"I-I-," Enzo stuttered, hesitating, hinting to Damian that he was about to disclose something important."I'm listening," Damian said as Enzo shuddered in fear."Because of my grandma," he said quickly."How?""Originally, I was a common mafia member that led a small gang when Lucian found me. He made me the head of Neo Finance. I was in charge of giving out loans and taking care of them and—""When you say 'taking care of them,' you mean killing them when they threaten to expose your evil deeds to the public?"Enzo nodded as Damian sighed. Lucian wasn't just bad; he was the devil himself."If all of this has been happening all this time, why did the issue start to escalate recently?" Dani probed."Because I decided to stop doing his dirty work. A victim of mine turned out to be my grandma's close friend. Her death shook her so much that she had a heart attack. She hasn't been well since then," Enzo said, and Damian stared at him for a while."Fine," Damian said and stood up, heading
"Do you think he was watching us?" Enzo asked, staring at a fuming Lucian."What do you think?!" Lucian barked angrily as everything fell silent."I set a trap by asking you to leave the group to identify my enemies. We found out about Alberto. He never liked me and Paulo; they both want to see my downfall, but everything worked out for Damian's benefit! That conniving bastard!" Lucian spat angrily again."What are we going to do now?" Enzo asked.Lucian shook his head. "I don’t know. I don’t fucking know! All I know is that I will crush Damian, even if it's the last thing I do!" He gritted his teeth in rage as Enzo stared at him.Meanwhile, Damian stared at the blank laptop, even though there were no visuals. Roberto fidgeted while observing his unbelievably calm young master. It was hard to discern Damian's thoughts from his expression."Young master," Roberto called, staring at Damian, who entwined his fingers and gazed at the empty screen.Roberto’s phone rang, breaking the unendi
"“Now I'll start with Mr. Salacia,” he said after a moment of silence. The man gave him a scornful look, while Damian ignored it. “You came from a rich family where everything is usually provided for you on a platter of gold. You never answer to anyone. You do the commanding, and everyone does your bidding. After your parents died, you took over the Salacia property when you were just 18, and you did pretty well in controlling the enormous asset,” he said as the man scoffed. “What are you trying to say, boy?” He hissed. “Now I’m going to explain something since your old, naive, proud self didn’t let you learn certain etiquette. No matter who or how small a person is, as long as he is over you as your boss, you do whatever he asks you to without complaining or commenting, unless of course, he asks you to,” Damian said with a slow smile that got Mr. Salacia standing up in rage. “You!” He pointed at Damian, who folded his arms and stared at him. “Sit, Mr. Salacia,” Damian said with a ste
"We hope to see you more often here in Rome, Mr. Santoro," Mrs. Castile said with a huge smile as the other shareholders left the room after the meeting. "Yeah, of course," Damian said with a smile, and the other woman reciprocated the gesture as she made her way out too."You've won their hearts as well as put fear in it," Roberto said with a nervous chuckle as he walked up to his boss."It's better to make more enemies than friends," Damian replied. "Besides, I won't be here always. I need to have their backing.""You don't need to. You're the owner. You can do whatever you want," Elena said.Damian shook his head. "You're wrong. If they don't share the same mindset as me, there will be more of Salacia behind my back. I can't monitor everyone at the same time.""You're right," Roberto nodded thoughtfully."We leave for Venice in an hour," Damian said dismissively as he made to leave, but Roberto rushed to stop him, extending his hand by his side.Damian's brow creased in confusion.
Damian stood in front of the familiar gate, glancing at the CCTV camera that monitored the area outside and provided visuals to those within. He waved his hand confidently, wearing a cocky smile. Meanwhile, Lucian, who was inside, noticed this and began to feel enraged. "What the hell is he doing here? Does he have a death wish?" he seethed while watching the CCTV from his office. He grabbed the phone and called security, instructing them to let Damian in, his voice laced with anger. Damian greeted the uniformed security guard with a smile as he entered the mansion. “Good day, Mr. Damian," the guard replied, and Damian continued walking with purpose toward the house. He skipped knocking and entered, finding Lucian glaring at him like an angry beast. Just as he had expected, being at this place only fueled Lucian's anger. After arriving from Rome, Damian had come straight to this location from the airport, and everything was going according to plan. "Domenico Santoro, huh?" Lucian
Ravenna moved to stand in front of Damian, the gun now pointed at her. Damian stared at her in shock. “You’ll kill me first before you harm him,” she said with a determined look.“Have you gone nuts?” Lucian chuckled incredulously.“Yes,” Ravenna replied.“I can’t believe you! Get the hell out of my way, Ravenna!” Lucian shouted at her.“No,” Ravenna replied with a determined look.Lucian stared at her in silence for a while, then spoke up. “Fine then, you can as well die with him,” Lucian said.“Or we can all die together,” Damian interjected, as Lucian's brow creased in confusion.“What?” He asked.“When I walked into the compound, I had bent down to tie my shoelace—you can ask the security if you want. When I bent down, I placed a bomb in the garden…” Damian said as Lucian’s eyes widened in shock.“Just in case something like this were to happen. We can all just die together,” Damian said with a slow, teasing smile.Lucian chuckled and let go of the gun as Ravenna turned to look at
Damian scoffed and shook his head. “What do you think?”Elena raised her brow in confusion. How does this concern her? She thought loudly.“I don’t know. It’s your call.” Elena replied as Damian drew a deep breath and started again. “This fight between Lucian and me isn’t about me having revenge any longer. It’s about the people he hurt in the past, the people he’s hurting now, and the ones he’ll hurt in the future. The fact remains that Lucian is unrepentant.” He paused and watched Elena intently before he continued.“And he now knows my identity. From what I’ve known about Lucian in the past, if I don’t act, he will. And I still have to get to the bottom of my father’s death. He has to pay, Elena.” Damian concluded as Elena nodded slowly.“And Ravenna?” She asked as Damian fell silent for a while, a moment she regretted asking.“What about Ravenna?”“I and Ravenna are done. And I gave her a taste of her own medicine. So we’re good, I guess.” Damian feigned a smile which Elena could
"Thank you, doc," Damian said with an appreciative smile as the doctor in charge of Mrs. B walked out of the room. A few minutes after making a call, an ambulance arrived to take her to the hospital, while the police came for the man who had attacked her."Thank you, Damian," Mrs. B's weak voice cut into his thoughts as he turned and rushed towards her, bending slightly by the side of her bed. "How are you feeling now?" Damian asked as he stared at her bandaged head."Much better. The doctor said the drugs will make me sleep for a while. Now I'm starting to feel dizzy," she chuckled softly, as if trying to reassure Damian she was okay. Damian smiled. "You should sleep now. I'm here. No one will dare to hurt you.""Do you know who they are?" she asked."Who?" Damian raised a brow."My attackers?" she answered."Ah…." Damian chuckled nervously as he thought of what to say. She had seen him question the man, as if he had an idea who he was. It would do no good telling her he was from Luc