Chapter 130

Alessandra grabs my wrist before I follow and pulls me back beside her, leaning in close and hushing her voice to a low level. Her face is serious and devoid of that usual sassy spark. She looks hungover, but there’s a tension in the depth of those dark eyes.

“Be cautious with those two. Watch what you say in front of them in here. They are programmed to repeat all to their menfolk.”

“Why?” It’s an impulsive response even though I had gathered these women were not the type I could confide my hopes and desires in.

“The Carreros had a rift for many years, and one of Alexi’s uncles took his family South because of it. I know Gino and Alexi don’t think I know what goes on with their family; I choose to pretend not to know. I don’t know those women in the way I know the other women who married in, so be wary. They do not have the same values as the rest of the family, and their father-in-law is an icy man with his eye on still controlling the Carrero empire one day.” Th