Fractured Faith: Blessed Hearts Book 2 by Nadine O'Keeffe & Scarlet King

Author:Nadine O'Keeffe & Scarlet King [O'Keeffe, Nadine & King, Scarlet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2023-05-21T16:00:00+00:00

33

Oisín

This fucker is lying to us. Again.

Three times in as many minutes, Antonio has glanced over his shoulder, wide, panicked eyes landing on the door marked employees only. Only for a second each time, quick enough that I’m sure he thinks he’s being discreet.

Asshole.

Next to me, Sebastian goes unnaturally still. I spare him a glance to find his eyes bright and his mouth twisted in a feral grin. I’ve done enough work for Da with Sebastian to know he doesn’t get angry, per se. He becomes fucking unhinged.

I welcome every second of it.

“‘Fess up, Tony,” Sebby says casually, taking a step forward. Serafina doesn’t even flinch as he wraps his arms around her waist affectionately. “Or don’t. Up to you. But seeing me all bloody turns him on, so you keep chatting or you can be my wingman.”

I don’t bother to check if Renato or my da reacts to his comment, instead I keep my focus trained on the man dripping blood all over the shop floor.

“Ti ho detto tutto quello che so,” Antonio frantically insists.

“All I know in Italian is vous le vous cochez avec moi?” Sebastian muses, and Serafina fucking laughs.

“That’s French, idiota,” she scoffs at him, but her voice is brighter than it was a minute ago. Shit, I could kiss Sebby for taking some of her pain away with his nonsense, even just for a second.

“My point stands,” Sebastian whispers to her. My wife’s lips quirk up at one side. She’s trying not to smile. And failing.

“Renato,” I say, turning my head to meet my father in law’s eyes and to avoid the reaction that seeing Sebastian and Serafina together is giving my body. “The door.”

Renato frowns, eyes sweeping over the small shop before focusing on the closed door behind Antonio. He nods once, sharply, then mutters something to Thomas. Da tilts his chin in recognition, then slips outside.

I can only assume he’s guarding the entrance, and anticipation quickens my pulse.

“Apri la porta,” Renato instructs, thankfully appearing unbothered by the way Sebastian has wrapped himself around Serafina. We don’t have time to answer the questions he’s probably got brimming inside of his head right now. Fuck, I’m not even sure I have answers.

Nessa hops down from her perch only to shove past Antonio and push at the door.

“Locked,” she says simply, turning back to the jeweller. “You heard the big scary mob boss,” she teases, but her voice is dark. “Open. The. Door.”

“No,” he pleads, his voice shaky.

Sebastian sighs dramatically, releasing my wife only to tut and take Nessa’s place on top of the counter.

“Nessy, my dear,” he says to her, eyeing Antonio. Sebastian’s eyes are wide and I can practically see the excitement rippling off him. “How long can a man survive with no hands?”

“Took the last guy less than ten minutes to bleed out,” she muses, twirling her knife again. Antonio is trapped between the two now, and Serafina is watching them with her head cocked to the side. “But I suppose we can’t draw any conclusions without collecting more data.

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