Contempt (Renzo + Lucia Book 3) by Bethany-Kris

Author:Bethany-Kris [Bethany-Kris]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Bethany-Kris
Published: 2019-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

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“Look at you, walking around in the middle of fucking daylight like an idiot.”

Renzo’s stride came to a sudden stop on the sidewalk, and he glared up at the sky with narrowed eyes, and a groan already on his lips at that familiar voice. Sure enough, when he turned his head slightly to see who was waiting, he found Corrado Guzzi grinning in a shadowed alleyway.

“What the fuck do you want, Corrado?”

The man flashed his teeth. “Checking up on you, New York.”

He still wasn’t sure if he hated or liked that nickname.

Probably both.

“Dare send you?” he asked.

“Cree,” Corrado murmured.

Surprise, surprise.

For the most part, Renzo had been ignoring his phone for the last week. Or at least, he’d been ignoring Cree’s calls who was the only person calling his goddamn phone. Maybe the guy would get the hint—apparently, not.

“What, did he get pissy because I don’t want to listen to him bark at me?” Renzo asked.

“He thinks you’re getting too … confident,” Corrado returned. “His words, not mine. He thinks you might need a reminder of your place and whatnot, seeing as how you can’t seem to pick up a call from him or whatever.”

Renzo resisted the urge to roll his eyes. “I’m working a job.”

“Mmm, in your old stomping grounds, too.”

“Yeah, fucking fun, huh?”

Corrado gave him a look.

Renzo stared back, unbothered.

The differences between him and Corrado Guzzi were obvious on the surface, but it was the differences that one didn’t know and weren’t as obvious that made a bigger impact on Renzo.

Like the fact Corrado had chosen The League willingly, was a free agent for them, and could come and go at his will. They didn’t control his life, or the choices he made. His life wasn’t given to The League like a fucking present for them to unwrap.

Renzo was not the same.

Clearly.

“You can’t get cocky,” Corrado told him. “You know how Cree is, Ren. And you know how fucking Dare gets when he’s in a mood, too. Just watch yourself, huh?”

“Just give me the message Cree wanted you to pass on, and go on your way. Let me get back to my fucking job, Corrado.”

Corrado sighed. “You belong to The League until your contract is up in a couple months, Ren. Don’t forget it, man.”

Renzo, still unbothered, gave Corrado one last look before he continued his walk down the street.

Was that message supposed to be shocking?

A revelation?

It wasn’t.

Renzo couldn’t forget who owned him. They’d beaten it into him. Scars like those didn’t leave—they only faded.

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