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“Don’t you know that I’d never put my wife in the Hudson?”

“Well, aren’t you smooth?”

“Not really, baby”

“I’et me killed, but I have to risk it

“Come to dinner with me I know a little trattoria nearby”

“Yeah? Okay, Jimmy” She smiles up at me and my heart squeezes in my chest Fuck, if that’s ever happened before I hold out my hand to her and she takes it I feel her little shiver though it’s darees out I lead her to the car where she gracefully gets in After getting in, I grohen I notice Rocco’s eyes in the rearview s I snap ers at him

“Rocco Eyes front Don’t ever let ain Take us to Giuseppe’s”

“Right away, boss”

He pulls back out into traffic

We sit side-by-side in silence for a few moments before she speaks up

“Do you know that you have blood on your pants?” I look down at hs and see a couple of barely-there flecks of blood

“On the job hazard, baby Don’t worry your pretty little head about it,” I say stroking the backs ofto examine me like you just did At least not that closely”

“How about you don’t treat reat”

“Oh, Giada I know you aren’t a little girl, but you are a goddess to worship Tell ? Tell me that you don’t want me to worship you and I’ll let you out of the car and send you back to your piece of shit daddy right now” She nods “Words, Giada I want to hear you seal your fate”

“Don’t let me out,” She breathes She shakes her head and upturns her lips toward me I descend on them with force She moans and I deepen the kiss Fuck dinner She’s about to be my dessert When I finally pull away fro