Chapter 96 : The Betrayal

Fabio’s heart pounded in his chest as he locked eyes with Felix, who stood between him and Sophia. The chaos in the house was still raging around them—the sounds of shattered glass, the heavy footsteps of the cartel enforcers, Sophia’s panicked breaths—but all of it seemed to fade into the background in that moment. All that mattered was the man standing in front of him.

“Fabio, stop!” Felix repeated, his hands still raised as if to pacify him.

“Why are you here?” Fabio growled, his voice low and dangerous. “You sold me out. You sold all of us out.”

Sophia, still struggling in the grip of the cartel enforcer, tried to break free, but the man’s hold was too strong. She shot a desperate look at Fabio. “What is he talking about?”

Felix’s face twisted into a mixture of guilt and defiance. “I didn’t sell anyone out. I did what I had to do to survive.”

Fabio’s mind raced, replaying the events of the last few days—the sudden ambush at the warehouse, the way the cartel had seemed to be one st