*Penelope’s POV*
I was still horrified that one of Alberto’s men saw Edgardo and me yet again in such an intimate way. And the worst part was that he was assigned to watch us while we waited for them to finish whatever the hell it was that they were doing. Dio, I couldn’t even look his way without feeling dirty.
As soon as Isa pulled me out of the living room, we went to her room so that she could change before meeting with her mother in the pool room.
I hadn’t thought of being here for long, so I didn’t even bother to pack a bathing suit for myself. Unfortunately, since Isa insisted on lending me one of hers and guess who won that battle?
I looked at myself in the mirror one more time and blew out a breath of air. “What are those men going to think when they see me in this?” I grumbled under my breath as I looked at the deep v-cuts on my sides, exposing completely the sides of my breāsts. I mean, what else would they think if everyone knew my mother and I were poor? They would probably think I’m some gold digger.
“Who cares what anyone thinks?” Isa replied in annoyance as she leaned towards the mirror to apply more lipstick. “Plus, you look hot, and Edgardo will drool all over himself when he sees you.” She smirked through the mirror while I rolled my eyes. Of course, that’s all she thought about.
“He literally saw—” I was saying before I covered my face in embarrassment again, making Isa laugh. While we were picking out which bathing suits to wear, I had the bright idea to tell her what happened with Edgardo at the same time that she was also getting it on with her godfather.
“Don’t act like you don’t like it.” She said with a raised brow.
“Do not.” I huffed, feeling my face heat up. I knew she was talking about the whole being watched thing. She swears that it was the hottest thing in the world.
“Really?” She laughed, turning to face me now. “You are such a fūcking liar.”
“Stop!” I complained, turning around to look through her bag for something to cover this explicit bathing suit she let me borrow. “And this is definitely not a one-piece bathing suit.” I snapped as she sighed, grabbing my hand.
“What are you doing?” She asked me with a frown. “Don’t change. I swear you look fantastic. I wouldn’t lie to you.”
“I’m only looking for a bathing suit cover.” I replied, throwing her a fake glare, and making her laugh before looking back through the bag.
“I don’t have any.” She informed me as I looked back up at her with my mouth wide open.
“Now you are lying. I packed one—” I was saying before squinting my eyes at her and poking her chest. “Where did you hide it?”
“Stop being such a snowflake, Pen. Are you really letting me go down looking like this alone?” She asked me with a pout. Oh, that pout was not going to work on me this time.
“Uh, this wasn’t my idea, so yes.” I laughed, making her squint her eyes at me like I was the one that was wrong.
“You always tell me how you want to be more like me. Wild and carefree, but chicken out at the opportunity.” She told me as I gritted my teeth in annoyance. She was not throwing that shīt at me now. After what that guy saw me do. “Plus, you aren’t the one that will be getting punished for this, so you should totally take advantage that your man isn’t as dominant as mine.”
“He’s not my man.” I informed her, rolling my eyes. “And I’m never telling you shīt again.” I mumbled while she smiled at me.
“You know you love me, and you will. But let’s go before Mom drinks all the alcohol.” She giggled, grabbing my hand.
“At least let me grab a towel.” I whined as she groaned, but released my hand, nonetheless. Thank baby Jesus.
“Fine.” She huffed, crossing her arms, and showing her cleavage even more.
I pursed my lips as I stared at her tīts, which I’m not going to lie, were amazing for natural boōbs, or any boōbs for that matter. God, I shouldn’t stare at her tīts this long, it’s weird. “He is so spanking your asš.” I finally laughed, now focusing on what she had on. She had a two-piece string bathing suit that literally covered her nīpples and half her vagīna. Everything else was on full display. I didn’t even want to know what she had planned once she went down there.
“And I’m looking forward to it, but he needs to learn that I don’t take shīt from anyone.” She smiled as she wiggled her brows at me while I shook my head and went to her bathroom, looking for a towel. I grabbed the first one I could find and ran back to her side before she grabbed my hand and pulled me with her.
When Isa opened the door, our recently assigned bodyguard’s eyes almost fell out of their sockets, making Isa laugh. “It’ll definitely cause more than a spanking.” She winked at me and pulled me down the hallway. Oh God, this girl was friskier than I imagined.
