5
Aurielo
“Stay here,” I command. “And don’t touch anything.”
I slip out of the door to have a word with Alessandro.
I may have convinced Karina to marry me, but now I have to convince the boss that this arrangement is favorable for all parties.
“Such a shame a pretty girl had to stumble into our room,” Alessandro says. He’s going through her bag that she dropped earlier.
I clear my throat and can’t help but stare as he shuffles through her belongings, tossing the contents onto the floor. Her black lace panties catch my attention.
Memories of the night we shared together with her pressed up against the office door and desk flood my mind.
“About that,” I say. “Might I make a suggestion?”
He drops the empty bag, seemingly disappointed. Did he think Karina was a spy or working with the Feds? If she was, we’d already be surrounded.
“She’s not dead yet?”
When I don’t confirm his suspicions, he sighs, and his gaze tightens. “Go on,” he says and gestures with his hand for me to continue. “There must be something you see in her that I don’t if you haven’t killed her yet.”
The truth is that I know very little about Karina other than her name, her scent, and the way I feel buried inside her body. None of those traits are going to convince Alessandro to keep her alive.
“You have my word that she won’t say anything to anyone.”
Alessandro folds his arms across his chest. “And what makes you think some two-bit girl is going to keep that kind of promise? The minute she leaves, she’ll run to the cops. Your reputation and freedom are on the line,” he says.
He isn’t wrong.
I’m covered in blood and not just figuratively.
“She’ll be just as dirty as the rest of us after I marry her and make her part of the Rinaldi family,” I say.
He snorts under his breath. “That I’d like to see,” Alessandro says. The corners of his lips quirk upward into a smirk. “I’m not convinced she won’t betray you or the family, but when she does, I’ll kill you both myself.”