Page 59 of One Wild Night

"Okay," I replied, knowing his tone meant no questions asked.

"What is it?" Jamie asked as I hung up.

"Change of plans. We need to go to the mansion...now!"

"What did Tony do this time?" Jamie sighed. Without waiting for an answer, he continued.

"You'll need to call Bennett. He's already heading to Frankie's with Jeremy."

"You can call him while I find out what's going down. Bennett might as well talk to Frankie without us. I may be occupied for a while, and if it was Paul at Frankie's bar last night, we need to know what he's planning next."

"If it is Paul, he's taking a lot of interest in our districts." Jamie was right, and I was still no closer to finding out why. Every lead I chased had turned out to be a dead end. I had no fucking clue why Paul Jenkins was so interested in the Valenti family. Was I missing something really obvious?

I left Jamie to call Bennett while I rushed into Carlo's office. I was expecting to see Tony already waiting for me, but I froze as Siena's worried eyes met mine. This emergency was about Siena? Why was my heart racing so fast?

"Ah, Ryan," Carlo smiled. "That was quick."

"You said it was important," I muttered, my eyes never leaving Siena's.

"Trixie and Libby had quite a scare today," Carlo continued. "It seems someone is following the lovely Trixie, and if it wasn't for her quick thinking in the diner, I'm worried about what would have happened if they'd gotten their hands on her." I was still stunned as I listened to him. Someone had gone after her.My Siena. I had to fight back the surge of anger that flared through me. I couldn't let Carlo see that. I couldn't let him see I had a weakness.

"Someone has been following you?" I snarled, looking directly at her. All she could do was nod. "Are you in trouble? Have you gotten yourself involved in something? Goddammit, Trixie! Why didn't you tell us?!" The thought of her being mixed up in anything that could hurt her affected me more than I could understand, but whoever these fuckers were that had followed her, they were dead the moment I found them!

"No, you ass! I'm not thatstupid!" Siena snapped. Why was she so pissed at me? Oh shit! The last time she had seen me was when I told Tony we shouldn't be fighting over a hot pussy like her. Fuck, I really had offended her!

"What did these men look like?" I asked, trying to be softer as I moved to sit next to her. Her scent washed over my senses, and I had to fight a groan as memories of me holding her naked, sweaty body began to cloud my mind.

"Tanned, dark haired and very stocky. I think I counted four of them in total." It had to be Paul Jenkins and his men. What the hell did they want with Siena? "I noticed them at the club last night. Oh, and they chased us in a black SUV if that’s any help. I'm pretty sure it was a Navigator."

"Theychasedyou?" I held back a snarl. Those motherfuckers had gone too far. I needed to get my hands on them. Now! "Tell me exactly what happened."

I sat and listened to Siena as she filled me in on everything. Carlo was silent, watching us the entire time.

"Why hasn't Tony done anything about this yet? We've known Jenkins has been in town forweeks!" I fumed at Carlo when Siena had finished.

"He's on his way, Ryan," Carlo replied. "We don't know if it was Jenkins following Trixie or not, and remember, Tony is in the dark about this as much as we are."

I snorted in disbelief; if Paul Jenkins was after Siena, then this had to be Tony's fault. The fucking idiot had done something, and he was going to tell me what.

"You know as well as I do that that’s bullshit, Carlo. Tonymustknow something about this!" I snapped. I couldn't hide my frustration any longer.

"We'll see what he has to say when he gets here. Maybe he can shed some light on this situation," Carlo acquiesced, looking between Siena and me. "If this does concern Jenkins, you'll have to run things here while I take Tony to Miami. I'm not having this turn into a feud with the Leoni family if I can help it." Siena was still gazing at us, looking a little lost. This must have been too much information for her.

"Maybe Trixie should go to her room while we talk to Tony?" I suggested.

"No, if this really does concern me, I want to know." There she went again, making my dick twitch with her strength. She was incredible. How could a little, fragile beauty like her, have so much inner strength? She did, though; I had seen a small part of it when she'd been mine for the weekend.

"Trixie, my dear, there are some things you justcan'tknow. Trust us...wewilllook after you," Carlo cooed warmly. "Why don't you retire to your room? I will get Tony to come and explain everything to you once we’ve finished." Siena knew Carlo's words were final, and without a glance in my direction, she left his office.

Yeah, she was definitely still pissed at me. I needed to explain my actions to her when we were alone.

"What is so fucking important? Did Ryan fail with the East Districtalready?" Tony sneered, stumbling into his father's office. Was hedrunk?

"An attempt was made on Trixie today," Carlo seethed. "She was chased by an SUV."

"What!?" Tony gasped, slumping down on the couch, trying to act like he fucking cared.]

"You need to fucking explain yourself, asshole! Why the fuck would someone go afteryourgirl? What the fuck have you been playing at?!" I yelled, slamming my hands down on Carlo's desk.

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