Giovanni took a bite of some fruit and looked at Mia.He didn’t like where this was going.
“You said that list described some of the women in the Colombo Mafia?”Mia asked.
He nodded.
“What if they are planning to kidnap and humiliate not just the women but the men as well?”Mia frowned.“I know this sounds completely crazy, but our virginity—our purity—is one of our most prized assets.”
He really didn’t like where this was going.“So, they kidnap our women, the drug keeps them pliant, and when they wake up, there is a chance of a highly aroused state, then the men take advantage?”
“Possibly filming it and ruining the woman’s reputation, but the men as well.”
Giovanni didn’t like this.He got to his feet and immediately left the dining room without saying another word.If Mia was correct, that would mean there was potentially a dark web somewhere, and this would be uploaded.
That wasn’t what angered him.He shouldn’t have touched Mia last night.He should have known something wasn’t right.
“Giovanni?”Mia asked.
He kept his back to her.“I have some calls I need to make.I’m working off a hunch that you could be right.”
“But—”
“I need to make this call, Mia, and you need to go and finish your breakfast,” he said.He didn’t want to be with Mia right now.He needed to be alone.
Picking up his office phone, he waited for the door to close a moment later.There was no one for him to call from his office.He just needed a fucking moment, because he was pissed off.
There was only one person who could verify the effects of this fucking drug.He hadn’t killed Julio.They had him tied up in the basement of the casino.
Leaving his office, he went straight to the front door, and Mia came to the dining room door, but he didn’t look at her.He couldn’t look at her.He had possibly taken advantage of his wife last night, and it pissed him off that he didn’t try harder to resist.
The truth was, he would give anything to be close to his wife again.He had talked absolute fucking shit that night at the party with the guys.Yes, he had been pissed about the party, because he was a selfish bastard, and the only person he wanted to spend any kind of time with was his wife.He wanted Mia all to himself, and the fact he had to leave her and do jobs pissed him off all the freaking time.
Giovanni had never felt this way about anyone.Mia was the only one he cared about.The only one he ever truly wanted.A lot of women over the years attempted to throw themselves at him.Before he was engaged to Mia, he had enjoyed fucking women, like a fun, joyful sport.
The moment he was engaged, women had failed to mean anything to him.He knew he was not obligated to be faithful to her until after the wedding, but he had been.They were engaged to be married and that meant he would not stray.He never had, and he never would.He was devoted to Mia.
So, the night of the party, when he said she was childish, he was being a fucking baby himself.He didn’t want to have a party where he had to share her with anyone.Mia was special.She still had this love about the world.She hadn’t been fucked over by it, unlike some of the others.Like him.
He knew the world was cruel.It was why her idea wasn’t quite so far-fetched.The Colombo Mafia had many enemies, and there were always people attempting to pull them down.They had to fight to constantly stay in control.
Arriving at his casino, he climbed out of his car and made his way down toward the basement.Their guest had been fed, watered, and taken to necessary bathroom breaks.However, Giovanni was not feeling quite so forgiving right now.
“Tell me how the drug works,” he said.
“I have told you how it works, and you have seen how it works.”
Giovanni was done playing games, so he reached into his ankle and pulled out his small hunting knife.It was just a tiny blade, smooth and sharp, but designed to do a lot of damage.He reached out and slammed it into Julio’s thigh.Pulling it out, he did it again, stabbing him twice in one leg and an additional two times in the other.
“Tell me how the drug works,” he said.
He was not entertained.He was ready to kill, but he was more than happy to hold out and make sure he caused a lot of pain.
Julio screamed.“I don’t know, man, fuck, I don’t know!”
Again, he embedded the knife, only this time he started to twist it slowly, painfully, making each moment count.He watched the pain on Julio’s face, and it made him feel a little better.In his mind flashed the pleasure that came across Mia’s face, and Giovanni didn’t know if it was a lie or the truth.How was he going to be able to touch his wife now, knowing what he had done?
Giovanni had no choice, he had to get to the bottom of this drug, and the missing girls.
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