Five days passed painfully to me. I was not able to do anything because I was heavily sedated all the time. That's why I am now in my temporary office listening to Enzo discuss all the work I missed. After he finished talking, he gave a smile that is too bright for my current situation. I resisted the urge to throw the stapler at him.

"Why are you in a pissy mood?" he asks

I roll my eyes at him. "Vaffanculo! Being a Don is not supposed to be working like an office slave!" I responded. (fuck off)

He smirks at me and says "The Don" he points at me "organizes and plans things while the Under Boss" he points at himself "does all the dirty work. Three years in training and you're still complaining like a whiny child."

I ignored him and started working on the paperworks while making some transaction via call. I was halfway finished with it when I looked up and saw Enzo reading some papers with a strange look in his face.

"You alright? Is everything okay?" I question him. He looks at me and hands some paper to me.

"It's Lily's file. It was delayed because someone hid her records. We need to carefully get her information without triggering the Mafia that hid her information. I also did some research on my own about her." he cautiously explains.

"Why did a Mafia group hide her information? Is she related to someone from the Mafia?"

"She actually has two unrelated connections?" he added. I motion for him to continue. "Andrea Maranzano and Matteo De Luca"

"What? Your sister and Ricco's brother? Explain everything to me now!" I commanded, throwing the papers on the table.

"She is Andrea's best friend and Matteo's ex-girlfriend. She became friends with Andrea, after they moved to Lily's Highschool three years ago. Andrea asked our father to put a hit on Matteo but at that time he was not yet known as Matteo De Luca, he was known as Matteo Regio. Before the hit was submitted to your father, all the traces of Matteo Regio vanished and that was when Matteo De Luca was introduce" he looks at me, waiting for my reaction.

"Correct me if I misunderstood this. You're telling me that Lily has known the twins for three years now. And that the twins and Lily knew Matteo before he was involved with his brother's Mafia?" I clarified to him.

He nods his head. "The weird part is, I asked Padre why Andrea wants to put a hit on Matteo. He told me that Andrea never told him why he wanted to put a hit on Matteo, Andrea just went to his office crying her heart out asking for the hit. He tried to investigate but all Matteo's old records were deleted and since Ricco was announced as the heir, Everything about Matteo became protected."

I frowned. What did Matteo do for Andrea to ask for a hit?. A hit from a Mafia family member is not just simply being targeted by an assassin, it means that the person will be tortured to death.

"I can ask Andrea about it but I'm not sure if she will answer me." he offers.

I shook my head. "No. Bring her here, her class was over 2 hours ago. I'll ask her personally" Enzo tried to protest but I gave him an angry look, daring him to speak up.

"Yes Don." He sighs and bows his head to me. He pulls out his phone and sends a text to someone. "She will be here in less than an hour and I also invited her and Andrei for dinner here, Is that okay?"

"That's fine. My mamma will be delighted to have them as a guest" I assured him.

We got back to work and we're interrupted by someone knocking on the door.

"I'm not a heartless person Enzo, I am not going to force her for any information. I just want her to clarify all this" motioning to the papers about Lily. "He must have done something so severe to Andrea or Lily for her to ask a hit like that." I explained to him.

"I know but Can I stay here when you ask her? She has not seen us for 4 years and I don't think this is the greeting she expects from us" he pleaded.

"Fine, open the door but don't speak unless I ask you. Understood?" I asserted to him. He nods his head and opens the door. Andrea quickly hugged and kissed him on the cheeks. He motioned her to sit on a chair opposite to my desk. She sits down and shyly smiles at me.

"What happened to you Salvy?" she gasps looking at my face.

"I am fine. Dont worry about me" I smiled at her.

"Ahmm then why am I here? Did I do anything wrong?" she nervously asks.

"You are here because we just want to know some information about your friend Lily" I answer.

Her eyes widened and she looked scared, "Why? What about her? Did something happen to her?" Enzo grabbed her hands to sooth her

"No. I met her in a very interesting way last week and your brother dug some information about her. We found out about her being associated with a guy named Matteo and you requesting a hit for him. May we know why you asked for the hit?." I ask as nicely as possible, not wanting to scare her.

She just stared at us, Enzo still soothing her. She tried to speak several times but closed her mouth as soon as she uttered a sound. What did Matteo do? Why is she so afraid?

I looked at Enzo and gave him a signal to continue asking her.

"Andrea. We also found out that Matteo is part of the Mafia, his brother tried to kill Salvy" Enzo told her.

"Is Lily in danger?" she asks. "No. No. We need to protect her" she pleaded.

"Why do we need to protect her? What did he do?" Enzo asks, wiping Andrea's tears with his handkerchief

"I am sorry, I promised Lily. I won't tell anyone but Matteo is a fcked up person. She hurt and scarred Lily really badly. That was the reason why I asked for the hit, I want him to suffer like how he harmed her." She hugs her brother. "We need to protect her from him" she begs us.

Rage filled my entire system, I clenched my fist tightly and closed my eyes. An image of Lily smiling pops in my head. What did he do to her? How can someone hurt a good person like her? The anger I feel was replaced with a thirst for vengeance. They are going to pay, not just for what Ricco did to me but also for Lily. I tried my best to calm down.

I felt a tap on my shoulder, I opened my eyes and I saw Andrea looking at me with a smile on her tear stained face.

"Lily told me she saved someone last Friday, Was that you? How did she save you?" she asks.

"It's a secret." she frowned. I laugh at her childishness. "But I am willing to tell you if you help me plan the perfect date for her" I proposed to her.

She nods her head eagerly. "But on one condition"

"Sure, What is it?"

"Please take care of her and Don't ever hurt her" she requested.

I smile at her. "You're like Lily's tiny Italian body guard." she rolls her eyes at me. "Yes. I will never hurt her, and I will always take care of her" I swear to her.

"Good. Because even if you're the future Don. This tiny Italian body guard" she points at herself. "Is not afraid to cut you limb by limb and offered it to the pigs"

I laugh at her attempt to threaten him. We hear a knock from the door and a voice meekly said, "The dinner is ready masters and mistress"