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"He knows that I fuck Maricela." The two imbeciles I have for friends stare at me as if I have all the answers.

"You could ask for her after Italy," Liam says after a long silence. If he only knew.

"I will, but first, a little bit of his brand of hurt juice."

"You have no skin left."

"My back is fairly smooth."

"Shut up, mate. He can't hurt you here."

"He already has. More than once."

"I—" One look from Kai has Liam saying no more. We all know there are cameras here. He will listen to this conversation.

Chapter thirty-six

Killian

"This is how you made her pay?" Franco enters like a gust of wind. As always, he's all about the drama.

The asshole made us wait for two hours. It's a tactic of his.

"What happened, Father?" And here he is, ladies and gentlemen, my brother, looking all smug as if my pain will make his day. It probably will.

Franco scowls. "This little brother of yours is fucking your sister-in-law."

The shock on Santino's face causes me to laugh. I know how he thinks. He wanted to fuck her, too. All those nice texts he sends to her every morning. All the attention and gifts he attempts to give her. Santino isn't any better than his father.

The punch to my middle is fully expected. "What's the problem, Santino? Oh, yes. You don't do seconds. You like them as virgins. Well, she isn't anymore." A gasp leaves me as I fall to the floor. One thing I know for certain: Santino won't touch her now. Maricela is safe from them because I fell for her.

The realization hits me stronger than any punch my dear brother lands on me. I've fallen for her.

"She was so sweet. Her blood was smeared on my cock, and I loved it. Every single second of it. She lets me fuck her without a condom, you know?" I want to kick myself for every word, but it will keep him far away from Maricela. Santino likes them young and untouched. I know for a fact that he chose his wife because he knew he could satisfy his virginity kink.

Franco lets Santino strike me over and over until my eyes start to roll in my sockets. "His punishment will be to go to Italy tonight. He'll go and kill for the mafia tomorrow. Now leave him be."

"We'll go with him." I think it's Kai who speaks, but I'm not sure.

"You need to be with Newt," I try to argue from the floor.

"He will be fine." Kai insists.

There's a long pause before Franco replies. "You're already a mafia man."

"Well, I'm not," Liam argues. "Let us go with him. If the three of us survive, we get what we want."

"He's letting his feelings stick to you like glue," my sperm donor says, sounding disgusted. "Liam, remember, you can't refuse your oath."

"And I don't intend to. I have something else in mind."

Franco scoffs. "And what is that, if I might ask?"

"You'll let your other son Maddox go." Fucker.

That brings a humorless laugh from the capo. "You're willing to waste your reward on a bastard? I thought more of you." Another pause, and then Franco says, "Fine. Maddox will be free if the three of you come back alive and well."

And that was that.

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