Undressed By The Mafia God novel Chapter 421

Chapter 421: I Made Dinner

Vee turned back to him. He kept his eyes on the road.

"I made dinner."

Vee laughed. "You did not make dinner."

"Fine," he said. "I didn’t make dinner. But I supervised."

"That doesn’t count as making dinner."

Vee shook her head, still smiling as the city lights slid across the windshield. Then Luca’s expression shifted.

"I think it’s time I learned to eat meals made by the staff."

"Luca, I can cook your food," she said.

He gave a small sigh. "I know you can."

"Then what’s the problem?"

"The problem is you are juggling too many things right now. Val’s wedding. The pizza parlour. Your training. The famiglia. Me." His mouth curved faintly. "And I am a full-time job."

"It will be too much. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But eventually, it will become another thing you think you must carry because Nonnina used to carry it."

"She did it because she loved you," Vee said quietly.

"I know." His voice gentled. "But you do not have to become her to love me."

Vee swallowed around the ache in her throat, then cleared it. "Do you have every staff checked out?"

Luca smiled. "Of course."

"I mean properly checked out."

"Bambola, I know their mothers’ dates of birth and favourite colours. I know their weaknesses, sentimental attachments. They are so checked out, it felt like a colonoscopy when they were being employed. And," Luca added calmly, "the little threat that if they betray me, their entire family will be wiped out in one night is a very efficient motivation to behave."

"Good," Vee said, still laughing. "Tony needs to employ a few staff at the pizza parlour. You think you can help me with the colonoscopy thingy you do?"

Luca’s face lit up with immediate, disturbing enthusiasm. "I would love to."

"I want normal checks, Luca. Criminal records, references, work history. Oh... oh... oh...I have this hot, dreamy new neighbour. He bought Marino’s place."

The car swerved by half an inch.

"Wow, wow, wow." Luca straightened the wheel, eyes narrowing. "Take a chill pill, woman."

Vee turned to him, perfectly innocent. "What?...He is thinking we could partner," she continued sweetly, enjoying the way his jaw tightened. "His customers can order from us, we deliver across the street. Tony thinks it could help."

Luca made a dramatic and deeply Italian sound. "You noticed a guy was hot and dreamy?" he asked.

"I have eyes."

"For me," Luca snapped. "For me only."

Vee smiled wider, delighted by how easy it was to rile him up. "Fine. I very respectfully noticed that the man is attractive."

"Your admiration belongs to me."

"That’s just not fair on the rest of the male population, Luca," Vee said, her voice perfectly solemn.

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