Bellissimo Lotta (Beautiful Struggle): Companion Novel to Bellissimo Fortuna (The Family Trilogy Book 2) Read Online Free PDF Page B

“Bianca, it doesn’t offend me. It turns me on. You want me to be real? I’m so fucking attracted to you, and you’re a mystery to me. It drives me crazy.”
    “Oh.”
    “That’s all you have to say. You’ve been playing this game with me for a year. Hot and cold. I get too close and you retreat. You push me and I decline. I don’t know what the fuck I want and after hearing the Bronson and Callie fiasco all day, I sure as hell am not ready to put someone else’s life above mine.”
    “I’m not playing games, Dakota. I’m actually trying to figure out what the fuck I want, who the hell I am outside of my family. If you want real, I can tell you, you’ve starred in many of my dreams. You’re the one I reach out to when I need a bit of stability. I don’t want Callie and Bronson. I’m not asking you for forever, I don’t know that I’m capable of giving that to you.”
    “So what now?”
    “Why do we have to label it?”
    “Isn’t that the guy’s line?”
    “I can assure you I don’t have a dick . . . if you’d like to check for yourself,” she whispers as she leans toward me over the console. And I lose my mind. I don’t just meet her halfway. I race to close the distance and then haul her over to me. Plastering her against me, I seal my lips over hers, my tongue demanding entrance. She intoxicates me. Her scent, the velvety feel of her tongue as it slides against mine, her whimpers, her hands fisting my shirt . . . her total submission. Bianca Agosto is a paradox, a siren that likes to battle for control, but doesn’t really want it. It’s the chase she is after. She lets me take the lead. I remove her hands from my shirt and pin them both behind her back with one hand, while my other goes to the back of her head, fisting her hair. I angle her head back and take advantage of the access to her neck it allows me. Biting, then soothing with my tongue, the column of her neck down to her collarbone.
    “I can assure you, when I want to find out, I will have no problem doing so.” Her eyes flutter, she’s trying to regain awareness; I release her hands and hair, stop my kisses, and meet her gaze. She can wreck me if I risk it. She can’t have that chance.
    “So what now?”
    “Now, we’re just us . . . with benefits.”
    “Dating?” She gives me the cutest smirk.
    “Sure, you want to tell my brother and my dad?”
    “Not really.”
    “So quit labeling it. If you want to see other people, go for it. But, when we start sleeping together, that part is exclusive.”
    “When?”
    “Yes, and I’m not waiting forever. You don’t need to worry about my virtue.” I used to consider myself a good guy. Now, I’m not so sure. I’m actually considering this.
    “Okay.” Who am I kidding? I’m more than considering it. I’ve just jumped in, eyes wide open, on a collision course to hell. I can’t help but smile when I picture all the twists and turns, many roadblocks, and freedom we will face along the way.
    “Can we continue what we were doing before you rudely halted it?”
    “You’re going to tempt me beyond all reason,” I cut her response off, claiming her lips once again.
     
     
     

 
    Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.
    ~ Thomas Hardy
     
     
    Chapter 5
    Bianca
     
     
    I had been kissed before Dakota…he wasn’t the first, by any means. But he was certainly the most memorable. The sure fire way he set me off, I felt enflamed by his mouth alone. After the clusterfuck of a day with Callie and Bronson, I was feeling a bit bereft. I knew the day would come that those two would unite, and I’m thrilled for them, but I’m curious how it will play out, where I will fit in. Callie has been my best friend for eleven years, Bronson is not only my big brother, but he’s been my protector, our protector, for as long as I can remember, and I’ve never doubted my place in his life until today. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t have had the