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“Something like that,” I mumble. “What do you think?”
“I think the drop-off might be hairy. Especially given the car chase you experienced a while back. He’s surely got another car, and he’s looking out for you.”
“I’m in a different car now,” I argue.
Dante snorts. “You think that will stop him? He’s always been good at tracking people down, my father hired him to find a couple of ‘missing people’ once or twice.”
“Shit. You’re right, but we might try it anyway. She’s getting stir crazy, and so am I.”
I don’t know if that’s really true. I’ve been pretty content to spend time with Aurora, exploring her body and talking to her about her life, but that’s just going to end up getting me in trouble. I’ve never had real feelings for a woman, and I don’t plan on starting now. I don’t want anyone close enough to me to hurt me or to be used against me. That’s one of the number one wiseguy rules I’ve set for myself.
“You can give it a try, but I’d hunker down for a week or so,” Dante suggests.
“Gotcha. Thanks,capo.”
I hang up and Aurora is standing behind me, frowning.
“What was that all about? Did they find him?”
I’m not sure if she looks excited or terrified by the prospect, her brows drawn together.
“Not yet,” I say quickly, and her face relaxes. “I was just talking to him about taking you to his mansion so that you can stay there with Francesca.” I pause when she frowns again. “Then I could join the hunt for Marco, make myself useful.”
“You said you’d protect me,” she says shakily. “You saidyouwould, not Dante.”
“He’s plenty capable of watching out for you,” I argue.
“I didn’t say he wasn’t, but that wasn’t the deal,” Aurora says, crossing her arms over her chest.
I chuckle. “Don’t be a brat,principessa. I want to get rid of Marco as soon as possible.”
“So that you can get rid of me?” she asks, tilting her chin up defiantly.
I frown. “I didn’t say that,” I hedge, even though that was the reason that I’d called Dante in the first place.
“You might as well have,” she huffs, and walks back into the house.
“Aurora,” I call. “We need to talk about this. You’ll be safer there.”
“I’m safe here,” she insists. “You take care of me, Nico. You’ve been there since day one.”
“I’ll still be around, Aurora, but I can do a lot more in terms of finding him than I can here.”
To be honest, I haven’t even been doing my due diligence and calling around, not since the first night. It’s been a while since I reached out to some of the guys I knew in the life to look for Marco. Is that because I don’t want this to be over? Because I want her to stay with me?
“It’s dangerous,” she argues. “It’s really dangerous to be out looking for Marco, Nico, and I can’t stand the idea of you getting hurt.” Her voice breaks and I grab her around the waist, pulling her back into my arms.
She’s still stiff but she leans against me, her forehead on my shoulder.
She’s right, it is dangerous, but I’m not so much worried about that. I’m worried about Aurora. It’s not that I don’t trust Dante to take care of her, but he won’t watch her like I do. He’s got men that do that for him, and I don’t know if I trust them to keep an eye on her.
“Just think about it,” I murmur, kissing the top of her head.
“I don’t want to think about it. The answer’s no,” she says staunchly.
“We can’t stay here forever,” I warn. “He’ll figure out our safe house sooner or later.”
She trembles just slightly. “You said this place was safer than the last one.”
