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

Chapter 71

Mafia Kings: Valentino: 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?”

I can talk to her

we don’t get to listen to your conversation with

not my girlfriend. And no, you

“Awww,” Ludavica complained playfully.

than

a fuck buddy,” Ludavica said, which made

both girls collapsed into

glared at them in the rearview mirror, then looked at Paolo.

on the girls’ playful

“…hello?” she answered warily.

“It’s me.”

voice suddenly

about Cat being my girlfriend

ready to

“Of course!”

we need to

Caterina sounded worried. “…oh?”

I didn’t work with

know about us?”

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

“…which is…?”

to take Isabella with me and show

was a

her name?” Cat finally asked. “Your

said in

Another long pause.

finding out about us if you’ve got to show her

“She already knows.”

“SHE ALREADY KNOWS?!”

before. It

with it. She doesn’t want to get married to me, either, but she wants to go out and

“And you believe her?!”

much her father has her on lockdown. She’s only left her house a couple times

could hear the bewilderment in Cat’s voice. “And she’s HOW

I think. Look, that’s not the

wife about us isn’t the important part,” Cat

to somebody who crossed him,” I said angrily. “It wasn’t pretty.

Silence.

to warn you. If you don’t want to run the risk,

run the

Of him

I walked out of the house right under the nose of Niccolo and Don Rosolini. If either of THEM

you –

I’m sure they wouldn’t be so nice about it if they found me

still wouldn’t do anything to you,” I said in

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

“What?! No! Absolutely not!”

“Are YOU afraid?”

I’m afraid for you. If anything happened to you… I don’t think I could

she added, “But if something happens to me, I’m pretty sure it’ll happen

dark,” I said with

don’t care. I only want to be with you. So

Don Vicari’s

had to admit, I

said happily.

I meet

far from Ragusa –

I better

you get there. Or call or text Paolo, I

can’t wait to

I said warmly, a huge swell of emotion surging in my chest.

I stopped myself.

to say something I had never

which wasn’t a good idea to say

Especially now.

“…yes?” Cat whispered hopefully.

I struggled to answer…

finally just said, “I’ll see you

Another long pause.

she said sadly,

Shit.

who was going to get laid in a few hours, I was

what Isabella

Do you love her?

comes all the way here for you

to think about

stood there for

calls on Paolo’s phone until

Alessandra’s number.

Lars had made us all

and waited, my heart

a familiar

“Alessandra?”

she cried out joyously. “What are you doing calling from THIS

lent it

“So it’s going okay?”

great. I’ve seen Caterina a

know!” Alessandra said

“…you do?”

been texting me. I’m so

lifted my spirits

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