Free For Cam (Chicago Syndicate Book 4) by Soraya Naomi

you.”
    “Well, we only talked business or else I would’ve thrown her out. Are you jealous, Cam? Because that makes me fucking horny.” He palms my breast roughly, sending a jolt of desire to my core, while pressing his sculpted body against mine.
    I laugh. “A little, maybe.”
    “No need for jealousy. Ti amo . You’re the only woman I ever see.” His lips brush against the corner of my mouth.
    “ Ti amo . I know you come home to me every night.”
    “Always,” he whispers, holding me tightly.
    I choose right then to believe in the strength of our love because he’s not given me any reason to doubt him.

CHAPTER 8
    Camilla
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    A driano keeps his promise and comes home every night. But for two weeks, I barely see him during the day. Fallon’s also seen less and less of Luca, and I find myself drawn to her like a kindred spirit. Only she can truly understand what it’s like to live with a high ranking Mafia man.
    However, I fall off cloud nine when our first few blissful months are rudely disturbed and I’m in conflict with Adriano. But it doesn’t start with Serena. No, it starts when I defy orders again, along with Luca, and the extent of Adriano’s discontent is unleashed upon us.
    “I need to talk to Santino,” I implore Luca, who’s seated behind Adriano’s desk, when we’re alone in Adriano’s office.
    Luca was adamantly against it at first, but I’ve been working on him for half an hour, and I’m starting to persuade him.
    “I told him months ago that I would try to help him. Then I promised Adriano that I’d stay out of it, but if Santino is an FBI agent, keeping him here is too risky. Adriano has been too busy with the sex and dance clubs to actually recognize the threat. He says he knows about it, but then he doesn’t take action and just waits for Wade. I can be of help.”
    Luca rubs a hand over his chin, contemplating my suggestion. “What did you have in mind?”
    “I’ll tell Santino that I’ve finally discovered a window of opportunity to help him escape, but I need to know if he has connections who can help us once we’re out there, because we’ll be hunted people.”
    He mulls it over, and after a long stretch of silence, he orders, “But you have to do it now while Adriano’s away from the club.”
    “He told Wade to give me access everywhere in the building, but I can’t get into Santino’s cell. Obviously, Adriano didn’t grant me full clearance like he said he would. Can you get me into his cell?”
    “Yes. Let’s go.” He rises to his feet and precedes the way down the stairs.
    After we’ve accessed the underground floor, we walk past the sex club and through the maze of corridors I escaped from two years ago as Luca leads me to Santino’s cell.
    He places his thumb on the scanner. “I’ll be waiting right outside. You need to get a confession out of Santino while you’re in there with him. And Cam, failure is not an option.”
    Luca leans back against wall beside the door so that he’s out of sight as the system beeps and it unlocks.
    Santino’s cuffed on the bed, and he looks healthy and clean, but his eyes are vacant. He’s been held for such a long time.
    “Camilla...”
    “Santino.” I drop down to my knees in front of him, acting frazzled. “What’s wrong with you?’
    “Wrong?” he hisses, and I rear back. “I’m going stir crazy in here. What day is it?”
    I clutch his shoulders. “Dammit. Pull yourself together.” And lean in close to his face because he knows there are cameras here. “I’m here to help you, but we need to leave now .”
    His brows shoot up, and he pulls on the cuff, causing it to clang against the bedrail. “Uncuff me.”
    Snatching the key Luca gave me from my pocket, I release his restraints.
    Santino rubs his wrists forcefully while staring at me. “Now what?”
    “The guards are changing shifts, so we can run. But once we’re outside, I don’t know what to do. I-I...” I stand up