Matteo Last night with my wife hadn’t left my system. Adriana was still all over me. Her scent, her taste, the way her body shook when I drove her my tongue into her, Hoe she trembled and begged on the table. Even now, my mouth still carried the taste of her sweetness, and it was clouding my f*****g head. If I didn’t get myself together, I was going to lose control, and when a Don loses control, people die. I moved through the casino with my usual stride. The workers lowered their heads; some greeted me quickly, others pretended to busy themselves. Fear was good and respect was even better. I demanded both. From the corner of my eye, I saw Ruby at one of the tables. She wore the casino’s standard uniform but with jewellery I’d never seen before glinting on her neck and wrists. She s

