Page 13 of The Mafia's Desire

She rolled her eyes. “Do you want some alone time with her, because I can come back?”

He shook his head. “I’ve got a few things to do. One of them is to meet with Alastair after I leave the room. He wants to talk to me about something.”

“Uh-oh, are you in trouble with the boss?” Hope asked.

“Probably, but I stopped being terrified of him when I scared him with a frog when he was eight. But Jesus, don’t tell him I told you. He’ll shoot me.”

Hope laughed. “I guess you still have a healthy fear of him.”

Ethan chuckled. “If you’re smart, you do. I’ll stop by in the morning.”

“Okay. Should I tell her you were here?” Hope asked.

“No, and don’t tell her I’m coming. Thank you for taking care of her.”

Hope nodded and sat back down in the chair. “We really like her.”

Ethan couldn’t help the smile that grew on his face as he walked down the stairs. He got to Alastair’s office and knocked.

“Come in.”

Ethan opened the door and then smiled. Alastair had Beth on his lap, and they were kissing.

“Go for now, but I’ll come to find you.” He lifted her off his lap.

She smiled at him and blushed. “Hi, Ethan.”

“Hello, Beth.”

She turned back to Alastair and grinned mischievously. “It might be a bit hard to find me, husband.”

Ethan saw the spark of desire and anticipation in his cousin’s eyes.

“You remember what happened the last time I had to look for you?”

His voice was all growly, but Ethan could tell they were playing, and he found it charming. He’d never seen Alastair as happy as he was at the moment, and he credited it all to Beth.

Ethan coughed and covered his mouth to hide his smile when Beth bit down on her lip and nodded a few times at her husband.

“Just so you know what will happen, love.”

She nodded again and grinned. When she looked at Ethan, her face turned bright red before she scurried out of the room.

Ethan sat down in front of Alastair’s desk and waited for his attention to get off the door and on him.

Ethan secretly wanted what they had but never thought he’d get to after what his mother did because it fucked him up so badly. The last few days had helped tremendously.

“How can she still blush like that after being here with you for over a year?”

Alastair shrugged. “I don’t care. I just don’t want it to end.”

Ethan nodded. He wouldn’t want to change Beth either. “What did you need? Martin said you wanted to talk to me.”

“I know you took care of Owens, but how’s Bishop doing managing the restaurant for us?”

Ethan nodded. “Good. Better than Owens was doing.”

“So, you want to keep him as the manager?” Alastair asked.

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