Daddy's Rival 2: 5. War Between Men

Lila's POV

It should have been a secret.

I should have kept that night in Alexander’s penthouse locked behind my ribs where no one could touch it.

But secrets have a way of bleeding into the air.

It started with the look my father gave me at breakfast — sharp, assessing, as if my face had written its own confession.

Then the call came. I couldn’t hear the voice on the other end, but I saw the way his jaw set, the way his fingers whitened around the phone.

By evening, I knew. The secret was out. But how? How had it got out so soon. Had there been a spy. But I should have known that my father had his ways. He had boys working for him everywhere - he had eyes everywhere. He was not one of the mob bosses for nothing. He didn't build his business empire by being invisible or isolated. 

The car ride to his private office was silent except for the hum of the engine. I followed him inside, the door shutting with a heavy finalit