Chapter 373
Aria
We said our goodbyes to the Lambertis, and the driver took us to the infamous Garcia Factory. Many who had either worked or been there stepped out traumatized.
From the inside, the heavily protected Garcia Factory looked like an innocent paper mill, but those affiliated with the Garcias knew better.
May it be money laundering, forging documents, sending out trucks to deliver and spread the words about their product-the Garcias could do it all.
At one point, they were big enough to give the Lambertis and the Alfonzos a run for their money-but with Fabio Garcia out of the picture, rumor had it a lot had changed.
As we walked through the building, many women went above and beyond to grab Vince’s attention. From accidentally dropping a pencil and bending so low, we could see their panties from under their uniforms to brushing his shoulder, not giving a shit I was standing right next to him.
Vince didn’t forget to acknowledge every single one of them, showing me this was not his first encounter and would not be his last.
He would touch them, but he would not touch me.
“So, what are we doing here again?” I could release a breath after reaching a hall that hadn’t been occupied with Vince’s fangirls.
“I have to sign some papers.”
“What do you have to s-”
“Vince, I’ve been looking all over for you!” An older man interrupted our conversation, almost out of breath, to catch up with Vince. “One of your cousins mentioned you’d be here.”
“Nico.” Vince didn’t appear to be excited.
“Yes?” The man called Nico spoke, not giving me as much as a glance. “By any chance, do you happen to have the key on you?”
Vince nodded.
“Vince-I’ll be leaving the country soon, and I am going to need you in that basement.” He was in a hurry. “We need to discuss-”
“What we are going to do with all of those boxes?” Vince grabbed my shoulders, pushing me in front of
him.
Right. The boxes.” Nico fixed the glasses on his nose to take a better look at me.
“Aria Morales. My wife,” Vince introduced us. “Aria…Nico.”
“Yes, yes I’ve heard a lot about you.” Nico shook my hand for a few seconds. “Nice to meet you. I’m an… old family friend.”
“I missed you at the wedding.”
missed an invitation.” He clapped his hands together. I knew for certain mom made sure to invite everyone on the Garcias list.
around if you want!” Vince ran away from the subject. “I’ll just catch up with you later.”
“Can’t I join?”
He clicked his tongue. “My wife shouldn’t be moving boxes, now should see? Maybe some other
Vince made
suspicious to me. Why couldn’t I join him to move these so-called ‘boxes’ and what
I couldn’t know about?
I noticed a woman staring at a board and tapped her shoulder, hoping she could tell me some more about this
I greeted her, forcing a warm smile.
“yes?”
the basement-do you?” I lowered my voice, looking
speak of the basement!” Her voice was only above a
The situation got a whole lot more strange. I wasn’t crazy and knew I heard
to operate from.” The woman told
to the other side
say
“You mean, Fabio?”
shushed me,
girl? I could work with that.
do you think he was hiding down there?” I made good use of my
The woman went into deep thoughts.
so who knows,”
now to drop Fabio’s name-yet here I was, speaking of his name as if I was the one to put it
had to stop doing that.
“Thanks”
and the
working
Garcia was an evil man who had scared everyone to the point not even his family wanted
a man who had shot his own son, intending to kill him.
Stop
ghost was haunting the
my flank made me jump in surprise, and I let out a loud
was the part where he would normally laugh at my stupidity, but this
pale, and he looked tired. It must’ve been whatever he was hiding down there in that
gave it my best try, not expecting Vince to
shook his head, not giving in.
through his lies. “Are you
you have to sign
around uneasily. “I’m ready to
was he
I thought he began being a bit more accepting of
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