The Mafia King’s Forced Bride
He didn't, choosing instead to stand by the window, arms crossed, looking out at the grey morning like the story would be easier to tell if he didn't have to watch her face while he told it.
"Fifteen years ago," he said, "my father ran this territory the way I run it now. Careful. Profitable. Mostly quiet, the way I told you the Castellano arrangement was quiet." A pause. "The Cross family wasn't quiet. They ran the northern routes, drugs mostly, and they wanted my father's docks to move product he refused to touch."
"He said no."
"He said no. Repeatedly. For years." Nero's jaw tightened. "Eventually they stopped asking."