"I crave you as if I've already had you before, that scares and excites me all at once"
« In which Adriana Narvaez, a mother
of two, finds herself falling deep
into the world of crime after an
innocent robbery turns into a money-laundering bus...
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"This is one hell of a date, huh. A warehouse?"
Rio rested his head back against the seat, his eyes trained on the building in front of them. The two sat in silence, as the suspense built in Adriana's mind. Her mind wandered to the girls in Canada, checking her phone for any mention of how their trip went.
"They'll be fine. They're not picking up anything that'll get them in jail." Adriana scoffed at this, meeting his eyes with an incredulous glint in her eyes. "That's debatable." Rio lifted his eyebrow, slightly turning in his seat, intrigued by what else she had to say. Ever since that day he visited the Boland's, Rio could tell Adriana had a mouth on her.
Opting to keep her thoughts to herself, Adriana cleared her throat, unlocking the car and stepping out. "This is where you wash your money? Pretty scrappy looking." Rio paused for a moment before shaking his head with a chuckle. "You are one smart woman." He followed after, meeting her at the front of the car.
"No, I've just been through this before."
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"So, what does this have to do with me."
Rio guided her around to the entrance of the building, his hand gripping the handle between in his clutch. "You're gonna pay me back through labor. You're the underground widow, right? I need you to get Marco to work for me." Adriana tilted her head in confusion, but before she could say anything else, Rio was unlocking the door and pushing through the heavy metal.
"Now you may be asking, 'why would I do that?" Rio mocked her voice with a high-pitched tone and Adriana couldn't help but roll her eyes before her gaze landed on the men and machines that were working to clean the money. "Because of this. Once you get Marco working under me, you'll be the head bitch in charge. Anything I was planning to give to him will be yours."
Adriana couldn't help but marvel at the stacks of money wrapped in plastic, her eyes glittering in wonder. Letting a chuckle escape his lips, Rio approached her with a smirk. "This and a lot more could be yours, Mamas. It's all up to you."
Now standing right in front of her, Rio reached up to grip her chin between his fingers, bringing her gaze to meet his. He didn't hide the suggestive way his eyes darted to her lips, his eyes drinking her features up. Feeling her heart race at his raunchy gaze, reached up to grip his wrist, pulling her chin from his grip.
"That's it? You could've told me all this when I was with them."
"Nah, You and I's business ain't their business." Adriana caught the sexual tone behind his voice, opting to ignore it as her feet drew her towards the large stack of money.
"I'll think about it."
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Walking alongside Rio, Adriana watched the man behind the operation work. She couldn't deny the warm feeling bubbling in her stomach as he moved swiftly, doing what needed to be done on his own accord. She liked a man in charge.
