When good meets really, really, really bad.
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Daniel Harper is down on his luck as he struggles to pay for his sophomore year at NYU. After a failed attempt at selling drugs, he gets offered a deal too good to be true: Date the heir to the Vitt...
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LUCIEN VITTORI
Throughout dinner, I could feel the sneaky glances that were given to us. I thought I might've been seeing things or become paranoid. But when I saw Tommaso and Giovanni staring at us then away, I knew something was up.
"And a toast, to Lucien and Danny. May they have a long and beautiful relationship." Father said as we all held up our glasses.
"Alla salute!" Everyone cheered and sipped on their glasses. Danny didn't drink alcohol so he sipped on juice and I made sure to only drink a small amount.
"Tomorrow is father's birthday." I told Danny.
"Do I get him a present?" He asked.
"If you want to. My father's gift from me is not to get into another bar fight for the next few months." I said. Danny went into thinking mode.
"I've got nothing." He said. I hugged his side.
"It's fine." I told him. I leaned down and kissed him on the head. "Let's go outside and get some fresh air."
"Hey, Danny. Come with me." Aria came by and took Danny by the arm away from me. Did she really take Danny from me?
"I'll be back, Lucien." He said. I watched as the two began to walk towards a side garden, out of view from us.
"We need to talk, Lucien." I turned and saw my mother standing behind me. Her tone indicated it was something serious. I followed her and she took us in the opposite direction of where Danny and Aria went.
When I turned the corner, I saw father, Tommaso, nonna, and two other guys. One of them I immediately remembered as Lorenzo, one of dad's associates who specializes in secret ops.
"What's going on?" I asked.
"Something serious has come to our attention." Father said. I thought they were going to be upset about the fact that I had sex with Danny earlier near the olive trees.
"It's about Danny." Mother said.
Now they really had my full attention.
"He's fine. What's with all the worry?" I asked. Lorenzo stepped forward.
He cleared his throat. "One of our lackey's was on the west side and overheard a conversation. According to him, the main topic was Daniel Harper and his connection to us." He said.
"What did their conversation say?" I asked.
"Something about keeping a watch on him. They called it Operation AH. We don't know what AH stands for. But we do know that Daniel may be in greater danger than we expected." Lorenzo said.
"It's the Lombardi's, right?" I asked.
"It was in their territory. It's safe to say so." Lorenzo said.
