The Mafia Boss’s Mute Bride
It clung to the air around me, warm and masculine with hints of bergamot and orange that assailed my senses.
“Chto smeshnogo?” He asked, the Russian rolling off his tongue smoothly. His voice cast a somber air over the men, and they went from loud to whimpering cowards in mere seconds.[What’s so funny?]
“Nichego, Boss,” the ringleader said, avoiding eye contact with Aleksei.[Nothing, boss.]
Of course, he avoided eye contact with his boss. I rolled my eyes at him. Pussy.
“Eto tak? Hm,” he hummed before the familiar sound of the safety of a gun going off filled the air. “I could’ve sworn I heard you making sex jokes in front of my wife and disrespecting her.”[Is that so?]