Desperate Vows by Kess Avalon & Bree Livingston

Author:Kess Avalon & Bree Livingston [Avalon, Kess & Livingston, Bree]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bree Livingston Publishing LLC
Published: 2024-04-20T00:00:00+00:00

Two days later, I sat in the back booth of the restaurant, nursing a Scotch as I waited for Ari. He’d managed to get me a meeting with Jason Georgiou much quicker than I had anticipated. I’d hoped he would be receptive. I knew his family had suffered hard times, too, so that was a point in my corner.

I was still trying to digest and figure out Franklin Benoit. Remy had told him what happened. Moretti attacked his home, and he continued with a business trip? It wasn’t believable. I just couldn’t put together what he had planned.

The only thing I knew for certain was that Claire wasn’t involved. I saw the look on her face after I got her in the car. That wasn’t someone used to the violence and chaos of my world. She was in shock. Horrified. She’d actually felt sorry for that scumbag who would have delivered her to Moretti without a second thought.

When the door to the restaurant opened, the rest of my thoughts were put on hold. A lot riding on this meeting. Ari and Jason reached the booth, I stood to greet them.

Jason wore an expensive suit and had a stern expression on his face. If I was reading him right, he felt the same way I did. This had the potential to strengthen both families. We shook hands.

“Jason.” I looked around, and just as I was about to ask whether his second would be attending, Thomas entered and took long strides until he was next to Jason.

“Lucas,” Jason said, never breaking eye contact. “Long time no see.”

“How’ve you been?”

He shrugged. “Business is good, so same as usual.”

I smiled. “Good to know. Whiskey still your flavor?”

“The cheapest stuff you got.” He laughed.

I shook my head. How he stomached that rotgut was beyond me. Jason and I were taking our seats when Ari arrived with glasses and bottom-shelf whiskey. “Have a seat, fellas.”

When our glasses were filled, I raised mine aloft. “Salut!”

The trio repeated it back to me, and it was time for business.

“So, Ari says you’ve got something important to discuss,” Jason said as he poured himself another drink.

“What do you know of Franklin Benoit?” I asked.

Jason swirled the amber in his glass. “I don’t worry about the French or the Italian as long as they stay out of my area. That said, he’s a cockroach.”

I grunted. “What else?”

“I’ve got some friends of friends that I trust. I’m told he screwed over Marco Moretti. I don’t know the details, but I can’t see Marco letting it go.”

“I’ve heard the same.”

Jason studied me for a minute. “I’ve also heard he’s got an alliance with you. Something about marrying his daughter.”

“It’s something.”

“Why am I here?” asked Jason.

“This thing with Marco could bleed out to the rest of us. I want to know if someone’s got my back if I need it and offer the same to them. Someone I can trust.”

“I see.” Jason threw back the drink. “I guess that’ll depend on what you know about Benoit.

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