Round after round of sharp discussion—that's all his father does with him until Angelo almost goes crazy. With

With a strong fist he wipes his black hair, and with the other he hits hard on the table in front of him that shakes glasses and plates and shoots rust all over the restaurant.

In a loud and dangerous voice, Angelo responded to his father...

"I said enough!"

The strong tone of his voice made the old man and a number of those sitting around them at the dining tables change the way they were sitting uncomfortably in their chairs!

Angelo lowered his voice to a rough whisper and approached his father and spoke in a confident voice, a fire of anger burning in his eyes.

“It is impossible for me to marry the daughter of that idiot, Giorgio, damn it. If I do that, we will be exposed to all the troubles this idiot has been in, and they will come to eat our meat like game all over the state. He did it for his men and his family!!"

“But business requires it, my son.”

replied his father, Antonio, in an angry tone, because of Angelo’s disrespect for him.

“You will receive all his possessions, vast lands, and the loyalty of all his men, in exchange for his daughter marrying and protecting her.

In a sharp voice, Angelo replied to his father.

"Who cares what happens? I don't want him!"

With his big brown eyes and dark eyes, Angelo didn't give the old man a chance to argue with him again.

"I'm rich, and my business brings us great fortune. I won't need the likes of Giorgio."

His father replied to him...

"You know how things go, Angelo!

Money makes you laws, paves the way for you, and brings you allies and loyalty, and you currently need this because you will not reach the top without conceding and accepting Giorgio's offer to marry and protect his daughter."

Angelo leaned back in his chair, took a deep breath, and closed his eyes, angry at his father because all he's been talking about lately is about this girl!

"What is the story of this girl, and why all this attention to her?!

How do you want me to allow a strange woman I have not met in my life to enter our family?

And how do you expect me to give her my trust and trust her as a wife when I know that a despicable person like Giorgio is her father and raised her?!""

His father replied...

Because you chose not to meet her, how do you know she won't like you when you refuse to meet her and you didn't make any effort to do that? Who knows, you might like it when you meet her!

"Rafal, I ask my father to speak his mind because I will lose my patience in a few seconds!"

Angelo needs Rafal for such situations, specifically in cases where he almost loses his nerve and mind. Why not? He is his right-hand man, and one of his most important men is his first secretary, and certainly he is the only one he trusts...

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But Rafal did not calm the atmosphere between them as Angelo expected him to do; he took a deep breath and grumbled and adjusted his clothes, his jacket, and his tie, hoping that he could ignore these two and their sharp rivalry that disturbed him...

"You two know very well my opinion on the matter, especially since I am a person in his life who has never tried his chances of getting married."

Rafal took his cup of coffee and drank from it and spoke in a calm tone...

Both Angelo and Antonio

stare at Raval in silence... Angelo took off the napkin and threw it on the table angrily and stood up to leave...

"Raval, if you have nothing else useful to say, let's go and eat in Kipisconi when we get there."

Antonio furrowed his eyebrows until the wrinkles of his forehead appeared and closed his mouth, biting hard against his teeth, exasperated by his son Angelo.

"Well, Angelo, ignore my desires and don't give them any respect. Is that what you were raised to grow up like this?!"

Angelo raised his head and took a deep breath.

Angelo quickly left the table and gestured with his chin to Raval to follow him. He exited the restaurant door and waited for Raval outside to catch up with him.

"Since when did my father start thinking about this damned topic with Giorgio and my marriage to his daughter?!"

He knows the answer, but he asks, surprised by his father's strange insistence, and continues walking with fast steps to the parking lot...

"Well, you can meet her if that pleases your father."

In a tone of sarcasm and contempt, "Yes, well!! Even if I do, they will still insist on me completing the matter and marrying her, and I will not do that."

"How old are you this year, Anglo?!"

He answered Rafal's question while he gasped.

"29 years old."

"Well, marry her. What prevents the matter from conflicting, as if there is someone else on your mind!"

"I have another woman on my mind, but my mom hates Jenna!"

Angelo rolled his eyes sarcastically.

"You may be right, but at least I guarantee her loyalty."

"Yes, she was loyal to you, but for the wrong reasons. Just marry Giorgio's daughter. At least she is the daughter of the owner of the largest mafia gang, like us, and she will satisfy your tastes, as I told you before. You are no longer young. Do you want to reach the age of forty, and you haven't had your first child yet?!"

Angelo rolled his eyes, mocking Rafal's words, got into the black Escalade in the back seat, and shut the door forcefully.

"Why do you care who I marry?! And have my children when?!

Rafal, shut your mouth. I've had enough of this for today!"

Angelo hits the shoulder of the man with short blond hair who is sitting in front of him in the driver's seat...

"Bart, we're going to Kipiscone; get us out of here now."

