Ruthless Prince (Dark Syndicate 1)

I have to try.

Chapter Five

Massimo

I can’t remember the last time I jerked off.

It was so long ago, the memory of when it might have happened is a complete blur. And I’m pretty sure I was drunk.

The minute I left Emelia standing against the bedroom wall, naked and beautiful, aroused again for me, I knew the only release I’d have tonight would be in my shower.

Either that or heading to the club to pick up a whore for the night. I wouldn’t be able to do that though. I’d gone too far with the raven-haired beauty to want anybody else. I’m used to getting what I want, and what I want is her. My cock wants to be inside her tight, wet cunt.

I lie down in my bed and rest my head on the stack of pillows. I lick my lips as I gaze up at the skylight. I still have the taste of her in my mouth. It’s a taste I savor. When that sweet nectar flowed from her pretty pussy into my mouth, all I knew was I needed more.

Fucking hell, I’ve been fascinated since this whole idea to marry her came about. At the ball I thought she was another stuck-up princess, but this girl is far from that. There’s a fire inside her that captivates me. It makes her think she can defy me. Tell me no? I can’t recall the last time a woman uttered that word to me. The fact that it came from a powerless, defenseless being like her in her perfect nakedness is pure arousal. I can see I’m going to be quite amused in this business venture.

Right now, I’m the happiest motherfucker. I have my enemy’s daughter, a captive in my house, and I’m on the precipice of watching Riccardo lose everything. The Syndicate is a dream you hope to happen upon. He won’t be able to rebuild, and once investors start pulling funds, his business will go under and he’ll be useless to them. Once they kick his ass out, he’ll be nothing.

What must the princess be doing now?

I can just imagine my beautiful virgin Princesca still pressed up against the wall, mortified at what I did to her. I’ll bet with the way Daddy Dearest runs things, what I did to her was the most she’s ever done sexually.

I had her checked out and learned that she has a guy for a best friend. Unusual, given who her father is, even if the guy’s father works for Riccardo. Everything that man does is tactics. Everything. And I’m willing to bet that little trip to Italy she thought she was going to take was tactics too. I just don’t know in what way. I didn’t know about that until yesterday. That was one reason why we had to move fast. Riccardo kept that hushed.

Un

beknown to the princess, my room is right next to hers. There’s a door that opens right into her room. I used it as a spare room that was never actually used, but it came in handy tonight. I had the place prepped yesterday when Pa and I decided on what we were going to do. We’d been waiting for a few more details from Dominic before we enacted our plan.

It was him who discovered Riccardo’s secrets. My brother can find dirt on anybody. Even when they think they don’t have dirt, Dominic can find shit to use against a person. This time, he hit the motherload.

I have a plan for my brothers if they will join me. I know my ascension to leader has caused a stir. Before I got home, I got a text from him letting me know all transactions have been complete and transferred to my name. My brothers would have been alerted too. I wonder what they all think now.

My ownership of Emelia too might cause another stir. We were all at that fundraiser that night when Riccardo presented her to the world. I know it wouldn’t have just been me who liked her and wanted her. I just got to have her because I’m boss now.

Now, she’s in my house, and I want to fuck her.

I’ll wait though. I meant what I said. I’m not that kind of monster. No matter how ruthless and heartless I am, I wouldn’t force myself on a woman. I like to fuck, and my woman must want me as much as I want her. Even if we just met, that connection has to be there.

I own a gentleman’s club, and the women I employ there are always willing to give me whatever I want. I have my pickings. I don’t have to try. The fiery beauty next door to me, however, has given me a thirst for more of her. I got my taste, and I want more. More I will have, and like I said to her, she’ll give me what I want. My cock hardens at the thought of breaking her in.

Attraction is there in abundance. I felt that the moment our eyes locked in her father’s office. What I never expected was to be so taken with my enemy’s daughter, like the call of a siren to a poor bastard sailor who’s lost his way.

Desire and chemistry are what sparked tonight between us.

She felt it too. I know she did. I like that she’s fighting it. I like a challenge.

I want her to accept in mind, body, and soul that she belongs to me.

On that note, I fall asleep.

When I wake, I resist the urge to see her. I’ll get my maids to tend to her today and allow her to get used to being here. I won’t let her out of her room yet though. Not just yet.

I grab breakfast and fire off a text to my brothers, asking them to meet me at the club in an hour. It’s not open for business yet, but that’s where we meet and hang out. I like to keep my business meetings at the D’Agostino Inc. offices, but there are some meetings I hold at the club too. The ones for my rackets I like to keep under wraps.

I haven’t seen all my brothers together since early last week when the shit about Riccardo started to come together. We had a meeting at the office with Pa, where he announced that he wanted to wrap up the transfer as soon as possible. That was when I noticed that tension again amongst my brothers. It rubs me the wrong way to think they might not want me to be in charge. Today when I meet them, I’ll be the official boss on paper.

Tristan is already there when I arrive. He’s playing pool in the lounge with a Cuban cigar slinked to the corner of his mouth.