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The phone stops ringing just as she reaches it but instead of calling the person back, she seems to text instead.
“It’s Albert,” she tells me, breathing heavily.
“Who’s Albert? And why the hell does he have the worst timing ever?” I mutter.
“Albert’s my driver slash bodyguard slash listening ear,” she informs me with a small smile. “I have to go.”
“What? No!” I groan.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” she says, moving forward and wrapping her hands around my neck. “But it’s not like I’m going forever. Just for tonight. I can still see you again. Right?”
I catch the hint of nerves in her voice. But I don’t point it out though.
“Sure. What did you have in mind?” I ask, grinning.
“We can’t keep meeting up here. It’ll get suspicious,” she replies. “Which brings me to my next point. Our families can’t find out about whatever this is. We need to be careful not to get caught.”
“You don’t have to tell me that, blondie. They would think I was crazy if they found out I was kissing Eduardo Mincetti’s daughter.”
“Exactly,” she says with a small frown. “So where should we meet up?”
“I have a condo I’ve been staying at the past few days. It’s pretty low key,” I offer.
She shakes her head, “I can’t. Albert drives me everywhere. And he’ll get suspicious if I asked him to drop me off there.”
“But does he have to drive you everywhere though?” I ask with a raised eyebrow.
“Kind of. I’m sort of a terrible driver,” she mumbles.
“I’m sorry, what?” I ask amused.
“I’m a shit driver okay?” she repeats, louder this time.
I chuckle, “No way.”
“Just leave it be,” she says with a stern look. “With regards to our problem though, I guess you could come to my house.”
My eyebrows rise. “Your house? At the Mincetti mansion.”
Sophia scoffs. “Like I would ever invite you there. I meant my house, the place I stay at. Alone. I bought it a year ago.”
“Really? That’s surprising. That you were allowed to stay alone. And the house isn’t under any surveillance or..”
“No. None that I know of. But I wouldn’t be worried. My family trusts me. It’s why I have more independence than most women in the outfit.”
I don’t say what I’m really thinking. That whatever this thing between us is, would be a pretty huge breach of trust. We would both be breaking our family’s trust. I don’t even have to ask to know that Roman would lose his shit if he ever found out.
I’m aware nothing good will come out of this. But one look at her face and I know without a doubt that it doesn’t even matter.
“Alright. I guess I’ll come see you at your house then. Tomorrow?”
“Yeah. I’ll send you the address. You still have my number, right?” she asks.
“I do.”
It’s funny. I never used it after the day she gave it to me. I never got the chance to due to obvious reasons.
“Okay, I have to go now. Bye, Tony.”
