Eleanor

red at me wide-eyed, his little pink

dates were

n the plush chair at our favouri

you charm them in the right way. It just he

agr

perate, I'll get some kind of say in who I marr

of his chocolate fudge ice cream. "W

nion on. I think you'll know all the ca

otes I'd made during our early me

hile to recover from the st

. That meant I was going to ask Damian for his opinion on each one.

do, my cousin grinned, rubbing his ha

nt in my misery?

he different organisations." I couldn't think of a be

for most of the year, I d

ican Mob

ister for having an affair with his best friend.

" I deleted his name off the list before continuing.

n South America will use you as a fucking drug mule. Or th

said he wouldn

my...hidden places. I deleted Raul Hernandez and all

he Triads

don't spea

d p

me a flat look. "You're willing to marry a se

also off

in Australia? A

ll its freaking sp

ng all about my arachnophobia. I'm that bitch who wil

The Pere

hook his head, stuffing hi

drian is kind of cute." Adrian was the heir and future leader of the Perez Crime

an didn'

f his ice cream while avoiding my gaze. I

.what did

thing?" He quipped back immedia

w seconds and another bite of ice cream, t

t with

I leaned forward, whisper-shouti

." He continued to avoid my gaze, swirling his spoon in his cup. I thought

ept with h

ian,

en his

anymore. He chuckled when I shook my head in disgust. My cousi

ever un-k

anyone from the Jon

has a 17-year-old son who I don't think is in your

York." I pointed

it's not exotic enough. You won't fit in with that gorgeous skin tone." I ro

But he always blamed me to save face - apparently, it's not good f

? Charl

e list you go, Charles. An

he Voss family

e'll never see you again." I have a knack for pi

nma

ed, no

tzer

y is ugl

ight have told Damian not to be mean, but we had a very similar taste in

er

e with the spiders." His eyes suddenly went from hum

business, but that didn't mean I liked it. They'd been especially

ly under his gaze, deleting t

name with a tentative murmur, ta

called me Peppy, I refused to look at him, and he tried again. "You just need to understand that when it

no r

the chocolate fudge brownie ice cream t

sliding mine towards him. We always swap

d, having had enough

rect. Maybe 33 years old or something like that. He's had an on-again and off-again relationship with some woman f

ht-year gap

uddenly felt uncomfortable and shy at the thought of

ifferent. They often become public news very quickly if new alliance

comparability is ra

e, and he doesn't traffic women. We have a good relationship wi

i Krylov on my list. Tha

of the chocolate ice cream, waiting for his

t me. "What'

Delgado family would

ng with me?

gestured at me as if I wer

e in my hangover outfit consisting of my oversized men's hoodie, leggings, and sunglasses. My f

over, going through a

to go on the defensive instead

or them?" He laughed again, not tak

don't treat anyone who isn't an Delgado with respect - unless you've

re their blood have

k." I shook my head in aversion. "The last thing I want is to b

f with a laugh, clearly seeing

noxious." I could never be

ight once you get to know them. Well, they're alright for a bunch of murd

an

He's the heir to

me sounded

l sore from my encounter wi

thing like that guy I met last night, then I'd n

ood one. They control most of Italy and the Mediterranean re

r my father. But after last night, I've had