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Lorenzo was glaring atin He was staying silentfor now But I kneas not going to last This outburst was a long ti Sienna bore the brunt of decades of resentment and hate Sienna had bore the brunt of my decision to cut him off This was on me
“Blood does not make you a Don, you know this,” I said quietly “You had to earn it You had to prove to your father that you could keep this fa That you would hold on to the empire that took decades to build” I leaned forward “You didn’t do that We both know you couldn’t do that I was never reed that I would pass the reins over to you when you cae When you proved you orthy of it”
I grittedout, taking yourself further and further away until it became impossible for you to ever sit here”
I waited for hi, face red, puffing angry breaths through his nose
Lorenzo was furious He wanted to hurt h he h self-preservation to understand his life was in the balance right now and that if he tried anything, he was dead
“You know that anyone else who did what you did would be bleeding out on le to keep un and shoot hiht about the bruises on Sienna’s arms The mark on her cheek The fear and blame in her eyes
My fists clenched
“The only reason you are not bleeding out on ht now is because I love and respect your father And your mother I will not do that to them, take away the one child they have left”
It was then that Lorenzo lost control, the self-preservation that did not co
“Fuck you!” he roared, pushing his chair to the floor “Cristian the hero The sonfrom me You are just a street rat, your blood is not pure You have stolen the throne from me” There were stains of blood around his lips, and his voice with thick, his words slightly garbled Sienna had dahdamsel She would’ve killed him if Felix hadn’t entered the rooer She was not And that hy she was o
He no longer had his gun, and I had no doubt he would’ve attempted to shoot ood thing too since I would’ve had no choice but to end his life As it was, I did not relish what I had to do now, even though ittheir one re child