The three boys were just street boys and were surprised by both Luca's guts and composure in the face of adversity. The owner of the restaurant was already on the floor, pleading with them to let Luca go. Apparently, it wasn't the first time they were going on operations with guns without bullets, and they had all succeeded. They stood there, contemplating if Luca was really playing with them or if he was trying to bait them into getting arrested. Someone as fearless as him would be none other than a CIA agent or, who knows, a secret agent.Luca stretched his hand to the towel and wiped his mouth. "Of course I really mean it. Don't you think $50,000 would go a long way in your lives?""At least you would stop coming out in broad daylight to steal from people without even knowing how to hold a gun. I doubt there would be any bullets in that gun."One of the boys snarled, "Shut up, young man! We don't trust you. Who knows if you're a policeman or even a CIA agent!" The boy snatched the

The boys were very happy, not only did they meet their boss, but they will be working for him.It was a real-life achievement for them, and they were very confident that they wouldn't disappoint him."Thank you, boss!" They bowed in unison, genuinely happy."Can we keep the blue cards?" one of them asked curiously.Luca nodded, his lips twitching into a smile. "Of course you can keep the cards. They're all yours now."What? They were shocked to the core that they would be keeping something as precious as a blue card. Was Luca being serious? Those boys having the blue card meant that they could shop in any investment that belonged to Lord Ercole without paying. And they could lodge in any hotel that belonged to him. With the card, they could go through anywhere and they would be let pass very quickly.Actually, it was only men with sophisticated portfolios who really had the blue card, but Luca just gave it out.A few minutes later, they were done eating, and they quickly exchanged num

Luca's expression didn't change after hearing that he was scheduled to meet Fabio in the evening. His anger still simmered just below the surface. "He better show up," he growled. "I'll be waiting till 7pm, but now I need to go pay up for what I ate by the roadside." The others breathed a collective sigh of relief as Luca walked out, his authority and dominance clear for all to see. Larosa glanced at her watch and spoke up. "We have less than two hours to go. I'd suggest asking for the location and other important details so when he comes back, we can leave immediately." 25 minutes later, a cab pulled in front of the restaurant, and Luca alighted from it. When he reached there, the woman was already closing up. She pushed the door slowly until it hooked up where it was supposed to. Luca raised his gaze to her and noticed that there were two other kids with her - a little girl and a boy who looked to be around five years old. Does that mean Miss Evenly has kids? Or is she probably ma

The man exchanged glances with his men and nodded his head for them to proceed with the searching. They first started with Giovanni's bag. Using Morpho Detection security scanners, they placed it slowly on the bag and began to scan over it to be sure there was nothing harmful inside the bag. But thirty seconds in, the scanner blinked blue lights and the man stopped. Another man was with a computer which was connected to the scanners, and once it blinked, he quickly checked the computer and announced, "There's nothing in there. It's good to go!" Giovanni, who was watching, was fuming with rage, seeing that they found nothing, and he knew for a fact that they'd certainly find nothing in any of the bags they were searching, but he just kept mute, waiting for when they were done so he could pick a fight with just one of them to teach them manners. They took on the same routine with Larosa's bag, George's bag, and lastly, they took Luca's bag. Placing the machine on it, they began to sc

The following morning, inside an enclosed room, Larosa lay on the longest couch. George and Giovanni were both on the other two couches, while Luca stood by the side of the window, his mind filled with thoughts of how the tracker got into his luggage. It was just 5:36 am in the morning, but he was already up. Apparently, he didn't sleep a wink last night after his whole team joined him in his detainment.After they said he was going to be detained, Larosa and the others blankly refused unless they were going to join him. After a long argument, they allowed them into the same room with Luca. Since last night, they had been locked up, hoping that when Fabio heard the news, he would ask for their release, but they were obviously wrong.When Fabio checked into his suite and his men told him their ordeal with Luca and the others, he didn't bother to even see or talk to them; he just resigned back to bed with his companions.The room where he was detained was quite spacious. Since they resp