Chapter 222 - Lorenzo

Days slowly turned into weeks with Salvatore engaged in the battle against his own father. However, this battle was going on in disguise. Don Marino had no idea until now that the mysterious forces his men were fighting against belonged to his own son. 

Perhaps, that was the reason why he was on the verge of defeat. His territories were snatched, properties looted and men held hostage. Worse, his confidence was shattering. 

Alessandro Marino wasn't a genius like his sons. He was an average man riding on the coattails of a maniac. 

Everything his men believed was won by him was in fact the handiwork of Lorenzo. 

There was nothing he had achieved by himself. Not even a single enemy was defeated by himself. 

"Boss?" Chan, one of the people responsible for keeping Lorenzo alive in the cell, reacted in a surprised manner when he heard the voice of his boss. His boss hadn't come here for a long time. He wondered why he was here today. 

"Is he conscious?" Salvatore questioned with a straight face. 

Chan nodded. "Boss, he has been mumbling gibberish since last night. But just like you ordered we are keeping him alive. He hasn't had a breakdown episode since the last time he saw you." 

Salvatore let out an evil smile. "Set him free." 

It was time that he should free Lorenzo. He had no benefit of keeping him hostage. 

His lover had lost the battle and there was no person who could overturn the result. 

"Boss?" Chan was more than just shocked. Was the boss in his right senses? He was telling to free the man they had used their resources and time to steal from two dangerous groups? 

That day when Persephone Marino was exchanged for Lorenzo, Alessandro Marino hadn't played fair. Just as Lorenzo was sent, the latter had made all the arrangements for the demise of the kidnappers and they would have succeeded in killing the kidnappers too if Lorenzo was not stolen from right under their noses. 

The mysterious group fighting against the kidnappers and Marino's was no one else but Salvatore's. 

"Set the bastard free," Salvatore burst out laughing. "I want to see if his lover will come to save him." 

Lorenzo had made huge sacrifices for Alessandro Marino. He had killed his own parents for fixing the damned alliance between Alessandro and his sister, Penelope. He had believed that if his parents were gone, the alliance between Penelope and Alessandro would be broken. But who would have thought that old Marino, the tricky bastard, would start doubting his son's sexuality and arrange the marriage just ten days after the demise of the Moore couple? 

This had shattered the leftover sanity left within Lorenzo. His obsession with Alessandro Marino made him a maniac. 

Penelope gave Alessandro two children, creating a permanent place in Old Marino's heart. As jealous Lorenzo was, he couldn't do anything to the old man but as the old man died, Lorenzo left no stone unturned in convincing Alessandro to leave Penelope. And he succeeded. They killed Penelope with his own hands. 

After killing Penelope, he got Lucian killed too, the thorn in his heart. 

But Lucian's death caused a void in his soul. No, it was not regret. He had known that there was no person on this earth more intelligent than him but when his nephew surpassed him, he was thrilled. He was impressed by Lucian but he started having him when Lucian did all those things against Alessandro. 

And the reason why he saw Lucian in Salvatore was because he wasn't able to believe that a genius like Lucian could die just like that. 

He had removed all the obstacles in Alessandro's path. He killed or defeated every single person who dared to pose a threat to Alessandro Marino including Lucian Marino. 

Lorenzo could commit all of these crimes easily escaping the law authorities because he was a mad genius. 

A kind of genius that was once seen. 

But what a shame that he was insane? 

A puppet controlled by a person he was obsessed with? 

Don Marino just had to show him a bit of affection and he would go taking bullets on his chest for his lover. 

Lorenzo had always known somewhere within him that a person like Alessandro Marino could never return anyone's affection. Hell, he wasn't even capable of caring for anyone except for himself. 

And Lorenzo's doubts were cleared when he was used by his lover as bait to lure his enemies. 

He was devastated when Alessandro used him in exchange for his daughter. 

Yet after all the deception and betrayal he had received from that one person, he was running to him again. 

He would kill Penelope's bitchy daughter for creating a rift between him and his lover. 

Yes, he would kill Persephone Marino after tormenting her just like he did to her little lover. 

That Vitello boy! 

Lorenzo somehow managed to run from the building where he was held hostage by Salvatore aka Lucian's ghost. 

His sore bare feet touched the solid ground and he ran like the crazy man he was. 

His long and dishevelled hair blew with the wind. 

He must talk to Alessandro at any cost! 

He was a young man walking on the deserted road talking over the phone. Jumping on the young man, he snatched the phone. The Young man was so scared by the bloody appearance that he shouted for help and ran for his dear life. 

"Sandro!" Lorenzo called out in excitement as soon as he dialled the number that he remembered by heart. "He is coming to kill you! Lucian is alive! He is coming to end you! He knows we killed his mother and him! Sandro, beware! He will kill you!!"

The phone fell from his grip as he saw a man dressed in black clothes standing before him with a gun in his hand. 

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Author Note: I found a baby picture on pinterst and it's so similar to Santiago and Persephone's baby in my head.. I will attach it when the baby will come to the world. And that is very soon!!