Keres: An enemies to lovers, dark mafia romance (Chicago Ruthless Book 4) by Sadie Kincaid

Author:Sadie Kincaid [Kincaid, Sadie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Red House Press Ltd
Published: 2024-04-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Twenty-Nine

KERES

I’m surprised Ace doesn’t burst into flames with the furious heat I’m directing at him. The stubborn asshole still refuses to give me the name he got from Michaelson today, and being kept in the dark on my own fucking mission infuriates me more than I can say.

“I could help find him. I might recognize the name,” I try again.

He shrugs and continues flicking through channels on the TV while Romeo sits on the sofa beside him, cleaning his gun. Again. “You said you didn’t know any of the higher ups.”

I sigh and try a different tactic. “I deserve to know.”

He turns and gives me his full attention. “You deserve to know? Says the woman who drugged us, kidnapped our boss’s wife and unborn baby, and made us look like a pair of fucking clowns. Not to mention put Romeo’s and my life in jeopardy.” Jumping up from the sofa, he stalks across the room and towers over me. “You deserve nothing from me but a fucking bullet in your head.”

With that, he storms outside and slams the door behind him, which I’ve come to realize is his go-to response to everything. Romeo shakes his head like he’s disappointed in me, but I’m not the one who just stomped off like a toddler. “He’s so fucking touchy.”

That earns me a sadistic laugh. “You have any idea how much restraint he has to have around you, Fuck-up?”

“He’s really that desperate to kill me, huh?” I shrug, trying to feign casual disinterest even as it hurts me to say the words.

“Kill you or fuck you. Depends on his mood.” Romeo’s eyes twinkle with devious intent. “Either way, it takes a lot of effort for him to keep his hands from around your throat.” He goes back to cleaning his gun.

I feel as conflicted about Ace as he does about me. I crave his comfort and touch, and at the same time I hate myself for those cravings because of how vulnerable they make me feel. I’ve come this far on my own, why the hell am I allowing myself to be so affected by the opinions of two men I shouldn’t even care about?

They are the enemy.

I pull on my jacket and go outside to find Ace leaning against the wall, his hands stuffed in his pockets and his thick biceps straining the sleeves of his T-shirt. Objectively, he’s one of the finest specimens of a man I’ve ever seen in my life. And deep down, I know he’s not the enemy. I figure I’ve seen enough of how he and Romeo operate to know that they’ve never been involved in trafficking. Ace has every right to hate me for what I did to him and Romeo.

I stand beside him, and even though we’re not quite touching, I feel the heat from his body through my jacket. “Did you kill him?”

He grunts. “Who?”

“Mason Michaelson. Your hands were all cut up, and I saw the blood on your clothes.”

Tipping his head back, he stares up at the stars for a few seconds before he answers.

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