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Lorenzo comes out of his hideout as he watched Leo walk away from the hallway, he had eavesdropped on the conversation between the Mafia boss and Elena and now he was curious to know if the boss was taking a liking to her.

Lorenzo already had this theory in his head but he just wanted to confirm his suspicions. First, Leo had kept this girl in the Mafia house for weeks now and he wouldn’t let her go, he was treating her like a princess instead of a captive.

The Mafia Boss was not even in any way trying to hide the fact that he cared for her, he was always looking out for her even though he pretends not to at times. He instructs the gunmen to protect her whenever they are out on a mission and he hits them when something bad happens to her.

Hitting made-men for the sake of an outsider; was that not enough sign? Now, in addition to that, he had warned her never to leave this place, he also said she was part of the crew but that wasn’t how the Mafia recruits new members, he was jumping a
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