Capo's contract

e a decision, unsuccessfully gathering information on Luc

s willing

s in those eight days than I had

stions about Luciano's ex; anyone of

dated them and dumped them within mere months. The

e bartender, who begged me and made me

display and had violently handled someone who once gave out his

his actions, which I didn't have doubts of, but not seeing any of what h

ccording to the bartender, the guy who had led to his afternoon being interrupt

a couple of times, but the story of him cutting

nth evening in a row. I had a good enough excuse to be

hird year of college was nowhere to be seen. I settled for meet

Scotch on the rocks

f on whether to ask me for my ID or not. She finally shrugged

y bones jump out of my skin as I came

," I wh

oached me with a certain topic in mind and found i

t you?" He sat beside me, watching the

or sat on the rim of the glass as a ga

I said, tipping the glass and reveling in the warm

's personal life." At that, I froze. The thought hit me like a wave th

give it away, I turned to Matteo with

he Capo, even if they're not exactly obligated to. Any single whisper about him, he is told. How the hell did you think yo

veryone in the town knew about me and pro

's in good hands." I shrugged, a way t

er for your snooping, I hope you k

ly not N

don

ink there's a

was moving too fast. May

re i

e to be specific.

as

're going to be the first to escape. Give him two more days and he'll be back here withou

urrence. Of course, I knew it was a normal occurrence, b

trying to get Nas out of the mess I had created. It was

especially ones he's livid at." I rolled my eyes at him

s the music changed and I found Vera dancing aga

had to talk to Luciano before thin

e, I stopped in front of it and thought ab

would open, I would tell him my decision and give him a condition. Best

I would knock. I woul

,

I was almost bulldozed t

my descending body mid-fall, setting me in place as he d

st about

ng here after everything?" I flinched

I

e door, walking back in and

I hesitated before takin

ste

ks on the planet about my past, expecting them to keep

it was that b

st time, didn't you?" He was seething. Neither of us was having

nt from telling people where you are when you don't want to be found. Nas didn't give

e was slowly pulling out a

have told m

ll press for answers from other people?" There it was, the t

't hav

about the people you've been with and where they are now? How can I be su

king back at least, sinc

d shook my head, letting out a sigh. "This isn't going

tie. Wearing a suit in a club was questionable, but I wasn't g

" I didn't miss the hint of jeer in the las

eal." He chuckled at my wo

?" He sounded ba

s hea

and be your girlfriend, right?" He nodded to clarify the title

l be stated in the contract. You wi

d my hands on my waist, looking

to. We are not

up that easily. I would

contract, you

N

u w

ill

e days to make

ready

dnig

d watched the last few seconds of Vera kneeling close to where the crowd had g

through the endless stream of social media. The text only had one word and it had me smilin

ord text over an

e