LEIGH-ARI“Something to drink?” I offered already reaching out to pour my weapon for the night. If I was going to deal with these babyish boys, then I had to use my brain.I didn’t wait for them to reply, just poured the brown liquid into the glasses and handed them each a glass, then proceeded and swam to the middle of the giant tub. They remained quiet as they sipped on their whiskey unhurriedly. They were still mad, I get it.“Listen up guys. “Ooooooookay. I have a confession to make.” I waited on a baited breath as I watched each one of them shifting in their positions, strongly gazing at me. They were going to murder me for this one.“Sooooooooooo… You are kind of going to get mad at me, but please promise you won’t raise a ruckus.” I said with a stupid grin as I tried to clear the path before things got way out of hand because I bet a million they were going to go berserk.I took a deep breath, and ripped off the band-aid;“Xander has been here. For multiple

LORENZO POVEver since Ari revealed to us about the imposter, my time at the company was cut off as I was helping Verzi to catch the mole. It wasn’t like he needed help, he was perfectly capable of doing it all by himself. I just wanted to share the burden with him, more so because Ari was involved. And wherever she is concerned, it goes without saying; I had to be there.If it were just anything, he would have had the reigns all to himself.We’ve been doing things secretly, not showing because there were eyes and ears everywhere. And if that was how things were, we weren’t going to just go head-on towards this issue. We did most of our talking in Tower Lounge because it was private. We didn’t trust anyone lately around the west wing, because maids were parading the whole wing and who knows, the mole might be just anyone of those. So the Tower Lounge was the safest place to go about the issue.After making the thorough plans, Verzi would go out to dig, and then we’d come

LORENZO POVThings had not turned out as we had hoped. After calling in Ciello to prove Val’s words, we found out that we had caught the wrong guy, and that Val was well innocent and had nothing to do with the imposter. Verzi was a bit skeptical at letting the whole thing just slide, but Ciello had provided us with a few videos of them shagging, of which we clearly had no interest in. I felt bad after that, especially because they even pledged their loyalty to us. They were literally on their knees with faces down as they swore to serve us, even their children and their children after them. Getting three generations of loyal servants was something I didn’t see happening, especially in a moment like that.The things had gotten a little heated and Verzi had slapped Val a few times, pricking a bit of blood. He was never someone to do well with backstabbers. And the idea of being betrayed always tipped him off the edge. But my presence had saved Val’s life because had I not be

LEIGH-ARIThe gun training didn’t work out as planned. Although I had been thrilled by the idea of learning how to use a real gun without shitting myself, it was safe to say I sucked in all ways possible when it came to it. I mean I didn’t even know the basics. Apparently, there was a badass way of holding a gun and how you should deal with it. Such as rolling it with on hands and fingers and shit. And man Verzi looked so damn hot when demonstrating. I had managed to drop my pistol on my toes at least a few thousand times that Verzi had to put something to protect my poor feet.I sucked so bad that I didn’t know how to hold a pistol, I didn’t when it was the right time to cork it, pull the trigger, and shit. At times I pulled the trigger without corking it, and then nothing happened. I even gave up on myself after trying forever. I was thankful that Verzi was so patient and lenient with me. He cradled me gently and tutored me without even feeling drained. But damn! In

XANDER POVFeeling utterly spent, I plopped myself on the lush bed in a hotel room which was rented under the name of some innocent citizen who had no idea how cruel this world is. Although I was a prick who felt guilty for not feeling guilty, pointing a gun and threatening the poor lady didn’t sit well with me. But I couldn’t use my own name; else the renowned Cattanio Twins would find me in a split second and eunuchize me without a second thought. Toying with them had been the best thing ever. I knew the east was well off gone, and as much as I hated to admit it, they did a good job at running the underworld shit. I was tired honestly. The blood on my hands was crying out loud, haunting me every day and night. I knew I couldn’t just leave; I was part of this world now and there was no going back. It was that kind of a thing that once you are in, there’s no going back. It was a vicious hole where you just kept falling and falling and falling deeper into the bottomless ab