Page 10 of Promising Her Forever

“I’m Charles, but you can call me Playboy. I’m part of the Feral Raptors. Which if you’re a Mancini, and I know you are, you know we’re the Cimaruta chapter club,” Charles says as he smirks at Salvatore.

“Do you really think that makes you important here?” Salvatore laughs.

“You don’t get to talk to me like that,” Playboy sneers. “You’ll learn who I am soon enough.”

Oh for fuck’s sake.

“We’re not together. And I don’t know how you found me, but I’d appreciate it if you’d leave,” I say to him.

“What the fuck? You were screaming my name last night and today you’re acting like you don’t even know me? You don’t get to choose what we are. Only I get to choose that.”

I look at Fionn and he looks like he’s going to kill Playboy.

“You need to leave right now. Does Forza even know you’re here?”

“Why the fuck does he need to know?”

“Well, first of all, you’re wearing your cut and riding. That’s against the rules. If you were a different club, you’d have to get permission to even ride through Lake Renegade.”

“You know what? After I properly greet my girl, I’ll go to the clubhouse and talk to Forza.”

I move closer to Fionn. Playboy is starting to scare me and I don’t like it. He keeps calling me his girl, but it’s been a while since I’ve even talked to him. And I don’t know how far he’ll take this.

Fionn

I don’t know who the fuck this dickbag thinks he is, but he needs to leave.

“Riley asked you to leave. If you don’t leave now? I’ll fecking make you.”

Playboy laughs and gets on his phone. We can hear him asking for backup. I look at Salvatore and he’s already on his phone. I have no doubt he’s calling my zio, Giacomo ‘Forza’ Bastianini. I would be calling him myself, but my priority is keeping this asshole away from my girl.

I see my antín’s bodyguard, Connor ‘Azrael’ Byrne, walking into the coffee shop. He comes and stands next to me.

“We’ve called for backup. We saw him roll in, and I got a bad feeling, seeing his cut. We didn’t even know any of the Feral Raptors were in Lake Renegade,” he says quietly to me.

I tell him what’s been going on. The Feral Raptors are on probation with the Cimaruta MC and have been for a couple of years now. A few years ago, their old president, Richard ‘T-Rex’ Vaughan, kidnapped my cousin, Luciana. He was supposed to bein prison for a long time. We’re still not sure how he got out, but he did and came after more of our family. My zio has allowed the Feral Raptors to stay together because the VP at the time, Scrapper, said that he was ready to take the Raptors and follow the Cimaruta. And from what I know, they’ve done it. I don’t have all the inside info because I’m just a prospect, but trust goes a long way in our family.

Playboy steps forward and Azrael stops him just as we hear the roar of motorcycles. He laughs.

“Now you’ll learn not to fuck with the Feral Raptors.” He grins at us.

I look outside and see the Cimaruta walking towards the coffee shop. My zio is the first one in.

“Playboy. What are you doing in Lake Renegade? Our deal is none of you are to come here unless we okay it. And I sure as fuck didn’t okay it. Also, your president said he had no idea you were here. So tell me what the fuck is going on,” Zio Giacomo says calmly to him.

“Fuck you, Forza. You can’t tell us what we can and can’t do. Snapper might be willing to suck your cock. But there’s a few of us that aren’t. And we’re here to challenge you.”

Everyone in the coffee shop laughs.

“Are you fucking serious?” My cousin, Celestino ‘Giustizia,’ laughs.

“You all think you’re so fucking high and mighty. First, I’m taking my girl with me, then we’re challenging your club. We want out of the Cimaruta.”

I stand closer to Riley as I hear her say she’s not his.

“If you don’t come with me now, you’ll wish you did,” he snarls at her.

I step forward and my zio shakes his head at me.