Page 342 of Valentino

“Meet you there.”

“Giuliano.”

“Yeah.”

“Can you remove everyone from my parking lot before we arrive?”

“What do you mean?”

“I need to speak to you and Romeo alone. No other guards present in any shape or form.”

“Got it.”

“See you soon.”

Ninety minutes later.

We pull into the underground parking lot in Valentino’s building.

Giuliano and Romeo are waiting beside the parked SUV.

“Stay in the car,” he snaps.

What?

Before I have time to reply Val gets out of the car and marches toward them.

Oh no…. I jump out of the car and chase after him.

Valentino walks straight up to Romeo and punches him hard in the face.

Romeo’s head snaps to the side and he staggers backward.

“She could have been fucking killed,” he growls. “This is your first and last warning.” Valentino stands over him. “You go behind my back again, I will murder you with my bare fucking hands.”

“What’s happened?” Giuliano stammers as he looks between the boys. “What’s going on?”

“Romeo gave Anna dirty blow. She went to Carlo pretending to want him back and fed it to him. She could have been fucking killed.”

Giuliano’s face falls, his eyes flick to me.

“She wasn’t,” Romeo replies.

Smack!

Valentino punches him in the face again.

“I will fucking kill you.” He pushes him back. “Shut your fucking mouth.”

“He overdosed?” Giuliano frowns.

“Yes.” Val nods. “He’s dead.”

“Are you sure.”

“Positive.” He runs his hands through his hair. “One hundred percent dead.”

Giuliano’s eyes light up, he laughs out loud and claps his hands, before pulling me into a hug. “You did it.” He holds me tight and I can feel the relief oozing out of him, “You fucking did it.” As if realizing something, he pulls back to look at my face. “Anna, you can’t ever tell anyone of this.”