Bound by Honour
Gustaw
m of voices outside my study room, the distant clink of glasses, the sharp laughter c
glanced down at my trembling hands and forced them to stay still. I mur
and the consigliere, stepped in, shutting the door quietly. His face wide
Enzo Moretti and his family are on their
Moretti family, a man I have been avoiding for years now. If he is coming here, it co
pushing my chair b
-house, get our best shooters ready just in case. I know we are no match for the powerful Moretti's but
ret- The one I had kept hidden with me for fifteen years, was now a ticking bomb ready to explode. The betrayal of
depressed and desperate for a solution. Then the police dangled hope in front of me and promised her safe return if
uried the guilt with me all these years, hoping no one would ever find out. But now En
looked up just in time to see Marcell
how close; now I know. The Morettis are so clo
said in a
ve Brienna bring up our newly produced banana cake bread, everyone
conducting meetings there because of its serenity. I had paid. a big fortune to interior
ge where I would meet the Lion himself but I deci
i, his son, Luca Moretti and members of his mafia family headed towards me. Enzo and his son moved closer and sat d
t to the point because my son and I have an event to attend in the next f
eck tighten as I tried to
will not only turn outcasts but you will be a wanted man. You are lucky Mateo is a mem
er show any sign of weakness to anyone. "Okay, thank you, Enzo, for choosing to sweep it all under t
s a villain. I am doing you a favor here, you know, but then what do you possibly have that I woul
re dangerous man when I saw one and the two handsome me
t of them so I knew they had come to collect and nothing more. N
." When they still wouldn't budge, I said, "I'll relinquish every single right
th your measly assets and vineyards? I don't have
er him something, something that will bind our families
in Russia. They are one of the five most powerful mafia families in Russia. If we arrange a
onsider." Enzo said with a predatory grin, whi
ti's poker face. I saw the disagreement on Luca's fac
home if that's what you want so we can arrange the marriage. Your son and
hat's what I want." Enzo said excitedly, then he stood up and started heading out to signify that the
e Morettis left and said, "Wedding?
ould accept was a marriage alliance between Elena and
ve you done, bro
, I have a plan to get every single piece of evidence they have and I will use this marri
ld hate me if she heard about the arranged
thing she is doing at the moment and come back home. She would find it strange and ask what is goin
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