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 145
The plan to get Luciano out of Chicago worked. Lucky for Luke he knew some border guards who allowed him in and out of Canada easily without suspicion. And Lucky for Don Luciano, Luke was one of the good guys. Luke now knew it was a good idea for him to have hired his own men to work on his team and they had been an assent over the past weeks once he was able to weed out the good from the bad. His grandfather's people couldn't be trusted and were all involved in this Serpent's plans, so he needed people he could trust.
The plan worked, and the Serpent's men thought Don Luciano was dead. The funeral arrangements went as planned, and Luke attended the funeral, just like he did when Beau passed. And just like then, the Luciano's blamed him. Luke was still thought of as a heartless bastard, and no one trusted him. Just the way he hoped, so people would think the worst, in order to get close to the serpent.