Crime Lord's Wife (Curvy Women Wanted) by Sam Crescent

Author:Sam Crescent [Crescent, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Published: 2020-10-31T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Six

She never returned to that doctor.

Knowing Jared, Rose wasn’t under any illusions he’d suddenly decided to leave the country. She didn’t ask what he did nor did he offer up any explanation. The doctor who took over was a kind woman, who also was married with five children of her own. The woman clearly loved children and just being around her gave Rose hope. It also helped that in the days after finding out she was pregnant, Jared never left her side.

Each day was a new adventure, but he hadn’t taken her to any potential business meetings. There were no more bar moments while she waited. She had begun to notice when those meetings meant more than sitting around a conference table chatting. The split knuckles were a clear indication. Jared’s knuckles were forever red, inflamed, and occasionally split.

He didn’t seem to mind the pain.

“Order whatever you want,” he said late one Sunday night as they sat in one of his restaurants. She’d started to notice little subtle signs they were in one of the places he owned. Even if people were waiting to be seated, he was always shown to a booth, a private one. One table miraculously appeared. People, waiters and waitresses, were always stressing about his desires and what made him happy. If his drink was hot enough, cold enough. Seeing them dance all over themselves for him made her a little nervous.

Even now, after losing count of the number of times they’d eaten out, she saw the tension mounting as she perused the menu.

“Rose, what is it?” he asked.

She looked over her menu at him. “It’s nothing.”

He waved at the gentleman to leave them. Nibbling on her lip, she went back to see what she could have for dinner.

“I’ve become quite adept at reading you. Tell me. If there’s nothing there you want, tell me what it is, and I’ll get it for you. They’ll cook you whatever you want.”

“You’re a scary man, aren’t you?” she asked.

He tilted his head to the side before looking around the room, chuckling. “You’re only just figuring it out?”

“It’s not something I’ve figured out. I mean, I knew you were. I’ve watched the way people are with you. It’s like they’re trying to control a potential time bomb. They’re expecting you to explode at a moment’s notice.”

“And this scares you?”

“It’s not right.”

“No, you’re right, it’s not, but I also expect people who work for me to do as they’re told and to offer a service that is rivaled by none.”

“You’re a crime boss,” she said.

“And a businessman. I count on every person to do as they’ve been employed to do.”

“Doesn’t it make you a little … weird?”

“How do you mean?”

“They’re all desperate to please you out of fear.”

“You’re not.” He held his hand out, pointing at her. “You don’t jump all over yourself to please me.”

“I didn’t really know who you are.”

“And yet since learning the truth, you haven’t changed.”

She glanced down at her menu. “Why did you marry me?” she asked.

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