Page 11 of Mafia Heir's Alpha
Now, I wanted the same thing.
I grinned right back at Ori. "Perhaps I also wanted to talk. To get to know you."
His smile faltered, but he recovered quickly. "Really?" His lashes lowered as if he was unsure of himself. “I thought maybe you just wanted a repeat of last night.”
"I want that too, but I also want to know you. I'll be honest." I brushed a kiss over the top of his head as we stepped outside. "I had my team run a background check on you. You're not twenty-two."
He chuckled. "No, I'm not. Just nineteen."
"Why did you lie?"
Ori’s grin turned lavicious and sexy. "I saw something I wanted, and I removed all the barriers in place in order to get it."
I raised a brow. "I can respect that, but I don't take kindly to liars. Other men have been severely punished for lying to me."
"Rosco, I know what you do for a living, the men you protect. I'm sure lying is somewhere in your job description."
I loved the way he pulled no punches when he spoke to me. I didn’t intimidate Ori. “I’m not sure my job has an actual description. Perhaps lying is something I do on occasion. But never to those who matter to me. And never about something important. I expect honesty.” It didn't surprise me that he knew that I worked for Cord and Andro. It wasn't a secret. In fact, we were all quite honest about our activities.
"And how is it that you've all never been caught by the law for this honest work that you do?"
I scoffed. "They could never. Besides, we do more for keeping the scum off the streets than the police do."
Ori's face twisted in disbelief.
"I'm serious." Why was that surprising to him? "Hell, just last year, Cord and Andro worked together to get a sex-trafficking ring closed down."
As his brow furrowed, he cocked his head and really looked at me. "If that's the case, why didn't I hear about that? You would think that'd be front-page news."
"Right. Like they're gonna report that known drug runner and weapons dealer Andro Ferrini and his newly acquired business partner Cord Menetti took down Russo and Brutus because they kidnapped an omega. Rowan, Andro's cousin, was taken and tortured, but the public doesn’t hear about that stuff. Nah, the media would never share that. The police didn’t have the balls to take Russo down, but we did."
Ori was quiet for a moment, and I worried I’d gone too far. Knowing what I did for a living and hearing specific details were two different things.
“Right. Yeah, I suppose that wouldn't really go well in the tabloids."
"Perhaps we should talk about other things. Or maybe we don't have to talk at all." I tugged Ori closer to me as I sat down, and he settled onto my lap. "You studiedlaw with a minor in information technology. That's an interesting combination."
He shrugged. "I'm good with computers. In fact, I’ve been known to partake in my own illegal activities from behind the keyboard."
"Is that right?" I nuzzled my nose against him, inhaling his sweet omega scent. All it did was drive me wild and cause my cock to harden.
"It is."
I had to taste him again. I wasn't going to let him get away. As much as I wanted to learn more about him intellectually, I also had a lot to learn physically.
“Tell me everything about you, Ori. I want to know all about you and your life. Then later, I want to take you upstairs and learn all about your body.”
Ori swallowed thickly. “Only if you tell me about you, too.”
Hmm. I didn’t like talking about myself. There wasn’t much to say. But if Ori wanted to know me, then I could open up to him. He was worth it. “It’s a deal.”
7
ORI
The plan was going perfectly.
On the surface.
