Chapter 19

Alessia was right, Lucious' fucking suit was blinding. I couldn't bear to look at the man. She got a lucky escape and took off leaving me with him.

We walked over to a less crowded part of the room to discuss this bit of business. I had not anticipated dealing with anything business related while at this party. But here I was.

"So Ace, there's this big job going down, a lot of money to be made. It's an easy in out type of job." Lucious explained. Fuck is that all?

"What's the risk like?" I asked feeling quite bored. I swilled the champagne glass I still held. It wasn't my favorite type of drink. "Little to none. I thought Alessia would have told you about this." Lucious said while scratching his patchy stubble.

"Alessia's on board." I stated almost like a question. "Damn right, that woman has bigger balls than every man combined in this room." He chuckled. That he was right about. I've never met a woman quite like her, perhaps that's why I was so fond of her. She was brazen and deadly