MY Possessive Mafia Men

Chapter 184: What Did You Hope Te

Riccardo

Kingston commented that the fee paid for the safety of playing publicly an

that fee. I happened to agree with him.

"But?" I prompted when we were alone again.

"We should keep an eye on that new member, Maxim. I had forgotten his surname. It might be nothing, but I noticed him watching Ma Taylor." The bartender said, I frowned.

"Maxim Ogu?" I asked.

"Yes, that is the guy."

Damn it, I had been the one to vet him. If he did something that would piss me off, I am going to rip his head. I scanned the arms and soon found both him and the Taylor couple. Maxim was sitting several seats down from the pair in the seating area, but he had a clear view of them. I narrowed my eyes as he looked right at the couple. I shifted my gaze back to the bartender.

"Had he approached them?" He shook his head.

"No, he has kept a respectable distance. At least for the moment."

"Good, I will let security know about your concern. They will keep an eye on him both here and through the surveillance cameras. Is there anything else I should know about?" He shook his head again.

"That is all."

Finishing up my drink, I sent a text to the ones working security tonight to watch out for Maxim Ogu. With a last look at the couple and him, I started making my way to the stairs. I have seen enough here. I had taken a few steps up the stairs when someone called for me. "Sir?" Turning back around, I saw one of the dungeon monitors coming towards me.

"Yes?"

"Adanna is asking for you to come to the reception. There was a woman there asking for you."

said, not thinking twice as I crossed the floor in a

I was on the stairs leaning towards the front entrance. Each step I took was filled with unbidden excitement and hopefulness. As the reception and the woman came into view, I stalled. Of course, I had thought

seemed like a pleasant conversation with Adanna, which stumped me. They never used to get along. She turned around to face me, a smile resting on

"Lily?"

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I took in the wataan I had thought I would never see again. She still looks good with her high cheekbones, long silky hair and smooth skin. Her lips were painted pink, which brought attention to her prominent cupid's bow, he had more curves than the last time I had seen her, it suited her. She had colored her hair too, making it a

I asked, ignoring her

if that was an answer to why she

know why she was still on my payroll. I had never liked her. At first, it had been a favor for Marshall's sister and when I had grounds to fire her, Angelia stepped in. Our girl had a big heart, but I couldn't complain about her. Her big heart allowed

I signaled for Lily to follow

talk in

I opened the club years back and this type of contract had no end date. Lily followed me without hesitation, her eyes immediately went to the floor as if she had taken my suggestion as a command. Trained behavior was hard to unlearn, even after spending years apart. I was almost impressed when we walked across the club, and

master, Lily.

didn't feel right to me to not be upfront with her, I didn't want her to think of our time together as something more than what it truly had been. Training, pure and simple. She had already been a slave for a few years by then, but she had agreed that I could practice my dominance with her. I had been an inexperienced master

the best one I have ever had." Her voice was timid but with

to my seat behind my desk and

practice." I calmly explained to her, though I found it unnecessary to even explain

to suggest

right?" She nodded,

do, but it felt real.

it did."

did start to feel a bit real, but it hadn't left right. However, it had proven to me what I had already known; I was a master through and through. That had been the only thing about our arrangement that had felt

tried again, hoping for

as I thought. It was too slow-paced

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