Still Alive

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Berardo jumped from his sleep in pain

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Berardo jumped from his sleep in pain. The events from the days before were a little blurry, but he did remember Regenia attacking him. She was full of anger, and Ardo couldn't blame her. Berardo was an asshole to the beautiful woman, but he could've been much more than what his cousin was. He was trying to get her to switch sides, but Ardo was getting nowhere. Every day it was the same story with her. She wanted to argue or fight, and he couldn't let her get away with her attitude. Berardo had to let Regenia know who was in control. It was pitiful that Giuseppe had let the woman form a mind of her own, which he always thought was a big mistake regarding mafia men.

A Donna was only to give an heir nothing more. She had no control, and that was all Berardo was seeing with the mafia man lately. They thought their women held power behind them, but what he saw was a weakness. However, he saw why Regenia was like this with Giuseppe. The woman was beautiful... fuck that sexy. He loved her curves, voice, and attitude, which screamed too much fucking power, but the bad thing was she was in love with his stupid cousin. He wanted to deflower her, but it seemed Giuse had beaten him to it. Still, he was waiting for the right moment to claim her.

The right moment to make her his own.

He waited too fucking long. Berardo should have known something like this would happen. He had gotten too happy and didn't notice his own men slowly turning against him. Dante was always somewhere lurking, and every time he tried to teach Regenia a lesson, he was there to pick her up. The man was spending too much time with her, and he didn't notice what he and the others were doing. Berardo should have killed them all when he first saw their interest in Regenia, but he thought it was out of pity.

"Sir, you shouldn't be getting up."

"Tell me you have eyes on Regenia and those fucking traitors." He hissed as he tried to sit up. Luckily Berardo was smart enough to wear a bulletproof vest, and Regenia was more focused on hurting him than aiming for his head. However, she did a number on him, shooting him twice in the leg, once in the arm, and the rest of the bullets hit the vest. Her stabs focused mainly on his arms and hand, where he tried to protect himself. Other than that, Berardo was able to walk away even if it was in bad shape.

"Um...."

"I don't like the sound of that. She couldn't have gotten far; all the cars had trackers. Therefore, you better not breathe the fucking words we lost her." He spoke, making the man to his side sigh, looking down at his hands before staring back at him. Berardo knew the next words out of his mouth were about to be some bullshit, causing him to look for a weapon.

"Giuseppe has her, sir. I told you it was a mistake to send Lydia, especially since she knew all your hideout and our plans. Someone told Giuseppe about your cabin, and before I could grab her, Jacob—"

"THE FUCKING EAST END MAFIA! HE TEAMED UP WITH THE FUCKING EAST END MAFIA! HOW COME I DIDN'T KNOW THIS?! FUCCK!" He yelled, trying to hold in the pain he was feeling. Jacob was the last person he needed Giuseppe to align himself with. Besides Berardo, he and Enzo were the most feared in New York. They knew how to smooth talk their way into shit; therefore, he could persuade Ardo's men over to their side. If this happened, Berardo was shitted.

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