Chapter 368
Aria
The expression on his face made me anxious and worried. This was not a friendly visit.
“I didn’t know you had company.” Vince looked through me, eyeing Angelo. I nudged Angelo’s shoulder, forcing him to step forward so I could introduce him.
“Uh, this is-
“I know who this is.” Vince snarled in a tone I had yet to hear from his mouth.
“Angelo Marino,” Angelo stuck out his hand, showing off his good manners. “I’m looking forward to working…and living with you.”
Vince scrunched his nose at the word ‘living’ and placed his hand behind his back, rejecting Angelo’s gesture. “Aria, can we talk.” He ignored his presence. “In private?”
“Sure.” I turned to Angelo. “Do you mind giving us a minute?”
“Not at all!” He spoke, giving Vince one last smile.
As impatient as he looked, Vince tapped his feet on the floor, waiting for Angelo to exit the hall. With his hands through his hair, he let out a frustrated sigh.
“I hadn’t expected to do this again, but you just won’t let me live in peace.”
What?
“W-what have I done this time?” I thought about my wrongdoings. I behaved as he asked me to, didn’t cause any trouble, and hadn’t done anything out of the ordinary.
“Are you familiar with Corco’s Bakery?”
“Yes, I am,” I remembered the shop I had visited on collectors’ day. How could I forget?
“Did you use my name to scare them into paying you?” Vince’s soft tone did not match the angry expression on his face.
I didn’t use his name to scare them into paying. They had already paid before that.
“Not really, I just-
“Did you or did you not?” Vince lost his patience this time, glaring at me as if I was the most disgusting human being on the planet.
This was what Angelo had warned me about, and maybe he was onto something after all.
Vince to like and respect me, I could not allow him to walk
didn’t,” I clarified-but he still
know, and you told me
me the truth.”
Truth?
want
the owner that I would send you the next time-but seeing your butthurt reaction…. I’m not that sure anymore.” The words left my mouth so quickly.
kind person, but that same kindness had also
group of people he didn’t know if that meant he
good
a lie. I could finally see his true colors and they were not
butthurt reaction?” Vince pointed to himself, utterly confused. “You’re using my name to fear others, but
little.” I shrugged, not backing
and I didn’t know you would get this upset-for that,
“But?”
Morales and the Garcias, you need to grow thicker skin, and you need
as if I had cut off an innocent man’s head. All of this
by man up, you mean scaring people?” Vince
was wrong with
lessons I had once received. It worked out perfectly fine for our family.
sound like my father.” Vince
Garcias weren’t getting anywhere. Fabio Garcia might’ve been a demon, but he was powerful and
maybe you need to be more like Fabio!” Those words weren’t meant to leave my mouth, as I knew how sensitive of a subject
I didn’t know how to take it
pit in my stornach, I looked at Vince’s dark, cold eyes, which showed no
father had triggered something.
I had no idea where to start because he had already clarified that
compared to that
be paying off Joe Coreo’s debt.” Vince shrugged off my
that!” I panicked, trying to save his reputation. “D-dad will—”
and you will never threaten that family or anyone else in that neighborhood ever again. Not while using my name!” Vince stated, not showing any intention of
as I tried to find the words not to let him get away. Paying off one of our
even kill
telling you right now-I’ll do anything to prevent that from
escaped from Vince’s lips, before he turned his head to look into
was intense. “I promise you-we will live a very
was going. “Don’t pretend like you weren’t planning on doing
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