Page 26 of Contract of a Billionaire
I returned the tiny cup to its white saucer. The whole fucking thing looked ridiculous in my hands. Fragile. Breakable.
Would Autumn be too fragile for me? I didn’t think so. There was a quiet strength in those hazel eyes.
“Hello to you too,” I greeted him.
I purposely came to Priest’s hotel. A bit to fuck with him and to let him know I had no intention of coming after his city. I had plenty of shit to run, thank you very much.
Meeting his gaze, so blue and unlike the rest of the DiLustros, I watched him quietly. Unlike his cousins, Priest had light hair and eyes that resembled nobody in their family. I wondered if the poor kid knew what that meant. Although, nobody talked about it; it was fucking obvious.
“Cut the shit, Russo,” Priest spat, his gaze narrowed on me. “You, Cassio, and your whole gang of old men better not get any ideas in this city.”
I shrugged my shoulders. “Well, now that you suggested it– ”
Leaving the meaning to linger, I let my lips curve up. It was too much fun to fuck with the younger generation. Of course, Cassio, the gang, and I were once them. Once upon a time. Yeah, I was still waiting for my fairy tale ending.
My eyes traveled around the swanky restaurant. I had to admit, the kid did well. For as young as he was, he established his presence in Philly and ran his underworld activities smoothly, covering it up with his legal businesses. Smart kid.
“Don’t get your feathers ruffled,” I finally told him. “This is a courtesy visit. I’m visiting the Corsicans.”
Priest shoved his hands into his suit pockets, but it didn’t escape me that he fisted his hands. Probably ready to punch someone, even wearing that three-piece-suit.
“What the fuck for?” he barked.
Kid had to work on his poker face. He was younger than his cousin and brother by several years, but still. Poker faces were a must in our business. Though I could sense underneath all that, Priest had anger issues. I could spot them a mile away - because I used to have them when I was younger. Fuck, I still had them.
For what my father had done to me.
“A marriage contract,” I told him. “And nothing to do with you. Like I said, this is a courtesy visit.”
Because I intend to possess the raven-haired beauty with skin the color of thick cream and a tempting mouth that would part as she deliberately opened her legs to expose her sex to me.
Her unwavering stare would watch me as my tongue explored her pussy.
Even if I had to wait four years to have her. There was no way I’d let anyone else see that ass. That image of her bent over, her ass in a thong in my full view seared into my memory.
She was the one for me. Beautiful. Smart. Mine.
Two hours later, I sat in the fancy, very blue parlor that Blanchet used as his office. The fucker should really consider killing his decorator.
“You met our granddaughter?” Marcel Blanchet demanded to know.
Neither he nor his wife had any information on their daughter and granddaughter. Autumn’s father knew how to hide their trail, and I had no intention of revealing it. But their last clusterfuck reunion left them with a reluctant agreement.
I nodded.
“Is she righteous like that bastard father of hers or more like her mother?” There was no missing the bitterness behind his question. They hated Corbin for taking their daughter away from them. She was one of their most efficient assassins.
Choosing not to answer their question, I went straight to negotiating.
“For the marriage contract, I’ll allow you to pass your arms and drug distributions through Canada. No flesh trading.” He opened his mouth to protest but I shut him down. “That part is non-negotiable. The entire East Coast is being cleaned up, and I won’t risk having anything like that pass through my territory.”
“Fine,” he grumbled. “No commission on shipments or profits, right?”
“Right,” I agreed. Greedy fucking bastard.
“What else?” he demanded to know.
“Once signed, neither one of them are your concern any longer, and I’ll allow your distribution through Canada effective immediately. You will consider the agreement between your daughter and you fulfilled, and Autumn will be bound to me.”
