Chapter 106

Nico

As much as I would like to take Lucky and pleasure us both, now is not the right time. She has been through enough and her body will be exhausted and needs rest. Her mind needs rest too. She will come to terms with the fact that she is finally safe. What I must not let her ever find out, is that Yelena is still alive.

Still, being in my custody and waiting for questioning by myself when I hit back down in Atlanta there is nothing much the woman can do. She won’t have access to our resources or her comms. That is a small satisfaction that I will take. However, it does not mean that her team on the ground won’t be out for blood.

My blood!

I have left Lucky to sleep and will check on her shortly. For now, I am nursing a Macallan which is going down smoothly. Tony has moved into the seat opposite me.

“Any news on our wayward brother?” I ask him then take a sip of the neat drink that warms my insides. Not as much, however, as knowing the Lucky is finally with me. That fills my heart and I feel it squeezing. Damn I cannot wait to put a ring on her finger and marry her. First, I need to ensure that my proposal to the woman of my dreams, my future, my breath, my everything is as special as she is to me.

Yes, I know we are already engaged. It wasn’t romantic, it was arranged for business purposes. To fulfil my desire to be the King of New York to own it and possess it. This time I want to go the whole nine yards for my woman.

“Yes, thankfully. He has just checked in. Apparently, he has taken himself to Vegas.” Tony says as he nods to the hostess to bring him a top up.

She obliges with a smile on her face. What I like about her is that she hasn’t once tried to get it on with either of us brother. There have been staff in the past who’ve tried. Needless to say, they were sacked on the spot. Fuck, like I can’t pour my own drink. The last thing I need in my life is an over zealous hostess. I do not nor have ever fucked the staff.

Unlike Tony who has done so on several occasions only for it to bite him in the ass. He is lucky that he abides by our code of conduct. Wrap it up and keep it safe. Nobody wants to impregnant a random woman.

“Vegas?” I say slowly digesting this snippet of information. “What the fuck is he doing in Vegas?” Tony shrugs and takes a drink from the crystal glass. The gold liquid going down nicely.

“Said he needed some time out and to get away.” Tony shrugs.

“Does that fucking idiot know how dangerous it is? Please tell me he has his protection with him.” Damn my younger brother. “He is only just clean, what If he goes off the rails again or worse still gambles our money. Asshole.”

Tony chuckles. “Calm down, Nico. He will only gamble in our casinos. That way we don’t lose any money. Even Dario isn’t dumb enough to give our Santangelo money to a competitor.”

I huff. “And he has his protection?”

“Checking,” Tony replies. God, the sooner I get back on firm ground the better. There is going to be some serious wrath to pay. He was supposed to stay put not go high flying it to fucking Vegas. What is he? A dumb asshole is what my kid brother is.

“Yes, he has two men with him.”

“Okay, good. I want eyes on him and a live feed. Get it for me.” I command. Tony nods. I can tell he needs to sleep too. These last few days have rendered us both exhausted. Neither one of us has hardly slept and Tony being on top of our security means he has had little to no sleep.

“On second thoughts, let me handle it, Tony. Get some rest, you will need it. We have meetings when we get back. And I still need to sort out the flagship store re-opening after the shooting. I want you by my side when I question Yelena.”

“Sure, I can be there with you.”

“Go to the back of the jet and put your head down. An hour is better than nothing. I will handle some guys to get me a feed on Dario. Someone needs to take care of him. The number of times he has slipped by the guards is insane. I want him monitored at all costs.”

“I can handle it Nico. You need rest too.”

I personally do not need to rest. I can catch some sleep when we are back at my mansion in Atlanta. Then I will hold my woman close to me and listen to her breathing and the soft murmurs that she makes which make me fall in love with her more and more.

If that is even possible. When I think I can’t love her more, I find that I do. Lucky Gianluca is definitely one of a kind and she is mine. Forever and eternity. Nobody will be able to touch her now. We have a wing plane up in the sky with us, don’t ask how I managed to get one on such short notice. Let’s just say I have many unscrupulous friends in high places that can help make these things happen.

There was no way on earth, that I was going to be up in the sky unprotected. If it needs to shoot at anything, it has the resources. Plus, strict instructions to attack anything that comes remotely close to us or looks like a threat.

The last thing I will do is take anymore chances as far as Lucky’s life is concerned and when we have kids. Well that I need to think about. It will be a dangerous and dark world that they will be coming into. I need to ensure all our shit is completely legal before I can even contemplate children.

“Take the rest, Tony already.” My voice is harsher than I meant it to be. He is my brother and stands by my side like my right-hand man at all times. Despite the fact that he is older than me. I know that Tony will always have my back. Our brotherly bond is strong.

Our motto: I die before you, brother!