Bad Princess: A Mafia Romance by N. E. Henderson

Author:N. E. Henderson [Henderson, N. E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: N. E. Henderson
Published: 2021-01-13T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 29

MATTEO

After I hear the click of the door shutting, I turn to face my mother, only to find her pale blue eyes narrowing in my direction. She’s either seconds away from blowing up, giving me an earful, or simply finding the nearest object and beating my ass with it—in the literal sense.

“Irongirl,” I call out to get my daughter’s attention. “Why don’t you go to the bathroom and clean up your chocolate-covered face.”

“Sure, Daddy.”

She bounces up and down on her toes before sprinting down the hall and out of earshot as my stare remains locked with my mom’s. After a long stretch of silence, I inhale and then release a sigh. Before I can speak, my mother beats me to it. “Have you taken so many blows to the head that you’ve lost all the sense I taught you?”

“Stop being dramatic, Ma.” Stepping forward, I walk the short distance to the kitchen and pull out a bottle of water from the fridge. Normally, I’d be rushing to my coffee maker, needing a steaming cup of Joe to wake me up, but this morning it isn’t needed. I haven’t slept a full night since Brooklyn was born. I always wake up during the night to check on her, and it usually takes me going another solid hour on the heavy bag to get back to sleep before I’m dragging my body back out of bed only a few short hours later.

Was it because I had a warm body in bed with me?

The click of her sandals against the hardwood floor clues me in that my mother followed me, so I turn around to face her as I uncap the plastic bottle, taking a swig of cold aqua.

“You call me dramatic when it’s you that has a criminal in your home?”

“Does she have a rap sheet that you somehow know about?” I ask, my brows furrowing. “Has she done something illegal that you’re privy to, Ma?” I love this woman. I’ve always respected her above anyone else. She’s the best mother anyone could be gifted, but she’s taken this too far.

“She’s connected. She’s one of them, Matteo, and if you think for a second that you won’t get caught up in their life—”

“Jeez.” I cut her off before she continues. “I’m not planning to marry her. I just want to date her.” My words taste sour on my tongue, but they aren’t untrue. I do want to date her, or fuck her, or I don’t know, find out what it is about her that I can’t get out of my head. To figure out why, even as a teenager, there was something intriguing about her.

“Her father is the boss. Not a capo. Not a made man or soldier, not even an associate of theirs. He’s the boss, Matt. The one with all the power. Did I keep you so far away from your father’s family that you know nothing about the mob?”

“I know who Tony is, Ma.”

“He’s a Caputo. He’s the worst of the worst kind of man, Matteo.

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