“It’s not a big deal,” I said.
“It's averybig deal.” Sebastian grabbed the closest man’s throat and lifted him in the air. “Who hurt her?”
Immediately, the man pointed at the guy Sebastian had punched. Sebastian dropped the man and jerked his head towards the unconscious man. “He’ll wish he’d stayed knocked out when I’m done with him later. Grab him.”
“I wouldn’t do that,” Ray warned, but there was a quaver in his voice.
Sebastian completely ignored him, instead focusing on the Mafioso dragging the unconscious guy into a waiting car. Even though beating the shit out of Ray’s men was something I’d dreamed of doing, I knew allowing this to continue escalating was a bad idea. At the end of the day the Underboss of the Amato family wouldn’t be dealing with the repercussions. It’d all fall on me.
I raised up on my tiptoes, so I could reach Sebastian’s ear. “You need to stop. I owe them too much money,” I whispered.
Instead of replying to me, he turned his attention to Ray.
“What’s her weekly payment schedule?” Sebastian asked.
“$15,000. She went on a penalty schedule when she ghosted us,” Ray said.
My stomach tightened into a knot. The previous payments had been hard enough, now I needed to deal with $15,000?
“Fine,” Sebastian said.
My head whipped towards him. “Um, not fine. I need to negotiate that number.”
“I’m sure Tony will love to hear that,” Ray spit out.
Bile rose in my stomach. Tony was the boss of their loan shark operation. If Tony was aware of my situation…
“What’s Tony’s phone number?” Sebastian asked, his expression completely unruffled.
“Like I’d fucking tell you. Do you know who you’re dealing with?” Ray said.
Sebastian stepped forward, fire in his eyes. “Do you know who the fuckyou’redealing with?”
Ray’s posture collapsed.
“That’s what I thought. Now give me Tony’s phone number,” Sebastian said.
When Sebastian stepped away to call him, Ray regained some of his bravado.
“Selene, you’re so fucking dead,” Ray laughed.
“I won’t be the only one,” I said with a smile. If I was going down, I almost pitied the nearest man.
Sebastian finished the phone call and walked back to us.
“It’s settled.”
“What the hell do you mean it’s settled?” I asked, fear pumping through me.
Had Sebastian just transferred my debt to the Amato family? The idea of Luca owning my debt made the bile rise towards my throat.
“Don’t worry, we’ll talk about it after. There’s something else we need to deal with first.”
Sebastian moved towards Ray and yanked his arms behind him.
“Selene, it’s time for you to repay this cockroach for every bruise he’s ever ordered,” Sebastian said.
My mouth dropped open. I’d dream of this scenario, but I never actually thought it’d actually become reality. Still, there was a reason I hadn’t done this before.
