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His threats didn’t matter.
Well, they did until I got back home. Once I was back in Chicago, then I could pack us up and move on to the next place. And then the next place. And so on, and so on. Until—
Well, until.
I couldn’t think that far ahead. All I needed to do was stay one step ahead of Sergio. I’d succeeded with that for a good while, now.
I knew I should have moved on before, but—
Yeah.
But.
I got sucked in.
Big time.
By people who genuinely cared for me. And loved me.
And Dani.
Being surrounded by Eve, Nick, Carlo, and Stefan—had muddled my brain and made me soft. For the first time in my life, I was around people who loved me. And I liked it. A lot.
Add in the fact they all adored my daughter—and no wonder I hadn’t left by now.
But I shouldn’t have listened to my heart when I needed to listen to my head.
If I wanted to stay alive, that is.
“And just when exactly are you and your Sovrano lovers going back to Chicago?” my father asked.
I felt relief run through me. He was buying my story. “Soon. Any day, now. Carlo said he’s got business to take care of.”
My father snorted and uncrossed his arms. “Yeah, you mean he’s got businesses to steal and people to kill.”
From the look in his eye, he didn’t appear to be lying. He believed what he’d just said. And that made me more than a little afraid.
Afraid of the men I was currently staying with.
Who I was currently in love with.
I’d think about that later.
Much, much later.
Once my father was no longer trapping me in.
Once I was far, far away from him.
And the people I loved.
His hands slipped to his hips. “You’ve got three days to talk them into leaving. And then my lips start getting loose around your boyfriends. Understand?”
Three days?
I wasn’t sure if I could accomplish that goal in such a short time. “That’s a tall ask. I’ll see what I can do but I’m not guaranteeing anything.”
He scoffed and shot me a nasty glare. “I guess you better figure it the fuck out. Maybe whisper it in their ears the next time you’re sucking them off at the same time.” After he spewed those parting words, he turned around and left me—shaking in the horse stall.
