Dante Beretta: A Secret Baby Mafia Romance (The Unseen Underground) by Abigail Davies

Author:Abigail Davies [Davies, Abigail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-12-09T00:00:00+00:00

DANTE

“We’re all finally here, then,” Alessandro Roti said with a sneer on his face.

Lorenzo gave him a look, one that told him he wasn’t amused by his comment. Alessandro always said what he thought, he was also the man who had tried to take my father’s seat when he died. Lorenzo had soon put a stop to that though.

Lorenzo didn’t allow Alessandro’s attitude to seep through his armor, he simply ignored him and then looked at the other three men around the table.

The Enterprise.

The heads of all of the families in the state, working together in part so that we weren’t always at war. There’d been too much of that over the years, which was why my father had put together this organization that met once a month. Only this month we were a week late, thanks to me.

“Any matters of importance to discuss?” Lorenzo asked, sitting back in his seat. I was standing at the side of him, my rightful place as underboss, just like all of the other underbosses stood next to their bosses around the table.

“Yeah, the fact that you’ve expanded,” Gio Pozzi said. His stare moved up to mine, but all I did was raise a brow. He was trying to pick a fight, trying to get a reaction, too bad for him, he wouldn’t get one…at least, not here and now anyway.

Gio Pozzi had only come into power after his uncle—Piero—had betrayed Lorenzo. It was my brother who had put Gio at the head of his family, yet with the way he was staring Lorenzo down, you would have thought he was his sworn enemy.

The Pozzis were the lowest family here, adept in politics and growing marijuana.

“We discussed that at the last meeting,” Lorenzo told him, not turning to look at him.

“Yeah, and you didn’t let me say my piece.” Gio banged his fist on the table, causing it to shake.

“You said plenty,” Neri Riva growled. “It’s all you ever talk about.” Neri was only one of two original members still sitting at the table. Him and Stefano Cerutti. Between the two of them, they controlled a hell of a lot of money in the state. Neri was a loan shark who also owned countless casinos, and Stefano cleaned more money than you could ever think of. Cash was their thing.

“Yeah, because they now run twice as much territory as we do,” Gio continued, his face turning red. “It’s not split evenly. The whole point of this was so that we were all on a level playing field.”

I tried to keep my grin at bay because he’d never be on a level playing field with any of the other four families around this table. Tilting my head, I wondered what his play was. Was he trying to make a mark that his uncle hadn’t been able to?

Lorenzo leaned forward, the move slow and deliberate. “We were never on a level playing field.” He paused, sneering. “And we never will be.” He moved back, pushing his chest out.

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