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He walked out of that room and the house and went outside to wait for Emilio

CHAPTER EIGHT

“HOW DARE YOU go behindI’ve done for you?”

Raphael refused to look up before he finished perusing the design document as Giovanni walked into his office with all the force of a sto up in his chest was a soothing bal for the actions he’d taken

Giovanni meant the world to him

He had taught Raphael to aspire to bigger drea cars of any kind, believed in his talent and hard hen even his mother hadn’t

He’d been expecting this siege for a week now Frothe members to oust Gio from the board—whose proxy had rested with Raphael all this time anyway

If he succeeded, Gio wouldn’t ever be able to bring someone like Stefano onto the board He’d never be able to ain He’d never put Raphael in a situation where he had to face Pia again

But of course Gio had his spies in the company just as Raphael had his at Gio’s house

Once he finished, he closed down the design software and leaned back in his seat

“Good afternoon to you too, Giovanni,” he said casually, and only then looked up to aze

A thread of unease wrapped itself around his chest, tugging hard

His eighty-four-year-old godfather had the stubbornness of a mule and the constitution of a boxer And yet, his pallor was visible under the olive of his skin Concern pushed Raphael out of his chair as Gio huffed into his office with short breaths and irately dismissed his chauffeur Emilio

Who cast a worried glance at Raphael

“You look like hell, Giovanni” Try as he h Emotion was a weakness that Gio would lap up