Bart looked at Angelo and Raphael in the mirror with a smile and drove off without asking questions.

Chiara walked softly on the red tiles that line the entrance to the Santiago restaurant, a beautiful restaurant with a great view of the ocean. This view has always been pulling her and giving her comfort as she looks at the distant waves breaking in the depths of the ocean in front of her...

The sound of her high heels knocking on the floor as she swayed with her slender figure and slender waist, walking between the dining tables on which few customers came to eat their breakfast this early morning.

A breeze of fresh sea air blew her long blond hair and flew tufts of hair on her face. She took a deep breath from it, hoping that this breeze would relieve her mind of his many thoughts.

She carefully sat on one of the chairs, paying attention to her short skirt above the knee so that it would not wrinkle.

Why is Santiago retiring from restaurant management?!

Why would he decide to sell it? What a loss!”

Many memories crossed her memory throughout her 22 years of life, in which she spent the most beautiful time in this restaurant. Kiara opened her wallet.

She took out an old picture and kept looking at her while she was straying in thought, a picture of her mother with her tender eyes, remembering the days she spent with her when they were sitting and laughing without any concern for any problems and worries in this world. She felt lost without her mother in her life. Kiara could not believe that it has now been six years since her mother's death, and since those painful moments, her father has stopped talking to her! Everything changed after that dreary day.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the voice of her friend, Lily, as she sat on the chair opposite her.

"I think you heard that there are people interested in buying the restaurant?"

Her friend, with short red hair and big green eyes, works as a waitress at a Santiago restaurant, and they have known each other since Chiara moved to Kipisconi seven months ago.

Kiara's answer.

"Yes."

She looks around at this beautiful place teeming with life, wondering why the owner of the restaurant would like to throw it away and get rid of it to turn it into a shop selling antiques and gifts in the hands of its new owners?! Unbelievable because there are a lot of similar stores close to the restaurant!!

Santiago Restaurant is in its old and historic building. It has a beautiful character that does not deserve to be destroyed. She remembered when she used to visit him every summer all her life. What a loss!!

"I'm sorry, Kiara. I wish I could have done something or found a way to help us save the place before it was sold!"

“If I could rent the hotel on the coast at a higher price, I would be able to buy this restaurant myself with my share of the brokerage.”

She said while looking at the picture in her hand...

“If I could rent the hotel on the coast at a higher price, I would be able to buy this restaurant myself with my share of the brokerage.”

She said while looking at the picture in her hand...

“Has anyone called you asking about the hotel?!”

"No one has called yet."

She put the picture back in her wallet and closed it.

"I rented small houses, but no one called me to ask about the hotel. If no one rents it, the company I work for will have to lower its price."

"Wooooooow."

Lilia interrupted her, forgetting the sensitive topic they were discussing, which means a lot to Kiara, and she signaled her to look.

"Look behind you at those handsome men who have just entered; I think they've lost their way!"

Chiara turned to look behind her at the three tall and handsome men in suits with long black coats sitting at a table across from the restaurant.

Chiara asked herself, is it possible that they wanted to buy Santiago Restaurant? Chiara kept looking at them even though the air obstructed her sight when her hair strands flew from the cold sea air in front of her wide blue eyes...

two men with brown hair and the third with short blond hair,

One of the two men with long brown hair arranged symmetrically backwards. I noticed how his brown eyes, with her serious and sharp looks, were examining the place around him. She asked herself, is he waiting for anyone?!

If he does not wait for anyone, he is strange and raises doubts and suspicions!

Because it is impossible for a man like him to be interested in buying a small restaurant! Guys like that wouldn't be interested in investing in a small shop selling antiques and souvenirs!!!

Lily spoke with a smile.

"It's a pity that I have a boyfriend!"

Kiara smiled and did not look at Lilia; she was still looking at this strange man.

Such men surely have mistresses and girlfriends.

As she was speaking, the man looked directly into her eyes, and their gazes met. His eyes seemed as if he had seen something amazing, but he did not smile or express any feelings at all but kept exchanging deep looks.

Kiara smiled at him, blushing, her cheeks reddened, and he turned quickly to look at Lilia, embarrassed that he noticed her looking at him closely.

The look and dress of these two men with brown hair remind her of people who always visited her father. They always had these serious looks on their faces without any smiles or any feelings. Kiara was disappointed and disappointed!

Kiara smiled at him, blushing, her cheeks reddened, and he turned quickly to look at Lilia, embarrassed that he noticed her looking at him closely.

The look and dress of these two men with brown hair remind her of people who always visited her father. They always had these serious looks on their faces without any smiles or any feelings. Kiara was disappointed and disappointed!

Lilia spoke to Kiara with an evil smile.

"I don't see any wedding ring on their finger! I might have a boyfriend, but you haven't gone out with anyone since you moved to Kipisco. Why don't you let me introduce you to these men for coffee with them, especially since one of them is still staring at you now and doesn't look!"

