Rico: The Four Families: Romano by Cee Bowerman

Author:Cee Bowerman [Bowerman, Cee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-02-13T18:30:00+00:00

BEX

If the daggers the mostly-plastic woman was aiming my way were real, I’d be standing in a pool of blood. On the other hand, I was positive that if I took a knife to her, silicone and botox would be the only thing to leak out.

Even better than the look on that woman’s face was the shock on Rico’s. When I rested my hand on his chest a second ago, I could feel his tension, but looking at him now, I saw that he was more amused than nervous. He had a strange expression on his face as he studied me. Before he pulled out my chair, he gave me quite a shock by planting his lips on mine for a quick kiss. I tried to tell myself that it was only because he had caught on to the plan Constance and I had come up with and was rolling with it, but the gesture made my stomach flutter and my cheeks warm.

Once I sat down, he pushed my chair in and sat on my left. The way the table was arranged now, I was facing the woman that Rico’s ex-mother-in-law was trying to set him up with and experiencing the full power of her intense glare. It was hard not to smile when I realized how close she was to stomping her foot and having a full-on meltdown like a toddler. My guess was that Constance had seen the same thing when she studied the woman’s face and then gave me a blinding smile.

“I didn’t realize you were in a relationship, Rico,” Carla commented, sounding miffed before she took a sip of her mimosa.

Instead of letting him answer, I said, “We wanted to make sure we were a good fit before we brought the children into the equation.”

“I’m so happy they’ve found each other,” Constance lied. “The boys love her too.”

“Where are my grandsons?”

Constance rolled her eyes dramatically before she answered, “Sleeping.”

“I told them I was meeting you, and they said they’d come down to say hello.”

Constance smiled at her dad as she grabbed her phone and said, “I’ll send a text and make sure they’re awake.”

“You just recently met Rico’s children?” Elena asked.

I nodded. “I did.”

“I’ve known them since they were born.”

“You’ve met Freddy?” Constance asked Elena without even looking up from her phone.

“I was talking about the older boys.”

I felt Rico shift uncomfortably beside me, and I tilted my head as I studied Elena. She was obviously holding back information, and her body language along with the micro expressions on her face told me that she felt smug about her secret, wanting to hold it over Rico’s head. I tried not to be a judgemental person, but I wasn’t always successful. I knew I wasn’t going to be able to remain neutral in this instance. There was something calculating about this woman that rubbed me the wrong way. I wondered what Carla Brunetti saw in her that made her believe she’d be a good fit for Rico or if she was simply snowed by the woman’s obviously fake care and concern for Rico’s kids.

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