Page 121 of Violent Attraction

“Hate the guy.” Leo mumbles and I can’t help but agree.

Whoever ends up with the bastard is going to have their work cut out for them.

Within minutes of Madden leaving, we follow suit.

It’s when we are in the car driving to my place when I finally broach the subject.

“You don’t know what you’re going to do with the cartel once Ronaldo is behind bars, do you?”

Leo shrugs. “I have some ideas, but nothing concrete. Don’t know if I want to be running drugs my whole life and end up like Ronaldo. Serena is thinking about kids, and I don’t know if I can give them the same life we got.”

“Some difficult shit.” I say as I turn on to my street.

“Abso-fucking-letly.”

I pull into the driveway of the town house in the nice, gated community and as soon as I’m in park, Leo starts to get out.

“Hold up.” I say before he is able to step out fully.

Leo raises his eyebrow, questioning me.

“You told Madden that I was your brother-in-law.” It’s not a question. When he said it, it threw me off a bit.

“Well, I can’t very much say that my brother married my sister, that right there raises enough eyebrows as it is.”

This cheeky fucker.

“So does me getting the label mean I have your blessing?” I can’t go to Ronaldo to ask for his permission anymore and Leo practically raised Isabella next to my parents. His blessing would mean everything.

A hand lands on my shoulder. “You’ve had my blessing since we were in high school.”

“You told me to stay away from her in high school,” I narrow my eyes at him. Sure, I may not remember those years very clearly, but I would have remembered if Leo had told me he was okay with me being with his sister.

“That wasn’t the right time for you, I think you know that. You two just needed to find a place where you worked, and you’ve found that. So yeah, you have my blessing.”

“That easy?” There has to be more to this.

“That easy.”

I nod and place my hand on his shoulder, coping his stance.

“Thanks, hermano.”

“Always.”

With one final pat on each other’s shoulder, we finally make our way out of the car.

We walk into the house and instantly we hear the laughter of the woman enjoying their morning.

Leo walks right in and heads straight to Serena, taking her attention away from Isabella and Camila and planting a kiss on her lips.

It’s quick but you can see by the smile on Serena’s face when he pulls away, that she loves every single minute of it.

I stand back, leaning against the wall leading to the living room and watch the interaction of the four of them.

Every single one of them looks happy.

Isabella turns to face me and gives me a small smile when she sees that I’m already looking at her. I send a small smile back at her.

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