AN: I haven't had time to edit this with all that has been going on in my life lately but I do promise once I complete the whole story I will be going back through to fix all the little things I did miss. I hope everyone enjoys this and if it's to your liking feel free to hit the vote button or even comment as you read through... I try very hard to respond to all the comments but if I happen to miss yours please don't take it personal.

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Dante stood there in shock as Lorenzo lowered his gun back to his side after threatening him. He watched as Elena's eyes had stood locked on the man in front of her, they never yielded or even tried to steal a glance towards him. Her Loyalty sat with Lorenzo Moretti and only him, Dante saw at that moment he truly did lose Elena to him. Lorenzo may not have her heart yet but it was clear he wasn't far from wrapping his hand around it. Lorenzo's hand remained softly on Elena's cheek as he turned his head to face Tony.

"Call Antonio tell him to send Rocco to come retrieve his damn kid and give him my warning, when we return to Miami I don't ever want to see him again." Lorenzo said sternly and Tony nodded his head as he pulled his phone out. Lorenzo looked back at Elena as he holstered his gun again. "Did you want to say anything else to him before we leave?" Lorenzo didn't want Elena talking to Dante but he knew he had to prove to her that he could and did trust her.

"No... I said all there was needed to say." Elena said shaking her head as her hand began to fall from his chest back to her side but he quickly caught it and held it in his own.

Lorenzo nodded his head and while holding her hand in his own he led them out the room and towards their suite. As he walked through the hall one of the men out there held Lorenzo's suit coat out to him and he reached out taking it from the man. Elena had watched the exchange and was stunned to see the blood that covered Lorenzo's knuckles. When they walked inside the room Lorenzo released Elena's hand and walked over to the sofa dropping his coat on one of the chairs on his way. When he sat down Lorenzo let out a small grunt from his sore ribs as he loosened his tie.

Elena stood there watching him for a moment before walking over to the kitchenette. Lorenzo raised his eyebrow at her but she had not noticed, not exactly sure what she was doing he just sat back and waited for her to come back out. When she did finally reemerge a few minutes later Lorenzo was a bit surprised to see the bag of ice in her hand along with a wash cloth. Elena walked over and sat down next to him as she placed the bag down on the table.

"Can I see your hand?" she asked softly gesturing to his left hand.

Lorenzo looked down at his hand noticing for the first time the blood that was on it. "You don't have to worry about it." He said shaking his head earning a small glare from her.

"Can you please just let me do this?" Elena asked trying to keep the anger from her voice.

Not wanting to upset her any further Lorenzo placed his left hand in hers and watched as she took the damp cloth and began cleaning the blood from his knuckles. Her soft touch felt relaxing so Lorenzo inhaled a deep breath and slowly released it as he closed his eyes. Elena glanced up at him and smiled at the peaceful and relaxed look on his face. She had not seen that look on his face since the first night they sat out on the balcony together. With the smile still on her face she looked back down at the hand she was cleaning. Elena noticed there was a bit of blood on the simple white gold wedding band that was on his finger. Never actually paying attention before to if he wore one or not brought another smile to her face as she cleaned the blood off it.

Lorenzo opened his eyes when he felt her spin the wedding band around his finger. When his eyes landed on Elena's face he could see the smile she had. "You have a beautiful smile." He said in a low voice causing her to quickly look up at him as it began to fade. "No please..." he said reaching up and cupped her cheek. "I love seeing this smile on your face."

The shy smile that graced her face as she blushed brought a smile to his own face. Before she could move away from his hand Lorenzo quickly sat forward placing his lips softly against hers. Feeling his lips against her own Elena became overwhelmed with the feeling of wanting him. Her hand released his and she dropped the cloth to the floor as they went to his firm chest. Before she knew it, he gently moved his hand to the back of her neck and began to give her slow, deep kisses that left him overwhelmed with something more than lust.

Lorenzo began to sit back against the sofa pulling her with him not wanting to break their kiss. Her hands moved from his chest up to his shoulders that felt so tight and strong underneath her hands. When his back was against the cushion behind him Lorenzo's free hand went to her lower thigh. It stayed motionless on the bare skin gaging whether or not she was going to pull away from him. When Elena continued to kiss him back Lorenzo started to rub small circles with his thumb.

Just as Elena pulled out of the kiss Lorenzo stopped rubbing the circles and quickly pulled her to straddle his lap. The skirt she was wearing was forced extremely high on her thighs from the movement bringing a gasp from her. Before she could protest what he had done Lorenzo's lips crashed into hers again, her hands held on tightly to his shoulders as her lips began moving against his again.

Their kissing intensified as Elena felt his strong hand slowly slip under her skirt. Elena swirled her tongue slowly around his, her hands laid firmly on his shoulders as she slowly moved her hips over his body causing a growl to escape his own throat. Her body felt like it was heating up all the way to her core and she knew it was the man under her that was doing that to her body. Just the slightest contact and her body was heated, with full on contact her body was in a frenzy. Elena had never felt this way before not even when Dante kissed her. When Lorenzo's hand never came in contact with panties he felt himself twitch. He gently gripped her firm ass feeling the top of her thong skim his fingertips.

