Chapter Nineteen

Roman's POV

I watch with lulling fascination as waves crashed on the rocky shore below my room. It's a luxury whenever my father is away or minding his own business. As a kid, I always strive for his approval but as I grew older I realized that it was never a pleasure to have him in the same room.

My father is a cruel and calculating man, always wanted to be a mile ahead of his enemies. Since a child, he keeps on drilling on my head that the only weakness a man could have in our line of work is the people that gave us unnecessary feelings. To eliminate the weakness, we must take out the people that make us weak.

But he's wrong. What I feel for Victoria is not unnecessary and certainly, it never makes me feel weak. A truth my father must not know. It's a secret I'll take to my grave as long as Enrico Hernandez lives.

Victoria. I smile as an image of her smiling face took form in my head.

I've been watching her for a long time now but I still do