Page 63 of My Sweetest Temptation

“Lo, ask Miguel to come in,” I ordered him.

A few seconds later, Miguel stepped in. “Yes, boss?” he asked.

I tilted my head up to the sky. “Call Lana and bring her into my office.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Bro, you sure you want to do that?” Luca asked after Miguel left.

No, I wasn’t, but I needed something to take the edge off, and I couldn’t call Winter, now could I? I gritted my teeth, hating the thought of using Lana and taking my anger out on her. Not that she would mind.

I glanced over my shoulder and turned my eyes to Matteo, who happened to be the closest. “You can guys can leave. I’ll see you tonight.” Without saying a word, they were gone.

Minutes later, there was a knock at the door.

“Boss, Lana is here as you requested,” Miguel announced.

“Thank you, Miguel.”

Once we were alone, I told Lana to lock the door.

Without having to be asked, Lana took tentative steps until she stood behind me. I felt the warmth of her body against my back. Her arms wrapped around my waist, and I closed my eyes, trying to get lost in the sensation. When her hands drifted to my bulging dick in my pants, I spun around so fast Lana gasped. I grabbed her by the throat and stared into a set of eyes that were green, not gold. My eyes dropped to her chest and admired the top of her breasts, making my dick harder. Frustrated, I devoured Lana’s lips with mine, but she didn’t taste sweet like candy. Her lips weren’t as soft as pillows. I ran my hands through Lana’s blonde hair, but it was not the deep, thick auburn waves I longed for.

I groaned, keeping my lips on Lana, lifting her by her hips and setting her on the edge of my desk. With both hands still in her hair, I continued to aggressively kiss her lips, and she kissed just as hard back.

I pulled back and unbuckled my pants, and she licked her lips.

“Down,” I ordered her in a raspy voice and watched until her face was in front of my dick.

“Suck,” I demanded.

Like a good little whore, she took my cock into her mouth. I moaned and threw my head back. I fucked her face, but when I looked down and didn’t see gold eyes staring back at me with want, my dick went limp.

“Fuck!” I pulled out of her mouth and tucked my useless dick back into my pants.

“Get out, Lana.” I walked over to the bar and poured myself a drink. After taking a gulp, I noticed Lana hadn’t moved. Why the hell was she still here?

“I told you to go,” I muttered, lifting the glass to my lips.

She didn’t say anything but walked out without saying another word.

I stepped into the limo with Mom, Lo, Matteo, and Luca. Luca’s phone chimed and he read the message. I watched his expression from where I sat across from him. Luca lifted his head and looked at me. “It’s confirmed—the men are in place.”

I gave him a curt nod in acknowledgement. With Marco’s help, we were able to locate one of the Puppet Master’s hideaway locations. We realized it wasn’t an ordinary shipment as we had been led to believe. These bastards were trafficking over a dozen women, some as young as fourteen.

We learned the Puppet Master kept the women there before he sent them to another unknown location to prepare them, then sell them. I may have been a criminal, but trafficking humans was where I crossed the line.

We’d shared the information with the other mafia leaders, and we were doubling our efforts to find and shut down more of these houses. Now that we had this new information about his operation, I had extra men working to uncover all his houses.

“Tell them to contact me immediately with updates,” I instructed Lo.

“Please don’t tell me you’re discussing work,” Mom stated calmly, glancing into her compact mirror as she adjusted her teardrop earrings.

I let out a long sigh. “You do realize who I am, Mother.”

Her eyes met mine in the mirror, a mixture of pride and concern flickering across her face. “Yes, Nico, I haven’t forgotten. But for just one night, can you please set aside that title and just be my son?”

Lo scoffed. “Come on, Mom. Nico doesn’t have vacation days. It’s who he is and who he is meant to be.”

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