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XANDER POV“Just how the hell did the Russians know that we would be meeting the feds?”“I don’t know, Alexander maybe they are witches and they sent a bug that spied on us while we were planning out.” Lorenzo mocked shaking his head. On one of these days, I swear Leigh-Ari was going to remain with one man only.I brushed my face with my palms before glaring at the computers yet again; trying to find what the hell Owen was on to. Vernero stood with a hard face on his other side, not saying a damn word to anyone. I wished I could read his mind at this moment; at least I'd know that I am not the only one on the verge of losing shit.“There is only one way to lure the Russians.” That angelic voice boomed as she into the room, pulling in behind her the air of authority and fucking seduction. She was dressed in a white short dress, with white flats and her hair was done. I don’t know who told her to change her wardrobe, but white looked good on her. And that's the only thing I have seen her
VERNERO POVIt felt like an eternity sitting in the jet, but eventually, it came to descend to the ground and I was glad. We had quickly run over the plan, and everyone was well suited to their roles, but there was something that needed to be nailed before the plane could even touch the ground.“Ciello,” I said softly and he turned to look at me,“Yes, boss?” “You do not leave Ari’s side no matter what happens. If anything happens to her, or you even blink, I will yank your dick out of your ass and you will be sorry. Is that clear?” I asked and he snickered just a bit, before nodding and wiping the silly smile on his face.I trusted the man with my life, and I knew he would swallow a damn grenade if it came to that point, so long as I came off unscathed. Finding a loyal right hand was one thing, but finding a friend in a loyal right hand was something entirely apart. I was truly grateful to have him with me all along, and the fact that he always did everything I commanded without eve
CIELLO POVI said nothing. Not because I had nothing to say, trust me I had a lot. But I knew all the words that would leave my mouth were going to determine my fate. And at this point, I wasn’t sure if it would be ideal to die by HER hand, or at least by one of the bosses. I knew my boundaries, I knew where to draw the line and where to cross it, right about now, I knew it intimately that I was going to get in deep shit.One way or the other.“Hey you, ugly pants. What’s your name again?” I snorted laughter as she addressed the Mexican guy seating in the front seat with me, entrusted by Xander to protect her. There were four of us, and that was supposed to be low-key.“Chino, Senora.” He replied looking out through the binoculars in his hands. He wasn’t really ugly, he just had an awful style of dressing and heck. The name was fuckin’ befitting.“Okay. Now tell me this, Chino; can I trust you?” “Of course, senora.” He replied almost instantly, and I saw how hard he was trying to prov
LORENZO POV“Anything suspicious?”“Not up until now,” I replied softly to Xander while managing to keep my gaze at ease, roaming around easily and feigning surprise and awe, while in reality, I was trying to make out something. “Then we should climb up to our alcove,” Verzi called out, and I nodded following him closely behind. We climbed the stairs that took us to the second floor of the club, where the VIP booths were located overlooking the buzzing dance floor below. The whole club was on cloud nine, with loud pop music pouring out of the music system causing everyone to go wild. People were whooping themselves and gliding against wet, sweaty bodies on the dance floor. The heavy stench of sweat, alcohol, and cocaine reigned in the air. I may have been mistaken, but I could have sworn I caught a whiff scent of sex in the air. Chicago was indeed was it was known for. The Sin City.We arrived in our booth and barmaids were quick to be on our beg-and-call, ready to serve us rotten.
XANDER POV“They are expecting their shipment on Tuesday. We got the inside information.”Ciello informed standing in front of the three of us. We were back at the grand hotel after a long night, and I would rather say, whatever Matteo said to the boys was well shitty because they have been like dollop heads all the way back, refusing to talk to anyone about anything and leaving me all alone and bored. “And how did you manage to get it?” Lorenzo was surprisingly calm, considering the fact that Vernero was about to make someone shit bricks was rather puzzling. He directed the question to Ciello who fidgeted for a second, then glanced with his eyes screaming ‘HELP ME’. I thinned my eyes at him trying to figure out what the hell they have been up to the whole night when their job was to keep Leigh-Ari safe, and hidden. Or at least that is how they were all instructed.“Ciello?”“Well…” He mumbled glancing back at me, and this time, I cocked my brow at him. I was damn sure that what he wa
XANDER POVI wanted nothing more than to throw the phone somewhere in the bushes where we were hiding, or capture a motherfucker and claw their skin off from how irritated I was. But I couldn’t, not this time or all of this would go down the drain.But still, what the hell was she thinking? How could she insist on coming here when she knew damn well that it was going to get bloody? Because one way or another, there was going to be some serious shooting and loss of lives. Feds or no feds. I know that rationally, we had to leave the whole operation in the hands of the feds and let them take care of everything, but these polished bastards knew no cap about how the mafia world ran, so I didn’t trust them to capture bloody Russians.But then she… Fuckin’ hell. If something happened to her, I was going to kill someone. Blood cold. I leaned against the tree and willed myself to calm the fuck down. She was Leigh-Ari for goodness sake. No words said by me or angels were going to be enough to
LORENZO POV“Mi dispiace, what the fuck did you say?”My hand paused midair as I was about to take a gulp of my drink. The guy dressed in black stepped further into the room and nodded at both Ava and Val who were nestled on the couch.“Xander got shot, but we managed to seize the Russians. Matteo is in captive as well as Julia. Some of them are dead, and the rest are in the hands of the feds.” He repeated his words for the second.“Xander, how bad is he?”“He got shot in the shoulder, so it’s not fatal.” Ari will sit beside herself if she hears this.“Okay.” I replied shortly and the downed the rest of the whiskey before staring into the raging flames in the fire place. My mind wandered of all the times I have stayed behind while my brother did the dirty work. One thing I knew is that he would rather choke on a dick than to have my hands sullied and soiled. He preferred it when I stayed on the top, dealing with the shit from the civilized side. I never fought him, because I wanted to
LEIGH-ARI POVThe whole charade had been without a flaw. It was almost impossible to just sit down and relax over a glass of Champaign to celebrate the victory because something about it didn’t feel quite right. I hated the feeling that gnawed deep inside me. It was as if the whole thing had been some shitty paranormal story where fairies saved us from all shit. And this was the mafia. It was as real as it ever gets.When arriving in Beverly Hills, I instructed Xander’s men to keep our little trophies in the basement and give them enough water to survive the night. I was drained, too tired to even work on them. So as soon as we hopped off the big cars, I headed straight to the house without glaring back, only to run smack-dab into Laura who made it a deal to engulf me in the biggest hug.“Oh, my gaaah. I have been dying here without you.” Couldn’t she just shut up? Like for a second?I patted her back lightly before withdrawing from her so loving embrace, and that is when everyone got