Page 5 of Mafia Billionaire's Surprise Baby

If I can find what he was looking for, I’ll likely be able to find out who killed him.

And I’ll be in time to make it to Amsterdam in seven days for the meeting with the Russians.

Who, once again, better be on their knees thanking me for rescuing pretty, silly Stassi from the Irish gang’s hold.

There’s a noise outside of my room.

I hunch, ducking down, and slink behind the couch. The suite is large, and the living room opens to the front door. I hear a scrabbling sound again, like someone is going to pick the lock.

Quietly, I pad over to the gun I have on the coffee table. I grab it and I’m about to slink over to the side of the door when the lock clicks, and I freeze.

The door opens.

My heart kicks into my throat.

Suddenly, it’s very clear why Elio was so confident that his new third-in-command would be able to find me.

Because standing in the doorway is the one man who always has.

The last man I ever want to see again.

Sal De Luca.

By the looks of it, he is absolutely livid.

I shiver.

I should not find that sexy but…

I do.

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SAL

I found her.

I can kid myself and pretend that the thrill of the chase isn’t important to me, but that would be a lie. I have been looking for Gia for two weeks, and the entire time, I’ve loved it.

The haze of the past few weeks is gone.

Instead, I feel sharp. Alive. Like I’m ready to hunt Gia across the world.

Like I’m ready to follow her wherever she goes.

Of course, she’s not in Amsterdam. The second Elio told me that he thought she was, I shook my head.

I had been in Paris, keeping tabs on another Russian businessman.

Elio had called, telling me that Gia would need help for this meeting.

I had protested it. I had fought it in my mind.

But I would never, ever be able to walk away from helping Gia if she needed it.

My chest feels like it’s heaving, like I ran all the way from Paris to Prague. I vaguely hear the door click behind me as I close it, and I warily watch Gia’s thumb as it hovers near the safety on her Glock-19.

“How did you get a Glock into Prague?”

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