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Gianna “Gianna?”“Gi…?” I felt someone shaking me, making me almost jump up from my seat with surprise. I turned my head, and Teresa raised a brow at me, looking concerned. And that’s when it dawned upon me that a room full of very important people was gawking at me.Including Maximus.“Sorry,” I apologized, my face flaming up. “I…”“It’s okay,” Maximus smiled at me. “How about we take a little break? This meeting has been going on forever. Grab some coffee and a bite? It’s almost lunch time anyway.”“Sure,” everyone nodded, and I swear I wanted to crawl under the table and hide with mortification.“Miss Rosario, would you mind joining me?” Eve, Maximus’s lawyer, said. “I would like to go through the points you mentioned earlier. If this is the right time?”“Uh…” Teresa hesitated, glancing at me.“It’s okay. Go,” I assured her. “I will grab some coffee in the meantime.”“Are you sure?”“Positive.” Teresa squeezed my hand and then joined Eve, immediately falling into conversation as

GiannaI squinted as Nico turned the lights on and blinked. So this was Alessandro Baldocchi’s study, and it’s clearly been locked because the air was suffocating here. And musty. It looked old with all the dark wooden panelling and dark wood furniture, and heavy carpets. “So what are we looking for?” I demanded, staring around. “For info on these,” Nico shuffled in his pocket and pulled out an old coin engraved with some kind of weird symbol. There was a photograph too, and that same symbol was painted in red on the floor in that. It frankly looked ominous. “What in hell is that?” I frowned. “That’s what we need to find out,” he said, his jaw hardening as his dark eyes searched around. “The bastards left this as some kind of warning for us. We found it at the location of one of our destroyed shipments. I believe this could lead us to find out who exactly is behind th

Gianna  I was intrigued. And I needed to know more. Even if my brother was clearly against the idea. “Tell me more…” I said, glancing at Nico. “I want to know.” “The ‘89 Collapse was one of the most deadly mafia wars that took place in the 90s between the three strongest mafia clans- the Calabria ’Ndrangheta, the Sicilian Cosa Nostra, aka our families and the Camorra. In the late 1970s, the ’Ndrangheta wasn’t just dominant — they were absolute. Their reach stretched from Calabria up through Milan, down to Sicily, even into Rome and beyond,” Nico said. “And at the top of the chain sat the Barbaro family, the most feared, most disciplined, and most blood-soaked mafia clan Italy had ever seen. Every port, every trade, every politician on payroll — it all flowed through them.” “The Sicilian Mafia and the Camorra played along, at first. But the deeper the Barbaros dug their claws

Nico“You’re probably too busy. It’s okay if you don’t want to go,” Gianna muttered, standing beside the benchpress machine. I placed the weights down and then sitting up, threw her a look.“That’s the fifth time you have said this within this week,” I said, narrowing my eyes at her.“You’ve been keeping count?” she asked, handing me my towel distractedly.“You have been pretty consistent,” I said flatly. “What’s going on? Why don’t you want me to attend the party thrown to celebrate your success?” Gianna’s face turned that sweet shade of pink as she bit her lip and shrugged.“It’s not that…of course I want you to come,” she mumbled.“Then why do you keep giving me reasons not to?” I raised a brow. “Do you not want me to meet Maximus? Is that it?” She blinked at me, that flush deepening into a shade of red now, and I knew that was exactly the reason. The thought made me scowl.“So you don’t want me to meet him,” I said, crossing my arms. “Can I know why?” Gianna let out a sigh in resp

Nico“Now…that would be an honor,” Maximus smirked, cocking his head. “To be Nicholas Baldochhi’s brother would be an experience. How do you feel about that idea, Nicholas?”I wanted to punch that fucking smirk off his stupid face. And why did it feel like he was taunting me?“You’ll need more than money and attitude to carry the Baldocchi name,” I said, my voice venomous. “The Baldocchi legacy isn’t handed out, it's forged in true Baldocchi blood. Maybe in the next lifetime if you get lucky enough.”I heard Gianna’s hiss from beside me, and I almost expected Maximus to react, to punch me or something, so I could finally start a fight and kill him. But much to my annoyance, he just gave me a cool smile and nodded.“That’s indeed very true,” he nodded. “And what would a poor orphan like me know of legacy? One as mighty as yours. I was just kidding. Gianna, how about I come and get you in a bit? I want to introduce you to some people. Networking is a must if you want to rise and build p