LOGINEnzo looked around the room and signaled something to Nico, who nodded once and looked right at Dominic.“Take your girl to freshen up. The grown-ups need to talk.” He said casually.I was about to argue, but Nero shook his head at me. At the end of the day, Nico was our leader, and we had to follow his footsteps. He was older, wiser, and he had all our best interests at heart.Lily looked offended, and I reached over and squeezed her hand to reassure her that she still meant the world to me. She stormed off looking as angry as ever. As soon as she was gone, I turned to Nico.“What the fuck?!” I asked him.“Listen to me, princess. You know I adore you, but I don’t know Lily, and I think we have told her enough. I don’t know her, and I refuse to trust someone I wouldn’t trust my life with. I would trust my life with you and every one of you, but I wouldn’t do the same with your best friend.”He made sure to glance at Tally to make sure she knew he trusted her with his life, even though
Luca tried as much as possible to try and track down who the person in Nero’s organization was that had given that video to that vigilante group that was threatening the DeLuca empire, which had been around for generations.However, his efforts were fruitless. At first, Nico and Nero suspected Marco Conti, Nico’s current consigliere. I’d met him before when we were in Italy. I remembered Nero telling me he didn’t trust him and that he didn’t think Marco was qualified to be Nico’s advisor.Greta Conti was his sister, and Nero had rejected her several times. Apparently, there was no DeLuca brother she hadn’t tried to sleep with, including the late Adrian and Enzo. She had, however, slept with Nico when he couldn’t keep it in his pants.She and her brother probably had beef with Nero because of his refusal to accept Marco’s expertise and the many times he had rejected Greta. I remembered how everyone thought Greta and Nero were endgame.It was probably because she had told everyone Nero
Nico and Tally flew in after they heard the threats against Nero. It wasn’t just about Nero’s reputation or whether or not he would go to jail. It was about the entire DeLuca dynasty. Enzo was stuck in Switzerland, but he was also on his way.It was a whole family affair. Tally and Nico looked closer than they had been before they left, and they acted like a real couple. As far as I knew, their wedding was coming up, and it would be held in Italy.I hoped they would be able to tolerate one another in the long term.“Who the fuck are these people?” Nico asked. “I’ve never heard of them before.”“They are not a name you’ll see unless they come for you. No one wants to say a bunch of nerds is forcing them to give up wealth, power, and leverage. That’s why they’re still standing. People are also afraid their secrets will be spilled when they speak about their experience with this group.”I thought the DeLuca family and other powerful mafia families ran the world, but it seemed there were
“Yesterday, after we came from court, I received a call from someone. The same person was trying to text me throughout the period of the trial, and I never answered their texts. I don’t look at messages from unknown numbers. They must have been upset over it because they finally called when we got home.”He had a serious expression on his face, and he was also worried. He tried to hide it, but I could tell. He was going around in circles and not really telling me what the problem was.“Then what happened?” I asked.“The call only lasted ten seconds, and it was a mechanical voice telling me to look at the texts they sent, or they were going to destroy my life in just a few seconds. I tried to ignore it, but I finally looked at the texts.”Nero closed his eyes and turned away from me. It had me wondering what in those texts was so bad that he didn’t want to talk about. Surely it wouldn’t be that bad, would it? Judging by how he was acting, it could actually be that bad.“What were the t
The case was dismissed because of a lack of sufficient evidence almost immediately. There was nothing Mark could do when the video evidence was dismissed. He had no choice but to relent and agree to the verdict.I couldn’t stop smiling when this happened. The ruling would not only change the public perception of me but also mean I wouldn’t end up in jail and could continue pursuing my dream of becoming a fashion designer.I would launch my brand as soon as possible. Nothing would stop me. I rushed to embrace Nero when the verdict came in. I was in tears, and Lily rushed to us. She was also very happy for me, and I was glad for her support.Viktor was nowhere to be found. He had disappeared after the judge allowed the jury to leave so Claire could question Officer White. I wasn’t surprised that he left because he was a coward, and everyone knew it for a fact.“I knew this would happen,” Lily said.“Claire, thank you,” I said as I hugged her as well. I would have never gotten off it wer
The next day, I expected Claire to work her magic, and I was confident that she would. After Nero heard me say that I didn’t want to have any expectations just in case everything went wrong, he reassured me and told me that Claire was the best and he wouldn’t have given her my case if he knew she couldn’t handle it.But that wasn’t even what was on my mind. I was worried that Nero was hiding something from me, and I didn’t know if I could accept that after the incident that happened with his mother.We had agreed that there were no more secrets between us, and yet, I felt like there was something he wasn’t telling me.After the mysterious call he got the previous day, he seemed quiet, reserved, and like a lot was on his mind. He even got rid of the phone he was using and got a new one.It seemed like he was hiding something from me, and he was hiding from someone. Whoever that mysterious caller was, they had something to do with his mood.Even as we drove to the courthouse, he was abs
I stayed with Lily until she woke up. Her injuries were extensive. She had broken ribs, her fingers had also been broken, her ankles, and her left clavicle. She had sustained a bad beating.Not only that, but she was also shot. She was in and out of consciousness for days. I couldn’t stop blaming m
Nero, Nico, and Enzo still weren’t back. It was morning, and I knew they were taking care of the shipments they had stolen. Nero had texted me to tell me everything went well, which told me that a bunch of people died, just not him.It was the perfect opportunity for me to bond with my brother. He
“What is it?” I asked my brother as soon as we were in the confines of his office.“I was told Dominic found Eric Bale.”He is making obvious statements. I didn’t understand why he insisted on speaking to me if he already knew the information that he already had. He knew I had told Serena. This was
“We need to talk about what Lorenzo knows and how he knows what he knows,” Nico said in the family meeting. We had a family meeting every single time something went wrong in the family. Like how Lorenzo knew we were looking for Eric Bale. That information was supposed to be known by the people in t







