Couture Criminals
Cheeky owner of a struggling fashion boutique, Poppy Fields dreams of having her designs rocking the couture runways in Paris and Milan. While fantasizing about the glamorous life, her world is about to collide with the devil himself in the form of a dangerous mafia leader, Roman D’Amico, out for revenge for his dead brother. Often mistaken as the future wife of one of Chicago’s most notorious crime bosses, and Roman’s rival gang member, everyone who enters Poppy’s little shop believes they are doing a favor to the Gambino family. When her doppelgänger waltzes into her boutique, the women are shocked to find they look like twins. Leaving her identification behind as a ruse to flee the country, Claudia switches lives with the unsuspecting fashion designer. When Luke Gambino falls for the ploy, he believes Poppy is his runaway bride, forcing her to take on the persona of the real Claudia Ricci. Following the murder of his brother, Roman D’Amico is looking for revenge. When he suspects the Gambinos are behind it, he plots to kidnap the rival gang member’s wife. Unknowing that the women have switched places, Roman kidnaps the wrong couture diva. With Claudia missing, Poppy must keep up the ruse, and convince Roman to keep her alive or fall into the hands of the murderous Gambino family.
Chapter 155
As Poppy and Apple walked down the street to her shop from the local park, Apple pulled her jacket zipper up. It was late and they had walked around for hours, waiting for whatever lurked was in the darkness to come. The group was close to bringing down the serpent, and with Roman's fathers' people, the Ricci's and the support of the new leadership of the five families, they were ready to strike and bring the Serpent's to the knees.
It turned out, there were not near as many people in the five families who had fell in line with the Serpents plans. There were far more on the side of right than they thought. Once Jaxson was dead, people came out of the woodwork to join forces with Roman to take down the bad element that infiltrated their proud Italian lineage.
"It's cold out tonight."
"Yeah." Looking around, Poppy knew she was being watched by something sinister. "They're close. I can hear footsteps."