Devil's Advocate: A Dark Mafia Romance (Devil's Playground Book 1) by Vivi Paige & Bonnie Kennedy

Author:Vivi Paige & Bonnie Kennedy [Paige, Vivi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Devil's Playground Romance
Published: 2021-01-25T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

Sophie

Jury selection can be a tedious process under the best of circumstances. Try doing it when your bottom is sore from a hellacious spanking. Not that it was so terribly painful. More like it reminded me of the night of sweaty carnality I’d spent with Indro.

I listened as DA Miller extensively questioned a butcher from Hyde Park who apparently didn’t know the meaning of brevity when he answered. If fact, he ran full-bore away from brevity right into the long-winded kingdom.

Even Judge Moreno’s eyes had glazed over by the time DA Miller ended our torment. I hadn’t heard anything from the butcher which might render him prejudiced toward Indro. Yet, I felt compelled to look at his social media accounts just to be safe.

A grin spread over my face. The butcher listed his favorite film as Goodfellas. That was a mark in our favor as far as I was concerned. A lot of people romanticize the mafia, even if they are cold-blooded killers.

“Counsel, would you like to examine this juror?” Moreno asked.

I stood up and shook my head. “No, Your Honor. I see no reason to disqualify him.”

“Good,” Judge Moreno said. “This process has stretched on entirely too long as it is.”

Moreno glared at me when she spoke. Okay, so I’d pulled some shenanigans to stall for time. I was hardly the first defense lawyer to do so, and would be far from the last. She didn’t have to take it so personal.

I could only imagine DA Miller laughing his ass off at getting Moreno for this trial. Short skirts and crotch flashes weren’t going to throw her off of her game. If anything, she seemed to resent women younger and prettier than herself—which meant pretty much everybody, as far as I was concerned.

She banged her gavel and adjourned the court for the day. Moreno set a start date for the trial, and I cringed at how little time I had to prepare. I was gambling just about everything on exposing Glen Gilberti as a fraud. I felt strongly about the gambit, but it was still just that: a gambit.

When I got back to my office, Katie jutted her chin toward the door to my private chamber. Someone was waiting for me, probably Indro.

“Hey, sweetness,” he said, sitting at my desk with his feet propped up on it. I felt my heart skip a beat. He did look fine in a suit. Looked fine all over. The memory of the previous night leaped into my mind and I felt a flush come over my cheeks. “How was court? Good?”

“Tedious. How was your day?”

“I’ve been setting some things up on my end.” I sat down in the seat normally reserved for my clients and folded my hands in my lap so I wouldn’t fidget. “It turns out that Don Maloik is pretty sure it’s time to hit the mattresses with regards to the Loggias.”

“Hit the mattresses?” I arched a brow.

“War, babe. Pure and simple. Survival of the fittest. We don’t want to make the first overt move, though.

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