Princess for the Russian Boss: A Captive Mafia Romance by Bella King

Author:Bella King [King, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: After Midnight
Published: 2021-02-09T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Tavo

Ember tilts her head to the side, her messy hair brushing against her shoulder. “The Mafia? I thought we were running from the Mafia.”

“We are,” I say, immediately regretting letting that information slip. It’s not going to hurt me, but it’s going to bring more questions when I’m trapped in a van with her for the next twenty-four hours, and Ember is the most talkative person I’ve ever met.

“Fleeing from my family, the Mafia, and apparently you also run the Mafia,” she says, the gears in her head almost audible as she struggles to make sense of it.

“It’s… complicated,” I say with a chuckle.

She rolls her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest tightly. “Why don’t you just come clean? I’ve been with you all the way, even though you tried to kill me.”

I shrug. “And? I didn’t give you a choice, remember?”

“I could’ve gotten away if I wanted to, but I don’t want to go back to my family.”

“Doubtful.”

“Doubtful that I would’ve gotten away, or doubtful that I don’t want to go back?” she asks, refusing to leave me alone.

I sigh. “Doubtful that you’ll shut your mouth, but I’m going to ask you one more time before I toss you into the back for the rest of the trip.”

“I don’t take kindly to being told what to do. That’s all. The only reason I’m with you now is that I want to be,” she says, an air of snootiness to her voice that’s unmistakable. Has she forgotten who holds the power in this relationship?

I shake my head. “Alright, the second I find a place to pull over, you’re going in the back.”

“Fucking make me,” she challenges, pursing her lips and staring at me with wide eyes.

I chuckle softly under my breath. Sure, I’ll make her. I’ll make her do just about anything that I want, as long as it keeps her quiet for the rest of the trip. I need time to think.

“The fucking Mafia,” Ember muses. “And you got into the palace by posing as a dancer? That’s pretty clever. How did you find out about Glaycia, though?”

I remain silent, unwilling to give her any more rope with which to hang me. Her constant questions are enough to make a man lose his mind. I know she’s doing it on purpose, to annoy me to the point where I break and let her go, but I’m not letting her go. She’s worth a million times her weight in gold.

“How many people actually know about Glaycia? I thought nobody did, aside from a handful of rich people and corrupt politicians,” Ember continues, talking to herself more than me since I’m not answering her. “I guess some wealthy criminal empires would know too since that’s where they keep their money.”

I’ve had enough of this. I need to make a call to Rodrigo and tell him that I’m on the way to his place, and I don’t want Ember talking over me. This is important, and both our lives are on the line.

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