Chapter 128


    Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Eight


    Adrik


    Viktor and Armando returned a few hourster. We were still in the office, Sephie still in myp, talking


    about anything and everything. Somehow every conversation was more entertaining when she was


    with us. Not just because of her sense of humor, but because of her genuine interest in all of us, in our


    pasts, in everything that made us who we are. We were allughing as Viktor and Armando walked in.


    “Looks like I got the short straw today,” Viktor said, smiling.


    “It’s your own fault for being so da mn good at your job, my giant Russian security master,” Sephie


    said, grinning at him.


    “How did the meeting go?” I asked Armando.


    He sat in one of the chairs across from the couch. “I think it went well. Dario and Massimo were already


    thinking that Anthony and Lorenzo were trying to meet with Trino, but they weren’t able to get


    confirmation that they actually had met with him. I think those two are up to something on their own. I


    don’t think they’re with Sal.” He looked at Sephie, smiling. “I don’t think Massimo blinked once the


    entire meeting. He must have very dry eyes.”


    I felt her shiver once. “That guy creeps me out, not gonna lie.”


    Armando chuckled. “He’s always been a bit of an odd bird. Dario too. They always present it as Dario


    being the one in charge and Massimo is just going along with it, but I think in reality it’s the other way


    around. There have been stories about Massimo’s savagery for years, but no one ever speaks against


    him pu blicly and no one knows where he dumps the bodies, 50 they stay rumors.”


    “I do.” Sephie said. We all looked at her, shocked. “Yeah, that wasn’t an idle threat. I really do know


    where he hides the bodies. I also wasn’t kidding about them thinking less of me when I was their


    personal servant. There were a few meetings when they would stay after everyone else would leave.


    I’d be cleaning up, trying to get out of there, while they were having their own. meeting. Fu cking mo


    rons never realized I can understand Italian. They would act like I didn’t exist the entire time I was in


    the room. I used to stay longer on purpose, just to get more of their conversation. I don’t know why I felt


    like it was important to have information on Massimo, but I guess I’m d I did,” she said shrugging her


    shoulders.


    We all just stared at her, in silence. Armando asked her, in Italian, you can really understand Italian?”


    She nodded, but answered in English. “I’m just not the best at speaking it, so I don’t. Unless I


    absolutely have to, which rarely happens. We all just continued to stare at her,pletely stunned.


    “What? Max’s grandmother is Italiam. We spent a lot of time with her. She taught me how to make


    pasta.”


    “Does anyone else, outside this room know you can understand Italian?” Ivan asked. I knew where his


    mind was going. While this was beneficial to us, it also made her a target of Massimo’s now too.


    “Max and his grandmother, but that’s it. It’s obviously not something I make known,” she said.


    “I think we need to have a conversation with Max about you,” Ivan said.


    “Why?” she asked.


    “He needs to keep his mo uth sh ut about you from now on. Not just because of Tori, either,” he said, a


    look of concern on his face. I felt her tense, but she didn’t say anything. She simply nodded her head.


    We discussed a few more things between all of us. Armando looked at his watch. “I should get some


    dinner for Giana,” he said, running his hand through his dark hair.


    “When are you going to ask her out, Mando?” Sephie asked. I could hear her smiling when she asked


    the question. He looked at her, shocked. “Don’t y du mb. We all see the way you two look at each


    other.”


    He was flustered for a moment. “But… she’s my assistant. I’m her boss.”


    “She said the same thing. I feel like that’s just an excuse to keep ignoring your feelings for each other,”


    Sephie said.


    He looked at her, mo uth open, for a few moments. Finally, he realized what she had really just said.


    “Wait, she feels the same?”


    “Well, I can’t answer that definitively, but there’s attraction, as well as interest there. It’s up to you two to


    figure the rest out. Unless you want to keep ignoring it and pretending it doesn’t exist, which is fine with


    me, because honestly, it’s entertaining for me.” The guys were trying to hold back theirughter. “She’s


    a good girl, Armando. I already told her you would let someone else wear all her clothes if she sleeps


    around. She was mortified at the thought. That’s a good sign,” she said,ughing.


    He chuckled, standing up. “Well, then, I should go have a conversation with her, I guess.”


    Sephie stood up to give him a hug before he left. As soon as she stepped into his arms, I could see her


    body tense. She sniffed his shirt, then stepped back from him. “Mando, were there any women at the


    meeting with Dario and Massimo?” She took another step back from him, like she was trying to get


    away from him.


    He shook his head. “None at the table with us. There was a woman at the bar in the restaurant.”


    She looked to Viktor. “Could you see inside the restaurant?”


    “No, not at all. I was listening, but I was down the street so no one would see me,” he said.


    “Vanessa was there. Or else she’s with either Dario or Massimo. Did you hug either one of them,


    Mando?”


    He shook his head no. “No, I shook their hands, but that’s it.”


    “How close were you to the woman at the bar? Do you remember her perfume?” she asked.


    “It was very strong, yes. I ordered a drink, but I wasn’t that close to her. As close as you are to me now.


    She reminded me of the ex-girlfriend that had issues with fidelity. She was not someone wished to


    speak to,” he said.


    I looked to Ivan. “Have you spoken to the tail you put on her today?” He pulled his phone from his


    pocket and left the room.


    “Who’s Vanessa?” Armando asked, puzzled.


    I stood up, moving to pull Sephie back to me. I sat down and pulled her back in myp, hoping to clear


    her nose of that smell. “She’s an ex-girlfriend of mine. I broke it off with her years ago, but she showed


    up recently. It doesn’t make sense. We’re trying to figure out why.” Sephie leaned her head against my


    shoulder, inhaling deeply like she was trying to rece the perfume smell with my scent.


    “You think she’s working for Dario and Massimo?” he asked.


    “We don’t think, we know,” Ivan said, walking back into my office. She was at the restaurant and she


    left-with them. I told the tail to cautiously follow her, so if he ever felt like anyone she was with was


    trying to evade him, he was to lose them on purpose. He doesn’t know where they went after the


    restaurant, but she got into the vehicle with them after the meeting.”


    I sighed, thinking about how this wels of conspirators just kept gwing.


    knew I should’ve punched her in the nose when I had the charice,” Sephte sighed.


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