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CHAPTER TWELVE
Alessio
A month. I would have him to myself for four weeks. I could fuck and kiss him whenever I wished. It was almost too good to be true.
A lightness filled my chest, a happiness I hadn’t felt in a long time. I found my pack in the pile of things I’d dropped earlier. Then I dug my phone out and unlocked it. When I found Sasha’s contact number, I pressed on it.
She picked up immediately. “About fucking time! Is it done?”
I spoke to her in Russian. “No. And it won’t be for at least another month.”
There was a long pause over the line. “Tell me you are joking.”
“I am not.”
Eventually, she sighed. “I’ll push off the São Paulo job to someone else. And then I’ll start work on my CV.”
I knew she wasn’t going to leave me. I paid her better than anyone else ever would. “I need a favor.”
“You are already trying my patience.”
“It’s important. I need you to dig around with your contacts. See if anyone else is trying to kill Giulio Ravazzani.”
After a weighted pause, she snapped, “Ty s uma soshyol?” Are you out of your mind?
“Whatever you are thinking, stop.”
“I finally realize the reason you have not killed him. No wonder this assignment never ends.”
I ignored that for the time being. “Someone planted a car bomb in Belgium four years ago to kill him. Just see if there is any chatter about it, anyone looking for him.”
“And then what? You will kill these people for free?”
“No.”
“Why don’t I believe you?”
“Sasha,” I barked. “Do as I say. I know what I am doing.”
“You are thinking with your dick,” she told me, disapproval dripping in her voice. “Just like every other man.”
“Call me when you have an answer.” I disconnected and carried my phone with me to the kitchen.
Two plates of steaming risotto along with slices of crusty bread were placed on the island. Giulio was already sitting in the seat next to mine. “You sounded angry,” he said.
“She is busting my balls over you.”
His sharp blue eyes locked with mine. “You told her we were fucking?”
“No, but she can surmise. I asked her to dig around, see if anyone is trying to kill you.”
“Where, in your assassin group chat?”
I grabbed the nape of his neck and shook him slightly. “Smartass. These things are handled in very secure places on the web. But Sasha also has contacts all over the globe.”
Giulio’s mouth twisted into a devious smile. “Hearing you speak Russian was hot as fuck, assassino.”
“Yeah?”