I felt like hiding behind Isa, but she kept squinting at me. She’s always trying to push me out of my shell, but I couldn’t help it.
We continued our way through the estate until Isa realized that she didn’t know how to make it to the pool, so she stopped before looking back at the guy. “Where should we go?” She asked him as she twirled her finger through her hair.
He smiled and walked past us to lead the way. “Since we are stuck with you—” She was saying, but I pulled her arm and widened my eyes at her. Did she want everyone in this place to be killed? She rolled her eyes before she continued talking to him. “What’s your name?”
“Aurelio, ma’am.” He replied with a smile.
“Ma’am?” She faked offense, throwing her hand dramatically over her chest. “Do I look that old to you?” She teased, making me bite on my nail nervously. For the love of God, this will not end well.
I cleared my throat as I pulled on her arm again, but she just glared back at me. “If you don’t stop, I’m going to ask him if he enjoyed your little show earlier. He’s probably going to mastūrbate to your almost orgāsm later.” She whispered in my ear, forcing me to gasp. That bītch!
“You wouldn’t!” I squeaked out, making Aurelio raise his brow as he watched us. I felt my heart drop to my asš, thinking he had heard our whispered conversation, but he just pointed through some doors. I sighed in relief when I saw Mrs. Blanco, walking towards us.
“No fair.” She frowned as she looked at our bathing suits before taking a sip of her martini.
“Where’s dad?” Isa asked her as Mrs. Blanco rolled her eyes in response before gulping down the remainder of the drink.
“Handling business. The usual.” She mumbled, turning around to walk further into the pool room or whatever rich people called indoor pool areas.
“Lucio, baby.” Isa smiled, kneeling and opening her arms as Lucio ran to her with his tongue out. “Who’s a good boy?” She purred, rubbing behind his ears before he barked loudly and growled behind us, making us turn to a few guys.
“I think we are safe in here. No need to hover over us, boys.” Mrs. Blanco told them before looking down at her empty glass and twirling it around. “Actually. Why don’t you all join us? I do need a few refills since it seems like my husband will be long.”
Lucio continued barking at the men, making them look nervous, so Isa walked him towards the woman that had brought him out before Isa hugged him tightly for a few more minutes.
Lucio hates men for some reason. The only two men that he doesn’t attack, that I am aware of, are Isa’s dad and godfather. That’s why Isa had a whole house built with a few acres of land for him to run within her father’s territory. Crazy enough, his house was bigger than my room at the estate. I guess they’ll build him something similar here too.
“What are you thinking about?” Isa asked as I was placing the towel on a chair. I turned to find her walking toward me with two drinks in hand before extending one towards me.
“Nothing.” I told her, grabbing the cup from her hand and taking a small sip of the liquid before gagging. “That’s fūcking terrible.” I told her as her mom and her threw their heads back laughing, making me scowl.
“Tequila isn’t that bad.” Isa shook her head at me. “And I didn’t see you whining with the vodka earlier.” I have had vodka so I knew how it would taste, but the tequila was surprisingly strong, making my eyes tear up.
“Bītch.” I mumbled as she gulped her cup like nothing, because I’m pretty sure Mrs. Blanco fed her alcohol in a bottle when she was a toddler.
***
It had been hours. A few women had brought us snacks, food, and several refills of whatever we asked for throughout the day. Isa flirted some more with the men that were watching us, making her mother laugh. Laugh! She was crazy too, I guess. I knew Isa was just trying to get under her godfather’s skin, but still.
I was splashing my feet in the water with Isa’s mom right next to me while Isa floated in the water drinking another glass of God knows what. I was sure that both her mom and her were tipsy by now. I only had two glasses of alcohol and called it a day because I did not want to be drunk in a house full of strangers. Even though I highly doubted Edgardo would let anything happen to me.
“Si, Capo.” We suddenly heard one of the men say over the phone, making us turn. “I will inform Ms. Blanco.” He continued before hanging up.
Isa looked at him expectantly as she sat up on her floating waterbed. “What did he say?” She asked him with a slight slur. Yup, totally tipsy.
“They will be down soon.” He replied before walking away, making Isa scoff.
“That’s it? That’s all the answer I get?” Isa snapped through gritted teeth.
