Chapter 289 – The Final Negotiation

• “We were desperate, nonno,” Daniel says, stepping forward. “It’s my fault, it was my idea –“
• Bianci just presses his lips together, waving a dismissive hand at Daniel. “No one believes that you thought of this Daniele,” Bianci says, dismissive, turning his gaze back to me. “It is all this grasping little girl, isn’t it? Trying to get her claws into the Bianci family – to see what she can do.” He bends over a little, peering into my eyes like he’s trying to figure me out. “What is it you have planned, Fay? What do you really want? Were you trying to take Gio out of this family so that your boy could be my heir? Hmm?”
• Something in the way he stares at me like I’m a cunning little toy, a piece of clockwork he can figure out makes me stand up straighter, lifting my chin high. “I want what was offered, Bianci,” I say, my voice firm. “I want Kent and Gio out. Nothing more, nothing less. I want Kent out so that my child is never any closer to this business than he already is. And yes, I played every card available to me to get that, as well as putting everything I have on the table for you. I’d do it all again.”