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The sudden silence was jarring. It left too much room to think.
Me. Capo.
What an awful idea.
Mari twisted in her chair, watching me warily. Seriously, though. What the hell was Leo thinking? I couldn’t run this family. I’d been actively working against them for years before meeting Mari.
I was not a good choice for capo.
“Why not?” Mari asked.
Shit. I didn’t mean to say that out loud. I half hoped not answering would make her back off, but I should’ve known better. Mari didn’t back off for anyone.
“Seriously, you’re as loyal as they come.”
I swallowed. “I wasn’t always.”
“Here we go again.” Dominic rolled his eyes, but he, of all people, should have understood my hesitation. I hadn’t always done what was best for Mari.
“You were loyal when it counted,” he said, daring me to argue.
I couldn’t, so I didn’t. “It’s a bad idea.”
Mari stepped into me, and I wrapped my arms around her automatically as she scraped her fingers along my shirt. “Would you hurt me again?”
“Of course not.”
Dominic nodded behind her. “Lie?”
“No.”
“Betray us?” Greyson asked.
“Never,” I growled.
“Exactly.” Mari ran her hand along my cheek, smiling when I rubbed it against her. “Leo knows this. He sees you making up for your mistakes. They all do, and they know whose side you’re on.”
“Yours. Only yours.” It was a promise and a devotion in one.
Mari’s smile widened. “I know.”
“Great, we all know you’re part of the family. Can we move the fuck on?” Dominic griped, shaking his head as he walked out. “Fucking guilty consciences.”
Greyson smothered his laugh but nodded to me before dropping a kiss to Mari’s head. “We’ll see you later.”
We stood there, wrapped around each other for a moment before I had to say it. “It’s an honor to be chosen as capo, but I’m not sure it’s the right thing for me.”
“We’ll discuss it after your brother’s dead,” she promised, pulling me down for a filthy kiss that promised a world of pleasure in the near future.
Well, if she was going to distract me with her body, who was I to say no?
“What else do we need to do today?” I palmed her ass, lifting her onto the desk to prove just how devoted I was. She’d slipped on a sundress earlier, so I shoved it up to her hips, enjoying the scrap of pale blue lace covering her pussy. “Christ, you’re beautiful. And I’m hungry.”
I’d already knelt and started pressing kisses to her inner thighs when she finally answered. “All I’ve got planned is sending some emails and setting up a meeting.”
My brow rose when I caught her eyes glittering with mischief. “What kind of meeting?”
“Nothing much, really.” I gave her my best I don’t believe you look as I pulled the lace down her legs, and she laughed, wrapping her fingers in my hair and pulling me straight toward her glistening cunt. “We’re going to make a deal with the devil, baby.”
