Chapter 65

Vincenzo POV

It's been a week since I moved back into the family house. While I appreciated Mum's cooking, Father's constant cold shoulder made me feel like a stranger in my own home.

Now, I'm seated in my office, watching the news about De Stefano's Empire. Just as I predicted, the company is spiraling. Shareholders are pulling out, protests are mounting, and the business is on its last legs.

Releasing the brothers' crime report was the final blow—a calculated move to bury them. Now, they're rotting in prison. Once upon a time, they thought they could compete with me, that I was just another low--level Mafia player.

Fools.

I built this empire, brick by brick, with blood, sweat, and ruthless determination. No one—no one—is going to tear it apart.

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