“You guys need to learn how to control your tempers.”
Angelo and Stefan went back to eating without a second glance at me. So did Dante, who ignored all of us.
Nico hooked his arm around me and pulled me onto his lap, tucking the gun into the back of his pants. “Luciano men are known for two things. Big cocks and even bigger tempers.”
I gasped at his confession.
“The innocent routine is so fucking cute,” Nico whispered, his lips brushing my earlobe. “It makes all of our dicks hard.” He rocked his hips so I could feel him against my ass. “Thanks for sticking up for me,passerotta. But I can handle my brothers.” He lifted his fork from the plate. “Open up. You need to finish eating.”
I turned sideways on his lap to let him put the dumplings on my tongue.
“Good girl.” Nico swiped his finger across my bottom lip to capture the cheese sauce left behind. “You’re coming to work with me tomorrow. I’ll pick you up at nine.”
“What are we doing?”
A mischievous grin stretched the corners of his mouth. “You’ll see.”
ChapterNineteen
NICO
Ava sipped her latte in silence on our way to the police station. She hadn’t spoken more than a few words since I picked her up at the apartment. Tapping my fingers on the leather steering wheel, I glanced at her. I liked to watch her when she didn’t know I was looking.
Or maybe she did.
Either way, I enjoyed observing her. A sense of calm washed over her delicate features. I noticed how she acted around each of us. And when she was with me, she was the most relaxed. She thought the fucked up relationship with my brothers made me less like them.
But I was still a Luciano.
Ava shifted in her seat, the Starbucks cup cradled between her hands. “So, where are we going?”
“First, we’ll stop at the police station, then the courthouse.”
“Is this what you normally do for your family?”
I nodded as I made a right toward the police station. “One of many things I do.”
“How often do you have to bail people out?”
“We have an agreement with the cops. But sometimes, we get someone new who doesn’t know our deal extends to our associates.”
She sipped from the cup, eyeing me with suspicion. “Why did he get arrested?”
“Grand larceny.”
“What did he steal?”
“He didn’t steal anything. It fell off a truck.”
Ava giggled. “Sure it did.”
She stopped asking questions and let me do my job, sitting in the passenger seat as I went into the police station to deal with the situation. After they released Jimmy Bags into my custody, I dropped him off at his house and headed to the courthouse.
Our good girl kept her mouth shut and didn’t ask about Jimmy or why I had to see a judge who owed us a favor. We had every politician and elected official in the county under our authority. Everyone had secrets, and we always exposed them.
After handling the legal side of our business, I drove to Absecon. I pulled into the lot at the safe house and parked in front of the abandoned warehouse.
“Keep your eyes open and your mouth shut.”