Undressed By The Mafia God novel Chapter 89

Chapter 89: Tell Me What You Did

When the last immediate line disappeared, Vee finally exhaled.

She walked behind the counter, kicked her shoes off with a groan, and dropped into a chair. Her toes flexed against the cool tile floor.

Tina leaned against the counter beside her, handing her a bottle of water.

"Thank you," Vee muttered, taking a long drink.

Her eyes scanned the shop. Full register. Stacks of receipts.

What did you do?

She picked up her phone, thumb hovering over his name.

Part of her wanted to be furious. To accuse him of interfering. Of controlling. Another part of her felt something softer. He believed in her enough to move mountains. Or at least customer traffic.

She hit call, leaned back in the chair.

"Alright, devil," she murmured under her breath, a tired smile ghosting across her lips. "Tell me what you did."

"Bambola..." his voice drifted from the phone as soon as he picked up.

He said it the way he always did, the end of the word curling. She could almost see him, leaning back in his chair, one ankle resting on his knee, eyes half lidded.

"I guess you are my knight in shining armour, uhn." She smiled.

"Always."

"Tell me how you managed this. I have sold more pizzas in one day than I have in a year." She turned slightly, watching one of her staff slide another pie into a box.

"I had nothing to do with it. Maybe people just realise just how much work you put into the recipe," Luca said.

"I know you’re lying." She could hear the faint clink of glass on his end.

"You can know what you know. And I can also know what I didn’t do."

"That is the most evasive sentence you’ve ever spoken," she replied, narrowing her eyes. "You expect me to believe this was spontaneous? That half the city just woke up craving my pizza?"

"Your pizza is exceptional," he said lightly.

"Thank you, Luca," she said anyway. "Even if you won’t confess."

"I have nothing to confess."

"Mm. I can find ways to make you." She let that hang. "How is work going?" she asked, shifting gears abruptly. "Have any cock suckers stroll in today?"

Luca laughed. "That’s a Tuesday afternoon thing. I should probably ask Dante to cancel my weekly delivery."

She rolled her eyes. "You do that. Or the next time I walk in your office and I find your cock inside some whore, we will be having words."

"Oh..." he said slowly. "Someone wants to be exclusive."

"I thought that was what you wanted." Vee said.

They were still circling the same conversation, the same invisible fire neither of them wanted to step into first.

"I never said so." Luca replied.

"You basically threatened anyone who looks at me wrong."

"Does that mean exclusive?" Luca asked.

"You’re an idiot."

"You can do better than that, Bambola surely. Put some effort so you can earn your punishments."

She rolled her eyes even though he could not see it. "Will you be home early tonight?" Vee asked.

"I can pick you up tonight and we leave together."

"Okay then, I’ll wait for you. I’ll ask the driver to take Valentina home."

"You are living with an evil man who has you chained to him." Valentina finished. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

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