Under Pressure [IAD Agency] (Siren Publishing Classic)

Jerking the car to the side of the road, cars honked at them as Jason slammed the car to a stop and glared at her.
    He had demanded that she hand over her phone. She hissed back at him, saying she hadn’t been getting calls. Smugly she had told him that obviously he wouldn’t be pleased if she had been keeping something from him and that she had every right to be pissed at him.
    Jason had been smart enough to look guilty and had apologized grudgingly.
    Men.
    Bella watched as Jenna snuck another look at the men sitting quietly at the front of the room. Deciding to test her earlier theory and not wanting to talk to them herself yet, Bella carefully cut generous slices of the thick pastry they had prepared earlier and placed them on small plates.
    “Jenna?”
    “Hmm?”
    “Can you take these pieces to the guys? I want them to have a taste.” Bella looked up to see Jenna’s horrified face before she quickly masked her reaction with a forced smile, a blush staining her cheeks.
    “Oh, umm, sure.”
    Jenna took the three plates of the pastry and expertly balanced them as she walked toward the front of the room. Two pairs of emerald-green eyes tracked her unblinking as she approached. Jenna couldn’t help the shudder that ran up her spine. Out of all the men who had been around guarding Bella, the Savage twins intimidated her the most.
    To avoid looking at their large, beautiful, muscular bodies, Jenna went to Jason MacBain first. She knew even though he didn’t look up he was aware that she was approaching. When she reached the desk where he sat, piercing gray eyes met hers. She was happy for Bella and their engagement. The way he looked at Bella, full of love, made her wish for a man to look at her like that.
    “Umm…Jason,” her voice squeaked out. She delicately cleared her voice and tried again. “Do you want to try the napoleon?”
    “Very much so, thank you.” Jason took the plate from her and shot her a warm smile before Jenna turned to the two men staring at her.
    “Umm…Ryan…Adrian do you want a taste?” She held out the plates. She had remembered when they had introduced themselves the serious-looking twin had told her that everyone called him Rock, but she couldn’t bring herself to call him that. Ryan seemed so much…safer.
    A slow, wicked smile spread across Adrian’s face. “Yeah, yeah, I want a taste.” She had a sneaking suspicion he wasn’t talking about the dessert. Jenna almost dropped them before she quickly recovered and shoved both plates at them, hurrying away.
    Adrian looked over at his brother not saying a word. Rock never took his eyes off Jenna, but Adrian could hear what he was thinking. You can run but you can’t hide.
    He agreed.
    Oblivious to the arousal swirling in the wake of Jenna’s retreat, Jason noticed the director of the school walking toward the room with another man. Jason watched curiously as the director all but genuflected to the other man before gesturing to the door to Bella’s classroom. He stood up to meet them at the door, but the door burst open before he could and a devastatingly handsome Italian man with dark wavy hair stepped into the room.
    Immediately, Adrian and Rock stepped forward to block the man from going any further without seeming to move.
    The man ignored them, looking around the room until he saw Bella. A wide smile broke, and his eyes danced with pleasure. “ Bella! Il mio amore, la mia bellezza! Il mio piacere piccolo dolce! ”
    “Gio! ” Bella laughed and ran to the man, ignoring the guards. His arms closed around her, and he picked her up in a hug, making Jason see red.
    Jason’s temper was soaring through the stratosphere watching this man put his hands on his woman. Temper flared to a jealous rage as the man leaned down and enthusiastically kissed her full on the lips. Jason had silently moved into position in order to strike out at the man before Bella had reached them. Shock at her happiness to see this unknown man had him frozen in place. The dark spreading jealousy was making him want to kill, but for the first time he was unsure how to proceed.
    Bella pulled back and put her hands on the side of Gio’s face, affection shining brightly on her face.
    That was it. He couldn’t take it anymore.
    “Get your fucking hands off her.” Unable to stay silent, Jason’s dangerously quiet voice broke through Bella’s surprise.
    Gio tried to push Bella behind him as if to protect her. “ Bella, tesoro. Who is