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“I’m listening.”
“My wife has asked me to bring my new friend over to dinner. She’s excited to meet you.”
I arch an eyebrow. I guess we are friends. Tony was right, he and I are pretty similar. Christian can sometimes be as dry as a cardboard, but he’s a good man and I actually like him. As far as friends go, he’s not a bad one to have. Not at all.
“I know it’s ridiculous,” he says, brows furrowed. “But Daniella’s stubborn and I’ve mentioned you a few times. It’ll just be dinner with my family. You can bring your friends.” His lips curl as he says the last sentence.
I’m sure he’s thinking about Tony and whether I’ll be able to get him to behave in a dignified manner out in public.
“Thanks, man. Just let me know when and where. I’ll be there. It’s the least I can do.”
“Alright,” he says. “Well done, by the way. You’ve definitely proven yourself. Anybody who thinks less of you can go fuck themselves.”
I smile. “Or we can just kill them.”
“Yeah.” He chuckles. “I have to go. But we’ll talk later.”
A few seconds after he leaves, Michael sighs. “I’ll get someone to clean that up,” he says, gesturing at the dead man and the blood and gore surrounding him.
He walks out as well, leaving behind Tony and me.
“Is it just me or is he acting pissier than usual?” I ask.
“Nope. He’s sad because Kiara’s leaving the country,” Tony replies.
“Again?” I frown. “But she just got back.”
“Yeah, but Lena got a promotion at work that requires her to go to London for a year and Kiara’s going with her.”
My brows furrow. “Elena’s going to London?”
“Yep. She just managed to convince my dad to let her go. He’s only doing so on the condition that she’ll come home and settle down in New York when she returns. He wants her to get married as soon as she gets back.”
I clench my fists, trying to ignore the way my blood heats at the thought of Elena getting married. “And she agreed?”
“Yeah. I was surprised, too. She said she’d do anything we wanted when she returned as long as we let her go. I guess the promotion’s important to her or something,” he says, shrugging.
My gut tells me that something suspicious is going on. It doesn’t feel right. But I can’t very well question their decision.
“Alright. When do they leave?”
“In two days. Dad and I are going to fly over to Boston to say goodbye since they’re leaving from there. I kind of hate that I won’t see her for a year.”
“I’m sure you’ll survive. Plus, we’ve got a lot of work to do. Starting with appeasing our buyer in China and fixing relations with some of our other investors.”
“Sure, we’ll do all that. But tonight, we celebrate,” he grins, throwing his arm around my neck.
I chuckle, letting him lead me out of the room. He’s right. There’s so much I have to do, but for today, I can breathe easier. Because I just took a monumental step in my journey to ensure that my father is proud of me and continues to be so. There will be other obstacles. But for now, I’ve won.
* * *
Tonyand I are heading out of the house when we run into Ivan. He drives his motorcycle onto the property, revving the engine twice before stopping in front of us. I don’t miss Tony’s eye roll.
“Dude needs to stop showing off with that thing,” he mutters. I can tell he’s secretly jealous.
Ivan gets off the motorcycle and offers me a short nod. “Roman,” he greets.
“Cousin.”
