Chapter 22

Mr. Washington's unease deepened and his entire family looked back at Giovanni with a mix of concern, anger and confusion in their faces, "Changed your mind? Giovanni, this is serious business; you can't just change the terms like that." Mrs Washington exclaimed.

“Oh, my dear, but I can change the terms whenever I want.” He said nonchalantly, still seated back in his seat, his gaze drifted towards Mr Washington and he said, “Oh, by the way, Michelle, if I were you, I would do a good job, hiding the people who I do business with.”

Mr Washington raised his eyebrows, surprised, wondering what Giovanni was going on about. “What do you mean? Why would I need to hide the people I do business with Giovanni? All my business especially are legal.”

Antonio who had been quite the whole time, finally joined in, saying, “We are talking about you doing business with our rivals, the Santos family.” He said cold, his words sending a shiver down Mr Washington's spine.

The revelation hit Mr. Washingt