26

Alessio

"This is the last thing to do." Leif beams with a radiant smile, tapping the company ownership documents on my desk. The lawyer just dropped them off. "Everything officially belongs to you now. All you have to do is sign the documents."

"Thank you, Uncle." I shake his outstretched hand, savoring the surge of victory. My new reality became real for me the moment I stepped inside Scarfoni Inc. earlier this morning.

We're in my new office, on the fifteenth floor at the very top of the building.

It used to belong to Leif. He felt I'd be more comfortable here than in my father's office. He was right.

At the moment, my father's office is closed. No one is using it out of respect. Everyone knows he's not expected to make a return to the world of the living, but they won't do anything with it until after he's gone.

I'm only honoring that because I want to make a good impression and I've already caused enough upheaval.

All eyes were on me when I arrived earlier, and as Leif gave me the