Page 52 of Capone
My eyes enlarged and my mouth dropped open. Everyone knew Cara did not play about her food.Especiallywhile she was pregnant. It was a sure way to make her enact violence. “Do you have a death wish?” I asked incredulously.
“He must have, and Cara tried to grant it for him.” Gunner shook his head, popping a piece of bacon in his mouth.
“Oh my God, what did she do?” Giovanna questioned, taking a seat at the table.
Dice opened his mouth to answer but stopped when Gabi looked up from her plate. “Let’s just say Viper has now hidden all her weapons.”
I shook with laughter, imagining what she could have possibly done. But whatever she had done was clearly a warning. If Cara missed, it was on purpose.
As breakfast went on, Giovanna was tapping away on her tablet. Between contractors, assembling a menu, licenses, permits, and so on, the bakery was keeping her a busy woman.
Her phone chimed and she picked it up. Whatever she saw caused her to slap her forehead. “Crap. I totally forgot.”
“What is it?” I asked her.
“That was Crystal texting me. She told me yesterday she wouldn’t be able to watch Gabi today because she had a doctor’s appointment.”
Crystal had been keeping Gabi every day while Giovanna handled business with the bakery. Giovanna tried offering her money, but Crystal politely declined. Giovanna hadn’t been here very long, but she would soon understand that Crystal loved keeping all the kids.
“I can watch Lil Bit.”
Her brows scrunched up. “But don’t you have work too?”
“Yes, but today is a slow day. I technically only have to be there for a few hours and then I can leave. Then me and Lil Bit are free to wreak havoc.”
Giovanna smiled brightly before giggling. “Are you sure?”
“Positive.”
“Gabi,” Giovanna called, getting her attention. Gabi looked up from her plate, stuffing a piece of fruit in her mouth. “Do you want to spend the day with Pony?”
A deep scowl filled Gabi’s face. I chuckled, already knowing what ticked her off. She didn’t like anyone using her nickname for me. The other night, we were at the clubhouse for dinner and a few of the guys were teasing me and addressing me as Pony.
All this time, I thought Gabi couldn’t pronounce my name and settled for Pony. Imagine my surprise when she looked Axel dead in the eyes and firmly said “Ca-pone.”
That caused the clubhouse to roar with laughter as she stood her ground with Axel. He threw his hands up in mock surrender, giving her his apologies.
I wasn’t even mad she had played me all this time. Her nickname had grown on me, and I couldn’t imagine her calling me anything else.
“I mean, Capone.” Giovanna hurriedly corrected herself.
Dice and Gunner were laughing like hyenas at the other end of the table. Gabi’s face morphed into a smile as she happily nodded. “Yes! I go with Pony.”
“Welp. I guess that’s settled.”
To sayGabi was having the time of her life was an understatement. From the moment we stepped off the elevator everyone fawned all over her. Sage was smitten with her. She said that if she wasn’t so young and in her prime, Gabi would for sure be giving her baby fever.
We were currently in the gym while I held a few physical assessments for the day. Gabi held my clipboard in her hand, checking off the boxes as I instructed her. She really felt in charge. Whatever I told the guards to do, she would repeat it, causing most of them to laugh at her bossiness.
“Geez, you’re killing me, Gabi,” my guard, Trent, huffed as he flopped down on the mat. He had just completed the eighty sit-ups he was required to do in two minutes.
Gabi giggled at his antics. She handed me the clipboard and grabbed his water bottle from the sidelines. “Here you go,” she said sweetly.
Trent placed a hand over his heart. “Boss, you gotta bring her around more often. She’s the sweetest little thing.”
I chuckled as I checked the last box on his list. “I’ve been hearing that all day, butyouwon’t be seeing her for a while. I’ve got a contract for you.”
“Really?” He perked up as he jumped to his feet.
