Accidental Evils by Susan Fanetti

Author:Susan Fanetti
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: mafia, mobster, Italian American, enemies to lovers, abuse, New England, daddy issues
Publisher: Susan Fanetti
Published: 2019-07-05T16:00:00+00:00

~ 14 ~

Billy started her Monday the way she usually did: after a quick dawn surf, she showered and went to bed, sleeping until she woke naturally, a little after noon. She got some coffee and went to her office for about an hour to do some light paperwork—returned some emails, updated her calendar, reconciled some statements.

Even those simple tasks took longer than they should have. Her mind kept wandering to the weekend, and Tony. Her body, too—each thought of their encounter brought the powerful sensate recollection of his touch, his taste, his scent. The way their bodies collided and joined. A constant grapple between ferocity and calm, violence and gentleness.

Everything about him was wrong—he wasn’t merely a bad boy; he was a bad guy. A criminal, whose job it was to threaten and harm. And yet, that thought, that knowledge, had lost its fit in her mind. It floated, insubstantial, knocked this way and that by the emotions roiling through her memories of the weekend.

There was more to him. She saw it in the way he looked at her, felt it in his touch, even when he was controlling and aggressive. There was something real and compelling behind the imposing façade.

The line to the kitchen buzzed, kicking her out of her angsty fugue, and she answered. “Yep?”

Cain’s drawl rumbled through the speaker. “I’m throwing a patty on the grill. You want a burger?”

The day before, Billy had decided to give her father a set of keys to the back entrance, so he could come and go when he needed to. She had no good place for him to sleep inside—plenty of room upstairs, but no privacy, and she wasn’t giving her space up like that—but she was giving him another chance, so he ought to at least be able to use the bathroom and kitchen at will.

She’d felt some trepidation, giving him access to everything that was hers in the world. He’d betrayed her trust many times over the years. But he’d never been clean before, and one thing he never had done, among all the various betrayals and disappointments: he’d never stolen from her.

And it was nice, not to be roused from sleep or whatever she was doing, so he could come in and use the bathroom, or make himself something to eat.

“Burger sounds great. I’ll be down in ten or so.”

~oOo~

Despite his eternally vagabond lifestyle, or possibly because of it, Cain was a good and versatile cook. Billy came into a kitchen redolent with the aroma of well-seasoned meat on the grill. He’d already sliced slabs of white cheddar cheese, and had buns browning beside the meat. There was a tomato and a head of red lettuce sitting on the chopping board, so Billy grabbed a knife and sliced the tomato.

“I didn’t see much for a side. No frozen fries or nothing.”

“Amir doesn’t do frozen anything. He makes steak fries from scratch, when he does them at all. I have chips in the pantry, though.” She went

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