Mag-log inWhen everyone left, and I was alone with Nero in our room, I decided to ask him about Dante. I didn’t want all these thoughts to cloud us while we were together. Of late, we hadn’t gotten enough alone time.Between his quest for vengeance for me and me starting my fashion line, there was little to no time together. But we made it work.“What’s on your mind?” He asked as soon as he got a good look at me.He casually began stripping. I could have sworn he was getting stronger by the day. He smirked when he saw the way I was looking at him.He approached me and put his hands around my waist. He pulled me closer and tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear. My body immediately relaxed under his touch. I closed my eyes to relish the feeling.“Nothing is on my mind,” I said as I put my head against his chest.“I can tell when something is bothering you. Is this about Lily?”“She told me something that’s been on my mind,” I whispered as I gently pulled away. “You mentioned you dealt with Dan
I left Lily’s room feeling guilty and hurt at the same time. I knew it was about her feelings, but her words cut through me like a sharp knife. I felt bad about the things she’d said to me, but I knew we were still friends.I numbly walked to my room, wondering what she was on about when it came to Dante. I knew Nero had punished him, but I never asked about why he was punished. I was mad at him at the time for how careless he had been in protecting me.I made a mental note to talk to Nero about it.As I was coming down the stairs, I heard someone talking on the phone in Nero’s second living room. Something compelled me to peek inside. I knew it was nosy to do that, but I couldn’t help myself.To my surprise, there was no one in the living room. I was about to leave when I saw Tally on the balcony in the living room. She was holding a phone against her ear, and she looked stressed. She was listening to the person on the other end of the call.You could tell she didn’t like whatever s
Immediately after the meeting was over, I went to find Lily. I had a feeling she was fuming because she was once again ostracized, like she wasn’t part of the family. I knew she wanted to belong, and we made her feel like she wasn’t part of us.But the truth of the matter was that she was my, Luca, and Nero’s family, but not Nico and Enzo's. They didn’t trust people they didn’t know personally.“Lily?” I called out to her when I knocked on her bedroom door.A few seconds later, Dominic opened the door and pressed his lips into a thin line. He looked angry and confused, and I could tell he didn’t want to talk to me or anyone else. One look at me, and he stormed off.I went in after him and found Lily on the balcony. She was smoking a joint. She loved those every now and then. It reminded me of the first time Nico and I ever met and had a conversation in my apartment.We’d smoked a joint Lily left at my place at the time.“Lily?” I called out to her. I was scared to speak to her because
Enzo 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
“Come on, Lorenzo. Are you going to pretend to be in the dark even now? Have some respect for me and at least tell me the truth. I don’t deserve to be lied to like this. I am twenty-seven, not seven.”He looked away like he was trying to decide which truth I was talking about. It was hard to trust
Viktor took me to another nice restaurant with an amazing view. He had me dress in a white silk dress. He sent it to me for our date along with jewelry. Except that he wanted me to wear pearls.I hated pearls. He also got me a rose. It wasn’t until I told him I was allergic that he looked annoyed.
I left Jack a lot of calls, but he didn’t answer any of them. I needed to know what the FBI found out about Adrian’s death. They were all over the crime scene, according to Lily.Without her, I wouldn’t be able to find out a lot of things.I also wanted to check in on him. After all, he was the one
Someone grabbed me before I completely fell to the ground.“Come on, Serena. Breathe slowly. In and out.”He guided me to steady my breath until I was no longer hyperventilating. Only then did I focus on the man in front of me. He was tall, handsome, and he had brown eyes that reminded me of Lily.







