UNTIL I MET YOU : CHAPTER 241 – 250
I wipe all the dishes and clean my hands with the napkin.
“Ariel, you’re through?” Sinclair asks as he stands beside the door.
“Sure,” I answer and walk to meet him. Still finding it hard to call him dad. Just don’t know why.
We walk in silence and enter an office. There’s a staircase that leads to the bottom—the basement. We climb down the stairs, and it’s another office. This one is quite prettier. It has two brown couches, a desk, and a chair. A bar filled with drinks. A chart for shooting and also a human-like target.
“Wow. This is pretty. Why the ally stuff with the Italians?” I ask, even though I already know the answer. Gray, of course.
“Lost half of our clients and stupid shit,” he says. “The Italians were the last option, and also, De Luca was a friend. He suggested we partner together,” he says.
I nod and walk to his desk. I pick up the M16 on his desk and pull out the cartridge. I place it back and pull the hammer.
“You know what you’re doing?” he asks.
I chuckle and aim at the human-like target. I squeeze the trigger and shoot.
“Who taught you how to shoot?”
“Same man you don’t like,” I say and continue to shoot.
He sighs and pours himself a glass of tequila.
“Did you want to? Or did he suggest it?”
“I had to learn, Dad. He is a mob boss, and I needed the training.”
I drop the assault rifle and sit on the couch.
“So… thought about reconciling?” I ask him.
“Gray?” He chuckles and drinks his wine.
“I don’t like the kid, and I can’t stop you both either.”
“What if we wanna get married?” I ask him.
“Is he proposing?”
I huff. “Hell no.” I chuckle. “I’m just asking. I think this happened a long time ago. Eight years ago, I think. Why the beef and the feud?”
“Did he tell you that? That we’re feuding and all that bullshit?”
“He didn’t tell me that. He said you don’t like each other and all that.” I sigh. “My point is, why not move ahead of it? It hurts, I know. Our family owned the American Mafia. Gray took it away from us. Damn, that’s painful.”
“My point exactly. It resulted in me being an ally to the Italians. I’m trying to build back the mob, and thankfully, it’s working,” he says.
I nod. God, I feel sick again.
“Can I?” I motion to the glass of tequila.
“You drink?”
I shake my head sideways.
“Kinda sick,” I say.
He nods and gives me his glass. I chug down the liquid and drop the glass.
“I gotta go. It’s late. I’ll come to spend the weekend,” I say and stand up.
“Sure.”
“Where’s Cage?”
“Are you guys like friends?” he asks as he walks me out.
“Yeah. He’s a good person.”
“He went out. Business,” Sinclair replies.
We walk out of his office, and I decide to bid Aisha goodbye. She hugs me, and I leave afterward.
UNTIL I MET YOU : CHAPTER 241 – 250
Gray speeds into the dark night as the pop music plays at an average volume.
“I see no reason why you love romance movies, seriously,” he mutters.
Since I didn’t get to finish my movie earlier today, I made sure we watched it again in a different theatre. I can’t watch in peace if we don’t change the theatre. Memories and all that.
After my dinner with Sinclair, I didn’t tell Gray I talked to my dad about him. I can’t bear to see his reaction.
“You made me watch horror.” And yes, I freaked out every single minute. He was unaffected. Watched it like it was one of Kennedy’s cartoons.
“And you liked it.”
“Gray, I freaked out,” I tell him and stuff cotton candy into my mouth.
“The romance was boring. Same normal ending. The boy apologized, they kiss and fuck, movie is over. There is always this heroine everyone likes. Horror, there’s barely a hero. Every single hero might end up dying.”
“Jesus.” I huff and stuff the last cotton candy in my mouth.
New York looks a bit busy tonight. I know it’s always busy because it’s New York. The streetlights illuminate the city as I watch people drive by and walk by.
I look at the side mirror, and something catches my attention. We’ve got company. Not again.
“Gray, a…”
“I know,” he says and looks briefly at his side mirror.
A biker is on our tail, and he or she has a helmet.
UNTIL I MET YOU : CHAPTER 241 – 250
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