Chapter 5

Dante hurriedly followed Marco as he walked out of the main mansion.

Just then, Francesco called out to him. Marco wanted to ignore him, but Dante gestured for him to behave.

"What is it?" He asked Francesco the moment their eyes met.

Francesco with a stoic expression stood before Marco with no space in between them.

The De Luca Family were all known for their height and eye color.

Everyone had the gray eye color, aside from the snake-eyed Twins of course.

Also, they were known to be extremely tall, including the women.

"In a month's time, when you fail to prove yourself to everyone, I will personally take you down." He threatened without fear.

The worst thing Marco hated was threatening and that was the line Francesco crossed.

Just when Francesco turned to leave, Marco called out to him this time.

"The next time you threaten me this way, I won't regard your status in this family and I'll make your son pay with his life." The threat didn't sound like a threat, but it was enough to send a clear warning to Francesco.

Afterward, Marco walked directly to the car where Dante was already seated, waiting for him.

Once he got into the car, Dante turned towards his direction as the driver drove off.

"That was harsh of you, he is our uncle." He said with a sigh and shook his head pitifully.

"Shut up." Marco silenced him even before he could think of any more words to say. The ride back to his own base took roughly two hours, but they arrived in no time.

Marco lived in Reggio Calabria, his mansion and everything he owned were situated there. But the De Luca Clan lived separately in another city inside Sicily.

It was a two hours drive away from Reggio and Marco was thankful for that. Firstly, he didn't have to see his father often and his annoying family members.

Francesco was doing everything possible to make sure he lost the position as the head of the Clan, so his two snake-eyed sons could take over. But Marco would rather bath in acid than let his position be taken away.

He had trained hard just for that position and not just anyone could pull him away, even if they wanted to.

The car soon came to a halt before his mansion and a guard rushed forward to pull the car door open for him.

Stepping out of the car, he is suddenly met with his other cousin who was also his underboss, Selena.

She gave him a curt nod and followed behind him as they walked into the building.

"Why are you here? I didn't remember calling you." He asked, not even making an attempt to hide his irritation.

Selena who was already used to his nonchalant arrogant attitude bowed as she reported.

"Buffy had reached out to me to find a red hair whom you had a one-night stand with."

Marco winced at his cousin's robotic tone. She was always so blunt and it was definitely not good for her.

Dante whistled low in his throat as he turned his head to face Marco.

"It wasn't as Francesco said it was." Marco surprisingly tried to explain himself. Well, if he didn't explain himself to that dickhead of a cousin he had, then there was no doubt that he would be faced with endless teasing, one that he hated with his life.

"Yes, I was supposed to find a red hair." He admitted and took a seat on the couch. Out of irritation and anxiety gnawing at his heart, he pulled out his pack of cigarettes and lighter, immediately stuffing one of them into his mouth and lighting it.

"Care for some?" He asked Dante who kept watching him with disgust written all over his face.

"That there is a sin against God, I'm sorry but I can't take it." He said directly and everyone just gave him a bewildered look.

Marco ignored him, not giving a fuck about his nonsense as he turned to Selena again.

"So Boss, we found a total of 340 ladies with red hair in this city. I don't know which of the red is the one you want."

"Well fuck me, how am I supposed to find her?" Marco ran a hand through his hair in frustration. Why did the red hair have to leave the very minute she woke up? Couldn't she have waited a few seconds or minutes?

"Don't worry, Boss. I asked Ezekiel to look into it and find her through the footage at DD." Selena clarified and Marco could finally breathe. He couldn't tell what was going on with him, but he felt he needed that red hair by his side. She brought him comfort and sleep. Who wouldn't want that?

"You had to involve that sinner?" Dante suddenly joined in on hearing Ezekiel's name. Ezekiel was also a De Luca, but everyone looked down on him because was gay.

Despite the amount of money he made on a daily basis, enough to buy dozens of jets and his bank account wouldn't bleed from it, no one accepted him.

"Quit with that act of righteousness, you and I know you're worse than I am." Suddenly, a deep voice rang out behind them and they all turned to see the very person they were busily discussing.

"Zeke." Marco wasted no time as he called out his name. No need for formalities was what his gaze transported to Ezekiel and the latter nodded.

"I found the girl." He said and sat beside Marco, pushing his hair back and fanning himself with his hand.

This irritated Marco who immediately sent a warning glare his way.

"Chill, if you kill me now, you won't know where she is," Ezekiel said with an eye roll.

Once Marco had adjusted, as if accepting defeat, Ezekiel beamed.

"I must say, she is such a beau! Damn!" He gave Marco a knowing look and Marco returned the look with a hard glare.

"Just spill." He said through clenched teeth.

"Alright, the girl's name is Alessia and she is from the Rizzo family. She leaves with her uncle and she..."

"I didn't ask you to give details of her life, just tell me where to find her!" Marco was already frustrated.

Who even asked this guy to handle this?

"Fine, She is at the Santa Maria Della Cattolica in Via Tommaso Campanella. "

"Tommaso Campanella," Marco muttered and then turned to Selena, "Gather some men, go to Santa Maria Cattolica, and get her for me, immediately. Ezekiel, you're going with her."

"Yes sir!" Ezekiel mocked and got up to his feet, ready to leave with Selena.

Once Marco had given the final order, they all left the mansion, ready to find Alesia.