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Giovanni waved as the car drove out of sight. A little smile tugged at the corner of his lips as he marched back inside. He dropped the bag on the dining table and took out its contents. The bag contained two plastic takeouts containing his favorite food and dropped them on the table. He was a good cook, but since his brother's incident, he had lost the flair to cook a proper meal, and now that he was recovering, he had to avoid everything stressful. He had domestic staff who would come in thrice a week to clean the house and make him a meal, but after the incident with Romano at the clubhouse, he had stopped them from coming to the mansion. He couldn't afford to trust just anyone to be around him anymore.

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Cielo got into her car and drove away. She stepped into the car and the car sped away. Some distance away, a car was parked by the roadside. All the lights in the car were turned off. A man sat in the darkness in the car and waited patiently. As soon as Cielo's car drove past, h