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Tommaso leads the way first, with his gun still pointing in the stranger’s direction. I keep my eyes down, too embarrassed to look at the stranger.
“Tell your boss I’m coming for him,” the stranger says. “And you too, Adriana.”
I steal a glance at him, hearing my name fall from his lips. It disturbs me to know he knows my name.
“Fuck you,” I mouth with my middle finger slightly raised.
He stares at me with a smirk as I walk faster. I turn away from his glance, breathing heavily.
The bar is still alive as we make our way through the crowd.
Altieri and Tommaso put their guns away to avoid drawing the attention of the crowd. They have no idea what has just happened. I could have been dead. Gone without anyone finding out.
Tommaso leads me to a red Mercedes S-Class parked by the roadside. I enter the backseat hurriedly as he opens the door for me.
Altieri takes the driver’s seat, with Tommaso beside him. He starts the engine almost immediately and makes a turn.
The silence in the car makes me feel uncomfortable.
I have no idea what they saw but that stranger is a Malgeri—my father's worst rival group. I recall his name in my head, irritated by our moment at the bar. It makes me cringe, knowing he had his finger inside me.
I'm pissed at myself for letting my guard down and having a Malgeri touch me, especially after having clung to my virginity for so long. Out of all the people, I let a Malgeri be the first one to touch me like that.
The Malgeris are well known around here for being ruthless murderers. One of their attacks, wanting revenge on my father, led to the death of my mother.
I’ve since resented every Malgeri and want nothing but to see them all dead. Especially the head of the Mafia group and my father’s rival, Thomas Malgeri.
“Who is he? Alessandro?” I ask.
Tommaso tilts his head to the side to glance at me. “Thomas Malgeri’s son.”
I swallow harder, knowing how fucked up tonight was. The kisses... his touch. The son of my father’s rival. He was a fucking dick for trying to kill me.
“Father mustn’t know about this,” I warn. Aside from his anger of having his control over me slip, I wouldn’t put it past him to throw Mother, and how disappointed she would be in me, in my face.
Altieri’s eyes meet mine as he stops to stare at me through the rearview mirror. He nods a response. The car grows silent again.
I try to reach for my phone in my purse to text my sister, Beatrice.
“Shit,” I whisper, smacking my palm on my head. I remember leaving it in the VIP section of the bar.
I sure didn’t plan for my night to end like this, even though I had a tiny feeling my father would have his men come looking for me; he always does this. Finding a way to ruin everything for me with his men showing up with guns.
I’ve never had a normal life without being reminded that I am the daughter of the great ‘Manny Gustavo’. The powerful and unchallenged Salvatore of the Gustavo empire.
My father has been the head for two long decades. The people of New York City have grown to know and fear him. Who wouldn’t?
Me.
I’ve never given a shit about his title or power running a drug cartel. Unlike my sister, Beatrice, I’m the daughter my father couldn’t get control over.
Beatrice is his loyal puppet who would do anything to please him. Just like Tommaso and Altieri.
I spite him. And my little escapade tonight has me in more trouble.
I roll my eyes, thinking of the whole lecture he would have me listen to tonight. I could almost recite his words in my head. He never seems to grow tired of talking about how careless I am.
If he could only accept that I’m not the daughter he gets to control like Beatrice; I’ll never be her.
