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“I love you, Luca, but don’t forget I can kick your ass.”
He laughs darkly. “Now I know I’ve hit a nerve.”
We don’t say anything for the rest of the ride. We won’t argue like this in front of anybody else. Soon, we’ll be all business. Luca and Elio Marino, our reputations are known throughout the city. Hell, throughout the whole East Coast.
The driver presses the intercom button. A light appears above the partition. I press down on my button, meaning we can hear him, and he can hear us. Otherwise, he can’t hear a thing. It’s a necessity in our life.
The car slowly comes to a stop. “Sirs, we are here.”
“Thank you,” I say, reaching for the door.
“Wait,” Luca says. “Let one of the men open it. It’ll make you look more important.”
“To who? TheShanks?” I push the door open.
* * *
“Relax,” Luca says quietly from beside me.
We’re sitting at a table in the corner of the restaurant. Our men sit on the other side in case anything goes down and they need to spring into action. If we were in a Family place, they’d be shouting, joking, and laughing, but I’ve instructed them to behave like civilians. I don’t want any undue attention.
“We’ve been stood up by theShanks,” I say.
“It’s only been ten minutes.”
“Only,” I repeat. “If you were them—if you had the chance to do business with the Marinos—you’d be early, and so would I.”
There’s nothing Luca can say in response to that. He crosses his arms and slumps back in his seat. I remember when he was five, and I was fifteen, wrestling with him in the garden, holding him over my head and laughing as he thrust his hands in front of him, his gap-toothed grin wide as heflewthrough the air.
“Dad said we have to meet with them,” Luca says when I shift in my seat.
“I respect Father,” I say, “but—”
“Uh-oh. I know something bad is coming if you called himFather.”
“But I’m not going to wait here all night. For Dad, we’ll give the assholes five more minutes. If anybody else pulled some shit like this, though…”
“I know,” Luca says quietly. “I just want what’s best for Dad. He looked so excited when he talked about this deal.”
I bite down on my response. Luca’s living in a fantasy world when he talks like this. Dad’s tone and demeanor don’t change these days, no matter what he’s talking about. Yet Luca thinks he can see through the condition to the man he once was. Maybe I’m a cold, grim bastard, but I don’t have it in me to convince him otherwise.
“Five minutes,” I say, “and then…”
I can’t talk. My throat is suddenly tight. My balls pulse.Pulse. Is this what going insane feels like?
A waitress is walking across the restaurant. She’s got her light brown hair tied up in a bun, the color so pale it’s almost red, but not quite. Her uniform hugs tight to her hips, highlighting her curviness, her thick, beautiful legs in tights that make me want to howl and find every other man in here who’s admiring her and royally mess them up.
She sways her hips from side to side as she approaches our table. I don’t think she’s doing it on purpose. I’ve been around enough women who are intent on seducing me to know the difference. This is just her gorgeous thickness, moving her voluptuous, young body from side to side, hypnotizing me.
She stops at the edge of our table, letting me see her captivating light blue eyes and full cheeks. Her face is flushed and red. She looks so damn… fertile.Fertile?What’s wrong with me? But it’s the truth. I want to hold her, kiss her, bend her over and spank her ass and then slip into her tight slit and fuck her until she’s pregnant.
I never wanted a family before. Now I need one.
No, slow down.Think. Has somebody spiked my drink?
She looks down at me, seeming panicked. Maybe she knows who I am. Or perhaps I’m just letting my feelings show way too obviously on my face. I could dart out of my chair, grab those thick hips, and pull her against me so she felt my hard manhood against her body. I’d turn her around and grind against her ass.
“Are you ready to order, gentlemen?” she asks.
