All Chapters of Helping Mr. Gang Leader : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

.Helping Mr. Gang Leader.Chapter 30: wow.Gianna gnawed on her bottom lip for a moment, then said, “If you can’t handle something like this, or if it’s something that’s a major worry for you, I understand. My father loved my mother very much, but this put an extreme amount of pressure on their marriage. We--”“We,” Dante interrupted, “will be just fine.”Gianna stroked the soft skin at Dante’s chest. “It’s not going to get better. I really want you to understand that. I was diagnosed as a kid, which is pretty rare, actually, and only because they knew to look for it. When I was young, I could do a lot of things I can’t do now. And there are things I can do now, that I probably won’t be able to do in a few years from now. I don’t know what will happen between us, but you should be prepared.”Dante shook his head slowly. “I’m not going anywhere. I hope you’re not trying to run me off.”“Never,” Gianna swore.“Then trust me,” Dante offered. “I can handle this. And I’ll tell you if th

Helping Mr. Gang Leader.Chapter 32: restraining order? .“How did they take it? Me being here.”Dante lifted himself to sit on the countertop, but jumped down the second Gianna swatted at him with an angry expression on her face.“So, you’re one of those cooks,” Dante said merrily.Gianna told him, “Yes, I’m that rare breed of cook who doesn’t want another person’s butt where I’m going to put the ingredients that I’ll cook with, seriously who does that?. Will the wonders never cease?”.More than once Gianna had been told that her sarcasm and aptitude for unfunny jokes would be something that ended up alienating people. For years Gianna had tried to curb her thoughts, soften her reactions, and always, always, think before she ended up speaking about something.But there was something to be said for Dante who didn’t seem upset by her comments in the least. In fact, he seemed to find them delightful.The evidence was staring Gianna in the face as Dante turned his nearly naked body to

Helping Mr. Gang Leader.Chapter 34: No goodness of the heart. . “Are you sure you don’t want at least one of us to go with you?” Angelo asked, straightening the collar on Gianna’s shirt.“Maybe we should all go,” Enzo said, looking indecisive. “We should present a united front.”Angelo shot back, “But we don’t want to scare anyone off.”“Guys,” Gianna tried.“Here,” Enzo said, thrusting a huge packet of paperclipped and stapled sheets of paper in a manila folder to Gianna. “This is our most comprehensive report to date, going back six months, encompassing everything from our financial data, to our projected expectations for the coming year.”Angelo’s fingers dug too tightly into Gianna’s collar. “Make sure you talk about what the neighborhood was like before we came along.”Enzo nodded almost frantically. “Sell the homicide rate and violent crime statistics like a virgin in a brothel.”Gianna’s head cocked as she gave him a look. “Did you just …”Enzo blushed. “Sorry. I just … we r

Helping Mr. Gang Leader.Chapter 36: Saint Luke charm . Dante’s grandmother leveled a finger up at Dante threateningly. “You bring this beautiful girl into my restaurant. She is a doctor. She likes to cook. And you tell me she won’t be my daughter-in-law?”With dozens of people surrounding them, and chatter loud in the noodle house, Dante smiled sweetly at his grandmother and said, “I really like her, Granny. She likes me. How about we don’t rush things so maybe there’s a chance of that in the future?”She put her hands on her hips, considering his words for a second, then told Gianna, “You come and see me when you want to cook.” She called back to the kitchen to get started on their order, then told Dante, “The lion who waits for the noon hour, misses his chance with the gazelle which frolics in the morning dew.”She shuffled off and Gianna asked, “What is that supposed to mean?”It looked like Dante’s face must have been hurting from how hard he was smiling. “I think she’s just te

Helping Mr Gang Leader.Chapter 38: a great price to save the only son he has .“I won’t accept this,” Gianna’s father said sternly. “Your brother will give up this foolishness, he will go to college and study the material of my choosing, and I won’t hear of this again.”Curiously, Gianna asked, “How do you plan on achieving this?” There honestly wasn’t much, if anything, in the world that she thought could make Giovanni fall in line.The bigger issue was that Gianna had most certainly started out thinking that Mariposa was just a thuggish group of children, running around and causing mayhem for the fun of it. But a decent amount of exposure to them and what they did, not to mention the fact that Gianna was slowly starting to fall head of heels in love with their ridiculously handsome leader, produced a completely different picture.Mariposa was different. They weren’t like the other gangs that relished in violence and needless trouble through intimidation and worse. They wasn’t po