Her breathing was ragged as he broke the kiss then began trailing kisses and nipping the skin along her jaw working his way to her neck. The hand that had been holding the back of her neck dropped to her lower back and he pulled her body closer to his. Lorenzo lifted his hips up grinding against her rocking form as he began kissing down her neck bringing a lust filled moan from her throat. His need and wanting of her was becoming more than he could handle but something inside told him this may be as far as he was going to get at this moment.

Elena was becoming so overwhelmed with desire that she knew she had to stop things now or she would lose all control and have sex with him. Despite their obvious physical chemistry, Elena still felt like she wasn't ready to give him all of herself just yet. Just as she was about to say something to him there was a knock on the door causing her hips to quickly become still. Lorenzo's lips stopped moving and Elena heard him mumble 'fuck' against her throat then he laid his forehead down against her collarbone. Lorenzo took a few deep breaths then there was another knock, Lorenzo shook his head as he sat back leaving just a little space between their bodies as he looked over at the door.

"Go away!" he yelled towards it.

"Lorenzo, Antonio and Rocco would like to have a word with you." Tony said through the closed door.

"Now is not a good time." Lorenzo said back to him as he looked at Elena with a smile. "Tell him I'll meet him downstairs in an hour."

"Got it boss." Tony said walking away from the door.

"It's probably important, I understand if you have to leave." Elena said as she was about to slide off his lap, thanking God for the excuse.

Lorenzo quickly gripped both of her hips holding her in place. "They can wait I rather be here with you, plus I highly doubt your father wants me standing in front of him with a raging hard on caused by his own daughter."

"Lorenzo, I don't think I'm..." she began to say but Lorenzo cut her off when he quickly leaned forward silencing her with a soft kiss.

"I know and I'm not going to force you to do anything you're not ready for." He said as he pulled back. "Can I ask you a personal question?"

"If I can ask you one first." Elena said as she relaxed her body, Lorenzo nodded his head as he moved his hands from her hips to her bare thighs. "Back in Miami that detective said you had been with nine different women..."

"Elena, please don't." Lorenzo said shaking his head, he didn't want this moment ruined.

"I need to know." Elena said as her hands slid down from his shoulders stopping on his firm abs feeling them twitch from her touch. Lorenzo sucked in a deep breath and closed his eyes as he nodded at her, he didn't want to look into her eyes because he knew he was about to break her heart. "Did you sleep with all of them?"

"No." he said shaking his head and went silent knowing she wasn't done there.

"How many?"

"Five." He said in a low voice and felt her try to pull away, holding her thighs in place he opened his eyes to see tears running down her cheeks. Lorenzo reached up as he sat forward and held her face between his hands using his thumbs to wipe the tears. "I swear it will never happen again... I should have never done it in the first place, I should have tried harder to be in your life. I can't change what happened in the past but I can change what happens in the future."

"Why don't I believe you?" she asked in a cracked voice.

"Because you don't trust me and I don't blame you... I will prove to you that you can and I will do everything in my power to never hurt you again."

"What was your question?" she asked wanting to change the subject.

"What I wanted to ask doesn't matter right now." Lorenzo said shaking his head, compared to what she had asked his question wasn't important. "I need to see what your father and Rocco wants, I'm pretty sure I got a good idea what it is about but I still should see them face to face."

"Alright." Elena said as she slid off his lap onto the sofa next him.

Before her leg could come fully off Lorenzo's hand quickly took a hold of her upper thigh and held it in place. She looked at him with wide eyes, his left hand cupped the side of her neck as he angled his body to face her. For a few moments neither of them said a word, Elena wasn't expecting him to stop her and Lorenzo wasn't ready to lose the contact with her just yet.

He finally broke the silence between them. "Come with me, after I speak with them we can have dinner then do whatever your heart desires."

"I don't think I should be with you when you speak to my father." Elena said shaking her head.

"I get it, you don't want to see him and you don't have to see him." Lorenzo said in a low voice. "You can wait with Gino downstairs and when I'm done with your father we could continue with our night but only if you would like that."

"Ok." Elena said with a small smile bringing a smile to his lips. "Can I have a few moments to freshen up first?"

"Of course." Lorenzo said as he leaned forward placing a light kiss to the corner of her mouth then released her.

Elena quickly leaned forward and grabbed the forgotten bag of ice and held it out him. "You should put this on your knuckles for a bit to keep them from swelling."

"Alright." He said taking the bag from her.

