Blue Blood: Mafia Romance & Suspense (The Family Book 1) by Lily Ragley

Author:Lily Ragley [Ragley, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lily Ragley
Published: 2023-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Gio was livid.

He fumed through the phone as she recounted the conversation later that night, after she’d landed and settled into the Mancini house.

“Celia did apologize...”

He scoffed.

“…probably only because you asked her to,” Ana mumbled. “Still, I appreciate it,” she said with quiet fervor, trying, however ineptly, to convey the depths of her gratitude. Not just for Celia’s apology but for Auntie’s too. “Thank you.”

“Not sure I want to take credit for that pathetic apology, but at least it was something. Fuckin’ Russos,” he grumbled under his breath. There was a heavy sigh, and she could hear him settling into bed.

“Did he cause trouble at the summit?”

“Oh, he definitely tried to stir up some shit,” Gio said darkly. “But it didn’t result in the coup he wanted. I know he’s meeting Antonio soon, though, so who knows what stunt he’ll pull then.”

“Tony won’t give in,” she assured. “I’ll be there to help him.”

“I hope he's thankful to have so much help.”

Ana paused, a hand stilling on her open suitcase. The remark was innocent, but his tone wasn’t. Just how closely had Gio been monitoring her cousin’s business? “Tony’s been great with clients,” she managed carefully. “He just needs support with the logistics.”

“Hm…I figured. The type of growth that business has seen–well, no offense, but there is no way Tony could have pulled that off alone. I always assumed he had some help.”

She said nothing.

Gio hummed pointedly at her silence. “Just be careful. If you’re in the meeting, Russo will gun for you to get back at me for stopping his coup. He’s been a thorn in my side for too long. Not just mine, my parents' too.”

“Really?”

He confirmed irritably. “They had a tough time keeping him out of their business dealings too. I even–” A pronounced pause ensued before he admitted reluctantly, “I even suspected him at one point.”

“Suspected–?”

As soon as she’d uttered it, she realized.

His parents’ murder.

“You had quite the long suspect list…” Ana said, stunned. Gio’s thirst for revenge was notorious, but she hadn’t thought it extended so far. Was there truly no one he trusted?

“I suspected everyone at the start," he admitted. "It was hard not to after the way my parents…passed.” A crack, a sliver of grief seeped through, and Gio cleared his throat. “I was so angry and paranoid, not just for me but for Gabi. If the perpetrators roamed free, they could always attack again.”

Perpetrators?

“You sound sure that there were multiple of them.”

“Sure?” Gio laughed hollowly. “I haven’t been sure about anything that happened that day, not even now. All I know is that multiple people failed us: the guard, Jon, and the security team.” Anger lined his every word, vibrating through the phone with unbridled tension. “But I still have no answers on why. No way of preventing it from happening again. Gabi is fearful even now. She keeps saying she sees these eyes watching her, this sinister face laughing.”

The visual slid eerily under Ana’s skin, petrifying her. She knew how deeply

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