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Luca sat quietly while watching Jace and the clients he had brought over to discuss a business deal play poker in the VIP Lounge of Domino Bars which was owned by Ricardo play a game of pool.

This wasn't his usual type of scene but the client had insisted they wanted to go to a bar and he had to call in a last-minute favour to Ricardo so he could allow him to make use of this premium VIP booth to satisfy the clients. They had finished the business deal signing and wanted to take advantage of the exquisite services the bar provided and Jace was all but willing to indulge them since Luca wasn’t one for games.

Luca kept his eyes on his cousin while he played with the clients, laughing over jokes that Luca found not to be funny. He was still wondering why Jace had opted to help him with the clients today, claiming they were old friends which they were but that was not the issue. Jace had never wanted to help him so this was a suspicious development.

He didn’t believe that his cousin was t