42. A NEW EXPERIENCE

I SLAPPED CALLAN’S chest and squinted my eyes, tracing any hints of distress from his eyes but he was indeed amused. Did he just fool me into kissing him?

“You can’t get enough of me, wife. Don’t ever think too much. We just got married.” After saying that, Callan returned to his phone. This time he positioned it to his ears after pressing onto someone’s number.

“Yes, we are now heading to the private airport. I can meet Mr. Dicken by evening. Yes, have that setup, Mila,” then he ended the call and dialed another number.

“Aakil? Where is father? Did you accompany him earlier? Did he close the deal with the real estate mogul? Good. Yes, he shouldn’t bother with that. I’ll deal with our transactions abroad. Just keep the barracks in place. Our men have to be deployed next week at Mr. Baris’ groundbreaking event. What did the consigliere say about that? The underboss has the say in where his mean must be, Capo Baris is as important as the other captains. They bring in more than just t