Chapter 40
We pulled up to theía’s house next to two other familiar black sedans. We got out of the Jeep and I skipped to the front door with excitement. Aunt Sophie opened the door, I gave her a hug and Dario kissed her hand. She let us inside the small house and I smiled wide when I saw two burly old men in the kitchen. They smiled when they saw me. I gave them each a hug. The bigger of the two, Linus, lifted me off my feet. When he set me down I exclaimed,
“Och! Pós kai den eída esás tous dýo ándres sto párti chthes to vrády?”
*“Oy! How come I did not see you two at the party last night?”*
They both laughed and the smaller one, Radamanthos, said,
“Vasílissa Íra, mas prosválleis! Ímastan sto párti. Den thymásai tis ankaliés mas?”
*“Queen Hera, you offend us! We were at the party. Do you not remember our embraces?”*
I tried to recall anything after the third shot of tequila. My aunt laughed when she saw my struggle and said,
“Aftó den tha thymátai. Eíche pára polý na piei.”
*“This one will not remember. She had way too much to drink.”*
I put my hand on my chest like I was the offended one and said,
“Ochi tóso polý.”
*“Not that much.”*
Everyone laughed and Linus asked,
“Thymásai loipón?”
*“So you *do* remember?”*
I cringed my face and everyone laughed again. Theía properly introduced Dario to Linus and Radamanthos. Theía said,
“Empistévomai aftoús tous dýo ántres perissótero apó otidípote állo. Boroún na sas voithísoun me otidípote chreiasteíte.”
*“I trust these two men more than anything. They can help you with anything you need.”*
A puzzled look came over my face and I asked,
“I thought he was here to help *you*?”
Aunt Sophie furrowed her brows and said,
“Prosochí sti douleiá sou, paidí mou.”
*“Mind your business, child.”*
I cleared my expression to unbothered but I was fuming. Aunt Sophie told Dario she did not require anything from him now and we were free to go. When we got back in the Jeep I snapped at Dario,
“What the fuck was that about?”
Dario put on his seatbelt and asked,
“What the fuck was what about?”
I growled as I started up the Jeep and pulled out of theía’s driveway,
“Ugh, Dario you know what I mean! What would Linus and Radamanthos need to help *you* with?”
Dario looked at me like he was studying me and explained,
“Hera, we’re a family. She offered their help to me, I’m sure I am to help them with anything they need as well.”
I frowned as I took in the information, it did make sense. I nodded and thought out loud,
“Linus *has* bailed me out a time or two.”
Dario’s eyebrows furrows and he asked,
“Bailed you out how?”
I cocked my head slightly and asked,
“Are you hungry? I’m starving. Let’s go get breakfast.”
Dario kept staring at me through slit eyes and agreed to breakfast.
At the brunch restaurant, the hostess showed us to our table, a booth in the back. Dario sat close to me as the waitress came by and took our drink order. When we were finally alone Dario asked,
“What was the last thing Linus ‘bailed’ you out of?”
I looked into Dario’s light blue eyes and thought for a moment before replying,
“He let me borrow his jetski.”
I nodded my head,
“True story.”
I smiled but I could see Dario wasn’t buying it. He dug in,
“What did you need the jetski for?”
“To, uh, get back to shore safely.”
Dario wasn’t impressed,
“And how did you get out to open water if you needed a jetski to get back?”
“Uh, a boat.”
The waitress came back with two empty glasses and a pitcher of water. Dario stared holes into my head while the waitress took her sweet time meticulously pouring water into each of our glasses then setting the pitcher on the table and asking us what we wanted to eat. Without looking away from me, Dario handed the woman the menus and said,
“Two American breakfasts please.”
The waitress retrieved the menus from Dario’s hand and walked away. I knew Dario was staring at me when I grabbed my glass of water and slowly took a drink. I tried not to laugh when I put the glass down and I looked at Dario. He looked worried. The look on his face hurt my heart, I asked him
“What’s wrong?”
“What were you doing on the boat Hera?”
I looked down and said,
“Eliminating a target.”
Dario’s eyes went wide and he asked,
“What?! Your aunt lets you do that? Does Ambrosio know you do that?”
I started to get defensive,
“Yes, of course they know. What’s wrong with me doing that? I’ve literally been trained to do that my whole life!”
Dario looked horrified. I asked,
“Are there no women in your families?”
“Not daughters of kings,”
He whispered. I put my hand in his and said,
“You don’t need to worry about me Dario, I’ve been doing it for years without your knowledge and I’ve been fine.”
Dario took a deep breath then drank his whole glass of water in what seemed like one gulp. He looked at me and said,
“Promise you’re safe?”
I smiled sympathetically and said,
“Theía says she only gives me the assignments a drone could easily do.”
Dario didn’t seem relieved by that statement at all. I tried to put the target on him by asking,
“What were you doing back in Greece?”
Dario knew what I was doing and gave me an annoyed look before responding,
“I am a captain for your brother, kind of like your theía. I run a small crew, we do various tasks for the family.”
I raised a brow and asked,
“Like eliminating targets?”
Dario took a deep breath and nodded,
“Yes, and the occasional elimination.”
I refilled Dario’s glass with the pitcher and asked,
“Promise you’re safe?”
Dario laughed and rolled his eyes then said,
“Écho énan lógo na eímai asfalís tóra.”
*“I have a reason to be safe now.”*
He winked at me and god, it was so hot. Arousal started to flood my lower abdomen and I bit my lip. Dario sighed and put his hand on my thigh, sending my arousal further, he leaned in and whispered,
“Hera, not here.”
I took his hand and slid it further up my thigh and asked,
“Then where?”
The pure shock on Dario’s face made me laugh and he took his hand back. He looked away from me and took a few deep breaths and I couldn’t stifle my laughter. I looked down and saw his hard dick trapped in his jeans. The length of it had me biting my lip again and Dario gently grabbed my chin to move my face to meet his and with a devilish grin said,
“Hera, my eyes are up here.”
It was my turn to take a deep breath but Dario didn’t want to let my arousal go and he whispered,
“I want to kiss you so bad.”
He traced my lips with his thumb and I couldn’t help but let out a soft, airy moan. Dario grabbed my hand and placed it on his erection while he stared into my eyes. I let my hand graze the outline of his cock, and Dario took a sharp breath. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the waitress approaching with our food and I let Dario go so we didn’t make our waitress uncomfortable.