Chapter 373
Aria
We said our goodbyes to the Lambertis, and the driver took us to the infamous Garcia Factory. Many who had either worked or been there stepped out traumatized.
From the inside, the heavily protected Garcia Factory looked like an innocent paper mill, but those affiliated with the Garcias knew better.
May it be money laundering, forging documents, sending out trucks to deliver and spread the words about their product-the Garcias could do it all.
At one point, they were big enough to give the Lambertis and the Alfonzos a run for their money-but with Fabio Garcia out of the picture, rumor had it a lot had changed.
As we walked through the building, many women went above and beyond to grab Vince’s attention. From accidentally dropping a pencil and bending so low, we could see their panties from under their uniforms to brushing his shoulder, not giving a shit I was standing right next to him.
Vince didn’t forget to acknowledge every single one of them, showing me this was not his first encounter and would not be his last.
He would touch them, but he would not touch me.
“So, what are we doing here again?” I could release a breath after reaching a hall that hadn’t been occupied with Vince’s fangirls.
“I have to sign some papers.”
“What do you have to s-”
“Vince, I’ve been looking all over for you!” An older man interrupted our conversation, almost out of breath, to catch up with Vince. “One of your cousins mentioned you’d be here.”
“Nico.” Vince didn’t appear to be excited.
“Yes?” The man called Nico spoke, not giving me as much as a glance. “By any chance, do you happen to have the key on you?”
Vince nodded.
“Vince-I’ll be leaving the country soon, and I am going to need you in that basement.” He was in a hurry. “We need to discuss-”
“What we are going to do with all of those boxes?” Vince grabbed my shoulders, pushing me in front of
him.
Right. The boxes.” Nico fixed the glasses on his nose to take a better look at me.
“Aria Morales. My wife,” Vince introduced us. “Aria…Nico.”
“Yes, yes I’ve heard a lot about you.” Nico shook my hand for a few seconds. “Nice to meet you. I’m an… old family friend.”
“I missed you at the wedding.”
together. I knew for certain mom made
ran away from
“Can’t I join?”
You don’t want to do that.” He clicked his tongue. “My wife shouldn’t be moving boxes, now should see? Maybe some other
hand, I was left behind as Nico and Vince made their way to the elevator. Before the door
Why couldn’t I join him to move these so-called ‘boxes’ and
there something I couldn’t know about?
a board and tapped her
her, forcing a warm smile.
“yes?”
don’t happen to know what’s in the basement-do you?”
don’t speak of the
got a whole lot more strange. I wasn’t crazy and knew I
from.” The woman told me. “No one can
the key to the other side
say
“You mean, Fabio?”
me, grabbing my arm. “Don’t say that
girl? I could work with that.
there?” I made good use of my new
into
so who knows,”
employees knew now to drop Fabio’s name-yet here I was, speaking of his name as
had to stop doing that.
“Thanks”
my shoulders, and the next second she was gone. What’s
working here!
Garcia was an evil man who had scared everyone to
man who had shot his own son, intending to
Stop
if his ghost was haunting the Garcia
hand on my flank made me jump in surprise,
me around. This was the part where he would normally laugh at my stupidity, but this time
was pale, and he looked
my best try,
always, he shook his head,
see straight through his lies. “Are you ready to go
to sign
glanced around uneasily. “I’m ready
he
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