“That’s how women get treated in this lifestyle, sweetheart, so get used to it.” Her mom mumbled sadly as Isa climbed off the waterbed.
“Well, that shīt won’t work with me.” She hissed as she swam towards the steps before stomping out of the pool.
“Where are you going?” I asked with brows furrowed, standing on my feet.
“I’m going to dry off by the sauna.” She pointed her finger towards the corner before reaching for her bikini top.
My eyes grew wide as I watched her loosen the string. “Mio Dio. Moriremo sicuramente.” (Italian for “My God. We will surely die.”) I whispered as her mother nodded before grabbing another drink.
“That’s my girl.” She smiled as she downed another drink, forcing me to look at her in shock too.
*Alberto’s POV*
It took us way longer than expected, but we got all the information that he knew out of him. We had to use his brother a few more times before bringing in his father too, but lucky for him, we didn’t need to kill them before he told us everything that he knew which wasn’t that much. Of course, he wouldn’t know the details because they didn’t trust him. They only used him to get information from us.
From what he said, I knew it was him who took my and Isa’s picture at the waterfall. He didn’t need to spell it out because at least he knew better than to say anything in front of Francisco. He knew that if he angered me any more I really wouldn’t have hesitated to kill his whole family and then some.
Now more than ever, I needed to clean house. I couldn’t risk my angel anymore than she was already.
“Move the meeting with security for early morning.” I told Edgardo as I unbuttoned my bloody shirt. “And right after, I want to gather all our men. We need to catch this kind of shīt before the information gets to those fūcker’s ears.” I growled, pulling the shirt off. “Also, tell the cleaning crew to clean this shīt up right now.”
“Si Capo.” Edgardo replied with a nod before pulling his shirt off too.
“You can take the rest of the night off unless you want to join us for dinner.” I told him as I was reaching the door.
“No, thank you, Capo. I’ll just call it a night.” He replied, making me sigh.
“I told you that when it’s just us that you can call me Alberto.” I stated in annoyance as Francisco walked from behind him, patting him on the back.
“Awe, Berto likes you.” He chuckled, making me roll my eyes at him before walking out and leaving them two in the kitchen. I needed a shower asap so I could see my angel. Fūck, I missed her. I’m becoming so pathetic and dependent on that woman, but I couldn’t help it. I wonder if she was still upset.
I pulled out my phone as I climbed the stairs to my room and called Amadeo. I quickly told him to let Isa know that I would be there soon. That should calm her down if she was still upset.
I rushed through my room, grabbing the first thing I could find, not that it mattered since everything I wore consisted of black dress shirts and black dress pants.
I took the quickest shower of my life, not even able to enjoy the feeling of the warm water hitting my aching muscles. All I could think about was my angel, her delicious smell, and how badly I wanted to fūck her again.
I got dressed just as fast as I showered before I sprayed my favorite cologne on my wrists and neck. I looked in the mirror briefly and ran my hands through my wet black hair before leaving the messy look I had going on and walking out of my bedroom.
I walked through the estate quickly, finding it quiet, probably because most of my men were either watching the women or outside securing the estate and my surrounding land.
As soon as I walked through the doors of where I had the indoor pool, I looked through the room, trying to find my angel desperately. I couldn’t immediately see Isa, but I did see that my men were gathered by the sauna. I walked towards them because they should have an answer as to why my angel wasn’t out here. They were tasked with keeping their eyes on her at all fūcking times. Tortūring and killing Alonzo calmed my anger a bit, but not finding my angel out here had my anger back at its peak.
When I reached them, I saw Giulia and Penelope sitting across from where my men were surrounding, making me grit my teeth as I got closer and closer. If Isa had left without any of them realizing it, more corpses would be following Alonzo’s.
“Just put some of this on. I swear I don’t bite.” I heard Isa’s voice laugh with a slight slur to it, making me relax, but tense right back up. She was here, but she was fūcking drunk.
I pushed my way through the guys, making them look at me in horror before lowering their eyes to the ground. “Capo.” They all mumbled, forcing me to glare at them before turning my eyes on Isa briefly. And fūck when my eyes saw her, I had to do a double take. I lost my shīt as soon as I confirmed what my eyes had seen the first time. But I really lost it this time.