Smith (The Italian Cartel Book 10) by Shandi Boyes

Author:Shandi Boyes [Boyes, Shandi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-10T18:30:00+00:00

17

Ellie

“To begin with, I was apprehensive with Dimitri’s plan, but now that it’s occurring, I think it might actually work.”

As I scroll through the list of invitees to tonight’s extravaganza, I place names to the faces projecting from the multiple monitors rigged in front of me. We’re camped out in the fifth wheel Smith’s crew fitted with computer equipment in the high six-figure range three days ago. It’s parked several blocks over from the club Dimitri hired so all his past bed conquests can meet in the one space. However, the massive satellite dish mounted on the roof makes it appear as if we’re right outside the club’s doors.

The mass gathering Dimitri instigated will assist him in dwindling down his list of suspects in a remarkably short amount of time. Then he’ll be free to continue forging an unformidable bond with both his daughter and the woman responsible for her release from captivity—Roxanne.

Dimitri thought he had his enemies in lockdown until the bruises on Roxanne’s stomach forced him to look beyond greed as a motive for his daughter’s kidnapping. If money were Fien’s captives’ only motive, why would they endeavor to kill Roxanne’s unborn child? Over the past almost two years, Dimitri forked out millions of dollars in ransom to ensure Fien’s safety, so they would have benefited more from Roxanne’s child being alive than dead. The fact they wanted to end her pregnancy proves greed wasn’t the captors’ sole objective. They wanted to hurt Dimitri, they wanted him to feel pain, which can only mean one thing, they know him—personally.

“I’m also glad you convinced him to extend an invite to Theresa. Although Agent Moses’s threat was frivolous, Theresa works for IA, so for her to be anywhere near our hotel that morning makes her motives highly suspicious.” I twist my lips to hold back the bile my next comment prompts. “Not to mention, Dimitri wanted every woman he’s slept with in the same room. From the rumors I’ve heard, Theresa belongs on that list… more than once.”

When I raise my eyes to Smith, the snippet of annoyance heating my blood switches to lust. While Dimitri made the two-mile trip to the club, Smith took a quick shower. His hair is wet, and droplets of water are clinging to the unruly curls spread across his scrumptious pecs. His hand not balancing a prototype laptop is clutching the shirt he’s not yet placed on, and his military-inspired trousers are hanging off the delicious V muscle that points to the treasure hiding underneath his briefs.

The dorky headset he’s wearing should detract from his sexiness, but nothing can weaken the appeal of a man in his element. He is a god in the bedroom, but he has just as many skills outside of it.

I’d answer the sexual tension in the air if tonight’s event couldn’t award us answers to the multiple questions we’ve been hit with the past week. If everything goes to plan, we may finally have the time to discuss matters

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