“What was that about?” Simon urges. I wince when I see the bruise on his cheek.
“Just the usual shit,” I say deflecting.
“Derek and Simon out voted me. There is no deal.” I stare at Todd with wide eyes.
“What?”
Todd’s eyes narrow. “Seems my partners don’t think it's a good idea for some reason. If you ask me, Monte may be the head but he isn’t the one going around this city murdering people. It’s his fucking brother and son.” His hatred for Vegah and Vlad is clear, and I find myself having to bite down on my tongue to keep from lashing at him in defense of my guys.
My guys?
Where the fuck did that come from?
“We’re hitting Frondozo with the max sentencing. He’ll be going away for life,” Derek whispers. “I need you with me today, Jenna. I need your A game. Can you give me that?”
I meet his gaze with a hard look. “I’m always on my A game. Let’s go nail this son of a bitch.”
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
VEGAH
Seeing her sitting up at the front of the courtroom, looking like a fucking boss in that tight little black dress, has my cock hard. The three of us had every intention of skinning Monte alive. I wanted him to suffer for what he had planned to do to us, but it was Courtney and Hunter that changed our minds.
When we filled Courtney in on what happened and told him we had planned to take his father out, he begged for us not to. He said it would hurt Monte more if we locked his ass away and allowed him to suffer inside a jail with no protection rather than just killing him.
Did I beat the shit out of my brother? Yes.
Did I inflict as much pain as possible before dragging his ass here this morning? Yes.
Do I love the sight of him bruised, battered and terrified out of his fucking mind? Fuck, yes.
He has no allies now. Vlad didn’t want the title of don. He told me he wasn’t ready, so I am now the don of the Frondozo Cosa Nostra and under my rule, shit is about to fucking change. Starting with the raven-haired beauty in the front. She’ll find out soon enough that her God loving ways won’t save her from being owned by us.
The moment Jenna took in the sight of Monte, her jaw hit the fucking floor. I could see it took every ounce of willpower she had not to look back at us. She knows we are the ones who beat him and that sly ghost of a smirk on her mouth has my blood pumping. She’s a fucking little sinner and I plan to make her sexy ass embrace that shit.
Sitting here and watching her command the courtroom as she delivers her case to the jury, questions her witnesses and attacks with the force of a pitbull, is a fucking sight to see. This woman is a fucking animal when she’s in her element.
“I’m so fucking hard for her,” Dimitri mutters from beside me. I grunt my agreement. When Dimitri places his hand on my lap, I shoot him a warning fucking glare. Him sucking me off in the back of a church is one thing, but doing it in a packed courtroom with cameras everywhere is not going to happen. “I want to watch you fuck her tight little cunt,” he whispers in my ear. A shiver rolls down my spine, the fucker smirks knowingly.
“I want to torture her the same way she’s torturing us,” Vlad says quietly. “We’re going to make her watch us. I want her out of her mind with need and begging for us before we finally take her.” I grin, Jenna Powel doesn’t know it yet, but she isn’t going home when this case is over.
“Keep our distance until the trial is over, then we take her.” Both of them agree with me.
Day one of the trial is over. At the end, Jenna looks utterly spent but the fiery look in her eyes tells me she fucking loves this. She shoots Monte a glare as she exits the courtroom with her boss at her side. She doesn’t spare us a glance as she passes by.
“That bitch is gonna get it for that bold ass move,” Dimitri snarls, but I hear the hunger in his tone.
“Fuck yes,” Vlad concurs.
For four days straight we have been sitting in this courtroom watching Jenna tear Monte’s defense to shreds. She promised Hunter he wouldn’t need to testify,that the information he gave her was enough for her to find other witnesses that would testify. This fucking case is a slam dunk and she is pushing for the fucking highest sentence she can get.
When she’s about to deliver her closing statement, her boss whispers something in her ear. She reels back and stares at him with a stunned look on her face. She looks back to the other two partners of her firm and both of them nod. She looks utterly stunned and something twists in my gut.
“What the fuck did he just say to her?” Vlad bites out.
I shake my head and continue to watch her. A distraught look begins to bloom on her face and I hate the sight of it. Concern churns inside me, did he tell her something about the case?
She takes a second to gather herself before she stands and blanks her face of all emotion as she addresses the jury and delivers her closing statement that has me fucking floored. Both Dimitri and Vlad are stunned beside me. The woman is a fucking shark and has shredded any chance of Monte getting out of this.
