𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Adella.

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𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐨

"Well if it isn't my favorite sister-in-law."

"Hello my love, where have you been?"

"Forgive me my darling, I was on the phone with Vladimir. We're gonna be in Colombia for a week, I can't very well leave our home unguarded now can I? Unlike some people we know."

"Of course not. But they paid the price for that didn't they?"

"Yes we did. But not to worry, we won't make the same mistake twice."

"Exactly what are you insinuating Damen?"

"I know this is a long shot but try not to play dumb Kaz. We already know you and your men are the ones responsible for the attacks on our warehouses and the theft of the money during the two weeks Jasmine and Valentino were in Mexico."

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Like I said, it was a long shot."

"So Damen, Andriana tells me that you're about to be a father. How did that happen?"

"Didn't your parents give you the where-babies-come-from speech when you were a child CJ?"

"Of course they did. But what I want to know is how did you manage to get Sabrina pregnant. After that accident in 2017 I didn't think she'd want another one of your spawns inside her."

"Bite your tongue CJ. My child is not a spawn. If you dare to say such things about my baby again I swear I'll cut out your tongue and make you swallow it!"

"Ooh I'm shaking in my red bottoms."

"Control your cousin Kazimir. She got away with putting a bullet in my husband's shoulder six months ago. Don't assume I'll let her get away with insulting my child."

"Don't you dare threaten my husband you bitch. Just who the fuck do you think you are?"

"Who the fuck do you think you are? You go around insulting other women's husbands but if they even sneeze at yours you want to kill them?"

"Go to hell Jasmine!"

"You first Andriana!"

"And that's the end of the recording," Damen said.

"Fucking hell!" Bryce exhaled. "I wish I was there to see the looks on Ivan and Andriana's faces when Jasmine went off on them."

"I know right? Oh why did you guys have to leave me home?" Riley complained. "It's no fun being cooped up with these guys."

"Like it's any more fun being stuck at home with you," Dean scoffed.

I shook my head. We were two thousand, three hundred and seventy four miles away from New York. Yet it felt as though we were right back home with our family, bickering, laughing and making jokes while secretly plotting to invoke physical harm on the ones who annoyed us.

"So how's your tropical vacation going?" Uncle Enzo wanted to know. "All is well I trust?"

"It's very relaxing," I said. "For the most part."

"How are you handling the situation with Ivan and Kazimir?"

"It's been handled already. Jasmine took care of it. Her being a daughter of this family worked in our favor."