Page 21 of Mafia Boss's Fake Wife

I hadn't noticed, but an older Irish man is seated across from her. The minions who hauled me in here provide a chair, and I glower at them until they back off.

Like a king ascending his throne, I sit.

The older man nods to the other two. "You can leave."

"Agent O'Hara, we caught him assaulting someone in public..."

"You can leave," he repeats.

Without any protest, they walk away.

He turns to me. "Mister De Luca, would there be any reason you assaulted a man in broad daylight?"

I tilt my head. "He started it?"

"Interesting," O'Hara nods. "Did he really?"

"Would you believe me either way?"

"Surprisingly, Mr. De Luca, I think you'll find that honesty is the best currencywith me."

The level look in his eyes is... warm.

But, the steel behind it is there as well.

I decide to tell a version of the truth that isn't necessarily a lie. "A Russian called my name, came in swinging. I swung back."

"How did you know he was Russian?"

I arch an eyebrow. "I've had enough Russians cuss me out to recognize what he was saying."

O'Hara chuckles at that. "Well, there's some truth to that, then." He turns to Roisin. "I don't know if a Russian would be an enemy of your family?"

My heart skips.

Did he know?

Did everyone fucking know but me?

If that’s the case, why the fuck am I the last to know?

Roisin shrugs. “My brother is marrying one, so…”

“How do you know about Novikov?” I interrupt.

It’s Roisin’s turn to raise an eyebrow now. “You think that I don’t know about my own brother’s wedding?”

I huff.

"Roisin is... the center of a place she doesn't need to be central to. It isn't her fault that her family is who they are, but all the same, she's being blamed for some incidents."

"Incidents?" I ask.

O'Hara gives me a raised eyebrow. "Indeed. A certain explosion, most recently in Amsterdam, that I believe a certain Salvatore De Luca and a Gia Rossi were also implicated in."

"They were absolved of that," I say quickly.

O'Hara's eyebrows pinch together. 'Indeed they were. Because of overwhelming evidence that a certain Irish family had done it instead."

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