Chapter 114

Alexi smiles at me, a sudden genuine hint of adoration in that serious expression, and it still gives me those little goosebumps every time I see those dimples. I flush with heat at his obvious infatuation and wonder how often he gave me this look, and I failed to see it while living in denial. I saw this smile before, many times. I was so blind to what he felt for me.

“The problem is the sixth major player in the city. The Giuseppe family… Dimi, was power-hungry and didn’t want to settle for a piece of the pie. He wanted it all and thought he had the means to take it from the rest of us.”

“What? Fight all five families? Did he have an army, or was he just stupid?” I blanch at the craziness of taking on the Carrero family, let alone a united five powers that run this place. He had to be mentally unstable to assume he could power his way over five of them. Santagato’s family are also a force to be reckoned with. I don’t doubt they all are.

Alexi is still standing by