Dirty Empire by Nina West

Author:Nina West [West, Nina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-14T23:00:00+00:00

10

Gabriel

“I don’t know what that fucker’s been smoking, but he’s not getting anywhere near that kind of coin for this place. Especially not when people know he’s got creditors waiting around the corner with their hands out.” Caleb slams his fist against the button to close the elevator door. His giddy spirits at the beginning of our conversation with Bruce Cohen soured quickly when he steered the conversation toward our interest in buying the Mage and the little man laughed in his face. Then he threw out an astronomical number, assuming we’d balk at it.

The truth is, I did balk. It would put a serious dent in our coffers. “He probably will get it, creditors or not. This is prime Vegas real estate. We’d have to be idiots to believe he doesn’t have a bunch of suits breathing down his neck on the daily to scoop it up.”

“Then why hasn’t he sold already, huh? Why keep this headache? All he did the whole time we were talking was bitch about it!”

“Because look at the fucking guy! He’s five-foot fuck all and one hundred pounds soaking wet. Being a Vegas casino owner gives him cred. It’s the only way he gets pussy without having to buy it.”

“That’s a lot of work for pussy,” Caleb mutters, fidgeting as the elevator climbs. “Then again, look who I’m talking to. The king of doing stupid shit all in the name of pussy.”

“Shut the fuck up.”

Caleb smirks, enjoying the sly dig at me. “I’ll work on Cohen some more later.”

“If he shows up.” Through gritted teeth, Caleb invited Bruce to our place later tonight, dangling high-end booze and women as bait.

“He’ll show. Trust me. He knows he can’t keep this place, bleeding money the way he is.”

“And who says we won’t bleed money, too? All our money! We don’t know what we’re doing. Empire is a sandbox in a kids’ playground next to this.”

“Which is why we have Mike. He knows Vegas.”

“He better know Vegas, or we’ll end up in the poorhouse and I’ll never let you hear the end of it.” I’m all for brass balls-level confidence, but maybe we’re biting off more than we can chew this time around. Something Mercy said earlier lingers in my mind. “You know, maybe we should think about a partnership, to hedge our investment.”

“A partnership?” Caleb turns to frown at me. “With fucking who? Who do you actually trust that much, besides me? Because I don’t trust anyone besides you, bro.”

“What about Merrick and Vince?”

“Merrick and Vince Perri? You want to go into business with the fucking Perris?” My brother glares at me with so much disgust, it’s as if I suggested we venture into human trafficking.

“Not the Perris. Just Merrick and Vince. They said they were looking at investing in a club or something.”

“This is not a club, Gabe.”

I roll my eyes. “Yeah, no shit.”

“So let them go buy a snooker dive or a titty bar. Whatever gets their rocks off and makes them feel like legit businessmen.

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