chapter 19

                                    

                                          
V E R A
P R E S E N T  D A Y
I walked in the room, Kohl's ass is hanging out of his pants, which by the way he has a very nice, firm-looking butt. Cassio is on his knees in front of him about to pull the rest of his pants and boxers down. "Zip it back in horny hoes." 
They both snap their gazes in my direction since they didn't hear me come in. For two of the most dangerous men in this house, they sure forget to stay on guard. 
"The door was locked." 
"And I picked it." I place my hands on my hips, "Why the hell are you two up here, doing this, while my daughter's birthday breakfast party is downstairs?" 
"We haven't seen each other in days, give me a fucking break," Cassio grumbles. 
"You see with your eyes not with your mouth on his dick. On top of that, you're playing a risky game right now considering I'm engaged to you." I point in Kohl's direction. "You weren't even supposed to be here today but some guard already spotted your car and asked me why it was here." 
"I thought I could sneak in." 
"You thought wrong." I spat before pointing at Cassio, "You go downstairs, now and you," I pointed to Kohl, "You got work to do." 
Kohl raises his eyebrows, "I'm your Capo."
"And?" 
Kohl and Cass look at each other before they both let out a sigh, "She'd make a good Capo."
I smiled. I would, wouldn't I?
Kohl is going to hide out here for a while during Emmy's party to look through the files we have been able to retrieve after receiving all the chips. Kohl decided to stay back because he wanted to give Soren a chance to stand by Emmy when she blew out her candles tonight. I don't know when he's gotten so nice, considering he wanted to put Soren to the ground when he found out about what he did to me years ago but I think he's warming up. 
Emmy is probably the reason why since she talks about 'Ren this' and 'Ren that' after their playtime. Like now as I walk into the kitchen, she is standing on him, each foot planted on each of his muscular thighs, while he holds her hand as they talk about unicorns. The smile he has on his face is bright enough to compete with the damn sun. 
I want to smack it off his face.
Before I went downstairs, after locking Kohl in his office, of course, I went and placed the fake engagement ring in the bottom drawer of my nightstand. I never wear the ring in the house, only when I need to, like this morning when one of Kohl's underbosses came for a surprise visit to give Emmy a gift. 
The gift was a sweet gesture but the mini panic I experienced was not because the ring was in one of Emmy's stuffed animal's pants pockets and I couldn't find it. 
Kohl and I are engaged to hide the fact that he is in a relationship with Cassio, his enforcer. They have been dating secretly for the past four years. People have been pressuring Kohl to get married, bring in an heir to keep the family reputation going since all the men in his family have been Capo for years. 
Being in the mafia, being gay is "banned" and isn't acceptable. Your punishment is death for liking men because there is no leaving the mafia once you're inducted whether you're an underboss or a mere soldier. If your Capo is gay, he must step down and the next man picked is allowed to be Capo. 
I think it is absolutely corny, I mean seriously? Because you like men you should be sentenced to death? It's the 21st century, get over your masculinity and just let people love who they want to love.