My Stepbrother's Dirty Little Secret novel Chapter 416

Chapter 416

“What the fuck is wrong with you?” he hissed.

I looked down at his hand calmly, “You’re emotional tonight.”

“I’m emotional?” Adriano repeated in disbelief. “You just body-checked the head of the Chicago Outfit.”

“I pushed him.”

“You shoved Vincenzo into a wall.”

“He was upsetting her.”

Adriano stared at me for a full second, then another and then he actually looked horrified like he came to some fucked up conclusion in his head all by himself.

“Jesus Christ,” he whispered.

I frowned immediately, “What?”

Adriano leaned closer fast, lowering his voice enough that it wouldn’t carry toward the black panel.

“You are destroying that girl.”

My eyebrows pulled together instantly, “What are you talking about?”

“I’m talking about Gianna,” he snapped quietly, “Use your fucking brain for one second.”

“She’s fine.”

“No,” Adriano said flatly, “She isn’t.”

I pulled his hand off my shirt harder this time, but he stepped right back in front of me anyway.

“You think this is just sex?” he demanded under his breath, “Sneaking around. Hiding her behind walls. Lying to Vince. Grabbing him because he scared her?”

I looked at him coldly but stayed quiet. That seemed to piss him off even more.

“She’s our stepsister,” he said sharply, “Not some random woman from one of your hunts. You’re so emotionally fucked in the head you don’t even realize what position you just put her in.”

I said nothing, because explaining my business to Adriano is not my priority right now. Right now, I wanted him to leave so I could check on her.

“You made her life difficult,” Adriano continued. “You shoved her behind black glass while Vince stood ten feet away talking about dumping bodies. She’s a girl, she’s not supposed to see that.”

My molars locked together, my chest tightened slightly at that, not because I thought he was entirely right but because for the first time tonight, I could almost see it from outside my own head.

The sneaking around.

The lying.

The hiding.

Putting her in a situation she shouldn’t be in.

Gianna standing behind black glass while I handled bodies and security footage with blood still drying on my brother’s hands.

And somehow until now, none of it had looked wrong to me.

Adriano watched my face carefully, “There,” he muttered quietly. “Now you’re finally thinking.”

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