Gian chuckled, his attention going to the maid as food was brought in.
“It’s just some girl that he—”
“Beni, shut up,” Bene barked, tossing a piece of garlic bread and hitting his twin straight in the forehead.
Beni answered back by throwing a handful of croutons, peppering his twin.
Chris and Corrado laughed, already stuffing their faces, despite grace not having been said. Marcus, on the other hand, rolled his eyes like it was any other day. The only singleton Guzzi brother, with no twin to share, Gian sometimes thought Marcus felt left out in times like these. He certainly couldn’t have grown up lonely with so many siblings, but did he sometimes wonder why he had been the only singleton?
Gian didn’t wonder at all.
Marcus was still a principe working his way into being a king, sometimes stumbling a bit on his way to the top. He never could have shared that kind of spotlight with someone else. He was too focused, too driven, and way too goddamn competitive.
But that was good, too.
Gian thought to correct his sons before they got out of hand, but he found himself distracted by the amused, soft smile Cara shot across the table at him. He couldn’t very well correct his boys when their mother enjoyed their antics.
Head of the house.
She always had the floor.
Queen of his family.
Sitting right where she belonged.
Always.
Bethany-Kris is a Canadian author, lover of much, and mother to four young sons, one cat, and three dogs. A small town in Eastern Canada where she was born and raised is where she has always called home. With her boys under her feet, a snuggling cat, barking dogs, and a spouse calling over his shoulder, she is nearly always writing something ... when she can find the time.
Find Bethany-Kris at:
Her website www.bethanykris.com,
or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bethanykriswrites,
on her blog at www.bethanykris.blogspot.ca,
or on Twitter - @BethanyKris.
Sign up to Bethany-Kris’s New Release Newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/bf9lzD
Guzzi Duet
Unraveled, Book One
DeLuca Duet
Waste of Worth: Part One
Worth of Waste: Part Two
Standalone Titles
Inflict
Donati Bloodlines
Thin Lies
Thin Lines
Thin Lives
Filthy Marcellos
Antony
Lucian
Dante
Legacy
The Complete Collection
Seasons of Betrayal
Where the Sun Hides
Where the Snow Falls
Where the Wind Whispers
Gun Moll Trilogy
Gun Moll
Gangster Moll
The Chicago War
Deathless & Divided
Reckless & Ruined
Scarless & Sacred
Breathless & Bloodstained
The Russian Guns
The Arrangement
The Life
The Score
Demyan & Ana
Shattered
The Jersey Vignettes
Find more on Bethany-Kris’s website at www.bethanykris.com.
Copyright © 2017 by Bethany-Kris. All Rights Reserved.
WARNING: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted material is illegal and punishable by law. No parts of this work may be reproduced, copied, used, or printed without expressed written consent from the publisher/author. Exceptions are made for brief excerpts used in reviews.
eISBN 13: 978-1-988197-36-4
Editor: Nina S. Gooden
Proofreaders: Tracy A., Eli P., and Julia L.
Cover Design © Mignon Mykel at Oh, So Novel Designs
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, organizations, corporations, locales and so forth are a product of the author’s imagination, or if real, used fictitiously. Any resemblance to a person, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.