Keeping Vanessa: Breeding Contempt #3 by Raissa Donovan & Addison Wolf

Author:Raissa Donovan & Addison Wolf [Donovan, Raissa & Wolf, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

17

GIULIO

I glance at my phone and frown. Already 11:17 p.m. I hadn’t meant to stay out this late—or maybe I did. I’m having a hard time figuring myself out these days. I want to see Vanessa and Pandora, and I don’t.

I want to hold them, and my fingers itch to hurt them.

It’s better that I’m here, surveying my clubs, where I can safely take out my urges for violence.

I never used to think I was this violent. Slayer’s the one with the knife and blood kink, not me.

Of course, Slayer’s not the one who loses control easily either.

“I’m heading out,” I tell Marcus, the manager at Club Ruby’s. “Give Esmerelda an ice pack and some concealer. I don’t think she’s going to try to leave again.”

Marcus winces a bit but nods. “Sure thing, boss. And, um… I heard that you got Champagne back?”

“Yeah, but she’s not fit for Ruby’s anymore. We’ll see how she does in a few months. If anyone asks, just tell them she retired for now.” I’m sure she’d be able to pull off pretending she’s happy here, but I’m pissed enough at her betrayal that I put her in one of the cheaper clubs, where she won’t be earning as much.

She’d begged very hard for leniency when she’d seen the vids of her sister. Her tears should have pleased me, but…

But I just keep thinking of Vanessa and Pandora.

Maybe Pandora will be awake when I get back, or she’ll wake up demanding Mama’s milk. Damien says she won’t start sleeping through the night for months.

I say my farewells to the rest of the staff, give some of the better dancers one last tip for the night, then head out to my car. I’d sent Pablo home already, because there was no point in keeping him here when I was just going from my car to the club and back again.

Damien would lecture me about that… and just this once, I guess he’d have been right.

There’s somebody leaning against my car, gun in hand.

My eyebrows shoot up in surprise. “Yo. Fancy meeting you here.”

It’s the baby Romano—Nilo. He’s wearing a better fitting suit than the last time I’d seen him, but he’s still baby-faced. The parking lot lighting might have made anyone else look threatening, but even dramatic shadows aren’t helping him in that department.

Nilo scowls at me. “Open the car and get in,” he says in a near growl.

I consider the best course of action. I actually don’t have a gun on me, because it’s the middle of summer and there’s just no good way to conceal a gun in a t-shirt. Sure, I could have a gun in my pocket, but dick jokes aside, I don’t want to risk accidentally shooting myself because I sat down wrong.

“Okay,” I say amiably. “You’re the boss.”

I click the key fob and unlock the doors, keeping my hands up as I walk toward the driver side. Nilo keeps the gun trained on me at all times.

Does he know there are cameras in this parking lot? My eyes flicker to the one by the back exit wall.

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