Undressed By The Mafia God novel Chapter 108

Chapter 108: I Wanted To Surprise You

Riccardo stepped forward as the gates opened and pulled her into a tight embrace.

"I wanted to surprise you, Zia," he murmured against her shoulder.

"Come in! Come in!" she urged, stepping back to look at him properly, her hands framing his face. She gestured sharply to one of the guards. "Take his bags."

The taxi idled awkwardly at the curb beyond the gates, its driver glancing nervously at the security presence before quickly unloading the luggage.

"What are you doing here?" she asked as they began walking up the long gravel drive toward the mansion.

"Mrs. Genovese spoke to the Don," he said carefully. "He got me a spot with Luca. I am to replace Marco."

Nonnina stopped mid-step.

"What? Does Luciano know this?"

"I told the Don to wait until I saw you," Riccardo said. "I didn’t want to ruin the surprise."

They resumed walking, but her pace had slowed.

"I have so many questions," she said finally. "The first is, I didn’t know you wanted to join the familia. You said you wanted to pursue medicine. You were going to be a doctor."

"It didn’t work out, Zia."

They reached the wide stone steps leading into the mansion. The front doors stood tall and carved.

"How is your mother?" she asked.

"She is fine," he replied. "Well taken care of. The Genovese have been generous."

"Luciano has been generous." Nonnina corrected. "Why would Don want Marco replaced?"

"I don’t have much information, Zia," he said carefully. "But Bianca said he betrayed Luciano."

"Impossible." Nonnina’s reply came fast. She moved toward the sitting room. "Marco has been with Luciano a long time. He would never." Her eyes sharpened as she turned back to him. "And since when are you so close with Bianca?"

Riccardo allowed himself a faint smile. "Did you forget? We were in school together."

"Oh..." Nonnina’s pace slowed. "I still didn’t know you were close."

"She has been a very good friend... It’s really so good to see you again, Zia."

She reached up to cup his cheek. "It’s good to see you too. I’ll make you something to eat and then you can go see Luca at the office. Then he needs to give me instructions on where to have you situated."

"Of course...of course." He sank into the deep leather sofa, stretching his long legs in front of him.

Soon, Nonnina returned, a tray balanced expertly in her hands. Steam curled from a bowl of pasta al forno, with bread and olives.

"God, I’ve missed your meals," he said.

"Ah...your mother cooks better than me." Nonnina waved the compliment away, but she stepped closer, smoothing his hair back from his forehead.

"And she brags about it at every opportunity." He let out a low laugh.

He had just finished his meal, the last smear of tomato sauce dragged clean with a piece of bread, when the sound of footsteps descended the staircase. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Veronica appeared slowly, one hand gliding along the banister. She was dressed for work in a fitted Scalese pizza T shirt, the logo stretched lightly across her chest, and blue jeans.

"Ah... Zuccherino!" Nonnina’s entire face transformed.

Riccardo’s gaze sharpened instantly. He reached for his phone and tapped the screen. He angled it low, subtly, unnoticeable.

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