“Massimo.” I warn him with my tone and my eyes. He chuckles, rocking his morning wood against my ass through the shirt of his I’m wearing.
“Jesus. You two are insatiable.” Fiero smirks as I level him with a smug grin over my shoulder. Someone sounds envious, and it’s nice to be on the other side of that emotion.
“My wife is sexy as hell, and I can’t keep my hands off her,” Massimo admits, twirling me around in his arms. “Not my problem you’re a jealous fuck.”
“I never thought I’d see the day, but I’m happy for you, man.” His eyes drift to mine. “I’m happy for both of you. You’re good together.”
I think I’ve had my fill of emotional mushy stuff. “Go talk to your friend.” I shove Massimo in Fiero’s direction. “Let me make breakfast before it’s burnt to a crisp.”
ChapterThirty-Four
Catarina
“When did you set up Rinascita?” I ask when we are in the air, heading back to the US in my private plane.
“When we were in college,” Fiero replies, sipping a glass of bourbon from the seat across from us. Massimo explained he told Fiero everything while I was getting dressed and packed, so he knows I have been taken into their confidence. I expected it might cause some issues between the friends, but it didn’t. Fiero trusts Massimo’s judgment—and now me, by default.
“Fiero studied business but majored in financial investment. We invested most of our money while we were in college, and by the time we graduated, we had tripled our investment. We used some of the money to set up a real estate and property development business, under the Rinasciata brand, while we continued investing in the stock market. We bought and sold properties and sites all over Europe, and a few in the US, but we wanted to build our business quickly while remaining under the radar.”
I guess that explains all the traveling they were doing, along with Massimo’s contract-killing work.
“Over the years, our earnings soared from both endeavors which gave us the funding to move to the next phase of our plan,” Massimo explains.
“We kept reinvesting and we bought up more real estate businesses, some tech and comms companies too,” Fiero adds.
“And we established an import-export business, which is the legal front for the drugs operation, which is where the bulk of our income will come in the future.”
“Is that why you built the waterfront property?”
They nod.
“We are moving all our operations there,” Fiero confirms. “It will look completely legit while we smuggle drugs in under the nose of the authorities.”
It’s absolutely genius, and I am in awe of them. “I have got to hand it to you. That’s some feat. There’s no way The Commission can ignore what you bring to the table. I’m incredibly impressed.”
“Think of what we can do when we combine our smarts and our talents. We will literally be unstoppable.” Massimo presses a quick kiss to my lips.
“Provided we can maintain a hold of the compound in Cali,” Fiero says.
“What does that mean?” I inquire, threading my fingers in Massimo’s when he places his hand on my thigh.
“Someone attempted to attack the plant,” Massimo explains. “Fiero went to check everything is okay.”
“They didn’t get far. We paid a small fortune to hire the best security on the ground in Cali, and ten percent of the profits go to Juan Pablo, our local manager, on top of the lucrative salary we pay him.” Fiero stretches out his legs, crossing his feet at the ankles.
“Along with the house and car we purchased for him and the college trust funds we set up for his three kids.” Massimo drains his whisky.
“He’s too entrenched to betray you. That’s good.”
“Hopefully,” Massimo says. “We would like to visit more regularly, to keep a closer eye on things, but we are stretched thin as it is.”
I know how hard he works. “I can help. My operations run smoothly, and while it’ll take some time to settle things in New York, especially with this Russian complication, after that, I will have some free time. I can visit the compound for you or handle some things here if you prefer.”
“We need to sit down and work out what you could take over,” Fiero says.
“We’ll have roles for Dario and Nicolina too, if they want to take on additional responsibility. We should formally amalgamate our teams and our interests,” Massimo says.
“That makes sense,” Fiero agrees.