Lorenzo sat back against the sofa placing the ice on his knuckles as Elena stood up and straightened out her skirt then walked to the bathroom. When the bathroom door closed Lorenzo huffed out a ragged breath as he slid his free hand down his face then back up and through his hair. He could see the hurt in her eyes and Lorenzo knew that it wasn't anyone's fault other than his own... again. That had been the most intimate moment they had ever shared... willingly, with each other and it was ruined by his own stupidity. When the bathroom door opened again a few minutes later Lorenzo looked over at it and stood there quietly staring at her.

Elena suddenly became self-conscious at the way he was staring. "Is there something wrong?" she asked as she looked down to make sure nothing was stuck to her heels or that her skirt was fully down.

"No." Lorenzo said quickly as he stood up and fixed his tie as he walked towards her. When she looked back up Elena was startled to see him standing in front of her. "I can't believe how beautiful you are." He said in a low voice as he cupped her soft cheek and watched as the blush painted her cheeks a rose color. "I'm sorry for not seeing what was in front of me this whole time. Shit... I'm sorry for everything I have put you through."

"It's ok." Elena said softly as she placed her hand over his. "We are starting over now but this time if you so much as think of cheating on me... I want out, I will no longer stay married to someone who will not take his vows serious. I will no longer be the naïve wife sitting at home while you sleep with every woman that breathes the same air as you."

"Wow." He said in shock. "I was not expecting any of that, I understand and will agree with it but I wasn't expecting it."

"I wasn't expecting any of this." Elena said truthfully. "I've spent the last three years convincing myself that you were a self-center, egotistical, cheating bastard that couldn't care about anything other than himself..." she said watching as shock with a bit of anger began to show on his face. "But the night you were shot something changed, I cared about what happened to you and I realized that you did all you could to make sure I wasn't harmed."

"I have always cared about your well-being; it may not have been the way I should have but I did care." Lorenzo said feeling the need to defend himself. "Had you been shot that night; Miami would have had a full blown war on their hands until every person responsible was dead. I now see I have a whole lot to prove to you. We should go." He said nodding towards the door and she nodded at him.

Elena knew that was bit of a low blow to him but she felt the need to get that off her mind. If they were going to truly start over than everything should be put out on the table in order for it to work. Lorenzo grabbed his coat of the chair and when they stepped out the room Tony and Gino had been surprised to see her hand held firmly in his. Neither man said anything as they got in step behind the couple. The elevator ride down to the lobby was a quiet one, Lorenzo had only released her hand long enough to put his coat on. When the doors opened the four of them stepped off and walked a few feet away from it.

"Gino stay here with Elena." Lorenzo said to him and Gino nodded as Lorenzo moved to stand in front of her. "I shouldn't belong, once I'm done I'm all yours for the night."

"Ok." Elena said with a small smile.

To everyone's surprise Lorenzo leaned down and placed a soft lingering kiss to her lips before walking away with Tony. Elena had not expected a sudden change in Lorenzo but definitely liked this new side she was seeing. When she glanced towards the way he had walked she quickly noticed a few glares that were aimed her way by random women that were standing around the lobby. Shaking her head Elena looked back towards Gino and noticed one of the ladies standing closer to them looked extremely mad. Elena shook her head again and was about to tell Gino she wanted to wait somewhere else when the lady spoke bluntly to her.

"He will never leave his wife for you, I know this for a fact." She snapped at Elena.

"Hey! What the fuck is your problem?" Gino snapped as he turned to face her.

"Gino, its ok." Elena said placing her hand on his bicep and he glanced over at her with a raised eyebrow but she just smiled at him then looked over at the lady with a smirk. "I'm glad my husband has made that clear to you..." Elena said watching as the lady's eyes went wide. "But I need to make something else very clear for you, whatever you thought you had going with my husband is over. You come anywhere near Lorenzo again and I will make you regret ever laying eyes on him. The things I would do to you will make Satan himself flinch, do you understand me?"

"Yes, Mrs. Moretti." The lady said quickly to her as she looked over at Gino. "I didn't know... I really didn't."

"I suggest you leave as quick as you can." Gino said shaking his head as he turned to face Elena. "Would you like to wait at the bar or over there?" he asked gesturing towards the sitting area in the lobby.

"I think I like to sit out here." Elena said with a smile and he smirked while leading her over to the sitting area.

Gino was a little shocked by Elena's threat, he was used to hearing threats coming out of the mouths of all the guys but hearing one from her was new. Elena knew that was just one of probably hundreds of women he had entertained over the years but it felt good to at least make things very clear with one of them.

Lorenzo knew exactly what Antonio and Rocco wanted, Rocco was upset Lorenzo had rearranged his son's face. There had been only one person he ever felt the need to apologize to and that was his wife. So when Rocco tried to demand an apology from Lorenzo that didn't end to well, Tony was quick to put him in his place. With everything that has happened in the short time they have been on the island Lorenzo knew the takeover of the Russo family was not going to be smooth. He was going to have to be careful with who he let into the inner circle and even watch who sat within his lower ranks. The sit down with Russo ranks that coming Saturday was shaping out to be an interesting one.