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“Interesting.”
“How so?”
“Because there’s nothing a monster fears more than the devil pulling his strings.” If he wants to ask, he doesn’t. He has his secrets and I have mine; things that don’t involve our business, and this is one of those instances.
He’s crooked. Very dirty.
“And Alexander is there. He’s my eyes.”
“Good. He’s loyal.” Standing, I pull out my mobile and send a message to a good acquaintance of mine overseas. He’ll have what I need. “Keep him there.”
“I am.” Pressing the play button, Casper’s eyes turn back to Aurora. “Did you finish what you needed to tonight? Everything cleaned?”
“Yes.” Aliana decides at that moment to press a quick kiss to Aurora’s lips, and my groan isn’t quiet. Neither is Casper’s and I choose to leave, but not before drinking up the gorgeous doll on the screen a final time. I want to bite her. Fucking mark her skin. “Do we have anything pending stateside? I’ll volunteer to attend.”
I should be asking about the compromised wire. How Malcolm plans to make amends.
If we’ve had news on the cockroach hiding from us after killing my aunt—his mum.
Once again, I’m too struck by her to do anything but watch. My cock is hard for her—throbbing—while the coquettish little thing is ignorant of the dangerous web she’s been caught in.
“Unless things change, two weeks. Malcolm’s dealing with his family now.”
Motherfuck, the tits on this goddess. “I’ll be taking a few days off right after.”
“Is that a request?”
“No.” At my chuckle, he raises a brow, but I’m not deterred. He may be my boss, but I’m not afraid. I’m just as much of an arsehole. A Jameson. “That’s a notice of intent without guilt.”
“Aye. Are you staying or coming back for that time off?”
“Undecided.” A lie, yet it’s the answer I give before stepping out of the office and heading toward Jeffrey to collect my car. I don’t care if they’ve had enough time to clean or not, there’s something more important than a few drops of blood on a rug.
Our paths will cross and she’ll fight, but I’m a man of my convictions.
My vow is unbreakable.
I’ll be back for you, my Venus.
“Your allure is a mystery I will taste.”
3
Leaving my best friend with her father shouldn’t be something to worry about, and yet it nags at me because they aren’t the norm when it comes to paternal figures. With them, there were never any kissed scraped knees or congratulations for winning a spelling bee. Nada. Nothing but an icy indifference and a demand you give even if it breaks a piece of you each time.
Because we are commodities. Useful once at a certain age.
Mr. Cancio wants her to take over for him as the head of their dynasty, while mine wants total control of my life, my future, and the set of skills I acquired to survive in his world.
My best friend might not understand to what degree I sympathize with her dilemma, but I do. Better than she even knows herself, because being the child of a powerful man is a nightmare even if you don’t carry his last name. That’s her blessing, and one I wish were mine as well.
I am her in a lot of ways while privately worse off, because what I’ve done makes me everything she’s not:
Dirty. A criminal.
Shaking off the negative thoughts, I walk past a man who looks at me from head to toe with a gleam in his eyes I’m all too familiar with. There’s a seediness to his persona. The greed-fueled aura of a man ruled by darkness, and this isn’t the first time I bump into him.
He works for Aurora’s father. No one important, just a guard, and he’s doing a poor job of watching this door while her father’s right hand talks on the phone farther down the sidewalk.
