“So, what will you do next?”, Norah asked. “It will be weird to go on without her.”, I said. Norah squeezed my hand. “We’re here when you need us.”, she said. I smiled sadly; my mom was all the family I had. “Is it weird that I’m not crying?”, I asked. “No.”, Norah answered decisively. “You do what feels right for you and let no one tell you otherwise! I think you are already accepting that she is no longer with us. Mourning is a different process for all of us.” I nodded. She was right. Lily had a normal life, with a normal family, normal job and normal friends. Focused on her career, she made no time for boyfriends. Not that the right ones wanted her anyways... But after her mom's death she is stupified when she learns that she is now the proud owner of 2 houses in Europe and a million dollar trust fund. Turns out, her life is not so boring anymore, her mom never was boring, and the job brings her into more problems than she needed. And the men, they are now fighting for her heart. Will Lily find her happily ever after, or is she already in too deep?

In Too Deep: a mafia story

I walked him to the bathroom and closed the door behind him. I kissed him softly, and deepened the kiss as he allowed me. Meanwhile, I opened his dress shirt button by button. I traced my fingers over his chest and pushed the shirt off his shoulders. Matteo shrugged the shirt off his arms and onto the floor. I took my time admiring his face and his chest. 


I went back to kiss him, and I felt his hands tangle up in my hair, pulling me towards him. Our tongues danced together, while my hands trailed down his chest to undo his pants. It wasn’t rushed, it wasn’t messy. It was like Matteo was so incredibly confident that I was not going to crawl back at any point. Like there was no doubt in his mind that I wanted him to, which to be fair was true. So, there was no need to rush from his point of view. He was also relaxed in me taking charge of the situation, which confused me a little bit. 


Chapter 17