Chapter 6: The Request

Chapter 6: The Request

Dante walked into his office, Vincenzo was already there, preparing some documents. Dante sat on his chair and Vincenzo looked at him with a slightly hesitant look.

“If there’s something you’d like to say, just say it.” He told him.

“That woman you just brought in, is she-“

“Yes, that’s her. The woman who saved me in that forest five years ago.” He replied.

“Does she know about what we do here?” Vincenzo asked, feeling a deep concern. Dante turned his head toward Vincenzo and shook his head lightly.

“No, she doesn’t know. And she must not know.” He replied firmly.

“I don’t want her to fear me or run away from here. I had to leave her once and I don’t want to leave her again or have her leave me. Do you understand?” He asked with a slightly threatening tone. Vincenzo knew something was different about Dante when it came to this woman.

FLASHBACK

Five years ago, after Dante had not returned from his original schedule for a few days, Vincenzo looked into it and found out Sergio’s man had launched an attack. Panicked, he quickly tracked Dante’s whereabouts, wondering if he was still alive since the coordinates did not change from the same location for a long time.

When he arrived there, Dante opened the door for him.

“Dante, are you okay? I am sorry. I should have known something was wrong sooner.” He saw the bandage wrapped around his stomach.

“You’re injured! We need to go to the hospital.” He stated, panicking. Dante quickly covered his mouth with one hand and placed one of his fingers in front of his lips, a silent gesture.

“Keep your volume down, you will wake her up!” Dante replied. Vincenzo raised his brow in confusion, Dante opened the door a bit further and Vincenzo saw a woman lying on the sofa. Dante slowly removed his hand from Vincenzo’s mouth and he stood there speechless.

“Did you give your necklace to her?” He asked.

“Yes, but it doesn’t matter. Anyway, we need to leave now.” Dante turned to look at her one more time before he walked away from there. Vincenzo stood still for a second, looking at the sleeping woman briefly, closed the door and followed Dante.

END OF FLASHBACK

Back to the present day, Dante snapped his finger in front of Vincenzo and he composed himself together.

“Are you listening?” He asked.

“Yes, Dante. Don’t worry, I will make sure that she doesn’t find out about what we do here.” Vincenzo nodded.

“Tell Pietro about it as well. Make sure he doesn’t do anything stupid that’s going to scare her.” Vincenzo nodded once again.

“Since the beginning, he already planned on finding her again.” Vincenzo thought to himself.

“No wonder these past five years Dante has been working so hard to expand the organization and generate more money than his father did in such a short period of time….” Dante grabbed his tablet and checked the CCTV in the living room. He saw Pietro walk inside the room, all drunk and was going to approach Victoria.

“Oh no, Pietro!” Dante quickly stormed out of the room. Vincenzo walked quickly, following him.

Back to the living room, Pietro was making his way toward Victoria in a perverse manner.

“You’re not as pretty as some of the women I’ve seen, but you’re not bad at all.” He licked his lips. Victoria shifted uncomfortable, backing away from the sofa.

“Get away from me!” Victoria rose from the sofa and was about to run when Pietro suddenly grabbed her hand and pulled her closer to him.

“Come on, sweetie pie, don’t be so difficult.” Pietro let out a smug grin. Their face was so close that Victoria could smell alcohol from his breath. She tried pushing him away with all her strength.

“Get away from me! Get away from me!” Pietro’s smile disappeared and his face turned serious.

“Ah, I’ve never seen a call girl being so difficult!”

“I am not a call girl, you idiot!” Victoria tried pushing him away again, but her answer only angered him further.

“What did you call me you dumb bitch!?” Pietro let go of her and raised his hand, about to slap her. Victoria shut her eyes, bracing herself for the slap when she heard a thud sound instead. She opened her eyes and saw Dante grabbing Pietro’s hand and quickly punched him until he fell to the ground. Dante who seemed upset went to Pietro again and pulled him by the collar.

“What the hell, man!?” Pietro asked angrily.

“I am going to warn you only once, Pietro. Don’t you dare touch her again!” He warned him. Pietro frowned as he grabbed Dante’s hand that was pulling his collar.

“What is wrong with you, she is just a whore just like the rest of them. Why are you so worked up!?” Pietro asked. That was the line. Dante’s anger went through the roof and he started punching Pietro again repeatedly.

“Don’t you dare call he a whore!” Pietro defended himself and at one point, he went to punch Dante back and kicked him on the stomach, causing Dante to fall on the floor briefly before he rose from the ground.

“How dare you kick me!?” Dante rushed toward Pietro who was still laying on the ground and kicked him on the stomach. Victoria could not believe what was happening. She covered her mouth in shock. It was the first time she saw a real fight between two men and it terrified her. It was awful.

“No, Dante, stop!” Victoria shouted. Hearing her voice, Dante stopped briefly. Pietro used this chance to grab Dante’s legs and attempted to push him. Dante quickly used his hands to counter it, preventing him from falling. Pietro got up from the ground and the two men were having a face off with each other.

“You’ve always been a brother to me, now you’re punching me because of a woman!?” Pietro shouted at him.

“She is not a whore, don’t you dare lay your hands on her!” Dante responded. Before things escalated again, Vincenzo quickly came and got between the two of them.

“Stop it both of you!”