Traded to His Enemy, Pregnant With His Heir novel · Chapter 18 of 48
Chapter 18: The Families
"No," Ilya said, when I read it to him in the car.
"Yes."
"He wants to look at her like he's buying her."
"He wants to look at her because it's the last thing he'll ever get." I put the folded scan back in my bag. "Let him look. Then let the whole room watch him."
On Sunday the restaurant on Commonwealth Avenue had its blinds down and a hand-lettered sign on the door.
Closed for a private family matter.
Inside, they'd pushed every table together into one long one down the middle of the room, under the gold icons and the photo of Misha with the black ribbon.
The North End sat on one side.
Gianluca's mother, in grey again, with her handbag on her knees.
The two captains, the older one and the one who'd untied Galina.
Three other men from the back room on Hanover Street, who wouldn't meet anybody's eyes.
The Lazarevs sat on the other side.
The grey-bearded brigadier with the gold tooth. The other three who'd come to the door at dawn. Ilya's men along the wall.
At the far end, the two old men from Providence sat with their hats on the table in front of them, because a sit-down needs somebody who doesn't belong to either house.
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