Chapter 85

[ADLER]

The stream of smoke blown out by Victor, who stood by the window behind the godfather, holding the curtain aside and looking outside, created the fog in the spacy office. Adler would still bet all of his attention was on their father's conversation with him.

Waiting to see his reaction to the massive explosion thrown at him.

“You made up your mind so suddenly.” He averted his gaze to his brother's back. “Or is there something involved?”

Even if there were, Domenico would not admit it. When his father called him to grace the Rome manor urgently, Adler was not expecting anything less horrifying than getting engaged in two days. What was his father thinking?

Domenico’s face was stoic when he fixed his gaze on Adler’s dictating his words, which were almost law.

With Victor around, they couldn't display their indifference for the sake of the hierarchy.

"There’s been a shift in plan, Adler. Besides that, Athena is a lady; time passes while she waits for you to put a ring on her fi