Mia’s POV“Since Giovanni feels he can play the game, then I will show him how it's been played,” Kraven said.The way he said it, like he was holding back a smirk, made something I wouldn't really say what it was to tighten in my chest. Though his voice wasn’t loud, it carried weight. That kind of calm that only comes from someone who knows exactly what they are about to do and how far they are willing to go.I raised a brow, folding my arms across my chest. “What do you mean by that?”He gave a small chuckle, shaking his head like I should have already known. “Isn't it obvious? You have successfully deactivated the plans they had using the cheat code you got, and they would still be thinking they are in the lead.”He leaned back in the seat with his eyes narrowing slightly like he was watching everything play out in real-time in his mind.“By the time that they will even get to know what is happening, I would have been far gone with my own plan.”I blinked slowly, processing his wor
Giovanni’s POV“By the time I’m done with Kraven, he will know that I am Giovanni Azzaro, and I am the lion that owns the den as I will show him who owns the game by the time we’re done,” I boasted, the words sliding out of me like a promise written in fire and I meant every damn word.Agent Thompson nodded, leaning slightly forward from the edge of the couch in my sitting room. His eyes held that familiar gleam, the one that only came alive when important matters were discussed.“Of course. No one dares you. Not even Kraven. He’s only living in his family’s past glory,” Thompson said smoothly, folding his arms like a man who already saw the war won. “And very soon, we will pull him down.”I smirked. That was the plan—and we were already knee-deep in it.Just then, the door to the room opened, though quiet but deliberate. Logan Stone stepped in, dressed in his usual gray tailored suit, eyes like polished ice and a confidence that moved like a shadow in the room.“Am I late to the cele
Kraven’s POVThe screen blinked, and then there it was.Giovanni Azzaro.His name hit like a punch to the ribs, but I didn’t flinch at all. I just stared, like I was expecting something like this already before now. Let the letters burn into my skull like a brand I couldn’t scrub off. Every part of me wanted to move or even react, destroy something but I stood there, still as stone.Mia didn’t say anything.Maybe, she was probably waiting for me to lose it. I could feel the tension in the air thickening by the second, like she expected me to throw a chair or storm out of the room. I didn’t give her that. I just let a slow, bitter smile crawl across my face.Of course it was him.“Of course,” I muttered, the words tasting like ash. “I always knew it would be someone as filthy as Giovanni behind this.”I said it like I meant to convince myself. Like saying his name out loud would make sense of the chaos that had been building behind the scenes.But deep down, I felt something twist.“I
Mia’s POVI nodded one more time in confusion or let's say in frustration, and then pressed a key. The screen shifted, revealing a decrypted file that stared back at us like a slap in the face.Just immediately, something I found difficult to fix around my head popped out. Sender: Giovanni Azzaro.The name flashed bold across the screen like a flare in the dark—loud, confident, and unmistakably intentional.‘This is Giovanni again’. That was one though that was in my head.Kraven didn’t react the way I thought he would. No fists through walls. No yelling. No pacing. Just a quiet shift in his face, and then that bitter, joyless smile that tugged faintly at the edge of his mouth.“Of course,” he murmured, low and sharp. “I always knew it would be someone as filthy as Giovanni behind this.”He stood still, eyes fixed on the name like he was staring into the past.“I should have known the bastard wasn’t finished.”My fingers hovered over the keyboard, but I didn’t move. The air around him
Mia’s POVIn as much as that I couldn't let Kraven know what I think about all of this because at this state, he needs more evidence to believe. I knew that I didn't have to just sit, fold my arms and watch him collapse when he felt like he was working on things that were at the edge of falling apart.As soon as Kraven made sure that Sasha was in one of the visitor's rooms, he instructed one of his guards that I never knew lived in with us to stay just behind the door and watch over Sasha.Even at this point, he still believes that trust is a big deal to him and I fully understand that.“I am going out now, Mia. I will see you soon. I need to fix something as you can see. Be cool but don't forget that I have my eyes on you.”As soon as he left, I went back to the sitting room where they had placed the flash drive and logged in his private computer in the bedroom. It was with no password and I could tell for free that he had nothing tangible in there to have left it without a password.
Mia’s POVIt was the worst day in Kraven's life since I got in contact with him because if not, I wouldn't know what or how to explain this.Just at the same time, many things in his name were going down just so fast. The club and his clothing stores.I never knew that the clothing store that I had complimented so well that it spelt luxury was his.The way he did everything codedly was something I couldn't have related to, he gave me his card and asked me to pay like we couldn't come there to pick everything we need and leave. I fully understand it was so I wouldn't suspect anything.To be honest, I never knew that he had any legit business.Aside from the club I knew he had, I wouldn't have known he owns that luxury clothing store too.A growl literally slipped from his throat the moment another call came, that he couldn't even bother to hide the irritation twisting through him. His face was as if one more person called him with another disaster about his business, he might just smas