Page 534 of Sinfully Savage Mafia

“Yeah,” I mutter. “Gotta get back to my hotel.”

“Wait, you’re leaving?” Lily asks from behind me.

I twist around to see her stricken face. “I have to find Bruno. He might be in trouble.”

“But what about…” she hesitates. “I mean, we still have things to do, right? Together?”

“Things?” Chloe echoes. “Can one of you please tell me what the hell is happening here? I mean, I’m too panicked to even step out of my apartment right now!”

“You can’t leave us,” Lily says, folding her arms over her chest.

“It’s safer for you here. I can get a team together to?—”

“No.”

I blink fast. “No?”

A tight smile stretches her lips. “That’s right. You might like to be in control inside of the bedroom, but out here, you’ve got nothing,” she hisses.

My jaw drops.

“If you leave, we all leave.” She lifts an eyebrow, her gaze never moving from mine. “Chloe, get dressed.”

I hear retreating footsteps as Chloe darts into her room for a wardrobe change.

“Do you really think it’s smart for you to be running around Vegas right now? If your theory is right, you could be in the line of fire just by being with me.”

“For the record, it’s a risk I’m willing to take in order to end all of this.” She pauses. “Besides, if I’m right, wouldn’t it be smarter to lure those assholes out of their hiding spots so we can take them out before they can do worse to us?”

I press my fingertips to my temples. Her vigilantism is sexy as hell, but even more dangerous. “The fact that you’re asking me that question proves you have no idea what you’re up against. These aren’t the type of people you can overtake with a knee to the balls, Lil. These are the kind of people who will overtakeyouwith a knife to the back of the skull.”

Her eyes cloud over, storms rolling into the depths. “Don’t you understand, Zeno?” she asks. “If what I said last night is true, if this really has something to do with me, then I can’t cower and hide. I won’t let them win!”

“Listen, you have to be smart about this,” I say, running a finger down the side of her arm. “If you walk into a trap, it’s over. And I can’t let that happen. Because then I lose, too.”

She takes in a sharp breath. My lips curl upward as I pull her close, breathing in the faded perfumed scent of her skin. I skim her lips with my tongue and she melts into me.

“No,” she moans. “You can’t get me to change my mind with your sex-god powers.”

“Sex god, huh?” I waggle my eyebrows at her. “That’s nice to hear.”

”It was nice to experience, too,” she quips.

We snicker and I pull her into my arms, leaning my head on top of hers. “So we’re agreed. You guys are gonna sit tight while I figure out what the hell is going on.”

Lily tightens her arms around me, letting out a contented sigh. “Nope. But nice try.”

I back away. “Lil, come on?—”

She shakes her head. “Sorry, Zeno. If you play, I play. And I’m not in this to lose.”

“You’re too stubborn for your own good.”

“And yet I let you spank me…” Her eyes twinkle with a mischievous glint. “Think of it this way. The sooner we take care of these bastards, the faster you can put me over your knee again for being insolent. You can punish me all you want.”

I rub the back of my neck. The knot at the base of my skull is so damn tight, I can barely move my head, but my cock jumps at the thought of my hand on her ass.

“I’m ready!” Chloe calls out. “And I packed some bleach, a butcher knife, and my tennis racket.” She tosses Lily some clothes. “So you don’t have to run around Vegas looking like you’re doing the walk of shame.”

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