The Game Changer (Mafia Families #2)

Chapter 12.2 : The Deal

Hindi na nagulat si Brianna nang bumukas ang pinto at pumasok si Liam Giovanni.

"If you came to take my soul, Reaper. You're five years too late." Agad na sabi ni Brianna.

"De Luca. You're father... he was a piece of work." Sabi lang ni Liam at sumandal sa gilid ng pinto.

"He was a piece of shit." Galit na sagot niya. "I hope he rots and burn in hell."

Liam cocked his head to the side. Seeming to form his opinion of her.

"Pumunta ka lang ba dito para ipaalala saakin ang kamalasan ko sa buhay?"

"Too much anger." Napangiti si Liam. "You remind me of someone."

"Ano ba talagang pinunta mo dito Liam? Kung tungkol ito sa kasunduan natin. I will pay my debt Reaper. May isang salita ako." Walang gana na sabi ni Brianna.

"Hindi ba pwedeng bumisita lang ako para kamustahin ka?"

She gave a sad laugh.

"Didn't know you had any heart to care."

"I don't." agad na sagot niya. "I used to. When I was young and foolish and thought the world was a bright place. But we all learned our lessons, didn't we?"

Liam looked at her like he knew everything, the tragedy that was her life, the embarrassment that was her Famiglia and her unlucky bloodline. He knew it and that scared her more than anything. With a call, he could destroy her and her brother. Ang magagawa lang niya para sakanila ng kapatid niya ay manahimik and let Liam call the shots. Let him play with their lives.

"That's news to me. Didn't know you had a heart. I always thought the great Liam Giovanni was born dark." Sagot nalang niya and the monster was amused.

One thing she was sure. Liam wasn't greedy for power. He already has so much.

No, it wasn't for power. It almost like it was for fun. Like their lives and the five families was all a big f*cking playground for him. Like they were all puppets and he was pulling the strings.

Liam smiled. That chilly smile sent shivers down her spine.

"I am not here for small talk Brianna." Simula niya at parang mas lumamig ang silid kahit mahina lang yung aircon. "You reveal too much, I'll put a bullet between your eyes."

"How charming Liam. Really. Enough with this cliché mafia bullshit. One day, maybe I'll take you up on that offer but right now I need to live long enough to save my brother from the mess our stupid father made for us." She mustered all her courage to say that. "I've seen greater monsters Liam. You are just one of many."

"This is not a competition of who's the greater monster, Brianna." Malamig na sagot ni Liam. "You've heard, but you haven't seen. Words are one thing and seeing is another."

Liam looked at her like he was daring her to ask. Brianna didn't want to but she did.

"And which one are you?"

"I am a man who stays true to my words and when I do them..." he trailed off and pushed off from the wall. He smiled, enough to see the canine of his teeth. "You won't like what you see."

Napalunok nanaman si Brianna. He is a monster and he isn't even denying it. That handsome face holds so much darkness inside.

"I-I will not talk."