Page 74 of Capone
How in the world could he have so much to say about Giovanna while being this scandalous is beyond me. I wouldn’t say I was shocked that Dennis was cheating. I was shocked about who he was cheating with.
It was clear he raised both of his sons to be cheaters. But I wondered how Danny would feel, knowing his daddy was sending his women home every other night, after having his way with her. While this might cause some family drama, it did nothing to prove he or Whitney was unfit to care for Gabi.
“How is this going to help Giovanna win the custody battle though?” I asked.
“They won’t go to court. Now, I have a dummy phone in my pocket, and it’s untraceable. Call Dennis up, send him these photos, and demand that he get his wife to drop the case.”
Giovanna nibbled on her lip, twisting her thumbs. “Do you really think that will work? What if he tries to file a suit, saying we were blackmailing him?”
“One, that’s what the dummy phone is for. He can’t trace this back to us. Two, I guarantee you, Dennis is going to figure out a way to get Whitney to drop the case. While I was looking into Whitney and Dennis, I found out Dennis is gearing up to run for Senate. He’s had a very successful career as District Attorney, and now he’s trying to move on up. He already has his campaign set to go. He just has to make the announcement. Something like this leaking to the public would ruin him before it even started.”
Giovanna stared at Cara in amazement. Me? I was used to this at this point. I’d watched her and Sara find every skeleton hidden in someone’s closet for over four years now. Still, it never got old witnessing them in action.
“And you’re okay holding on to these images? This would be the very thing to knock Nicole off her high horse,” Giovanna said as she closed the file.
“I don’t care to tear Nicole down. Now, am I going to beat her ass the next time I see her? Absolutely. She spoke badly about my children, and that won’t go unanswered. But I’ve come to learn Nicole is just miserable. Exposing her would do absolutely nothing to her. She’ll just move on until she finds her next victim.”
Cara stood and placed the dummy phone on the table. Giovanna followed suit and brought Cara into a tight hug. A tear trailed down her cheek before she quickly swiped it away.
I knew this was like a weight lifted off her chest. Even though she was standing up to Whitney by not bending to her commands, in the back of her head, she worried if she was making a mistake. Now she knew she had something on Dennis that would keep her ex-in-laws in line.
“I don’t know how I can repay you and Sara. You found my baby, solved her father’s murder, and now you’re saving me from having to fight for custody. Thank you just doesn’t seem like enough.”
“No thanks needed. Just an endless supply of honeybuns and we’re square.” Giovanna threw her head back, laughing as Cara made her way out of the office.
I picked up the phone, staring at Giovanna. “Do you want to make the call?”
“Actually, I don’t. You’ve shown me time and time again we’re safe with you, so I’ll let you handle this.”
Standing up, I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her in for a kiss. The feeling swarming in my chest made me beam with pride. To hear how confident she was, knowing that I would always protect her and Gabi, was all I’d ever wanted. It took us some time to get here, but it was worth every moment of fighting I had to do.
Giovanna pulled me from my thoughts when she sucked my lip into her mouth, biting it. I groaned, throwing the phone down on the couch, and plunged my tongue into her mouth. She moaned, rubbing her body against mine. My hands squeezed her round ass before I broke the kiss.
“Alright, woman. You have interviews in an hour. Unless you want to conduct those looking thoroughly fucked, I suggest you stop while you’re ahead.” She giggled before pecking my lips a few more times. “And leave Gabi. I know you said you would set her up in the lounge area while you did the interviews, but I won’t be here much longer.”
Giovanna squinted her eyes and pointed a finger at me. “Okay, but there better not be any more pets added to the roster, Luca. Harley and Davidson have already chewed up three of my favorite pairs of shoes.”
I scoffed at the thought. “Trust me, baby. I learned my lesson. Did you forget those little shits chewed up my five-hundred-dollar pair of biker boots?”
Giovanna chuckled with a smirk. “That’s what you get for buying the demon brothers.” She grabbed her purse off my desk and kissed me once more. “Okay, honey, I’ll see you at home later. I love you.”
Hearing her say that never got old. “I love you, too, Sugar.”
Once she was gone, I grabbed the phone and sat at my desk. After taking pictures of the photos, I texted a few to Dennis. I waited a few minutes before I dialed his number.
“Who is this? What do you want?”he asked in panic as soon as he answered.
“You don’t talk. You listen. Understand?”
“Y-yes,”he stuttered.
“Now, that custody battle you have against Giovanna, you’re going to drop that. Immediately.”
“L-look, it’s not that simple. My wife is hell-bent on gaining custody of Gabrielle. I didn’t want to pursue this from the beginning.”
“I don’t care. Either you convince her to drop the case or be the cause of your family falling into shambles, while missing out on your opportunity to become a senator.”
I heard his breath hitch. “H-how do I know you won’t leak this information once I do as you ask?”
