Page 66 of The Silencer
“Yes, I’m the reason. Although, I don’t think that I asked for it, do you?”
“No, of course not,” she says with a wave of her hand. “Just that I can see why Anthony helped.” She turns toward him and grins. “He’s adorable.”
I roll my eyes, even though I preen inside. I am quite adorable.
Just as I think that, Angel calls his dad over to look at something germinating. Anthony stalks over, and Sabrina and I both watch him go. As soon as he’s out of earshot, she leans toward me, smelling strongly of perfume.
And it’s a nice scent too, expensive.
She’s everything I’m not.
“We’re business partners, Anthony and I.”
I side-eye her. “What kind of business?”
“I run a few brothels, discreet gentlemen’s clubs, that kind of thing.”
“Sounds fun.”
“It is. It really is,” she says with a knowing smile. “But you know, despite investing in my clubs, Anthony’s never been a customer.”
I step closer, not wanting to miss a word.
“He’ll stop by occasionally, check to see how things are going, but never indulges. He never lets himself go, you see.”
I don’t see. He let himself go earlier, my face between his shaking thighs.
Anthony glances over at us and frowns when he sees how close we are standing, how Sabrina is leaning toward me and telling me shit. But he can’t leave his son’s side, not yet. Angel’s still telling him about the plant he found.
“A couple months ago, when I overheard him telling his bodyguards to keep tabs on you, I couldn’t believe it, you know? Anthony Costello, mob boss, having a little boy trailed.”
I turn my gaze toward her fully now, my mouth agape.
“Tabs on me? Trailed? What the hell?”
She blinks in surprise and then lets out a tinkling little laugh. “Yes, didn’t you know?”
“Of course I didn’t know,” I hiss and then feel my dick twitch between my legs. Good fuck, why does that turn me on so much? He was following me? Watching me? Oh my god. Is he just as obsessed as I am?
Do not get your hopes up.
They’re already up. Big time.
“Well, that makes sense. Anthony always keeps things close to the vest. But how do you think he made it to you so quickly that night?”
“What?”
I hadn’t thought of that. I called him, and he didn’t even ask where I was, he just knew. Oh my god. He was having me followed.
“I never thought Anthony would be interested in another man, but then again, I hadn’t met you, now had I? I can see the appeal.”
I shake my head just as a loud explosion rocks the ground we’re standing on.
Sabrina shoves me to the ground and whips around.
“Get down!”
I cover my head, my heartbeat ringing in my ears. Oh my god! Oh my fucking god! What was that?