Mafia Kings: Valentino: Dark Mafia Romance Series #6 by Olivia Thorn

Chapter 70

Another upside of not having to work on Rocco’s crew was that I didn’t have to get up at the ass-crack of dawn anymore.

I was eating breakfast around 8 the next morning with Isabella and Ludavica – under the watchful and disapproving eye of an older kitchen servant – when Paolo walked in.

“Hey, boss,” he said cheerfully.

Guess he was happy about his promotion to Isabella’s bodyguard.

“Good morning,” I said.

“Signorinas,” he said respectfully to Isabella and Ludavica.

Isabella smiled back at him and said Ciao.

Ludavica said Ciao but didn’t smile.

Then Paolo turned back to me.

“Hey, boss,” he said excitedly, “take a look at this!”

He opened his suit jacket to reveal a shoulder holster and revolver.

“You know how to handle that thing?” I asked.

“Yes,” he said, offended.

“Okay.”

“So – where’re we headed this fine morning?” he asked Isabella.

“I asked Papa if we could go to Cefalù, and he said yes.”

“Where’s Cefalù?” I asked.

“About an hour and a half north of here,” Paolo said. “On the coast.”

I frowned. “How far is Cefalù from Ragusa?”

Paolo looked at me with wide eyes and a fake smile like, What the fuck are you asking THAT for? “Uh… three and a half hours, give or take?”

Shit. That meant Cat’s taxi would have to drive pretty far.

I needed to call her as soon as we got out of here.

“Alright, then – let’s get going,” I said.

We all walked out to the SUV. I got in the front passenger seat beside Paolo, and both girls got in the back.

As soon as Paolo was on the main road, I said, “Let me see your phone.”

He laughed nervously and looked at me like, Are you crazy?! “Uh… why, boss?”

“So I can call Caterina.”

I said it mostly to see what his reaction would be.

He didn’t disappoint.

He swerved into the oncoming lane, although he recovered quickly enough.

Luckily nobody was coming in the opposite direction.

“Jesus, don’t kill us!” I barked.

Paolo laughed nervously again. “Who’s Caterina?”

“We already know,” Isabella informed him from the backseat.

Paolo looked around in bug-eyed terror. “You do?!”

“Yes.” Then Isabella looked at me. “Is that her name? Caterina?”

“Yeah,” I said uncomfortably.

It was a little weird talking to your future wife about the girl you were banging.

“That’s a pretty name,” Isabella said sweetly.

“Yeah,” I said lamely.

What was I supposed to say?

Thank you?

I agree?

Instead, I focused on Paolo. “Your phone.”

Paolo was sweating now. “This is a bad idea.”

“Now you know why you got your promotion.”

He glared at me –

But he got distracted when Isabella said, “We can keep a secret.”

Paolo looked at them in the rearview mirror, then shook his head and swore under his breath.

“PHONE,” I said.

He pulled it out and slapped it into my palm.

“Pull off the road up ahead,” I ordered him.

“Why?”

“So I can talk

we don’t get to listen to your conversation with

my girlfriend. And

“Awww,” Ludavica complained playfully.

was having more fun than I’d ever seen before.

think she’s a fuck buddy,” Ludavica

both girls collapsed into gales of

mirror, then looked at Paolo.

on the girls’ playful taunts and Paolo’s obvious panic

“…hello?” she answered warily.

“It’s me.”

said, her voice suddenly full of

Isabella’s remark about Cat being my girlfriend but quickly brushed

ready to see

“Of course!”

we need to talk about

Caterina sounded worried. “…oh?”

out I didn’t work with his son

he know about us?” she asked

he bought it. But in order to get out of the house to see you, I had to come up with

“…which is…?”

Isabella with me and show her around the

a

name?” Cat finally asked. “Your

I said in

Another long pause.

to keep her from finding out about us if you’ve

“She already knows.”

“SHE ALREADY KNOWS?!”

before. It took

quickly. “She’s fine with it. She doesn’t want to get married to me,

“And you believe her?!”

has her on lockdown. She’s only

in Cat’s voice. “And she’s

that’s not the important part –

your future wife about us isn’t the important part,” Cat said sarcastically. “What’s the

psychopath, and yesterday I saw what he did to somebody who crossed him,” I said angrily. “It wasn’t pretty.

Silence.

to warn

don’t want to run the risk,” she

him finding

I walked out of the house right under the nose of Niccolo and Don Rosolini. If either of THEM had found out I was going to see you, I don’t think

wouldn’t have done anything to you –

about

do anything to

trying to back out?” she asked softly. “Are you just

“What?! No! Absolutely not!”

“Are YOU afraid?”

clarified. “Not for me. I’m afraid for you. If anything happened to you… I don’t think

she added, “But if something happens to me, I’m pretty sure it’ll happen to you, too. So you won’t have to live with yourself

dark,” I said with

to be with you. So if you’re asking me, then I’m in. All the way. We’ll just have to be

Don Vicari’s

admit, I was relieved by Cat’s

said happily.

do I meet

called Cefalù. It’s pretty far from Ragusa – about

I better

text me when you get there. Or call or

will. I can’t

said warmly, a huge swell of emotion surging

I stopped myself.

say something I had never said to

wasn’t a good

Especially now.

“…yes?” Cat whispered hopefully.

I struggled to answer…

finally just said, “I’ll see

Another long pause.

said sadly, then

Shit.

laid in a few hours, I was suddenly incredibly

remembered what Isabella had

Do you love her?

for you – and you hadn’t ‘thought about

START to

stood there for a

then I looked through the other calls on Paolo’s phone until I

Alessandra’s number.

of many Lars had made us

and waited, my heart beating twice

familiar voice

“Alessandra?”

she cried out joyously. “What are you

it

“So it’s going okay?”

yeah, it’s going great. I’ve seen Caterina a couple of

know!” Alessandra

“…you do?”

I’m so

so joyful, it lifted

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