Page 290 of The Devil's Fire

“Are you ready to get your ass kicked, Althaia?” Luca approached with a grin.

“This is our bet? Oh, hell no! You know I will lose.”

“A deal is a deal.”

“No. I’m not betting that much on this.”

“Then I will have to shoot you.” He casually shrugged.

“How much did you bet?” Damiano asked, but not before giving a warning look to Luca.

“I said fifty! He’s the one who said fifty thousand after I shook his hand.” I explained, but Damiano just shook his head.

“You didn’t clarify how much, making the bet valid.”

“Are you taking his side? He tricked me!” I argued, trying to emphasize that I was the victim.

“I wasn’t there. It’s your word against his.”

“Why would I lie, hmm?” I placed my hands on my hips.

“Why would I question my men?” Damiano tilted his head, looking at me with a raised brow.

I didn’t have a response, so I scoffed.

“Better cough up those fifty G’s.” Luca laughed and pulled out his gun. Without even blinking, he casually aimed at the target paper, firing his gun a few times as if it were the easiest thing ever.

I glared at him, watching every bullet hit right in the middle.

“I smell victory.” He practically sang out. I clicked my tongue in annoyance.

“Well, since we didn’t clarify the rules…” I dragged out and looked at Damiano with a grin. “Hey handsome, wanna earn some money?”

“No, you can’t do that. The deal is you do the challenge.” Luca protested.

“I don’t recall we ever clarified that. Unless you have proof?” I smirked.

That’s right, I can play dirty too.

“She has a point.” Giovanni backed me up for once, and Luca wasn’t looking too pleased about it.

“Damiano, will you pretty please help me?” I clasped my hands together and gave him my best puppy eyes.

“Sure.” He gave a sly smile and looked at Luca before drawing out his gun.

“Best out of three.” Luca declared, facing the target with the utmost seriousness.

“Fine. If that’s how many times you want me to destroy your ego.” Damiano let out his devilish smirk as he got ready.

“You might have just started a war between the two most competitive people.” Giovanni remarked, watching them with amusement.

“Opps.” I grinned, not sorry at all, because there was no way I was losing fifty thousand dollars.

I watched in anticipation, noticing Luca was a lot more focused now than he was when he thought he would be challenging me. Damiano took a quick glance at me and gave me a wink that gave me a rush of butterflies.

I couldn’t resist biting my lip as my eyes slid down to his ass, giving an impressive nod as I checked him out. Even his ass was so fucking perfect.

“You’re unbelievable.”

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