Total pages in book: 53
Estimated words: 47626 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 238(@200wpm)___ 191(@250wpm)___ 159(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 47626 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 238(@200wpm)___ 191(@250wpm)___ 159(@300wpm)
Once that was over, we kept in touch over one job or another before Giulia found me and I became the one-man recovery team. She would have assigned me a team, but I work best alone.
One day Notrie called me and told me some from his team had betrayed him. He burned them all not knowing who it was. I told him what I was doing and offered him a place with me. He took but he had one condition, he wanted to be my number two who was masked as my driver. That stems from his trust issues. I get it. So I told him okay and the rest is history.
Kissing the side of her head I wake her gently, not wanting her to startle. “Baby, wake up. We are here, Piccola.” She shifts slightly rubbing her face against my shirt. So fucking adorable. “Can you walk, angel, or do you need me to carry you?” Half asleep she raises her pouty mouth to mine and reaches up for a kiss. I make it chaste as possible because any more than that and Notrie will be asked to vacate the car.
“No, I can walk,” she says, her voice still raspy and sexy as fuck.
“Alright then, let’s go. She moves to open the door, but I grip her other wrist. She looks at me shocked and not sure what she did. I should reassure her, but I need her to know how serious I am about this. “Never open the door, yourself. You either wait for me to come out first and tell you it is safe, or you look at him.” I accentuate pointing to the front of the car. “This is Notrie. He is going to be in charge of your security. When he assembles your team, you will be introduced to them. Until then, it will be either him or me. Do you understand?” She puts her head down, a single tear falling from her eye at my reprimand and although my heart feels like an asshole, the protector in me and the man who would die without her now, will not be made to feel guilty.
“I’m sorry. I won’t do it again.” Okay now she sounds like a tortured puppy. That shit fuck with me. Slowly I lift her head, so she is looking at me.
“I am not angry with you, Piccola. I just need you to know how serious your safety is to me. It would either kill me or send me to the electric chair if something happened to you. Okay?” I see a hint of a smile and then she nods her head.
“Well, can’t have you dying can we?” The joke takes me by surprise, but it also sends my head roaring back in laughter.
“No, we can't angel. Alright let’s go.”
We walk hand in hand up to the door. I stop when I feel her hand trembling in mine. I take a second to hold her face. “Are you sure it is going to be okay?” she asks, biting her lip.
“Are you doubting your husband already angel?” I ask it with a smile on my face. She smirks and shakes her head.
“No. I’m sorry. I just… I just don’t want anything to happen.” I know what she is not saying. She doesn't want anything happening to me. Hell, neither do I.
Once she has calmed down, I ring the bell that would normally walk through, but it doesn’t seem the same now. We wait a few minutes and then the door is opened by Aurora, the lady of Miami and this house. She is giving me the ‘now you stepped in it’ look like a big sister would give and to be honest, she is my sister, even though it is not by blood.
“Aurora.” She frowns at me because she is not used to me being so formal with her.
“Cain.” I try to stop the smirk from the name she calls me. She says I am like Hollow Man, because I can get in and out of places without being seen. “And who is this?” She knows who she is, but she wants me to tell her.
“Asesina, this is my wife, Satine.” Her eyes get big when I call her my wife. She wasn’t expecting that. “Angel, this is my sister by choice, Aurora. Suddenly a little toddler comes up beside her and Aurora puts her hand on the baby’s head. “And this little bug is Star.” I lean down and pick up my little niece, tickling her tummy.
“Unc B.” That’s what she calls me. She can’t say my whole name yet.
“Hi. It’s nice to meet you both,” Satine says, rubbing the cheeks of Star and smiling at pregnant Aurora.
“Well, you both come on in. Cain, why don’t you go into the parlor. I think it is best for her to stay out here at first.” I knew this was a possibility, but everything in me is revolting against this idea but the truth is, I am outnumbered in this house and as fond as Aurora and I are of one another, she wouldn’t hesitate if it was an order. So, instead turn to my love and make her look at me.