The Perfect Sin

53

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"She knows."

Leandro looks up at me, his eyes narrowing with a mixture of anger and confusion. "Knows what?"

"I told her about Skender." I say and his eyes widen as he sits up in his chair.

"What? Why would you do that?" He snaps. "We can't trust her, Renzo! She's a fucking liability. She isn't a part of us."

My jaw clenches at his words. "Yes she is."

"What's that supposed to mean? I thought you were going to get rid of her?"

I shrug my shoulders. "Had a change of heart."

He studies me for a moment before he scoffs, as if he's realised something. "You fucked her, didn't you?"

My entire body tenses but I remain silent, not in a position to give him an answer to that question. It's none of his goddam business anyway.

He just watches me, clearly already knowing that I have. "You're going to ruin us, brother." He mutters as he shakes his head with disappointment. "Ruin this entire family for a fucking piece of ass? Is she really worth it?"

"Yes." I tell him. "Yes she's worth it."

He begins to smile, a sly, menacing smile. I fucking hate it when he gets like this. It never ends well when he's in this kind of mood. "Well well.. she must be pretty special, that's all I can say."

I grit my teeth, wanting him to stop talking about Lula now. She doesn't deserve to be spoken about in this way. She hasn't done anything wrong.

"Andro," I say when my brother suddenly gets out of the car and slams the door shut. "Fuck," I mutter under my breath, watching as Elio turns around from the drivers seat to look at me.

He always remains silent during any of mine and Leandro's disagreements. The last time he got involved it ended with two of my men trying to pull Andro off him. Now he just allows us to get on with it.

"He'll come round, boss." He says, sounding too positive for his own good. "It's clear you've already made your mind up, so he'll have no choice anyway."

He's right. As the Don, my woman has to be respected. Lula is now one of the most important people in that house and my men will die for her as much as they would for me. Whether Leandro likes it or not, this is something he will have to get used to.

It's our rule.

Getting out of the car, I part ways with Elio and head into the house, eager to find Lula. I notice Cora coming down the stairs and she informs me that Lula went to the kitchen to get dinner awhile ago.

Shit. I told her I'd be home in time to have dinner together. I didn't expect our meeting to go on for that long. Hopefully Hannes made her something appetising. I don't want her to be hungry.

When I enter the kitchen, I spot Lula as she appears to be leaving. She stops and looks up at me, her big blue eyes widening. I stroll over to her and press a soft kiss to her plump lips.

"Ciao piccola." I murmur.
[translation: hi baby]

"What did you say?" She asks, and I can't hide my amusement at the fact she still doesn't understand much Italian.