Chapter 58

Diego:

“What about you?” Lea suddenly asked, taking me off guard as the two of us walked in silence, enjoying the night’s cold breeze as it hit us. “You asked me why I didn’t become a chef, whether or not it was something that I liked. So, what about you? What did you want to become when you were older?”

“I didn’t have much of a choice, actually.” I said, shrugging my shoulders. “I was born into something. You know, it was as if it was fate for me to become who I am, and I was built into it. I did study though, I went to business school and then settled as Alpha and who I am.”

“Which is basically Capo dei Capi.” She said, lowering her voice. I chuckled and nodded, knowing that I wasn’t going to change it for the world. It had its downfalls and pain, but it was who I was.

“Does it scare you?” I asked, and she frowned.

“Why would it?” She asked, shaking her head in question.

“I don’t know, the blood, the fights, money, what we do…?”

“The idea of it is scary, yes. You know, knowin