“Yeah?”
“Well, we need a secure place to do that. My house is the best option. Let’s go.”
Gio already has her door open as Lo opens mine. I gesture him to go ahead and walk around to Sofia. I hold my arm out to her.
“What?”
She asks like she’s dumb.
Who knows, maybe she’s never seen how a real man treats his woman.
“Take my arm. Let me escort you.”
She glances up at the house and back to me before taking my arm.
“This place is a fortress. You really live here?”
I chuckle. “I do.”
“You have guards at your gate. Don’t think I didn’t see the men up in towers every couple of yards. What are you do afraid of?”
I lean down and kiss the top of her head.
“Not a damn thing Tesoro, not a damn thing.”
Sofia
I stare at the house in front of me. This is the biggest house I have ever seen in person. You would think a movie star lives here. Instead, you have a mafia king and his cronies.
“Well that’s good I suppose. How do you afford all of this?”
“It’s my family home. It is paid off so all we pay are insurance and taxes. Plus, the clubs do very well.”
I am shocked. I somehow forgot he owns clubs.
“How long has it been in your family?”
We stop at the front door and he turns to me.
“My family? Two generations. THE family? Since the property was purchased in 1927. They build a much smaller house then and it has been added onto since then.”
“It’s a mansion, Bash. Who needs this much room?”
He shrugs as Lorenzo comes out.
“All clear.”
“Did they just check the house for you?” I ask, surprised.
“Not for me. For you. I would have normally gone in with them, but I wanted to make sure it was safe before we went in.”
“Who the hell could get through that security system?” I gesture to the sentries he has posted up.
“You would be surprised at how shallow some loyalties run. You can never be too careful. There are a lot of monsters that would be more than happy to see this home belong to another.”
I narrow my eyes at his cryptic words. I get why he is talking in riddles, it just annoys me. I unknowingly almost implicated him in a murder in the car, so I just keep my thoughts to myself.
“This way, Tesoro.”
