At first when Petra told Rafe that Mr Luciano was by the door...
He laughed at her like she lost it...
But now that they were sitting face to face he had lost his ability to speak.
Mr Luciano looked far from comfortable. He sat on the small sofa, as his assistant stood beside him...
Luca didn't even dare to sit...
He was sure the poor sofa couldn't have managed him.
Petra served some pastries and sat beside Rafe.. incase he needed support.
" I wasn't expecting you... In my life" Rafe added after he found his voice.
Silas did not speak, instead he gestured Paolo to speak.
Rafe picked out that neither he nor his bodyguard enjoyed any type of conversation.
"Uh.. Mr Luciano here" Paolo started then nervously cleared his throat for the third time in the same sentence. " Well... We just had our statistics... You're store sabotaged our business... I mean,Mr Luciano's business"
Rafe frowned then looked at Mr Luciano
"Excuse me?"
Mr Luciano still blank ,still quiet
" You have been selling the wrong Luciano... And the sales dropped drastically, please look at the charts" Paolo handled the tablet to Rafe
Rafe took it and took a look.surely they did not look good
He looked at Petra
" I'm sorry Mr Luciano, but we also buy our stock... You can't just put the blame on us." Petra said sternly
" Uh... Ma'am " Paolo coughed nervously '' please speak to me."
Silas unaffected kept running his long fingers on the soft fabric of the sofa
" It's true... You get the stock from someone, we want to know where"
Rafe stuttered.
" Rafe?" Petra asked " tell them"
" I.. look, we can get sales back up.."
" That will not be necessary sir... Just give us your supplier"
" I don't know him" Rafe sighed " he or they.. are anonymous"
" You have been selling wine to people from an anonymous source, what if it was poisoned? " Paolo had already switched to his mother hen nature
" I can't do that..."
" Rafe..?!" Petra sounded disappointed
He held her hand " I swear to you Petra"
" I don't care" the menacing voice boomed
They all paused to listen at Silas who had just decided to speak out
" About anything else... poison?,People die everyday. But what about my money?" Silas acted to think
Rafe swallowed" wha... What do you mean"
" Your anonymous source won't pay me... So..."Silas trailed off when he saw his message was clear
" Excuse me...!! This is blackmail, we can't accept this. We need our lawyers" Petra said
" No no... No lawyers" Rafe quickly said. Why was everyone making this hard for him
" Rafe...? What have you done?"Petra asked surprised
" How much do you debt us.?" Rafe asked him ignoring Petra's questioning gaze.
Mr Luciano leaned back on the sofa crossing his legs. He tilted his head left, obviously amused...
He gestured him to scroll the tabled.
Rafe upon seeing the digits almost got a heart attack
" Still interested?"
" Mr Luciano, I don't have this amount of money!"
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Billionaires In Rome
Romance" don't be fooled by appearances gattino ... even the devil once was an angel" she trembled, her lips trembled... her whole body did. she was terrified. those huge angelic eyes were glassy, if she blinked they'd fall. she wasn't as strong as he, so...
