I want to spend as much time with this little angel as possible. And you, of course,” she added with the sweetest little smile. She leaned down to kiss me, and I pounced, pulling her down on top of me.

“Tony! You need your sleep!”

“I need you more,” I said, jutting my hardness up into her. As always, she seemed surprised by my arousal. A soft blush lit up her cheeks.

“You promised me that you would be good.”

“I will. Just let me be a little bit bad, first.”

How could she say no to that? Thankfully for me, she didn’t.