Page 8 of Capone
Sara nodded her head. “I agree. Why would they risk snatching a toddler in a parking lot, in broad daylight? Traffickers are normally discreet. They wouldn’t risk bringing down the entire organization simply to snatch one toddler.”
“And they definitely wouldn’t have left her behind,” the guy who had been staring me down since I walked through the door said as he pointed at me.
“Excuse me?” I hissed, glaring at him.
He raised his hands in the air in mock surrender. “I didn’t mean to offend you. Just stating a fact.”
I opened my mouth to tell him off, but Cara interrupted me. “This is what I’m talking about. If you’re going to be here, you have to take your emotions out of this. I know that’s easier said than done because your daughter is involved. What Capone said is true. There is no way in hell they would have left you and only taken Gabrielle.”
Capone. So that was the Adonis’s name. I’d been keeping my eyes off him purposely. I didn’t like how he made my body react just from eye contact. I had never in my life felt such an intense connection. And that made me feel guilty. I was here for Gabi. I didn’t have time to be ogling this man, no matter how sexy he was.
“Sorry. This is just harder than I thought.”
“I understand. I’m a mother before anything else so I get it.” Cara closed the file with a sigh. “Look, we can get started in a few hours. I have one more meeting to wrap up and I?—”
“You’re going to take another meeting as if there isn’t a missing child out there?” Nicole said with her lip curled in anger.
Cara ignored Nicole’s outburst, focusing on Mercury. “Like I was saying. I’ll call you in a few hours when I’m headed back to the clubhouse. That’s where all my equipment is set up.”
“Clubhouse?” I asked in curiosity.
“Oh, Danny didn’t tell you? Cara and Sara are married to bikers.” Nicole’s voice was laced in disgust.
I was two seconds from slapping Nicole. I didn’t know what her problem was, but she was beginning to get on my last nerve. She’d been throwing digs since we arrived.
“Maybe you should wait outside, Nicole,” Mercury told her with a heated stare.
“What?! This is my case. I have more of a right to be here than anyone else.” Nicole looked over at Cara with hateful eyes.
Before Mercury could say anything, the sound of shouting coming up the hall caught everyone’s attention.
“Wait! Mr. Viper, she’s in a meeting.”
“And?” a deep baritone voice said right as the door was pushed open. A man who was well over six feet tall with grey eyes walked into the room, zeroing in on Cara.
She turned her chair around with a small smile. “Babe, why do you insist on driving Sage crazy?”
“I didn’t do anything,” he denied. He walked over with a bag of food and place it on the table. Grabbing both her hands, he pulled her from her seat and into his arms. It was then I got a glimpse of her small protruding belly.
Viper palmed it before bringing his lips down on hers in a heated kiss that mademeblush. There was no tongue, but just from the passion behind it, you could tell these two were deeply in love.
“When was the last time you ate, Hellcat?” he asked once he broke the kiss.
She looked away nervously. “I was just about to take lunch whe?—”
“That’s not what I asked you.” He gripped her chin, bringing her gaze back to his.
She scratched the back of her head and sighed in defeat. “Breakfast,” she muttered.
“See. I knew it. You’ve been in here all day, taking meetings and starving my baby.” He placed her back in her seat before pulling the food out of the bag.
“Well hello to you too, Viper. What? No food for me?” Sara asked with a teasing smile.
“You should know better, sis.” He pulled out a sandwich and placed it in front of her. “Philly cheesesteak with light onions and extra peppers, just the way you like it, with a side of loaded fries.”
She gave him a beaming smile. “That’s why you’re my favorite bother-in-law.”
“I’m youronlybrother-in-law.” As if he just noticed us in the room, his gaze swept over Nicole, Danny, and me in confusion until they landed on Mercury.
