Page 94 of Deathless & Divided

Lily stared at him for longer than he liked before she said, “A life for a life.”

“Yes.”

“And you’re giving yours to me.”

“Yes,” Damian said again, his throat growing tighter.

“What else did my brother demand?”

“That I give you everything you need.”

Which was far more than she could possibly know.

Lily didn’t bat a lash when she replied, “You’re succeeding.”

Damian rolled down his window as Lily stepped out of the Maserati and closed the driver’s door.

“Lock that fucking thing,” he said.

Lily rolled her eyes but hit the locking button on the auto-start like he told her to. “Nobody would be stupid enough to steal a vehicle from a DeLuca’s driveway, Damian.”

“You never know. Come here.”

Lily walked over to his car and leaned in the window. Damian hooked a finger around one of her wavy strands of hair and pulled her close enough to press a kiss to her pretty mouth. She smiled as she pulled away.

“You’re not coming in?” Lily asked.

“Work,” Damian said in explanation. “You’re here, so I know you’re okay.”

“You know, I could just text you when I’m going to and from somewhere.”

Damian liked that idea. “Yeah, especially if you’re going to pull another stunt like today.”

“Wasn’t a stunt, Damian.”

“I don’t want to take chances; that’s all. It makes me nervous.”

Lily nodded and pulled out her phone, looking it over. “All right. Tomorrow night I have to go see Abriella for a fitting. Where are you going to be?”

Damian grinned. “Wherever you are.”

“Maybe I’d like to see you when you’re there.”

“I told you, I work better when you don’t.”

“Hmm, Ghost, right?”

“Right,” he said. “How about I pick you up for breakfast and we do something in the afternoon before you have to head over to the Trentini place. Maybe I’ll see if the boss wants to chat while you’re there and it’ll give me something to do instead of just be bored while I wait.”

“Sounds good.”

“Tomorrow, Lily.”

With a two finger wave and a coy wink, Lily left Damian alone to his thoughts. He waited until she had the front door to Dino’s home opened and shut again before he turned his car on. Damian didn’t even get the chance to put the Porsche in reverse before the front door opened again.

Dino walked down the steps and across the large driveway.

“Evening,” Dino greeted.