Mob Boss Eleven- The Wrong One (The Mob Boss Series Book 11) by Mallory Monroe Page A

  She was
just like you.   She was telling everybody
that she was fine and dandy too, and she didn’t know why in the world would
anybody think otherwise.   But, in truth,
she wasn’t just in pain, she was in agony.   And so was I.   But it wasn’t until
she admitted how she truly felt were we able to heal, and get on with it.”
    “You
got over it?”
    “No.   We’ll never get over it.   But we got through it.   That’s what I’m saying to you, Val.   You’ll get through it.   And one day, you’re going to have lots of
beautiful babies with James.   Mark my
word.”
    Val
smiled.
    “But
as for this seductress, sex maven shit?” Reno went on.   “This ain’t you.   You hear me?   I know it, and you know it.”
    Val
frowned.   “I am so sorry,” she said, as the
tears began to flow again.   “I don’t know
what got into me.”
    “Lust
got into you, what do you mean?   You
wanted some of this,” Reno said with a smile that prompted Val to smile
too.   “I’m irresistible.   I get it.”
    Val
laughed.   “I wouldn’t go that far.”
    “Now
your ass sound like Trina,” Reno said, and smilingly waved his hand. “Just get
upstairs and put some clothes on that fine body of yours.   And yes it’s fine,” Reno freely
admitted.   Then he turned serious.   “But it’s Jimmy’s fine, not mine.   Trina’s mine.”
    Val
understood.   She nodded her head.   “Yes, sir,” she said, stood up, and headed
upstairs.     She stopped and looked at
him.   “Thanks, Mr. Gabrini,” she
added.   Then she smiled and wrapped his
coat tighter around herself, as she went.
    When
she left, Reno leaned forward and ran his hands through his hair.   He had tented his pants, but what did she
expect parading herself around like that?  
    And
although she got a rise out of him, at least he got a smile out of her.   His only hope was that she would allow Jimmy
to do the same.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
    CHAPTER TEN

 
    Jimmy
and Trina arrived together, in Jimmy’s loud, forceful, apple red Camaro.   Reno could hear that car and its loud-ass
engine a block away.   He was leaned back
on the sofa, finishing a business call on his cell phone, when Jimmy and Trina
walked in.
    “Where’s
Val?” Jimmy asked as soon as he entered.
    “I’ll
get back with you, Shell,” Reno said, and then ended the call.   He looked at his son.   “And hello to you too,” he said.
    Trina
walked up to him and sat beside him.   They kissed as she rested her hand on his thigh.
    “Hello,
Dad, how are you?”   Jimmy asked.   “Where’s Val?”
    Reno
shook his head.   “You’re hopelessly in
love, you know that?”
    “And
you’re not?” Jimmy asked.
    Reno
had to give him that one.   “She’s in the
kitchen,” he said, and Jimmy headed in that direction.
    Reno
crossed his legs and placed his arm around Trina.   He looked at her and began rubbing her
back.   “So how was your day?”
    Trina
had to think about it.   “Exhausting,” she
said.   “Liz had another run-in with a
customer at Champagne’s.”
    “Another
run-in?”
    “Another
one.   It’s getting to the place where
Gemma and I are going to have to make a move.”
    “What
kind of move?   Buy her out?”
    “We’ve
been thinking about it, yeah. Or at least I’ve been thinking about it.   Gemma believes Liz has a savvy business
sense, and we can use her expertise.   But
she’s a strikeout with people.   She’s
awful.”
    “Then
keep her behind the scenes.”
    “She
doesn’t want to stay behind the scenes.”
    “Then
get rid of her.   She’s not that
savvy.   Get her ass out of there.   I’ll bankroll the buyout if you want me to.”
    Trina
smiled.   “Thanks.   And we’ll see.   Gem has to agree too.”   Then she looked at Reno.   “How did it go?”
    “With
which one?   Buddy or Val?”
    “Both.”
    “Buddy
seems to think she’ll come around soon enough.