"What?!!!!"

Kiara turned behind her again to make sure of Lilia's words and saw that he was still looking at her to come back and look at Lilia.

"No, Lilya, you will not do that. My father will not allow me to have a friend who will chase and frighten him as he did with all his predecessors!"

Lily laughed.

"You also noticed him looking at you. Come on, don't be shy. Go and introduce yourself to them and sit with them for coffee!"

"No, Lilya, I won't. Thank you for taking care of my private life!"

Did your father ever tell you why he prevents you from getting to know or meeting a friend?!

No, he didn't. I tried to ask him several times about the reasons, but every time he changed the subject and ignored my question.

"But now you are an adult woman who takes care of yourself and your affairs alone. I don't think these laws are still important now."

Kiara sighed in a deep, resentful breath as she felt her face turn warm because she thought Lilia's loud voice could be heard by those men sitting there!

"We'll talk about this later tonight."

Kiara stood up from her chair and walked away from the discussion with Lilia because there was no point in introducing herself to them and sitting with them for coffee; with her father's strict laws that completely prevent her from going out on dates with friends, no matter how hard she tried, he always refused and didn't give her reasons, and she always felt his eyes watching her. Even though she is now graduated and has become self-reliant, she lives alone and works to spend on herself. Kiara does not want her hopes to rise, and then she is disappointed; that breaks her heart.

'I will go speak to Mr. Santigo while you serve these men.

On the other side of the restaurant, Angelo looked at this blonde girl, who was dressed in very elegant clothes, on a higher level than all those sitting in the restaurant who were dressed in casual clothes. Kiara wears a soft off-white silk blouse, a short black skirt, and elegant high heels that increase her height and grace. He saw her rosy cheeks while she was talking to the waitress in front of her and asked himself what they were talking about and what did the red-haired waitress answer until she became so shy?!

He couldn't hear them because their voices were so low.

"Good morning, sir. I'm Lilia, the waitress. What brought you to Santiago today?!"

Angelo stared for a long time at the door that closed behind the blonde girl after she left. He started lost in his thoughts. He didn't notice that the waitress came near their table to take their orders. The waitress stood there for a while, waiting for him to notice her, until Rafal made a fake cough to get Angelo's attention! Lily smiled a fake smile, feeling confused.

"We have business."

This is all that Angelo did to the waitress, and he did not explain more how much he hates that restaurant workers interfere in a friendly conversation with customers and ask personal questions and interfere in what does not concern them.

Do they really expect him to tell them about his work?!!

"Hh, okay."

Lilia replied with confusion and grabbed his little girl and the pen and took their requests.

Rafal spoke.

"We all want coffee; make it from fresh, fresh-roasted coffee!"

Angelo raised an eyebrow as he looked at Raval. He knows that his secretary helped him right and his friend. How obsessive he is sometimes, skeptical about the cleanliness of food, and more demanding if he goes to new restaurants he hasn't tried before!

Lilya went and entered the kitchen with their requests for breakfast and came back after a while with coffee, exactly as they asked. Angela needed a cup of coffee to make him feel refreshed and restore his focus.

"Rafal, give me the broker's number. I want to make an appointment to meet him."

"Do you want me to call him?"

"No, I'll call this time."

Angelo took the number from Rafal and opened his mobile to call and was surprised that the number started with the key to the city of Orlando. He expected the broker to be from a local company from the city of Kipisconi!

"welcome"

A woman's voice answered him, and it seemed that it was the voice of a young woman who had never heard a voice like it before. Her gentle and calm voice caught the attention of a girl who seemed to be too young to be responsible for selling large properties.

"Are you Chiara Collins?!"

"Yes, please."

"I'm Angelo Tomsey, and I'm calling you for a property belonging to a hotel on the beach. Is it still for sale?!"

At his question, Kiara remained silent for a while, surprised.

"No, do you have any questions about the property offered?!"

"No, I have no questions. I saw pictures of the building, and I stopped in front of it a while ago on my way to the restaurant. Can I take a look inside today? I won't have another day available on my schedule until next week?!"

"Of course I'm available until 1 o'clock this afternoon. There is a restaurant called Santiago where we can meet; in fact, I'm there now. Do you know the place and address?!"

"Santiago!! Yes, I know where we will meet at the restaurant in...."

Angelo looked at his precious watch on his wrist and looked at Raval.

"35 minutes from now."

"Wonderful, I'll wait for you at one of the tables on the open front porch of the restaurant."

Angelo smiled an evil smile!

"Perfect and great, I'll be there."

Angelo turns off his mobile while Lilia places the plates of breakfast in front of them. Rafal waited until you went for the night and spoke.

“What was that? Did you make a date?!”