Chapter 21. A Dangerous Side to Matteo

Matteo didn’t pay any heed to the father-daughter duo and pulled out of the hellhole. He knew Amelia was bursting with curiosity, but he preferred to ignore her. He didn’t want to relive his past.

Matteo knew his life was fu*ked up. He was no saint. He was evil, hounded by the most powerful mafia Don, Alfonso di Salvo for the last two years. To escape his clutches, he had to leave his hometown, Sicily, and his family behind and live an anonymous life here in NYC.

Although he left the mafia circuit two years ago, di Salvo didn’t wish to leave him at all because Matteo knew all his dark secrets! In fact, he knew everything about the criminal, having worked with him for five years.

Matteo sighed at the memory. He never imagined his life would end up this way. Being a bright student, he felt overjoyed to get a scholarship to study automobile engineering when his dad, Alessandro Ricci’s car rental business, went bankrupt.

His dad suffered a heart attack, and they