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Before tightening my finger against the trigger.

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Mateo

“I never thoughtI’d see the day,” Lorenzo said.

His eyes fell to his lifeless brother in a pile on the floor before he clicked his tongue. And when his gaze met mine, I prepared myself for yet another fight.

Even though the bottoms of my feet were still on fire.

“Gain feeling in your tongue yet?” he asked.

I wiggled it for him. “Ready to kiss and make up?”

He chuckled. “Over my dead body.”

I motioned to the floor. “Already got your brother. Might as well make it a duo so he’s not lonely in Hell.”

I went to charge Lorenzo, but all he did was snap his fingers. And the in the blink of an eye, I had three security men picking me up and carrying me back towards the front door. I struggled against their muscles as they tossed me out onto my ass. I heard Char yelling from around the back of the house and I scrambled to my feet.

“If you’ve harmed one hair on her--.”

But, all he did was snap his fingers again and interrupt me. I heard the faint cocking of a gun in the distance before something clattered to the ground. And out of nowhere, Char started cursing.

“Put me down you massive, brutish son of a bitch! I’m going to kill you if you don’t let go of me. Teo! Teo, where are you!? Fucking son of a god damn--.”

Lorenzo chuckled. “Would you shut up, you stupid bitch?”

I growled. “You say one more thing against her, and I’ll—.”

He snapped his fingers once more and all of his men had their guns trained on me. I held up my hands as my vision finally began clearing as Char was dumped at my feet. She scrambled to get up and I saw tears dripping down her face despite the anger in her features.

Then, I noticed the blood on her hands.

“What happened?” I murmured.

Lorenzo chuckled. “My guess is her mother was shot back there on my orders.”

I blinked. “Her mother? On whose orders?”

He pulled out his own gun from his hip and aimed it at my face. “Thank you for helping me out with my little predicament. I wasn’t sure if I’d have the physical capability to take out poor Gloria and Ronnie at the same time. But, it seems as if you two really do like playing dirty.”

I took a step toward him. “You are the most disgusting, most annoying, craziest little--.”

He pressed his gun against my head. “Uh-uh-uuuuh. Wouldn’t want my finger to slip, would you? After all, Miss Pettigrew’s already seen one person she loves killed today. Do we really need to make it two?”

I felt her trembling at my side and I reached for her hand. She slipped her palm against my own and she was as cold as ice. In shock, no doubt, but that meant we needed to get back to the beach house.

Somewhere where she felt safe so I could calm her down.

“This isn’t over,” I said.

Lorenzo nodded. “But for now, it is.”

His men started shoving both of us to the Ferrari and I bubbled over with rage. How the hell had Lorenzo commanded the respect and ownership of Ronnie’s entire empire before the man was even dead!? That family had some shady shit going on inside of those walls, which gave me all the more reason to want Lorenzo dead.

But for now, I needed to make sure Char was all right.

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