Bella knew something had happened as soon as she brought in the first client for my morning meeting, but couldn't ask me anything. John Marc could though.
"What's happened?" the crime boss asked as he sat down in the plush chair across my desk. "You look like you got hit by a bus then raised by an angel."
I chuckled under my breath, shaking my head. "Something like that, John Marc."
"Lady troubles? You're not one to get stuck on a girl, Stephan, I'm surprised at you." The dark haired italian man was big, but over the few years I had known him I had been surprised to find he was empathetic. Sometimes that made him seem like a softy, but I also knew it could make him a very scarey man to cross.
Sighing, I shrugged, "It's a first for me, honestly. The whole thing is complicated."
"So unc
