THE FIVE POINTS' MOB Collection: FILTHY, FILTHY RICH, and FILTHY DARK! : A Collection of Dark, Mafia Romance Stories by Serena Akeroyd

Author:Serena Akeroyd [Akeroyd, Serena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Serena Akeroyd Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2022-02-07T18:30:00+00:00

TWELVE

INESSA

“He just let you have the card, and that’s it?”

My friend’s surprise matched my own.

I showed her the list I’d snapped on my phone, and her brows lifted at the sight of all the things I had to buy… Essentially, an entire living room and bedroom suite.

“Yeah, I know, right? And he wants them by Friday.” I shook my head. “I’m not sure if he thinks I’m a miracle worker or—”

“Maybe he thinks you’ll drop his name?” Lisandra whispered. “I mean, everyone knows the O’Donnellys. People will probably jump into a breakdance if you ask them to.”

Because the idea amused me, and I could tell she wanted to test it out, I snorted. “You sound jealous.”

“Why wouldn’t I? You’re one of them now,” she joked, elbowing me in the side as we wandered into a furniture store that, truth be told, I’d bought most of my bedroom furniture from when I’d been given the choice as a birthday present when I was sixteen. Of course, that had been to soften the news of the fact I was engaged…

That was probably the last time Father had tried to soften anything.

I’d grown up fast that day. My age in no way reflected how ancient I felt sometimes.

I’d seen more in my time than some eighty-year-olds did, and I was glad there were people who were spared the shit I had in my memory banks.

For a moment, I envied Lisandra, then I stopped it because she had her own woes, and at the moment, we weren’t deep in misery, eating our weight in Halo Top, we were shopping—her favorite pastime. Me? I wasn’t that big of a fan, but I liked doing it with her. It was the only time I felt normal.

Levigne’s had a lot of ethnic articles in their stock, more of a beach vibe than the city slicker stuff Eoghan had. But he shouldn’t have sent me shopping for him if he didn’t want my taste to reign supreme in our home, right?

Somehow, that thought had me freezing in place, long enough for Lisandra to step forward, then to look back at me when I didn’t move.

“What’s wrong?” Her brow furrowed like she thought there was something wrong with me.

“I just thought… I have a home now. Like, my own place.”

Her lips twitched. “You need to invite me over. I need to see it.”

I shrugged. “I wish I could.”

She curved her arm around my shoulder. “I know, I know. You’re Vasov’s daughter.” She mock-shuddered. “Now you’re Eoghan O’Donnelly’s wife. I’m surprised you’re still speaking to me.”

I knew she was hurting about not being invited to the wedding, but none of my few friends had been there.

It hadn’t been a wedding of love, but of arrangement, and though I hadn’t been able to explain that to Lisandra, it didn’t take a fucking genius to figure out that an eighteen-year-old and a thirty-year-old only got married to tie two dynasties together.

And while the dynasties were illegal, the fronts weren’t.

The Vasovs were renowned industrialists.

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