All Chapters of The Skull King: An Alpha Male Dark Mafia Romance: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

“Doesn’t matter. She’ll be pissed that you’re involved in my world at all. She knows the kind of shit I do at night and doesn’t want you to be part of that. She’s not going to be happy.”“Then maybe she doesn’t need to know.”I shook my head slightly. “She’ll figure it out eventually. Better to come clean about it.”He tossed the towel on the counter and crossed his arms over his chest.“She looks up to me. Don’t want her to be disappointed in me.”I knew that wasn’t an excuse. He was simply talking out loud, not even directing those words at me.I didn’t have anyone in my life to protect, anyone to disappoint. My only family was just as evil as I was. There was nothing I could do to change Heath’s opinion of me. We’ve been murdering and stealing for a long time. “I have a favor to ask of you.”He lifted his gaze to meet mine. He had the exact same eyes as Cassini, so it was always jolting to meet his look. The Cardello family line was impossible to ignore. They were all strong, proud

“I’m cold and heartless just like my brother. We’re a lot alike, and sometimes I’m worse. He’s got stronger morals, stronger dedication to keeping a respectable reputation. Me…I care more about doing whatever the fuck I want.”I turned back to him, somewhat troubled by his identical features. His voice was deep like Balto’s, and his jawline was so chiseled. Anytime he spoke, all the muscles in his jaw and throat shifted in the same way. Just as handsome and just as strong, this man easily could be mistaken for his brother.“And frankly, I couldn’t care less if you like me. I don’t care if you respect me. Your opinion of me doesn’t make me lose sleep at night. But I do want to make this right for one reason—my brother. Balto and I haven’t been close for years. We butt heads a lot, and I was pretty pissed when he threw my ass in jail. We’ve got a lot of issues to work out. But make no mistake, he’s my brother, and I would do anything for him.”His little speech started to wear me down.

“You can fuck her after her shift but not during. If she’s grinding against your dick, then our mouths are going dry. Consider this to be your one and only warning.” My brother’s personality was really blossoming now that he’d been out of jail for over a month. He’d shed his hard, outer layer and finally returned to the pain in the ass he used to be. I was happy for him, but he had to obey me. This was my joint, and I couldn’t give him special treatment. The respect of my men was worth everything to me. Once you lost it, it was gone forever.Denise returned and set the glass of booze beside me. “Anything else, Balto?”With my elbows resting on the table, I looked up to meet her gaze. “Yes. Stop fucking around, or find a new job.”She didn’t talk back to me or give me attitude. I was so used to Cassini always giving me hell for everything that I expected Denise to do the same thing. Instead, she held her tongue and walked away.Heath gave me a cold look but didn’t say anything.“There’

“And who is he? Seems harmless.”He was harmless to me, but not to the woman in my bed. He’d hurt her beyond repair, sentenced her to a life she didn’t deserve. The man deserved payback far worse. “His name is Evan Alfonsi.”“Is that name supposed to mean something to me?”I started the engine and turned my gaze on my brother. “He’s the asshole Cassini sacrificed herself for. She married Lucian to spare his life, and now he’s married with a kid. But he only waited three months before he tied the knot.”Understanding slowly moved into his gaze. “And now it’s time to even the scales?”I nodded. “I’m not letting him get away with that.”My brother stared at me for a long time, like he wanted to say something but thought better of it.I could read his mind. “I respect this woman. She’s had to live a terrible life, all because of him. I’ll never let her go, but that doesn’t mean I don’t think she deserves better. She deserves a lot better.”“So you’re going to kill this guy?”“No.” I hit t

“Sit on my lap.”She made an irritated face. “Like a dog?”“No. Like my woman.” I had a long night, and I’d been looking forward to sleep, but now that this woman was in front of me, wearing my clothes with her hair styled, all I wanted to do was be buried inside her. I wanted to erase the memory of Evan, a man who never deserved to be there in the first place. I wanted to replace Lucian, to erase whatever hold he thought he had on my woman. I wanted to unshackle the invisible chains that kept her tied to the two men.I pulled the beer from her hand and set it on the table against the wall. Then I backed her up into the dining table, making her move in reverse until her ass tapped against the corner. My shirt was yanked over my head, and my jeans were discarded.She still seemed angry with me, but her body was responding to mine. Her fingers pushed down her boxers and panties until they slid to her ankles. She left her camisole on, but the sheer material barely covered anything anyway