Chapter 56.

Rico.

"Is he okay?" Neera asks immediately Mia hangs up and she nods with a deep sigh. I know she wants to go home but she thinks I won't be okay with it. As much as I want her here, I desperately want this Maxim to be taken care of. That is the only way we will be able to move around freely without a target on our backs or emergency phone calls.

"Baby, let's go handle this first. You can always meet my boys" I hate the sight of unshed tears in her eyes. Mia is currently biting on her lip so hard and I know she is doing that to stop herself from crying.

I will never put this kind of a burden on my kids. I silently pull her to my chest for comfort and she quickly holds me as if she desperately was waiting for that.

As I expected, she doesn't cry even when the tears are on the brink of her eyes. She wants to appear strong in front of her subordinates and I hate it.

"I am coming along," Diego says rushing out of the elevator and I don't stop him.

"More than fifty of my men are down