Chapter 10 - I won't be selfish again

Natalie's POV

"Why didn't you go with them?" I asked Alex, as I took a sip of my coffee, desperately needing the caffeine to understand their messed up family tree.

He shrugged, "I do my thing, and they do...their thing."

Just like Nikolas said, Alex isn't part of their thing. Now, I came to understand why, they don't share the same father, but still, their fathers are brothers, doesn't that also make them both part of the same mafia. I really don't understand this.

Wait.

Hold on.

Their fathers are brothers; the uncle Nikolas told me about. That uncle is Alex's father, isn't it?

"Hold on," I slammed my cup down, harsher than I intended, "Your father...he is the uncle, he is the one who hurt Nikolas, isn't he?"

Alex's eyebrows pulled closer, "He told you about that?" He asked, "Wow, I am impressed."

At the moment, I didn't know if I should like Alex, it is his father, after all, he is the one responsible for half the scars over Nikolas's body. I still can't believe it, who the hell wou