Reckless Bride: A Fake Marriage Mafia Romance (The Crowley Mafia Family) by B. B. Hamel

Author:B. B. Hamel [Hamel, B. B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Alisa

After that night, we fall into a comfortable rhythm.

Liam’s almost never home. There’s always a guard on the front door and another lurking in a car out front, but they rarely speak to me. When I go for a run, the car’s following as close as it can. I stick to main streets where it’s easier for them to keep close tabs.

Orin’s always in the house. He’s busy, constantly running errands for Liam, but available whenever I need something. Which isn’t very often—as it turns out, being Liam’s wife in the middle of a war for the marijuana trade on the West Coast is actually kind of boring.

I sleep in most mornings. I don’t even notice Liam getting into bed at night, and he sneaks out before I’m up. We run into each other like strangers passing in a darkened alley, wary and uncertain. The memory of that sex still lingers, lighting me up whenever I need something to think about in the loneliness of having nothing to do and nowhere to go, but the intimacy we felt fades away.

“What’s he doing all day?” I ask Orin about three weeks into my marriage. By now I’ve redecorated the house twice, just to have something to do. Currently, it’s beach-chic with lots of driftwood and seashell motifs. Still a theme, but not as obscenely over the top.

“Working,” Orin says with a shrug. “Got any threes?”

“Go fish.” He grunts at the card he picks up. “Seriously, what’s working? When we started this, he made it sound like he needed my expertise.”

“I shouldn’t say.”

I look at my card, barely paying attention to the game. “Got any kings?”

“Rats.” He gives me one.

“But you know, that means he’s doing something. Come on, I barely see the guy anymore. What’s going down?”

He hesitates and looks around before leaning in. “He keeps trying to buy the competition, but nobody wants to sell. He’s busy all the time because they keep stringing him along.”

“That’s it? Why don’t you tell him I can help?”

“Tell him yourself. Got any eights?”

I toss one to him. “As if I see the guy.”

“Don’t you share a bed with him?”

“I swear he waits until I’m asleep before he comes home. I think he developed an allergy to me.”

Orin laughs once and shakes his head. “I doubt that. I’ve never seen Liam so interested in a person before. He definitely likes you.”

A strange little thrill runs into my guts. “He likes me likes me?” I waggle my eyebrows, grinning.

“Don’t be childish,” Orin says, raising his chin. He lays down four eights. “I’m good at this game.”

“I’m just tired of sitting around, that’s all. Tell Liam his wife is feeling a little lonely and ignored.”

“I’m sure he’ll care.” Orin gives me a look.

I flip him off. “Got any fours?”

“Go fish.”

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