til sunrise, running every conversation, every email, every whispered hallway exchange t

ugh legal channels. And yet, every time she got close, the companies she chased vanished into paperwork ash and di

pected the traitor

cia

he doorway of her office, holding

y?" her assi

forced a smile.

u've been at this for days.

was loyal, smart and sweet too good to be

to leak something," L

ed twice. "

stir the pot, but just false enough that

So basically you a

ted like it was any more different

*

ate was too qu

l villa and into a past that refused to die. His uncle, Salvatore Roman

Salvatore said,

exander replied, shruggi

e's voice clearly expresses his disdain. "

le

d cold. "That's the problem. Riccardo built a

uttered, pouring himself a drink

t flinch, and worse, she's not stupid. You keep dancing around h

s uncle's. "I know what I'm doing. I'm sure yo

ell. I have had to put a puase on three of my side buisness within a month because of your trial. Do

though he wasn't sure that was tru

s she? What do you call someone who sniff

. A thorn in his side? A challenge? A warning? Or just the o

ix this issue or you step aside and let another faction overthrow your Father's aut

lenched. "I'll ig

*

on a shared drive. The document linked a fictitious account under Romano Construction to a shipment of illeg

iana had to

y someone on the admin floor, and once from a remote

la Logistics dissolved i

ng

time. A smug satisfactory look on her face. She had them right wh

the second IP?"

sked. But I'll call in a favor fro

it f

lse racing. The mole

as sure of it. Just o

cousin Nico in a downtown bar that

lla?" Alexander ask

ain. You sure that girl doesn't h

lexander admitt

rmless but her constant poking is c

ot sli

. "Look, I get it. She's hot. She's smart. S

r didn't

ust a courtroom grudge. If she finds out

ass froze half

t know abou

l. She's

clo

*

bunker than a living space. Files, printouts, and old case not

ned to the wall above he

do Romano Alexander's father. Another with

to her by an anonymous

a seaside villa in Palermo,placed it rough

feeling conflicted at the moment. Why had he neve

ason he had many connections to the family was because of his invest

been clean. Or

d placed a call to her fri

y dealings of the Palermo Holdings a few years

*

He brought down the roof of his car and sat there feeling the w

hone

ntacts-someone embedded in the cit

searching for the sender. I'll

er swor

w the entire truth of the situation himself. Let her aim her fury at

for answers. And R

his father's private

s ledger with a raised eyebrow. "

happened between you

lazy look

hy

coming for us. I need to kno

slowly, movin

d the Romano family. He was really good at the game of underworld politics, more good than i was but he found a gi

d him k

uldn't do that to a ma

g to have Marcelo

her yes. Not

at happened to Alessandro so i can find a way to

protecting her anf her mother. She chose this path. If you want to protect her from what is su

to shock for a long mome

er get her to stop c