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I hope you slept well. I know I did. I’ve decided on a honeymoon location and I thought you’d like to know what it is…But then I thought again, and realized how I can’t waste an opportunity as good as this one. After all, wasn’t it you who said that life is a game? Well, I think in this one, I’m going to win. So, now it’s up to you, dear husband, to figure out where I’m going and how quickly you can catch me. So run, little mouse. Run as fast as you can, because when I catch you…
Love,
Your Wife.
I hurriedly call Dante, barking at him to meet me in my office. I rush down, and boot up the cameras on my computer, growing impatient at every second that it delays. Panic and shock war inside me. Why the fuck would she put herself in danger that way? To risk herself all for a stupid game? I’m going to put her over my knee and tan her ass when I catch her.
Because I will catch her. There is nowhere on this planet she can hide from me.
Dante hurries into the room. “What’s wrong?” he demands. I hand him the note wordlessly, clicking the mouse hard as I go to the cameras in the hallways about the time I think Gia must have gotten up. And just like I thought, there she is. Dante lets out a choked laugh, and I pin him with a glare. “Sorry, but you have to admit it’s funny,” he says with a shrug. “She won’t have gone far.”
“Where are the Carusos?” I demand. “They can start looking for her.”
“They left early this morning. As in like three in the morning. Sofia was with them too.” There’s a slight edge to his voice at that.
I look through the footage of every camera we have in all rooms and corridors of the house. “Where the hell is she?” I hiss, frustration building with each image of her not where she’s supposed to be.
Dante hums thoughtfully. “Check the passageway,” Dante suggests.
I curse and do as he suggests, and yep, there is my devious wife, letting herself into the passageway. Then I watch as she makes her way through, but when she reaches the apex where she has to make a decision of what direction she has to go, Sofia emerges from another hall, grinning wickedly and showing her a suitcase already packed. And then they make their way down through the tunnels and out to the main hall near the kitchen. We watch as they sneak their way out of the kitchen, and down the side path to the gate. Sofia walks ahead of her, careful to block the view of Gia with her body. Then reaches into some bushes and hands Gia a hat and uniform much like one of my guards. Gia quickly tucks up her hair and pulls on the uniform and follows Sofia to the waiting SUVs.
No one spares Gia a glance as she lifts the bag easily into the back of the SUV for Sofia, who climbs in front with her brothers. The Caruso family is in another SUV, none of them even looking her way. Gia makes a production of stepping back once the bags are in the car, but as soon as the door starts to close, she jumps in and curls up in the back, no one the wiser.
Dante starts to laugh. “Damn, she’s smart, you have to give her that,” he says. “And you know she’s safe and in good hands.”
It also tells me exactly where she’s heading. “And none of the Carusos called to let you know she was with them?” I ask carefully.
Dante frowns. “Nope, none.”
“Get me access to the hanger feed.” In seconds, I’m watching as the vehicles pull up to the waiting private jet, and they start to pile out. Gia slips from her hiding place quickly and easily, and then quickly strips out of the uniform she was wearing by hiding behind the car while everyone is talking and not paying the least bit of attention. Then she slips in with the crowd of people making their way onto the plane, none of them noticing her.
And then I watch as the stairs go up and the door closes and the plane pulls out, taking her with them. I glance at the clock. It’s nine in the morning, which means they’re almost six hours into their ten and a half hour flight.
I look at Dante. “Get the plane ready, we leave in an hour,” I tell him darkly. “Oh, and I’m probably going to fire your woman just on principle.”
Dante smirks. “You won’t, but I’ll make sure she pays for it if you like,” he tells me as he puts the phone to his ear.
Yeah, I don’t need that visual. Instead, I relish the thought of what will happen when I finally catch up with my clever little mouse. Because I’m going to catch her, and this time, I won’t be gentle or easy.
CHAPTER38
Gia
Hours Earlier
“He’s goingto kill us, you know,” Alessio says with a wicked grin as he hands me a glass of champagne. “Personally, it’s worth it just to see his face when he finds your note. Points for ingenuity, by the way,” he adds as he clinks his glass to mine.
We’re all sitting on the roomy plane, but I can’t enjoy the new experience because I’m too jittery with excitement. The entire way here I was sure someone was going to foil my plans. But thankfully, everyone was far too embroiled in what they were doing to notice me until I walked on the plane.
It took some convincing to Pietro, but he thankfully finally agreed to go along with my plan. And now, I’m sitting here and I can hardly believe I’m flying to Sicily. A place—well, one of many—that I never thought I’d see. It’s surreal, and this freedom isn’t lost on me.
“I thought so,” I say happily as I curl my feet up under me and sip my champagne.
“Your ass is going to be the one that pays the price,” Sofia chimes in wickedly as she sits next to me. I blush, and she cackles.
“And just what do you think he’s going to do when he finds out you helped her, little sister?” Lazaro asks drily.
Sofia waves that away. “He needs me, and I have the whole saving his wife card I can play if that reminder doesn’t work.” She looks back at me. “The question now is what do you want to do first when we get there?”
