Page 62 of The Enemy of My Enemy: Pt. 2

“Rumor has it that Dorel Zamfir was seen dealing a little bit too close to our border,” Kasimir announced, and it really was time for me to get my head back in the game.

“Remind me who he is,” my father instructed.

“He’s just a Romanian henchman, but his sighting seems too coincidental,” my brother answered.“Anything that they, the Chinese, or the Germans do is suspect to me right now.I mean, if you want to talk about people that don’t like the idea of Viktor being married to a Marchetti, they’d be the ones.”

“I agree,” I said, and it was hard not to feel like the entire world was against me and my wife.“They’ve never taken the risk of being too close to our territory before.”

My father sat up straighter as he let out a deep sigh.“Though we are related by marriage, Roman Marchetti and I are not friends.However, in order for us to ward off any possible threats against our mutual union, we will need to know if the others are broaching their territory as well.So, Aurora can act as a liaison-”

I immediately shook my head at what he was suggesting.“She made it clear that she’d never share any Marchetti business with me, and she demanded that I do the same when it came to any Korolev business.That’s her line in the sand, and she was very adamant about it.”

“She said that?”

I nodded.“Apart from the prostitution, she doesn’t want me sharing anything with her about what we do withing the organization.”

“Her integrity continues to impress me,” he murmured quietly, almost thinking aloud.

“Looks like you and Roman Marchetti are going to have to become BFFs after all,” Kasimir quipped, a huge grin on his face.

My father shot him a look.“Be careful, or else I’ll replace you with my new daughter-in-law.”

Kasimir just kept grinning.“I’d be offended if I didn’t think that she could do it.”

I just shook my head as my father said, “Get comfortable as we have a lot more things to discuss, and I promised your mother that I’d take her to lunch.”

“Why on earth did you do that?”Kasimir asked, sounding truly horrified by the idea.

“Perhaps Viktor is rubbing off on me,” he quipped.“Now, shut up.”

Chapter 30

Aurora~

“Why’d you pick this room?”

I turned at the sound of Viktor’s voice, and he was leaning against the door frame, his hands in his pockets, and he looked powerful and casual all at the same time.Now, while I’d really love to see what he’d look like in a suit, that was something that I’d never ask of him.Suits were an Italian Mafia thing, and I’d never want him to think that I wanted him to be something that he wasn’t.