Hearts Of Darkness: An Enemies to Lovers Mafia Romance (The Santiago Trilogy Book 1) by Catherine Wiltcher

Author:Catherine Wiltcher [Wiltcher, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-17T00:00:00+00:00

19

DANTE

Istare at Joseph as I try and process this clusterfuck of information.

“Gomez is dead.” Surely, he’s not implying it’s suspicious. The guy was a hundred pounds overweight—a walking heart attack waiting to happen. Besides, his son isn’t one to make waves. He’ll carry on the supply chain with his processing plants and honor our contract for as long as we tell him to. If not, I’ll send a couple of men down to Colombia to show him exactly what our back-out clause looks like.

As for Sanders, he's partying too hard again. Last month he woke up on a fucking cargo ship bound for Australia. I've joined him myself on a couple of occasions… Since then, I’ve learned some self-control. The guy's a wildcard, but he always delivers. That's why I tend not to give him too much shit about it.

Joseph seems agitated though, and it’s not like him. We’ve done three tours in Afghanistan, and I’ve never seen him as edgy as this. I snap my belt together and readjust myself discreetly.

Think, Dante. Think.

I'm still hard. I’m still reeling from the conversation in the car. I've never laid my heart on the line like that for anyone, but it felt like a compulsion I couldn't quit. I had to have that guarantee from her. We’re skirting ever closer to the truth about me. I needed to seal the deal before my duplicity is exposed. Somehow, I’ll make her forgive me for driving her brother to suicide and for being the man she’s despised for all these years. The odds are stacked against me, but I'll do whatever it takes.

Get your head back in the game, Dante.

Serious shit has gone down.

Damage limitation is required.

The timing is suspicious, I’ll give him that. The final negotiations for the New York deal are taking place next week. If the Italians get wind of a potential destabilization in our organization, they'll yank the play from the table. We’re coming to this partnership strong, but it’s based on our ability to deliver quality merchandise, as well as the skill of our men in annihilating the competition. We need this deal to cement our credibility after the Garcia fiasco…

“I want a team of fifty in New York by the end of play today,” I tell him, reeling off my orders like I’m in total fucking control as usual. “If this is a ploy to derail the deal, I want our men there armed and ready. I want you to oversee it personally. Get Nicolas and his men on stand-by in Miami. Send fifty more to help Sanders’ people. We need to track him down. If this is a declaration of war, we need all heads in the game. I’ll take ten to Colombia with me.”

“That’ll leave twenty or so here. You okay with that?”

I appreciate the question. There’s no point in concealing my interest in Eve Miller any longer. I never left her bedroom yesterday, which is quite a turnaround for a workaholic like me.

“Fine,” I say, yanking the door open again.

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