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I Skimmed My Bestie’s Mafia Seduction Fund
I Skimmed My Bestie’s Mafia Seduction Fund
Autor: Liora Z

Chapter 1

Autor: Liora Z
Cassandra kicked the penthouse door open.

Heads snapped toward the open door.

"See?!" Cassandra shrieked, pointing right at my nose. "Six thugs! She hired them! Hiding in this room to ruin me! Caspian, what a great woman you're keeping!"

Click. The lights came on.

Over a dozen life-sized figures stood in the room.

A bloody nun. A clown missing half its head.

A white-clad ghost hanging from the chandelier.

And a zombie bride holding her own head.

All discarded Halloween wax figures.

Cassandra's smile froze. Her lips twitched downward.

"Freaks... are you fucking freaks?! Who fills a room with life-sized creepy wax figures?!"

I peeked out from behind Caspian, looking clueless. "Are these the thugs Miss Cassandra was talking about?"

Seraphina's tears fell right on cue.

"I'm pregnant..." She backed away, clutching her belly, her voice trembling perfectly. "She accused me of hiring attackers in front of all the elders... Caspian, what did I do wrong?"

Caspian pulled her into his arms.

She buried her face in his chest, turned her head slightly, and gave me a thumbs-up.

Beautiful.

Caspian looked up. His voice was cold, like the back of a blade against a throat.

"Cassandra. Tonight is a family dinner. Three elders are sitting downstairs. Tell me, what is this?"

"It's not my fault! They set me up!" Cassandra stomped frantically, her heels digging holes into the carpet. "I have proof! I have proof!"

She snatched the tablet from the butler, her fingers trembling as she pulled up the security footage.

On the screen, I was holding her wine glass. My sleeve flicked, and my wrist brushed lightly over the rim.

"Look! She poisoned my drink!" Cassandra’s voice cracked. "She’s trying to kill me! Caspian, look closely!"

The crowd gasped.

Seraphina pinched me under her sleeve.

I sighed, pulled a tiny plastic bottle from my pocket, and held it high so everyone could see the cartoon ghost face on it.

"Party joke shop, $9.99." I lowered my head. "My little brother's toy. It sprays a rotten egg smell, fades in ten minutes. I admit, I was petty. Miss Cassandra was stealing the spotlight tonight, so I just wanted to play a prank on her."

Caspian gave a look.

A bodyguard took the glass and tested it with strips and pens.

"Boss, no poison."

Suddenly, a stench of rotten eggs and sewage exploded in the hallway.

The closest elder dry-heaved on the spot.

Caspian’s eyes went dead.

"Over a ten-dollar gag spray. You crash my dinner. You kick in my door. And you insult my woman in front of the elders?"

"Caspian, listen to me—"

"She is carrying my flesh and blood." He cut her off. "If anything happened to her tonight, how would you pay for it? With your bankrupt Viti family mess?"

"Drag her out."

Two guards grabbed her arms and dragged her away.

"Aria! I know it was you! I won't let you get away with this—"

The door shut.

Peace and quiet at last.

I did the math in my head.

Seraphina gave me $50,000 to ruin Cassandra.

Murder and assault were so expensive. And too brutal.

Scaring her off was enough.

My brother's stink spray: $0.

Clearance sale at a bankrupt Halloween warehouse in South Side Chicago, over a dozen wax figures plus shipping: $1,000.

Net profit: over $48,000.

Nice.

The moment the elevator doors closed, Seraphina's tears vanished completely.

"Great job!" She laughed under her breath. "She kicked the door herself, she humiliated herself, and now Caspian doesn't even want to look at her."

She grabbed my hand. Her fingertips were freezing.

"Aria, you're the only one I trust in this world. Whatever money I get from this family in the future, we split 50/50."

"Stop, don't let it go to my head."

"Hold that thought." She pulled a crisp check from her clutch and slapped it into my palm.

I looked down and counted the zeros.

$50,000.

Seraphina stroked her belly, smiling gently and harmlessly.

"Next week is the family dinner hosted by the Donna, the supreme matriarch. Use this money to make her humiliate herself in front of the whole family again. Brutally."
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    "Enough."One word from Caspian, and the entire room went dead silent.He folded the bank records and tossed them on the nightstand."Luca."Luca knelt up straight. "Boss.""I saw the parking lot footage," Caspian said. "You stopped my bleeding. You called 911. I owe you one. Get out. My men downstairs will give you a relocation fee. The de Santis family is covering your sister’s chemo."Luca practically bowed to the floor and scrambled out of the room.Cassandra went pale."Caspian, are you insane?"He ignored her. He turned to look at me. His stare made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up."Ten-dollar Ipecac," he said."...Yeah.""One-grand wax figures.""Clearance sale. Free shipping," I mumbled.He was quiet for three seconds. Then he reached out and patted my shoulder.I almost sank into the floor."At the wedding," he said. "You're the maid of honor."Seraphina laughed through her tears.Cassandra screamed. "You're still marrying her?! Caspian, she had men tailing you! She

  • I Skimmed My Bestie’s Mafia Seduction Fund   Chapter 6

    "Collusion?" I took a step forward. "Cassandra, this is your third accusation against Seraphina. First, you said she hired a hitman. It was a wax figure. Second, you said she poisoned you. It was a $9.99 prank spray. Now we're on number three."I looked at her."Where's the proof?"Cassandra's face flushed red. "The proof is kneeling right there on the floor!""He's kneeling because you beat him," I said. "Luca, give your phone to the Don. Not her. The Don."Luca scrambled over. He held his cracked phone up with both hands."Boss, I didn't delete anything." His voice shook. "Photos, contacts, banking apps, emails. The password is my sister's birthday, 0311. If you find one single text, one word, one call between me and Seraphina... I'll jump into Lake Michigan tonight."The bodyguard took the phone, plugged it in, and cast the screen directly to the hospital room's TV.Scrolled to the bottom of the contacts. No Seraphina.Scrolled to the bottom of the call log. Nothing.There was only

  • I Skimmed My Bestie’s Mafia Seduction Fund   Chapter 5

    "Spit it out!" Cassandra kicked him in the ribs.Caspian lifted a finger.A bodyguard stepped up and pulled Cassandra away."Your name is Luca?" Caspian's voice was soft. "Look up."Luca looked up."I'll give you ten seconds," Caspian said. "Tell the truth, you walk out of this room. Say one false word, and you cease to exist in Chicago tomorrow."Luca went dead pale.His lips quivered. He squeezed his eyes shut and blurted it out in one breath:"Miss Aria gave me a hundred grand to seduce you! She wanted to see if you were gay!"Dead silence.The heart monitor beeped once.Caspian blinked."What did you just say?""It's in the gossip rags!" Luca was on the verge of tears. "They say you're thirty-six and unmarried! That you're not into women, that you surround yourself with male guards! Miss Aria said her friend got pregnant with your kid, and she was scared her friend was being used as a beard and ruining her whole life—so she hired me to test you!"Cassandra stumbled a step back."Bu

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