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“And I am aware of your young wife. I will not associate with such …men.” With how Albert looked, Mason knew the word “men” in describing him, his brothers, and his father, was not a compliment. Far from it.
“If you believe my brothers and I are anything like our father, you are very much mistaken.”
“You have a young wife.”
“Tamsin is my wife, but if you were to ask her, she would tell you that I did right by her. I’ve treated her with honor and dignity.” He wasn’t going to outright say that he lied about the wedding night. He wasn’t a fool.
Albert looked at him with a slight frown.
“I understand you don’t want to do business with my father, however, what about doing business with me?”
“Until your father is out of the picture, I will never do business with a Savonas. Your father taints everything he touches. I see that now, and it sickens me to think that I have helped that man in any way with his … desires.” Albert’s face was scrunched up and he looked disgusted.
Mason had been there and done that. He did everything he could to keep young girls away from his father, but there were other men who only cared for the money his father offered. Paul Savonas seemed to have a massive pile of cash when it came to paying for what he wanted.
“What if I can find a way to make that happen?” Mason asked.
“Find a way to remove your father from the equation?”
If this were anyone else, Mason wouldn’t even be talking about it. Someone would tell Paul, and then Mason would be back to square one. He had a feeling Albert was the real deal. He wanted Paul out of the way.
“If that were to happen, then I would be willing to reopen negotiations, after I speak with your wife, of course.”
Mason nodded.
“You do realize the … difficulties you will face,” Albert said.
“I’m aware of the conditions my father has placed on his well-being and I know it will not be easy to deal with.”
Albert got to his feet and walked toward the door, but as he put his hand on the doorknob, he stopped and turned back to Mason.
“Are you aware that within everything we do, there are loopholes?”
Mason looked toward Albert, confused.
“Paul cannot die at the hands of his sons, or the Denton men, as you are all connected through your arrangements. No one is invincible. If your father were to do something underhanded, like intimidate your wife, and she was to strike in self-defense, there would be no ramifications.”
“How do you know this?”
“I always make sure I know everything about my friends and enemies.”
And with that, he opened the door and stepped out.
****
Jacob was pissed off. He should have known Mason would suspect him of planting listening devices in the room.
A part of him wanted to trust Mason; after all, he’d given his sister to the little bastard, but the part that knew about Paul Savonas didn’t trust him. This always had him torn. Lou was always telling him he needed to have a little faith in Mason.
If he could just reach Tamsin, have five minutes alone with his sister so he could find out what Mason was like, he would be happier.
“What’s the problem?” Gabriel asked.
“We’re no closer to knowing if Tamsin is okay.”
“We know she’s okay. You need to stop worrying about this.”
Jacob shook his head. None of it helped. He hated that his uncles were breathing down his neck, watching his every move. His father, the bastard, had put the Dentons in a difficult position, and it was up to Tamsin to pull them out of it.
