167.LORENZO
I didn’t know why Diego was helping me back then but at least, I knew that I wasn't alone as I entered that arena.
Though I should have been suspicious. In the mafia, no one did anything out of kindness. There was always a price, always a hidden motive. But somehow, that moment changed everything. He wasn’t just another man in this organization after that. He became family.
And family was dangerous.
"I accept the challenge," Romeo's voice rang through the room, sharp as a blade cutting through the tension.
All heads snapped toward him. Silence settled like a thick fog, heavy with disbelief. Romeo, the undefeated, the untouchable King, had just agreed to fight me, a nobody.
I didn’t miss the fury in his eyes, the way his jaw clenched so tightly his veins bulged. I had disr
