My Stepbrother's Dirty Little Secret novel Chapter 191

Chapter 191

“Punishment?” I repeated, my fear momentarily eclipsed by a spark of indignation. “I just lost my phone, it’s not a big deal and you’re talking about punishment?”

Salvatore turried his head toward me, his neck tendons standing out like steel cables. Looking at him then, it hit me, every single one of his sons was just a different version of him. They all shared that same towering height, the same thick, ink-black hair, and those brown, piercing eyes that looked right through you. Whether it was the way they stood or the way they watched, they were all carved from the exact same cold stone.

“You are a Capone now, Gianna,” he snapped, “The sooner you accept the reality of that name, the better it will be for everyone in this room. Especially you.”

“I didn’t choose the name, and I definitely didn’t sign up for any of this,” I said, “I went to the library. I walked down a public street. Normal people do things like that every day without needing a full strategy meeting just to leave the house.”

Salvatore took a step toward me, his shadow stretching long across the garage floor.

“Normal people do not have a target painted on their backs by every rival crew from here to Detroit!” he almost shouted at me, “Your mother married into this life. She is a Capone. You are her daughter. That means you are leverage. People could snatch you off the sidewalk just to make us dance to their tune.”

“I’m not a-”

He jabbed a finger toward the door, cutting me off instantly, “We cannot risk your safety, and yet you stubbornly refuse to let anyone watch your back. You treat our protection like a personal insult!”

“I don’t want men in suits following me to the grocery store!” I screamed, “I won’t allow it. I won’t have bodyguards hovering over me like I’m some piece of fragile glass.”

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