Chapter 402 Personality Switch

Chapter 402 Personality Switch

"You know you are starting to test my patience, Em." The words came out as more of a rough sigh of exasperation than frustration. AN agitated hand ruffled through already disheveled locks. Green eyes bore into her baby blue ones—one of the few traits she had gotten from her mother. The same baby blue eyes that used to be filled with such unwavering affection for Marcus were starting to soften once again the longer their gaze remained locked.

The look that the older Vedova Nera cousin fixed her with a stark contrast to the one that leveled everyone around him. It was almost as though a personality switch had been flipped the moment he looked at Emily.

"I know that I am. I believe that you will find it well worth listening to me at the end of everything." Emily continued to press the other, wanting to move them far enough back to put space between them and everyone else in the room.

"And how can you be certain that taking one more night won't ruin everything? Sam could take the chance to leave and do as he pleased." Marcus's gaze flickered from the petite woman over to his younger cousin. It wasn't an option to have Samuel leave. Everything needed to be finished up before he left the estate again.

"Because I'm not planning on going anywhere since Lena and I haven't worked things out. Where else would I go to stay?" Samuel took the opportunity to speak up. Without moving from the chair, he shrugged his shoulders.

Richard didn't like the situation but chose to remain where he stood instead of moving over to Samuel until Marcus was out of sight. He was done with dealing with scuffles for the night.

Emily somehow managed to do a masterful job of keeping Marcus's attention on her until they had disappeared through the doorway. The complex cousin didn't leave without one final warning to the two staying behind. No matter the circumstances, he didn't want them going anywhere far from his sight.

"Why don't we go about figuring out where Jovani is now that they are going." The silence spread between them for another five minutes before Richard decided to break it. Richard walked past Samuel to put the cigar on the previously empty ashtray.

"How is it that Jovani and Marcus are cousins?" The questions started as the mafioso ushered Samuel to stand up from his chair. A low tsk was the only sound that met the question as Richard directed the kid to leave out the opposite door Marcus and Emily disappeared through.

"Shared blood but different family. Marcus isn't the only one from his side of the family who is like that." Richard had Samuel go through the narrow door frame ahead of him. It wasn't like Marcus would burst through the door to come back after them. At least not s long as Emily kept his attention.

It seemed some things didn't' change no matter how much time passed. Those two, though? Richard wouldn't have even been able to guess that one. It made Richard have some questions, but right now wasn't the time to ask them. There were a few more essential things that they needed to focus on at the current moment in time.

Such as finding Jovani so that Richard could give the other a good cuff or two more for causing all this unnecessary trouble.noVe)lB(1n